Youth Inclusion and Employment Project under the Programme for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship of the Danish Arab Partnership Programme (DAPP)

Kort beskrivelse

The purpose of the assignment is to implement the Youth Inclusion and Employment project of the Programme for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship (hereafter referred to as the Youth Employment Programme) in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan as well as a potential expansion of activities to Algeria. The deliverable will contribute to the Programme’s overall objective, which is increased employment of young people through entrepreneurship and enterprise development. To achieve this objective, the programme will work with Danish and partner country stakeholders.
The Programme is divided into two phases. The commencement of Phase 2 is at the discretion of the MFA / MENA. Phase 1 covers the period from signing of contract to the approval of the detailed results framework (February-May 2022). Transition to Phase 2, which starts with the inception period on 1 July 2022, is subject to MENA’s approval of the detailed results framework submitted by the Consultant in Phase 1.

Beskrivelse af udbuddet

The overall objective of the Youth Employment Programme is increased employment of young people through entrepreneurship and enterprise development.
The objective links to DAPP’s overall vision of a better life for young people in the Middle East and North Africa as young people need to experience opportunities for gaining meaningful employment in order to create a better life for themselves in their home countries. The programme will have a particular focus on promoting SDG 4 on quality education and lifelong learning opportunities, SDG 5 on gender equality, and SDG 8 on sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth and productive employment and decent work for all.
In order to reach the objective, the programme will work towards achieving three outcomes:
- Outcome 1: Young women and men have enhanced employability and engage in entrepreneurship
- Outcome 2: SMEs grow and create jobs through development of new innovative ideas or scaling of existing solutions
- Outcome 3: SMEs grow and create jobs through improved access to finance and Technical Assistance (TA)
The Consultant will be responsible for delivering on Outcome 1 under the Youth Inclusion and Employment Project as outlined in the Programme document.
UNDP Nordic will be responsible for deliverables towards Outcome 2 under the Jobs and Green Growth Accelerator Project as outlined in the Programme document.
The Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) will be responsible for deliverables towards Outcome 3 under the Sharaka Capital Investment Fund Project as outlined in the Programme document.
The Consultant must deliver all services necessary for the full implementation of the Programme in the DAPP countries with regards to the Youth Inclusion and Employment Project, including but not limited to all services related to the implementation, technical inputs, monitoring and financial management of the engagement in all four DAPP countries. The services delivered by the Consultant must be sufficient to ensure full achievement of the five outputs.
Beyond the formal reporting requirements (see below), the Consultant will be responsible for delivering inputs as requested by MENA and/or the independent MEAL Unit for regular monitoring, field monitoring missions, Annual Stocktaking, Mid-Term Review, and other aspects related to ensuring a sound, effective, and accountable monitoring and evaluation of the Programme.

Objektive kriterier for udvælgelse af det begrænsede antal ansøgere

Candidates will be selected on the basis of the information concerning technical and professional ability, cf. section III.1.3), in relation to the object of this contract, cf. sections II.1.4) and II.2.4).
In the selection, the contracting authority will specifically emphasise:
- The number of relevant contracts, as defined in section III.1.3)
- The extent to which the performed contracts compare to the description of this procurement
• experience with partnerships with local partners in the DAPP countries
• youth mobilisation
• youth employment through start-ups, entrepreneurship, and enterprise development
• securing decent and meaningful jobs for young people
• skills development and matching skills with enterprise and market demands
• framework conditions for business development and the labour market
• cooperation between labour market partners
• mutual dialogue and learning that takes place between individuals and organizations engaged in the partnerships
• experience from operating/working in partnership arrangements with civil society organizations (rights holders) and government organizations (duty bearers) in the Middle East and North Africa region and one other region
- The extent to which the Consultant shows thematic expertise and contextual knowledge in regard to supporting relevant partners in the DAPP countries including ability to transmit knowledge and expertise relevant to the specific needs and demands of local partners
- The extent to which the Consultant has well-established and strong linkages to Danish professional organisations in employment creation and entrepreneurship (civil society, academia and sector experts) to facilitate the Danish Arab Partnership rationale of mobilising Danish expertise and knowhow of relevance for the MENA-region
- The extent to which the contracts are performed for clients comparable to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (e.g. a European institution/agency or international organisation, a Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions, or a national or federal agency/office)

Beskrivelse af mulighederne

The contract includes an option for an Acceleration Budget amounting to DKK 75,000,000 (in addition to the maximum budget amounting to DKK 220,000,000), that will be available to cater for upscaling and accelerating successful activities and initiatives for the three Projects under the Programme. Funding from the Acceleration Budget will be allocated based on joint proposals by the Consultant, UNDP Nordic and IFU subject to approval by MENA, at the annual stocktaking in 2023 and the mid-term review in 2024. To qualify for acceleration funding during the implementation period, the Consultant, UNDP Nordic and IFU must justify the added value and likely success of the proposed upscaling and acceleration of initiatives and activities. In proposals to access acceleration funding, the results framework and Theory of Change of the programme must be reviewed and updated to accommodate the effects of upscaling and acceleration at the output level.
Activities in Algeria, which will be decided in the Programme’s inception phase, may also be considered for funding from the Acceleration Budget.
The contract includes an option for additional services similar to the services and deliveries specified in the scope of services.

