Stocktaking of Gender Mainstreaming Baselines and Strategies Among Water Users and Water Resources Stakeholders
Sector / CAA Pillar
Women’s Leadership & Participation
Overview
- While Rwanda’s NDC prioritizes gender mainstreaming at all levels of policy and implementation of climate-related issues, the RWB has indicated that gender responsive anticipatory action can be complex and is often absent due to the structural challenges of governance mechanisms.
- Stocktaking of Gender Mainstreaming Baselines and Strategies Among Water Users and Water Resources Stakeholders (Component 2 of Anticipatory and Adaptive Capacity through Water MIS and Gender Mainstreaming Governance Instrument).
- The goal of this technical assistance is to contribute to strengthened climate action in Rwanda by building the adaptive capacity of Rwanda’s water resources sector through developing a gender mainstreaming strategy and action plan that will inform the Requesting Organization’s Strategic Plan in a way that reflects and aligns with the cross-cutting issues laid out in Rwanda’s Updated NDC and Vision 2050, as well as the National Water and Sanitation Policy (2023).
- This includes reviewing the Water Users and Use Assessment Study (2020), identifying the data gaps (e.g., disaggregated), and recommending how and where an updated assessment and associated database of water use and users in all 20-Level, 2-catchments should integrate gender-disaggregated data and information.
How to apply
- To apply you must be included in the CAA Technical Expert Database
- CAA RFP Process Information
RFP Details
- Publication Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Country: Rwanda
- Duration: 140 days over a maximum of 7 months (Note: the technical assistance MUST be finished by middle of December 2025)
- Maximum budget CAD: CAD $ 200 000.00
Important Dates
- Issuing of ITT: Thursday, April 24, 2025
- Deadlines for Clarifications: Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Submission Deadline: Thursday, May 15, 2025 (23:59 MST)
- Estimated Date of Tender Decision: Thursday, May 29, 2025
Responses to Bidders' Questions
Q. The RFP states that the consultant will be responsible for organizing an in-country workshop for Rwandan stakeholders (approximately 25 participants). Can you clarify if all costs are to be assumed by the consultant for the local participants? (Eg. accommodation, per diems, all logistics/travel etc.). Or, will the client cover some of these costs and effort. If the latter, please specify what.
A. The total budget for this technical assistance initiative must not exceed CAD $200,000:
- For Canadian-registered companies, this amount is exclusive of applicable taxes.
- For international companies, this amount must include all applicable taxes.
- The total budget must encompass all allowable costs associated with the activities outlined in the scope of work.
The financial proposal for the workshop should include all costs related to the Terms of Reference (TOR), including but not limited to:
- Technical Expert fees
- Travel expenses (e.g., flights to Rwanda, accommodation, per diems, local transport)
- Activity costs such as:
- Venue rental
- Meals and per diems not covered by the venue
- Accommodation and local transport for participants and RWB representatives (when away from their home location)
- Event-related equipment and materials
All costs related to local participants (e.g., accommodation, per diem, logistics/travel) are to be covered upfront by the consultant. These will be reimbursed by Climate Action Africa (Alinea) upon submission of all required documentation through the established reimbursement process. If you anticipate any financial risks associated with supporting this work, please disclose them in the Organizational Declaration Form.
The budget must adhere to Government of Canada travel and accommodation guidelines:
- Accommodation: Refer to the 2025 City Rate Limits – Acquisitions – PWGSC
- Per Diems: Follow the Travel Directive, Appendix D – Allowances – Module 4
- Note: Incidentals are not reimbursable.
Q. For Activity 6 – “Prepare an update of the RWB 2021-2030 Strategic Plan…” – can you please clarify what is meant by “an update”?
A. This is the response provided by the Requesting Organization when asked in the development of the ToRs – the experts are asked to provide suggestions for specific sections to be added to the current (or revised) strategic plan.
For example, this may mean reviewing the current or revised strategic plan (this will depend on what stage the strategic plan is in when the technical assistance deployment begins).
