The contract is for an implementing partner to implement Danish support to Rule of Law and Human Rights in Myanmar under the Denmark-Myanmar Country Programme 2016-2020.
The contract is for an implementing partner to implement Danish support to Rule of Law and Human Rights in Myanmar under the Denmark-Myanmar Country Programme 2016-2020.
The award of contract is subject to approval of the Country Programme by the Danish appropriating authorities and the Government of Myanmar.
The support for Rule of Law and Human Rights has as its objective to contribute to ‘increased application of and respect for international human rights standards and rule of law in Myanmar's justice system’.
The objective will be promoted by strengthening capacities in key justice sector actors with a focus on human rights education and research at universities, stronger lawyer and CSO networks to advance human rights through litigation and advocacy, and enhanced capacity of formal justice sector actors (the Office of the Union Supreme Court, the Union Attorney General's Office (UAGO)) to apply human rights law and judicial and procedural ethics in its decisions and functions.
The following outputs are expected:
— Human rights education established at two universities
— Access to human rights knowledge through human rights resource centers
— Enhanced access to justice through university legal aid clinics
— Evidence-based policy discourse on human rights, rule of law and justice sector reform
— Capacity of CSOs to monitor and document human rights violations and advocate for effective responses developed
— Capacity of lawyers' network to advance human rights improved through litigation
— Capacity in independent bar association to advise lawyers on human rights increased
— Judicial capacity to incorporate human rights law and standards in its decisions and assert its independence improved
— Capacity at UAGO to incorporate human rights in decisions and legal drafting enhanced
While different support will be applied for the different partners a sustained capacity development approach that relies largely on mentoring, training of trainers and institutionalization of training capacity will as far as possible be applied.
The Implementing Partner should provide 3 long term legal/human rights specialists with international experience and expectedly 8 long term local legal experts. In addition, the Implementing Partner will be responsible for managing the whole Development Engagement, e.g. short-term input, scholarships, procurement of equipment planned for the different outputs, etc.
The Implementing Partner will be responsible for day to day management and implementation of the Development Engagement, including technical assistance to all counterpart institutions and partners, planning and financial management. The Implementing Partner should have thorough experience in human rights and justice sector reform, and be able to bring on board qualified short-term experts — both international and local, to complement the long term TA as and when relevant to assist the Myanmar counterpart institutions and partners.
The Implementing Partner is expected to be able to start implementation of the contract no later than 1.2.2017.