Yderligere oplysninger

The contracting authority has a maximum budget of DKK 220,000,000 net of VAT, excluding the acceleration budget in relation to the procurement. Tenders will be rejected if they exceed the contracting authority's maximum budget. The budget covers Phase 2 and the Consultant will not receive any remuneration for work performed in Phase 1, whether the contract continues in Phase 2 or not.

Liste og kortfattet beskrivelse af betingelserne

In Part III.A-C of the ESPD, economic operators must answer whether they are subject to exclusion grounds.
An economic operator is excluded from the procurement procedure if the economic operator itself or any person who is a member of its administrative, management or supervisory body or has powers of representation, decision or control therein has been convicted by final judgement or fined within the last 4 years for any of the exclusion grounds relating to the criminal convictions listed in section 135(1) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
An economic operator is excluded from the procurement procedure if it has unpaid overdue debt of DKK 100 000 or more to public authorities in relation to payment of taxes and payment of social security, cf. section 135(3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act. An economic operator is, however, not excluded where the economic operator has agreed on a repayment scheme with the collection authority and that scheme is observed, cf. section 135(4), or where the economic operator provides guarantee of payment of the part of the debt which constitutes DKK 100 000.00 or more, cf. section 135(5).
An economic operator is excluded from the procurement procedure if it is subject to any of the exclusion grounds listed in sections 136(1)(1) and 136(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
An economic operator is excluded from the procurement procedure if it within the last 2 years has been subject to any of the exclusion grounds listed in sections 136(1)(3) and 137(1)(2-3) of the Danish Public Procurement Act.
The contracting authority can accept the following documentation in relation to the exclusion grounds in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) of the Danish Public Procurement Act (in order of priority):
(1) Extracts from the relevant register or similar documents issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority or certificates issued by the competent authority in the country referred to as documentation that the tenderer is not subject to the grounds for exclusion stipulated in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2);
(2) A declaration on oath (only if such extracts, certificates or similar documents are not issued in the country where the economic operator is established, or where the documentation does not cover all the grounds for exclusion stipulated in sections 135(1), 135(3) and 137(1)(2) entirely);
(3) A solemn declaration made by the person concerned before a competent judicial or administrative authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin or in the country where the economic operator is established (only if there is no provision for declarations on oath in the country where the economic operator is established).
Thus, the contracting authority cannot accept e.g. a solemn declaration made before a notary if there can be issued a certificate by the competent authority in the country where the economic operator is established. Moreover, the contracting authority cannot accept self-declarations or similar declarations issued by the economic operator or the person concerned as documentation in relation to the exclusion grounds.
Economic operators can identify the relevant documentation using the online platform e-Certis: https://ec.europa.eu/tools/ecertis
Economic operators are encouraged to submit all necessary documentation as early as possible.

Liste og kortfattet beskrivelse af udvælgelseskriterier

In Part IV.B of the ESPD, the economic operator must fill in its average yearly turnover for the last 2 financial years available (where the economic operator can present annual reports).
If the economic operator consists of a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, each involved economic operator or entity must submit a completed ESPD.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others (e.g. a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the economic and financial standing of other entities, the participating economic operators or the entities referred to are subject to joint and severable liability for the performance of the contract.
The contracting authority can accept annual reports or excerpts hereof or relevant statements from a bank or certified accountant as documentation in relation to the economic and financial standing.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others or when an economic operator relies on the economic and financial standing of other entities, the economic operator must also provide statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has access to the necessary economic and financial standing. The statements of support must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state that the involved economic operators or entities are subject to joint and severable liability for the performance of the contract.
Economic operators are encouraged to submit all necessary documentation as early as possible.

The economic operator is required to have an average yearly turnover of minimum DKK 100,000,000 for the last 2 financial years available.
If the economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure as a consortium, a joint venture or similar, or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, it is required that the economic operator or the economic operator and the entities referred to altogether meet the selection criteria.

