International Labour Organization Conducting a Situation Analysis on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Jobs in Kenya

International Labour Organization Conducting a Situation Analysis on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Jobs in Kenya

Background

The UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD) is dedicated to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

It brings together different UN entities, governments, persons with disabilities and civil society for the purpose of joint programming and partnerships, it works through three strategic approaches: catalytic program funding, knowledge management and context relevant capacity building to support inclusive systems and policies.

The PRPD recognises a rights-based approach to disability, as detailed in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its associated guidance.

This means that sustainable change will require empowerment and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations (rights holders) and acceptance and capacity of duty bearers to fulfill their obligations and to be accountable.

Scope

This Situation Analysis is designed to provide enough information to get a sense of priorities, issues and which areas require further analysis, investment and effort. This information should inform future analysis and programming. The analysis will be conducted through a multi-stakeholder process and will focus on the essential pre-conditions for disability inclusion.

It will build on a human rights-based understanding of change processes, where empowerment and collective action of rights holders (persons with disabilities and their families) is a key pre-condition along with sufficient capacity and authority (human, systemic and financial) of duty bearers to fulfil their obligations as outlined in national legislation and international conventions.

Objectives:

The analysis primarily is designed to:

Inform the design of future PRPD programs

Serve as a baseline for these programs

Inform on gaps in terms of disability inclusion in on-going national processes and programs and recommend further, in depth analysis where needed

Strengthen the capacity of above stakeholders to include and address the rights of persons with disabilities as outlined in the CRPD more effectively

Serve as an advocacy tool for OPDs and other civil society partners, national and international.

To provide information useful for policy planning and implementation, including sectoral policies, poverty reduction policies and SDG national plans, among others.

Key informant interviews (with above stakeholders as relevant).

Short email questionnaires could be considered to solicit views of a larger group of respondents to triangulate the findings from interviews or as a response to the COVID-19 restrictions that may limit the opportunities to hold meetings.

Stakeholder mapping and coordination mechanisms.

Analysis

The following is an overview of the components of the analysis. The analysis should focus primarily on the preconditions for inclusion and cross cutting issues – as these are of most relevance to PRPD as a multi-stakeholder partnership.

Preconditions for inclusion

Equality & Non-discrimination

Inclusive Service Delivery

Accessibility

CRPD-compliant budgeting

Accountability & Governance

Cross cutting issues

Area of inquiry/precondition | Key focus of analysis

Stakeholder and coordination analysis – with focus on capacity of rights holders and duty bearers

Effectiveness of coordination mechanisms and processes for coordination on disability rights in government, UN, and key development partners. Areas of improvement.

Effectiveness of legal framework for civil society engagement and consultation. Obstacles and gaps.

Efforts taken and gaps observed in capacity and effectiveness of duty bearers and development partners in terms of engagement of ODPs in ongoing DDR and emergency management, sectorial, and SDG development processes.

Efforts taken and gaps observed in capacity and level of progress of civil society, private sector and academic institutions to mainstream disability in their programs and to engage with OPDs to improve on this

Existence of an accessible and CPRD compliant assessment and disability determination system,

Progress on availability, accessibility and quality of essential services including: Disability specific support services, Social protection/assistance/social support, Health, Education, Employment, Justice, DRR and emergency management. Key gaps and priorities according to OPDs.

Outcomes for persons with disabilities

(compared to persons without disabilities) drawing from and supplementing existing data on: Poverty, Social protection, Employment, Health, Education, Violence and abuse. If possible, disaggregated on gender and type of disability.

CRPD-compliant budgeting and financial management

National ministerial/sectorial and International cooperation budgetary contribution to furthering the rights of persons with disabilities - both disability specific budget allocations and budget allocations within mainstream budgets.

Share of total budgets going to disability. For development partners, the OECD/DAC disability marker can be helpful.

Existence of explicit disability related objectives, indicators and monitoring data in national development and humanitarian programs funded by the UN. Identification of gaps.

Accountability and governance

Existence of independent human rights monitoring institutions and legal framework (which actively includes disability)

Existence of disability within standard data collection processes of surveys, census, administrative data, UN SDG data bases etc. (collection, use and availability of data)

CRPD reporting, oversight mechanism, quality of report and process, frequency, follow up of implementation of recommendations.

Level of engagement on disability in SDG Voluntary reviews.

Participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organisations in monitoring and accountability measures.

Cross-cutting issues

Level of participation of OPDs in important processes, including SDG processes, CRPD monitoring and DDR and emergency management e.g. in planning, implementation and monitoring. Obstacles to meaningful participation.

Level of inclusion of marginalised groups in dialogue and programmes, especially persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities as well as multiple disabilities and deafness.

Level of gender equality in voice, influence and inclusion in planning and implementation of interventions.

Thematic issues

Level of disability inclusion in development and humanitarian planning processes and programmes.

Level of disability inclusion in environmental and climate change planning processes and programmes.

Level of disability inclusion in Covid-19 responses.

Timeline

Q4 2022 and Q1 2023.

Expected Deliverables

The consultancy will be expected to deliver the following:

Key Deliverables | Key Activities

Inception Report

Outlining the understanding of ToRs, Interview Guides, Stakeholder mapping, Annotated Outline of the Report in alignment with the UNPRPD Situation Analysis Guidance document

Desk Review/Literature review

Desk/Literature review to identify status of disability inclusion and implementation of CRPD and identify good practices at global, regional and country level

Qualitative research

Conduct KII, FGDs and organize and hold consultative forums with relevant stakeholders to include OPDs and provide an analysis as per UNPRPD guidance document

Report

Submit final report in alignment with the UNPRPD Situation Analysis Guidance Document

Required qualifications, desired competencies, technical background and experience

The consultant/s will be required to have the following experience and skills:

Relevant advanced academic degree (Social sciences, development studies, economics or related fields );

Demonstrated international/local experience in working on Disability Inclusion

Demonstrated experience in conducting similar assessments and studies;

Specific experience in undertaking complex social and economic research and providing authoritative analysis and guidance for policy makers.

Experience working with governments, Development Partners and the UN

Ability to facilitate consultative/validation workshop towards consensus building

Excellent writing and communication skills in English.

Applicants are required to submit a technical and financial proposal with a clear work

Plan/timelines

The financial proposal should be all-inclusive and include a breakdown (professional fees, travel related expenses, communications, utilities, consumables, insurance, etc.)

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their applications including the following:

Capability Statement/Detailed Curriculum Vitae

Technical and financial proposal for implementing the assignment

Applications should be sent to nboprocurement@ilo.org to reach us not later than 4th December 2022
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