New Opportunities at horizont3000 (h3) March 2025

Terms of Reference at horizont3000 (h3) March 2025

New Opportunities at horizont3000 (h3) March 2025

Terms
of Reference for Collaboration with a Gender Lighthouse Organisation to
support horizont3000’s partner organisations under the ADA Framework
Pro
1. Background
horizont3000 (h3) is an
Austrian non-governmental organisation working in sustainable
development cooperation. Based in Vienna, with offices in the four focus
areas East Africa, Central America, Senegal and Mozambique, we are
backed by eleven Austrian Catholic grassroots organisations.

We
support partner organisations (POs) and locally-led initiatives through
co-financing based on grant schemes, medium to long-term advisory
services and knowledge management to facilitate learning and sharing
processes. Our projects and programmes are embedded in two main sectors,
“Human Rights & Civil Society” and “Sustainable Livelihoods”, with a
focus on gender equality, climate action and policy dialogue. We
work with communities who have been marginalised in claiming their
rights and leading selfdetermined lives, foremost with smallholder
farmers, disadvantaged women, children and youth, women’s and human
rights groups as well as indigenous people.

The ongoing h3
framework programme 2023-2026 “Gender Equality 4 Sustainable
Development”, cofunded by the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), aims at
strengthening gender equality in h3’s main sectors. Therefore, it
integrates gender mainstreaming in all individual projects. In addition,
it supports specific projects which focus on advancing gender equality
and women’s empowerment. In East Africa individual projects under the
ADA framework programme 2023-2026 are implemented by 15 POs (2 in Kenya,
7 in Tanzania, 6 in Uganda) within the sectors “Human Rights &
Civil Society” and “Sustainable Livelihoods”.

The global
programme intervention “know-how3000” (kh3000), which facilitates
organisational learning and sharing on gender equality and gender
mainstreaming in all POs, constitutes a key element of the framework
programme and is implemented by h3 and its regional and country offices.
In order to make the best use of existing local knowledge the ongoing
kh3000 programme phase 2023-2026 “Learning & Sharing 4 Gender
Equality” seeks to collaborate with regional and/or local organisations
that have profound practical experience in gender mainstreaming,
strengthening gender equality, and applying transformative practices and
can therefore be understood as gender lighthouse organisations.

2. Objective of the collaboration
The
general objective of this collaboration is to utilize existing
knowledge and expertise in promoting gender equality in h3000’s work.
Through this collaboration, POs in East Africa will be supported in
their effort to improve their awareness, knowledge and practical
capacities regarding gender equality, both at institutional and project
level. Further, it will facilitate learning and sharing on gender in a
way that is efficient and relevant for the realities and work of h3000
POs.

3. The organisation we are seeking to collaborate with
H3
is seeking to collaborate with a Gender Light House Organisation (LHO)
to provide guidance, mentoring and support for gender equality in
policy, projects and towards organisational transformation. The LHO
shall demonstrate a strong commitment and solid expertise in gender
equality in project management, with dedicated programs for technical
assistance, mentorship and resource sharing to help the 15 Partner
Organisations grow. It should have a strong focus on gender integration
in sector work and engaging communities in gender transformative
approaches.

4. Scope of Collaboration
In close
collaboration with the kh3000 team at h3’s Regional Office East Africa
(ROEA) the selected organisation will be responsible to guide and
implement the following tasks:

• Prepare and facilitate online sessions of a peer learning exchange forum focusing on the topics listed below until December 2025
• Prepare
  and facilitate in-person trainings on gender-based violence and male
  engagement to take place in July and / or August 2025 in Kampala and
  Arusha incl. individual follow-ups with selected POs to further enhance
  their capacity
• Guide and share experience with selected POs in developing gender equality policies
• Participate in monthly coordination calls with the kh3000 team at h3’s ROEA

Topics of interest for the Peer learning exchange could be:

• Facilitation skills and support of community-led transformation
• Gender transformative approaches (eg to Engage Men and Boys and GBV)
• Women’s economic empowerment
• Advocacy for gender equality
• (Safeguarding policies) Do no harm
• Monitoring and evaluating social norm transformation

Note: All in reference to Gender Analysis conducted by the 15 POs

The
details of task 1 to 3 will be clarified in separate Terms of Reference
for each activity. Also note that all logistical needs will be met by
horizont3000 (venues, transportation, Invitations etc)

4. Expected deliverables

• Expected
  outputs to support the learning and mentoring activities under this
  arrangement are as follows: Substantial materials for the activities
  mentioned above
• Recordings of the virtual activities mentioned above
• One
  report each for activities 1 to 3, including post-evaluations,
  learnings and recommendations by latest two weeks after the respective
  activity
• One general report at the end of the collaboration
  highlighting key learnings, remaining needs and recommendations for
  future support of the POs

5. Duration and Timeline
The collaboration is supposed to begin on May, 1st 2025 and last until December, 31st 2025(8 months).
Timelines
for the specific tasks will be specified during the first month of the
collaboration. An extension of the collaboration in 2026 is dependent on
the availability of funds as well as on the success of the
collaboration in 2025.

6. Budget
The applying
organisation should propose a budget that covers their fees (based on an
hourly or daily rate), communication costs, taxes, and any other
relevant expenses. The budget should be submitted along with the
technical proposal.
Payment will be done in instalments per activity completed.

7. Required Qualifications
The
organisation and the specific staff members who will take the lead in
this collaboration should meet the following qualifications:

• Demonstrated
  practical experience including programing in promoting gender equality
  at the grassroots level, in East Africa, and specifically in applying
  gender transformative approaches, engaging male community members, and
  preventing / responding to gender-based violence
• Demonstrated
  practical experience in enhancing gender equality in organisations, and
  specifically in developing gender equality policies
• Demonstrated practical experience in developing and delivering gender trainings and mentoring civil society organisations
• Track record of collaboratively working with other organisations, offering hands-on technical assistance, mentorship and support
• Demonstrated practical experience in facilitating online training and coaching
• Strong communication skills and the ability to simplify complex concepts
• Functional networks that facilitate access to partners in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
• Excellent command of English, working proficiency in spoken Kiswahili

How to apply
7. Application Process
Interested organisations should submit their application to h3 via email to office-UGA@horizont3000.org by April, 09th 2025. The application should include:

• A
  technical proposal outlining their understanding of the assignment,
  proposed approach and methodology, and a timeline for delivering the
  tasks and deliverables. (10 pages max)
• A financial proposal detailing the organisation’s fees, communication costs, taxes, and any other relevant expenses.
• Curriculum
  vitaes highlighting relevant qualifications and experience of the
  specific staff members who will take the lead in this collaboration.

8. Evaluation Criteria
Applications will be evaluated based on the following criteria:

• Qualifications and experience (40%)
• Technical proposal (30%)
• Financial proposal (30%)

The
successful organisations will be notified and invited for interviews.
Before commencing the assignment, the selected organisation will be
required to sign a contract with h3.