Liste og kortfattet beskrivelse af udvælgelseskriterier

In Part IV.C of the ESPD, the economic operator must fill in a list of maximum 5 contracts entered into, ongoing or finalized within the last 3 years stating a description of the contract (nature and quantity of services from the economic operator and how they compare to the description of this procurement), if the project/reference was carried out in accordance with guidelines similar to the Danida Aid Management Guidelines (AMG), description of the organizational set-up (i.e. the number of participants in the organizational set-up, the names of the participating organizations, and their roles in carrying out the project and the names of the local partner(s) participating in the project, description of the services provided by the applicant during the project/reference, description of the services provided by the applicant during the project/reference, amount (contract fee received by the economic operator), start date, end date and recipient (name and contact information).
The number of performed contracts is determined based on all submitted ESPDs (i.e. from all involved economic operators in a group of economic operators and/or other supporting entities).
If an economic operator has listed more than 5 contracts, the contracting authority will only read and assess the 5 most recent contracts listed (first based on end date, and then based on start date).
If the economic operator consists of a group of economic operators (e.g. a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, each involved economic operator or entity must submit a completed ESPD.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others (e.g. a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the technical and professional abilities of other entities, the specific parts of the contract must be performed by the economic operators or entities with the required technical and professional abilities.
The contracting authority reserves the right to contact the recipients of services or require statements from the recipients, confirming that the economic operator has performed the listed contracts, as documentation in relation to the technical and professional ability.
When an economic operator is formed by a group of economic operators or relies on the technical and professional abilities of other entities, the economic operator must also provide statements of support or other documentation proving that the economic operator has access to the necessary technical and professional abilities. The statements of support must establish a legal obligation for the party concerned and state the parts of the contract to be performed by the party concerned.
Economic operators are encouraged to submit all necessary documentation as early as possible.

Betingelser for deltagelse (tekniske og faglige kvalifikationer)

The economic operator is required to have performed (entered into, ongoing or finalized) minimum
• 3 contracts in one (or more) of the four focus countries within the last 3 years.
• At least two references must have been implemented in accordance with guidelines similar to the Danida Aid Management Guidelines (AMG).
When the economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others (e.g. a consortia or joint venture) or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, it is required that the participating economic operators or the economic operator and the entities referred to altogether meet the selection criteria.

Betingelser for opfyldelse af kontrakten

Prior to the signing of the contract, the economic operator must present statements of availability from all non-permanent staff (e.g. project specific consultants or freelance consultants).
The economic operator must indicate all subcontractors in Appendix 0 as part of the tender, except for the organisational entity(ies) that will be responsible for providing the relevant labour union inputs.
The winning tenderer is to perform the contract in compliance with the Danida Anti-Corruption Policy and the principles of the UN Global Compact.
Economic operators can find more information on:
http://um.dk/en/danida-en/about-danida/Danida-transparency/anti-corruption/
https://www.unglobalcompact.org/what-is-gc/mission/principles

The tender procedure is governed by Danish law and the rules applicable hereunder.
An English translation of the Danish Public Procurement Act is available on: https://www.kfst.dk/media/54435/the-public-procurement-act.pdf
Access to the procurement procedure requires online registration.
Guidance (in Danish and English) on the use of the tendering system can be found at: https://mercell.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/3/article/177996038?src=1869524006
Local time in section IV is according to Central European Time (CET) in Denmark.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark/MENA will host an information meeting on 1 November 2021 at 14:00-16:00 regarding the tender. The meeting will be held at Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel. Interested economic operators are encouraged to participate in this meeting and must register by sending an e-mail to menastud@um.dk no later than 28 October 2021 with the names of the participants and their organisational affiliation.
Economic operators may only submit one application or tender.
Economic operators must submit a European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) as preliminary evidence that the economic operator is not subject to exclusion grounds and that the economic operator fulfils the requirements for economic and financial standing and technical and professional ability.
When the economic operator is participating together with others or if the economic operator relies on the capacity of other entities, each participating economic operator must provide a separate ESPD.
Before the time limit for receipt of tenders, the candidates, which the contracting authority has invited to tender, must present documentation of the information provided in the ESPD.
If an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure as a consortium, it must present a Consortium Agreement formalising the cooperation between the involved Consortium partners. The Consortium Agreement should explain the consortium’s;
(i) decision making procedures between the consortium partners;
(ii) rules and procedures for budget reallocations during the implementation phase;
(iii) rules and procedures for submitting proposals for programme changes or acceleration opportunities to the MFA.
When an economic operator is participating in the procurement procedure together with others, the economic operator must present a joint statement from all the participating economic operators which identifies the member of the group who can act as an agent on behalf of the group with mandate to establish a legal obligation on behalf of the group in relation to the contracting authority.
No later than 10 working days after award of contract, the Consultant must provide information on which organisational entity(ies) will be responsible for providing the relevant labour union inputs on: i) strengthened policy framework for doing business; ii) framework for skills development; iii) social dialogue and labour rights as indicated under Output 1.1 ‘Inclusion of Youth to Engage Productively in Society’ Output 1.5 (‘Improved Business Environment for Entrepreneurs and SMEs’) in the programme document. The organisational entity(ies) responsible for providing these inputs should not be part of the tender.
The organisational entity responsible for the relevant labour union input should not be named in the offer and the same organisational entity can be responsible for providing the relevant labour union input to several tenderer
This contract has not been divided into lots, cf. section II.1.6), due to market and economic considerations.
Economic operators will not receive remuneration for their participation in the procedure.

