CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR DESIGN AND SUPERVISION OF CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS IN FIVE DISTRICTS

BACKGROUND

The Partnership for Local Innovation -Women in Local Leadership (PM-WILL) is a $27,610.180 project with a financial contribution of $26 million from Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and $1.610.160 of in-kind contributions from the FCM. The project works in five countries: Benin, Cambodia, Ghana, Sri Lanka and Zambia-- to enhance the enjoyment of rights for women and girls by empowering women to participate in leadership and decision-making at the community level and by increasing local governments' ability to deliver municipal services that meet the needs of Women and girls, especially those from marginalised groups. Specifically, its two intermediate outcomes are: increased participation by women in these five countries, particularly those from marginalised groups, as leaders and decision-makers in local governance, and increased effectiveness of local governments in targeted countries in delivering inclusive gender-responsive public services to achieve these outcomes, the FCM is engaging with a network of stakeholders in each country and will benefit from the contributions of Canadian Municipal Experts. Key interlocutors in each country include Local Governments (LGs), Local Government Associations (LGAS), Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) that work directly on women's needs, political parties and national authorities, including ministries responsible for Local Government and Women's issues, and Local Government Training Institutes. Through Memoranda of Understanding, sub-agreements and contracts, FCM implemented the project in collaboration with LGAs, Women's Rights Organisations (WROs), and other Local Service Providers.

OBJECTIVE

Immediate outcome 2100 of the PM-WILL project is to increase the capacity of selected local. Governments to deliver inclusive, gender responsive municipal services. To achieve these, the LGs have designed and yet to implement an Inclusive Gender Responsive Service Development Initiative (IGSDI) as part of the project's aim to support selected Local Governments to deliver inclusive, gender-responsive public services. To ensure a better understanding, a number of activities were done for some selected staff of the assemblies, i.e. working group. These activities include training on inclusive,