Call for Consultancy on Strengthening the Capacity of African NHRIs on Promotion & Protection of Child Rights at Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI)

Objectives of the Workshop

• The overall objective of the workshop is to provide NHRIs with an opportunity to develop collaborative efforts with CSOs working on child rights protection and promotion. By the end of the workshop, it is expected that:
• Participants will be able to learn best practices and experiences in Child Rights protection and promotion.
• Participants are able to identify strategies to address hurdles that are faced or may be faced while implementing child rights programming.
• NHRIs and CSOs develop joint action plans to implement together to increase the protection space for children and promotion of their rights.
• NHRIs will have strengthened their engagement with the African Committee of Expert on the Rights and Welfare of a Child (ACERWC).
• This consultancy is therefore aimed at building collaborative efforts between NHRIs and Child Rights CSO coalitions through development of joint action plans. It also aims at initiating engagement with the ACERWC for NHRIs.

DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE OF WORK

The Consultant will be expected to play a lead facilitation role during the NHRI-CSO networking workshop. The specific tasks to be undertaken during the workshop are as follows:

• Presentation of the key findings and recommendations on the NHRIs capacity assessments and mapping survey on child rights programming.
• Provide practical guidance to NHRIs on how they can collaboratively work with CSOs.
• Provide practical guidance on how NHRIs can mitigate challenges arising from engagement with CSOs and their engagements with the African Committee of Experts on the rights and Welfare of a child (ACERWC)
• Lead NHRIs and CSOs in developing joint implementable action plans around Child Rights Programming.

The key deliverable for this assignment is the NHRI-CSO Networking meeting report which also include the developed action plans and way forward
TIMELINES

The Consultant shall undertake the assignment and submit deliverables within a period of one week including travel and reporting days. The NHRI-CSO networking meeting will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, tentatively on April 23rd, 2017.

QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants for this Consultancy should possess the following minimum qualifications:

• A post-graduate degree in law, sociology, international human rights law or any other related discipline;
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience on implementation of child rights protection mechanisms at the national, regional or international level.
• Extensive experience and knowledge of the mandate and functions of National Human Rights Institutions
• Strong communication and facilitation skills (oral, written and presentation skills); and
• Knowledge of French will be an added advantage as the CSO-NHRI networking workshop will involve both Francophone and Anglophone participants.