Præcise oplysninger om fristerne for gennemgangsprocedurer

Actions regarding requests to participate and selection must be submitted within 20 calendar days from the day after the contracting authority has notified the economic operators of the decisions regarding selection.
Other actions regarding the procedure (e.g. decisions regarding award of contract) must be submitted within:
45 calendar days from the day after the publication of a contract award notice in the Official Journal of the EU,
30 calendar days from the day after the contracting authority has notified the economic operators that a contract based on a framework agreement with reopening of competition has been entered into, or
6 months from the day after the contracting authority has notified the economic operators of the decisions regarding award of a framework agreement.
Complaint guidelines (in English) can be found at: https://naevneneshus.dk/media/9802/complaint-guidelines.pdf

Kort beskrivelse

The MFA, Department for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has entered into a contract 31 March 2022 regarding implementation of the Youth Inclusion and Employment project of the Programme for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan as well as a potential expansion of activities to Algeria.
The MFA wishes to purchase additional activities to ensure the achievement and enhancement of the agreed results, as included in the revised result framework, and to improve security for partners and subcontractors.
In 2024, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders especially youth (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities with a focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco.
These activities will be implemented by DIHR, KVINFO, and Ahel, where specific activities will be developed, some of these jointly with local partners and youth, based on the interest in cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2025, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders especially youth (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities with a focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco.
These activities will be implemented by DIHR, DIGNITY, KVINFO, Ahel and Munathara where specific activities will be developed, some of these jointly with local partners and youth media, based on the interest in and possibilities for - cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2026, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders especially youth (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities with a focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco and possibly Egypt.
These activities will be implemented by DIGNITY, KVINFO, Ahel and Munathara. Specific activities will be developed, some of these jointly with local partners and youth media, based on the interest in,and possibilities for, cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities that focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco, and possibly Egypt.
• Activities that focus on engaging youth reporters to inform and document results of these interventions.
These activities will be implemented by KVINFO, Ahel and Munathara where specific activities will be developed, some of these also jointly with local partners, based on the interest in cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on achieving results related to improving capacity and broadening dialogue spaces for engaging in advocacy, and documenting and preventing torture targeting youth and under (output 2.2) by DIGNITY.
Additional services will be performed related to protection and promotion of rights of youth minorities and women at risk of SGBV (outputs 2.3. and 2.4).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities related to civil society work including documentation, advocacy and prevention of urban violence, which is increasingly at the heart of DIGNITYs programme interventions. This increase is seen as logical in relation to the expected developments in the region, where state dialogue activities on torture prevention have reduced due to political changes, especially in Tunisia, but also in Jordan. Here a new youth-led intervention and partnership has been initiated.
• Activities related to support of more sustainable networks locally and possible also regionally, for local CSOs engaged in protection efforts (LGBT+ DK and Danner)
The Client and Consultant have agreed to restructure the results framework for Outcome 3 and based on the modifications to the Outcome 3 results framework, there will be additional activities under output 3.1, which will be counterbalanced by a significant reduction in activities under outputs 3.2 and 3.3.
These modifications do not alter the Services to be performed and the deliverables under Outcome 3 (they will only be organised differently). They are the result of alignment with the partner (IMS) updated MENA strategy.
Therefore, in 2024, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Public interest and media content (output 3.1):
• Activities that support the production and distribution of ethical, inclusive, youth-driven media content that diverse audiences trust and that civil society will use. All activities related to capacity building on media content and public interest media are included under this revised output.
In 2025, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Enabling environmental safety (output 3.2):
• Activities that support strengthening and sustaining conducive work environments through establishing local safety mechanisms for targeted media stakeholders and human rights defenders (IMS and EMHRF).

