Training on Gender Mainstreaming in Border Management/Short-term expert

Organisational overview

The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is an international organisation tasked with promoting innovative, comprehensive and sustainable migration policies. With 20 Member States and over 60 projects active throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, ICMPD is a growing and ever-more relevant presence in its field. The organisation’s greatest assets are its 250+ staff members, who personify its values of commitment, integrity, partnership, respect, and innovation in actions and decisions.

Project background

The Netherlands Assistance to Lebanese Border Agencies Lebanon (IBM) – phase V project will support the positioning of the Lebanese border agencies under the lead of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as effective national and regional providers of border management training and capacity development. This will further professionalize border management capacities within Lebanon and will directly contribute to the development of national and regional states’ border capacities, in addition to facilitating closer functional regional cooperation. It represents a valuable continuation and logical evolution of previous assistance provided by The Netherlands since 2015.

The project will pursue this under three (3) interlinked components respectively at intra-agency, interagency and international levels:

1. Continued development of the LAF, Land Border Regiments’ Training School
2. National provision of training with a specific inclusion of maritime port security
3. Regional training and knowledge exchanges

These will combine to achieve six (6) specific objectives:

• Further professionalise border management education and capacities in Lebanon
• Enhance national and regional border management capacities
• Enhance security at maritime ports with a specific contribution to Beirut Port
• Promote the role of women in migration vocational education
• Increase regional access to contextualised border learning opportunities
• Foster sustainable inter-agency and regional communication and cooperation

Objective

The expert shall develop training material on “Gender Mainstreaming in Border Management” and deliver a training on “Gender Mainstreaming in Border Management” for personnel from Lebanese Border Agencies.

Tasks

The tasks to be completed by the expert within this assignment are the following:

• Develop training material on “Gender Mainstreaming in Border Management”.
• Deliver a training on “Gender Mainstreaming in Border Management” for personnel from Lebanese Border Agencies.

Deliverables

The expert is expected to provide the following deliverables:

• Deliverable 1: Training Course

Development of a training course on Gender Mainstreaming in Border Management in close coordination with the LAF Gender Department. The course shall be aligned to EU and international standards in the respective topics addressed and in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The course could cover but not limited to the following topics:

• Key concepts underpinning gender mainstreaming
• Relevance of gender mainstreaming in border management
• Identifying Gender Disparities
• Integration of gender and gender perspective into border management, particularly in specific contexts
• Importance of gender-disaggregated data and guidance for data collection and analysis
• International and national legal frameworks
• Gender-responsive policies, protocols and procedures
• Effective practices for gender mainstreaming in border management
• Creation of representative border management institutions
• Inclusive and woman-specific recruitment policies and practices and retention of female personnel
• Monitoring and Evaluation: How to develop gender-sensitive indicators for assessing the impact of gender mainstreaming.

• Deliverable 2: Conduct training

Deliver training on “Gender Mainstreaming in Border Management” to Lebanese Security Agencies

The final deliverables must be submitted no later than 31 December 2023 (date subject to negotiation).

Maximum number of working days: 10

Reporting lines

The Expert will work under the supervision of the ICMPD Beirut-based Project Manager, while formal reporting is to the Senior Border Management and Security Specialist (BMS) for the Middle East at ICMPD Headquarters in Vienna. In coordination with the Senior BMS Specialist, the Project Manager will coordinate the overall delivery with the expert and will provide input and comments on deliverables as needed.

For administrative issues, the expert shall report to Ms. Batoul Fnaich, the project assistant.

Qualifications and Experience

Provide qualifications and experience requirements

• Generic requirements
  • Master’s university degree (or equivalent) related to the area of work.
  • Excellent presentation and presentation skills.
  • Computer literate with ability to operate Windows applications.
  • Ability to work un-supervised and at a distance.
  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work effectively in a politically sensitive environment and exercise discretion, impartiality, diplomacy and neutrality.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective and constructive working relationships with people of different International and cultural backgrounds while maintaining impartiality and objectivity.
• Specific requirements
  • At least 10 years of professional experience in the areas of gender and UNSCR 1325.
  • At least five years proven experience in delivery of training on gender awareness, with demonstrated ability to develop trainers in the field.
  • Proven competence in the different subject matters within the training content.
  • Internationally recognized training qualifications.
  • Experience in conducting training of trainers and development of training plans.
• Language skills
  • Fluency in English, with strong drafting skills
  • Knowledge in Arabic is a plus

Background information/documentation to be provided by ICMPD

• Relevant project documents

Administrative Information

• Travel

The Expert shall receive from ICMPD a travel itinerary and be entitled to receive a daily subsistence allowance (DSA) for the foreseen activities abroad. Travel and mission related payments will be processed according to ICMPD Travel Rules applicable at the time when the travel takes place.

• Payment

Fees for the assignment are paid upon satisfactory delivery of services, in line with the payment schedule stated in the contract and upon submission of required documentation.