Beskrivelse af udbuddet

The MFA, Department for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has entered into a contract 31 March 2022 regarding implementation of the Youth Inclusion and Employment project of the Programme for Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan as well as a potential expansion of activities to Algeria.
The MFA wishes to purchase additional activities to ensure the achievement and enhancement of the agreed results, as included in the revised result framework, and to improve security for partners and subcontractors.
In 2024, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders especially youth (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities with a focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco.
These activities will be implemented by DIHR, KVINFO, and Ahel, where specific activities will be developed, some of these jointly with local partners and youth, based on the interest in cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2025, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders especially youth (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities with a focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan and Morocco.
These activities will be implemented by DIHR, DIGNITY, KVINFO, Ahel and Munathara where specific activities will be developed, some of these jointly with local partners and youth media, based on the interest in and possibilities for - cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2026, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders especially youth (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities with a focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco and possibly Egypt.
These activities will be implemented by DIGNITY, KVINFO, Ahel and Munathara. Specific activities will be developed, some of these jointly with local partners and youth media, based on the interest in,and possibilities for, cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on the delivery of services linked to enhancing the dialogue on rights between duty bearers and rights holders (output 1.3).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities that focus on prevention of technology-facilitated violence against women in Tunisia, Jordan, Morocco, and possibly Egypt.
• Activities that focus on engaging youth reporters to inform and document results of these interventions.
These activities will be implemented by KVINFO, Ahel and Munathara where specific activities will be developed, some of these also jointly with local partners, based on the interest in cooperation between the organizations working under the HRIC.
In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Greater emphasis will be placed on achieving results related to improving capacity and broadening dialogue spaces for engaging in advocacy, and documenting and preventing torture targeting youth and under (output 2.2) by DIGNITY.
Additional services will be performed related to protection and promotion of rights of youth minorities and women at risk of SGBV (outputs 2.3. and 2.4).
The additional services and deliveries are:
• Activities related to civil society work including documentation, advocacy and prevention of urban violence, which is increasingly at the heart of DIGNITYs programme interventions. This increase is seen as logical in relation to the expected developments in the region, where state dialogue activities on torture prevention have reduced due to political changes, especially in Tunisia, but also in Jordan. Here a new youth-led intervention and partnership has been initiated.
• Activities related to support of more sustainable networks locally and possible also regionally, for local CSOs engaged in protection efforts (LGBT+ DK and Danner)
The Client and Consultant have agreed to restructure the results framework for Outcome 3 and based on the modifications to the Outcome 3 results framework, there will be additional activities under output 3.1, which will be counterbalanced by a significant reduction in activities under outputs 3.2 and 3.3.
These modifications do not alter the Services to be performed and the deliverables under Outcome 3 (they will only be organised differently). They are the result of alignment with the partner (IMS) updated MENA strategy.
Therefore, in 2024, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Public interest and media content (output 3.1):
• Activities that support the production and distribution of ethical, inclusive, youth-driven media content that diverse audiences trust and that civil society will use. All activities related to capacity building on media content and public interest media are included under this revised output.
In 2025, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Enabling environmental safety (output 3.2):
• Activities that support strengthening and sustaining conducive work environments through establishing local safety mechanisms for targeted media stakeholders and human rights defenders (IMS and EMHRF).

Yderligere oplysninger

In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Enabling environmental policy and law with a focus on advocacy (output 3.3):
• Activities that support independent public interest media, media support organisational, including youth-driven actors, and civil society organisations better coordination to resist restrictions to human rights and shrinking civil space.
In 2024, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries under outcome 4 related to partnerships.
Via the HRIC member KVINFO the Consultant will deliver:
In Morocco:
• Activities with Droits&Justice and FLDF in their work to advocate and lobby for reform the Moroccan family law (under output 4.1.), prevention of TFGBV, GBV, incl child marriage (4.3); equal political participation (4.4) and challenging gender stereotypes (4.5). This work continues in 2025, 2026 and 2027.
In Tunisia:
• Activities of Beity to deliver study and advocacy (possibly related to access to justice for women and minority groups) (4.1 and 4.5)
In Jordan:
• Activities with the Jordanian Women’s Union, including a study on technology facilitated GBV, support to survivors of GBV, awareness raising of normative frameworks for gender justice for duty bearers, equal political participation and combating gender stereotypes. (under 1.3, 4.1., 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5. This work will continue in 2025-2027)
In Egypt:
• Activities of Ganoubia Hora on mobilising young people to combat GBV, early marriage and FGM; capacity development of judges; feminist school to challenge gender stereotypes under output 1.3, 4.3. and 4.5 and will continue 2025-27, if approval is obtained from MoSS
• KVINFO will deliver a Gender Lab training for Ganoubia Hora and their close CSO partners in November 2024
• CEWLA will perform additional trainings of young lawyers and law students and additional legal aid services in 2024 and continue strong focus on advocacy activities
• KVINFO is organising a study tour for CEWLA and JWU to Denmark
In addition to the additional activities listed above in each country, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• A KVINFO study on partners use of feminist schools to mobilise youth around the gender justice and human right cause across MENA (under output 4.5)
In 2025, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries under outcome 4 related to partnerships:
Via the HRIC member KVINFO, the Consultant will deliver:
In Morocco:
• Activities with Anwar who works with dialogue between young people and duty bearers, prevention of GBV and challenging gender stereotypes (4.3, 4.4. and 4.5) and ATEC who works on technology facilitated GBV, reform of the Family law and challenging gender stereotypes (under outputs 1.3, 4.1, 4.3 and 4.5. This work will continue in 2026-27)
In Tunisia:
• Activities with/via Aswat Nissa on engagement with CSW, UPR and CEDAW processes on accountability for gender justice, support to survivors of GBV, mobilising young people for gender justice, feminist clubs at universities and feminist festival, knowledge production on gender injustices followed by advocacy under outputs1,3, 4.1, 4.3. and 4.5. This work will continue 2026-27
In Egypt:
• Activities of Ganubia Hora on mobilising young people to combat GBV, early marriage and FGM and working with lawyers’ association to ensure a gender just perspective in rulings. This work is planned to continue if they obtain approval from the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity.
In Jordan:
• Activities with Sadaqa with university students on gender stereotypes under outputs 1.3, 4.1 and 4.5. For 1.3, SADAQA uses UPR machinery to advocate for enhancing women’s economic rights; For 4.1, SADAQA continues to promote and monitor the endorsement and implementation of the National Framework for Daycares.
In addition to the activities listed above in each country, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• Studies on technology facilitated GBV in all four DAPP countries. There is a lack of data on extent and type of TFGBV and the studies will contribute to fill that gap and inform recommendations followed by advocacy with DBs (under output 4.3 and 1.3 as part of collaboration with other HRIC partners)
In 2026, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services related to partnerships.
Via the HRIC member KVINFO, the Consultant will deliver:
In Morocco:
• Activities related to organising around workshops with Egyptian specialist’ participation discussing Islamic feminism in Morocco (4.1)
In Tunisia:
• Activities with Association Lina ben Mheni to support their mobilisation of young people through feminist schools and art (under output 4.4 and 4.5 and this started in 2023 and will continue to develop throughout programme period.)
In Egypt:
• A regional conference by Tadwein and KVINFO on technology facilitated GBV (under output 4.3.)
• Activities of CEWLA on their work to reform the family law, legal aid and psychological counselling, engagement with human rights system (CSW etc) (under outputs 1.3, 4.1. 4.3. and 4.5. started with the late approval in 2023 and will continue in 2026 and 2027
• In addition to the activities listed above in each country, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• KVINFO Convening a Conference on family laws/personal status laws based on Moroccan revision of the Moudawana (Egyptian, Jordanian and Moroccan partners) (under output 4.1.)
In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries related to partnerships:
In Tunisia:
• Activities with Aswat Nissa to support feminist clubs at universities and dealing with sexism among youth (output 4.5.)
Apart from the above mentioned activities, the Consultant (via HRIC sub-contractor LGBT+ DK) shall specifically perform additional services related to combatting gender stereotypes (output 4.5.)
The additional activities are:
• Activities such as “articvism” of LGBT+ DK local partners, CSOs and especially youth activists to engage in, and increase, public focus, debates, and knowledge on LGBTQI rights
In 2026, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• Additional partner monitoring activities
• Additional quality assurance activities
• Additional financial management activities
In accordance with Section 3.03 of the Agreement, the Client and Consultant agree that the Ceiling Amounts for fees and reimbursable expenses related to total funds allocated in 2024-2027 shall be increased by the following to cover that the designated Key Staff as specified in Appendix 1 shall perform additional services and deliveries similar to the Services:
• In 2024, DKK 862.940 net of VAT for fees and DKK 949.775 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
• In 2025, DKK 1.074.641 net of VAT for fees and DKK 832.239 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
• In 2026, DKK 1.306.751 net of VAT for fees and DKK 370.118 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
• In 2027, DKK 708.362 net of VAT for fees and DKK 2.581.328 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
In accordance with Section 3.03 of the Agreement, the Client and Consultant agree that the Ceiling Amounts for fees and reimbursable expenses related to the Programme Secretariat in 2026 shall be increased by 585.801 net of VAT for fees and DKK 13.441 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses to cover that the designated Key Staff as specified in Appendix 1 shall perform additional services and deliveries similar to the Services.
Therefore, the Client has used DKK 9.285.396 net of VAT of the optional DKK 92.000.000 net of VAT in Section 3.03 of the Agreement.
At the same time, the Client and Consultant agree that the Ceiling Amounts for fees and reimbursable expenses in 2022 shall be decreased by the following to offset the increases in 2024-2027:
• In 2022, DKK 4.538.495 net of VAT for fees and DKK 4.746.901 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
As a result, the modifications do not require additional funding and the Contract Price is not adjusted and remains DKK 395.000.000 net of VAT.

Tildeling af en kontrakt uden forudgående offentliggørelse af en indkaldelse af bud i Den Europæiske Unions Tidende (begrundelse)

The modifications do not result in material changes to the Agreement if the modifications are foreseen in the Agreement in clear, precise, and unambiguous clauses which specify the scope and nature of the possible modifications, the conditions for their application, and which not alter the overall nature of the Agreement, cf. Section 179 in the Danish Public Procurement Act.
Therefore, the Parties have ensured that the modifications are agreed within the conditions set out in Section 3.03 of the Agreement.
Further, the Parties have also ensured that:
• The modifications do not alter the economic equilibrium of the Agreement in favour of the Consultant in a way which was not provided for by the Agreement, cf. Section 178(2)(2) in the Danish Public Procurement Act; and
• The modifications do not significantly extend the scope of the Agreement or alter the overall nature of the Agreement, cf. Section 178(2)(3) in the Danish Public Procurement Act.
Furthermore, the modifications do not require additional funding and the Contract Price is not adjusted and remains DKK 220.000.000 net of VAT.

In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
Enabling environmental policy and law with a focus on advocacy (output 3.3):
• Activities that support independent public interest media, media support organisational, including youth-driven actors, and civil society organisations better coordination to resist restrictions to human rights and shrinking civil space.
In 2024, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries under outcome 4 related to partnerships.
Via the HRIC member KVINFO the Consultant will deliver:
In Morocco:
• Activities with Droits&Justice and FLDF in their work to advocate and lobby for reform the Moroccan family law (under output 4.1.), prevention of TFGBV, GBV, incl child marriage (4.3); equal political participation (4.4) and challenging gender stereotypes (4.5). This work continues in 2025, 2026 and 2027.
In Tunisia:
• Activities of Beity to deliver study and advocacy (possibly related to access to justice for women and minority groups) (4.1 and 4.5)
In Jordan:
• Activities with the Jordanian Women’s Union, including a study on technology facilitated GBV, support to survivors of GBV, awareness raising of normative frameworks for gender justice for duty bearers, equal political participation and combating gender stereotypes. (under 1.3, 4.1., 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5. This work will continue in 2025-2027)
In Egypt:
• Activities of Ganoubia Hora on mobilising young people to combat GBV, early marriage and FGM; capacity development of judges; feminist school to challenge gender stereotypes under output 1.3, 4.3. and 4.5 and will continue 2025-27, if approval is obtained from MoSS
• KVINFO will deliver a Gender Lab training for Ganoubia Hora and their close CSO partners in November 2024
• CEWLA will perform additional trainings of young lawyers and law students and additional legal aid services in 2024 and continue strong focus on advocacy activities
• KVINFO is organising a study tour for CEWLA and JWU to Denmark
In addition to the additional activities listed above in each country, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• A KVINFO study on partners use of feminist schools to mobilise youth around the gender justice and human right cause across MENA (under output 4.5)
In 2025, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries under outcome 4 related to partnerships:
Via the HRIC member KVINFO, the Consultant will deliver:
In Morocco:
• Activities with Anwar who works with dialogue between young people and duty bearers, prevention of GBV and challenging gender stereotypes (4.3, 4.4. and 4.5) and ATEC who works on technology facilitated GBV, reform of the Family law and challenging gender stereotypes (under outputs 1.3, 4.1, 4.3 and 4.5. This work will continue in 2026-27)
In Tunisia:
• Activities with/via Aswat Nissa on engagement with CSW, UPR and CEDAW processes on accountability for gender justice, support to survivors of GBV, mobilising young people for gender justice, feminist clubs at universities and feminist festival, knowledge production on gender injustices followed by advocacy under outputs1,3, 4.1, 4.3. and 4.5. This work will continue 2026-27
In Egypt:
• Activities of Ganubia Hora on mobilising young people to combat GBV, early marriage and FGM and working with lawyers’ association to ensure a gender just perspective in rulings. This work is planned to continue if they obtain approval from the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity.
In Jordan:
• Activities with Sadaqa with university students on gender stereotypes under outputs 1.3, 4.1 and 4.5. For 1.3, SADAQA uses UPR machinery to advocate for enhancing women’s economic rights; For 4.1, SADAQA continues to promote and monitor the endorsement and implementation of the National Framework for Daycares.
In addition to the activities listed above in each country, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• Studies on technology facilitated GBV in all four DAPP countries. There is a lack of data on extent and type of TFGBV and the studies will contribute to fill that gap and inform recommendations followed by advocacy with DBs (under output 4.3 and 1.3 as part of collaboration with other HRIC partners)
In 2026, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services related to partnerships.
Via the HRIC member KVINFO, the Consultant will deliver:
In Morocco:
• Activities related to organising around workshops with Egyptian specialist’ participation discussing Islamic feminism in Morocco (4.1)
In Tunisia:
• Activities with Association Lina ben Mheni to support their mobilisation of young people through feminist schools and art (under output 4.4 and 4.5 and this started in 2023 and will continue to develop throughout programme period.)
In Egypt:
• A regional conference by Tadwein and KVINFO on technology facilitated GBV (under output 4.3.)
• Activities of CEWLA on their work to reform the family law, legal aid and psychological counselling, engagement with human rights system (CSW etc) (under outputs 1.3, 4.1. 4.3. and 4.5. started with the late approval in 2023 and will continue in 2026 and 2027
• In addition to the activities listed above in each country, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• KVINFO Convening a Conference on family laws/personal status laws based on Moroccan revision of the Moudawana (Egyptian, Jordanian and Moroccan partners) (under output 4.1.)
In 2027, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries related to partnerships:
In Tunisia:
• Activities with Aswat Nissa to support feminist clubs at universities and dealing with sexism among youth (output 4.5.)
Apart from the above mentioned activities, the Consultant (via HRIC sub-contractor LGBT+ DK) shall specifically perform additional services related to combatting gender stereotypes (output 4.5.)
The additional activities are:
• Activities such as “articvism” of LGBT+ DK local partners, CSOs and especially youth activists to engage in, and increase, public focus, debates, and knowledge on LGBTQI rights
In 2026, the Consultant shall perform the following additional services and deliveries:
• Additional partner monitoring activities
• Additional quality assurance activities
• Additional financial management activities
In accordance with Section 3.03 of the Agreement, the Client and Consultant agree that the Ceiling Amounts for fees and reimbursable expenses related to total funds allocated in 2024-2027 shall be increased by the following to cover that the designated Key Staff as specified in Appendix 1 shall perform additional services and deliveries similar to the Services:
• In 2024, DKK 862.940 net of VAT for fees and DKK 949.775 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
• In 2025, DKK 1.074.641 net of VAT for fees and DKK 832.239 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
• In 2026, DKK 1.306.751 net of VAT for fees and DKK 370.118 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
• In 2027, DKK 708.362 net of VAT for fees and DKK 2.581.328 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
In accordance with Section 3.03 of the Agreement, the Client and Consultant agree that the Ceiling Amounts for fees and reimbursable expenses related to the Programme Secretariat in 2026 shall be increased by 585.801 net of VAT for fees and DKK 13.441 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses to cover that the designated Key Staff as specified in Appendix 1 shall perform additional services and deliveries similar to the Services.
Therefore, the Client has used DKK 9.285.396 net of VAT of the optional DKK 92.000.000 net of VAT in Section 3.03 of the Agreement.
At the same time, the Client and Consultant agree that the Ceiling Amounts for fees and reimbursable expenses in 2022 shall be decreased by the following to offset the increases in 2024-2027:
• In 2022, DKK 4.538.495 net of VAT for fees and DKK 4.746.901 net of VAT for reimbursable expenses
As a result, the modifications do not require additional funding and the Contract Price is not adjusted and remains DKK 395.000.000 net of VAT.

Præcise oplysninger om fristerne for gennemgangsprocedurer

The MFA is following the procedure described in section 4 of the Act on the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement (Act no. 593 of 2 June 2016). The MFA will not award the assignments before the expiry of a 10 days' time period following the publication of this notice in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Under these circumstances, any complaints regarding the award of the assignments must be lodged with the Danish Complaints Board for Public Procurement within 30 days after the day on which the MFA has published a contract award notice regarding the assignments in the Official Journal of the European Union.