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The Mali Sub-National Governance Project (SNGP) aims to support the Malian government (Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Finance) to develop sound policies, structures, systems and processes to more efficiently, effectively and responsibly deliver services to their citizens, with a particular focus on health and education. SNGP is taking advantage of renewed efforts to decentralize government in Mali through regionalization: the process of giving more resources and authority directly to the regional governments. The project focuses on Public Financial Management (PFM) as a catalyzing theme and consists of three components: 1) strengthen national and regional PFM systems; 2) improve coordination and communication between national and sub-national government and civil society and 3) improve the capacity of the Controle General des Services Publiques to conduct performance audits that meet international standards and to monitor public spending and service delivery at the national and sub-national levels.
Banyan Global is providing technical expertise to the Mali Sub-National Governance Program, which is a five-year program (2016-20210 funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The aim of the program is to promote targeted changes in public and regional financial management systems at the national and regional levels to improve financial decentralization, through adequate transfer of resources from the central to the local level, and an increase of the quantity and quality of basic social services (Health and Education).
Banyan Global carried out a baseline Gender Analysis during project in Year 1 (2016). The analysis examined the following: 1) the status of women and men and their differential access to/control over assets, resources, opportunities, and services relevant to SNGP; 2) knowledge, beliefs, and perceptions that shape gender identities and behaviors; 3) practices and participation that could prevent or facilitate participation in the project; 4) gender differences in the allocation of time and the locations where time is spent; 5) relevant laws, policies, and institutional practices that may contain implicit or explicit gender biases; and 6) gender norms that may affect women’s ability to participate and assume leadership roles and decision-making in the project. The gender analysis also provided demand-driven input on how SNGP could promote the scaling of existing women’s empowerment efforts—for example, offering leadership training, mentoring, and internship opportunities to a wider pool of participants. In addition, Banyan Global led project staff in designing a project gender implementation plan to develop roadmap for SNGP’s gender integration efforts and activities throughout the project’s lifecycle.
The project is currently in its fourth year of implementation. In partnership with its national partner, Women in Law and Development/Mali, the project has undertaken a series of comprehensive activities to support the Malian Government to provide gender-responsive, decentralized service delivery. To this end, the project has provided gender-responsive budgeting training and women’s leadership training at the regional level to civil society organizations (women and youth), agents of technical deconcentrated services, and regional councils, among others in all regions of Mali. It has also produced public goods, including training materials a Guide to Women Cadre A (senior echelons of the Malian Civil Service), a training toolkit on women’s leadership in Mali, and a training toolkit on gender-sensitive budgeting in Mali. It has also carried out advocacy for the political participation of women and youth at the regional and national levels within the context of the 2018 elections.
To support project planning for years 4 and 5 of the Mali SNGP project, the consultant will carry out a gender assessment to measure project successes, identify further advances and gaps, which will support lead to the development of a two-year gender implementation plan. The consultant will carry out the assessment in partnership with WILDAF/Mali and the Mali SNGP Gender Specialist.
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USAID/India has contracted Banyan Global to carry out a country-level Gender Analysis, which will inform the mission’s 2019-2024 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). Under the new CDCS, the Mission’s internally-focused portfolio will aim to bolster India’s development progress by strengthening India’s ability to be a convener, accelerator, and broker to facilitate the domestic capacities and resources that underpin its development progress. The CDCS will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on enhancing the Government of India’s (GOI) performance in addressing complex development challenges that exist within India. Depending on what is appropriate for each sector supported, the CDCS strategy and follow-on programming will conduct policy dialogue; promote reforms that encourage private sector investment; assist in eliminating critical choke points in government systems; leverage funding, expertise and private sector ingenuity; and continue to act as the GOI’s development laboratory, testing and incubating new ways of doing business that the GOI and/or the private or non-governmental sectors can subsequently bring to scale. The assignment is expected to take place from March 4, 2019 through May 17, 2019.
Within this context, the Senior Innovations and Public-Private Partnership Specialist (IPPPS)will carry out a gender analysis within several sectors: health (tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and family planning), WASH, energy and environmental health, energy, water security, disaster risk reduction, and digital connectivity. In these sectors, the gender analysis will address:
- What are the barriers for equal male-female participation in all USAID/India sectors mentioned above?
- What are the ways in which women and men are impacted differently by problems/opportunities in these sectors?
- What are potential measures for improving women's access to services, employment opportunities, and policy planning?
- What are potential measures for enhancing the leadership role that NGOs and others play on gender issues in the sectors that USAID might want to engage?
- What role does gender-based violence play as a cross-cutting priority in all of the sectors mentioned above and what are potential measures to mitigate it?
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USAID/India has contracted Banyan Global to carry out a country-level Gender Analysis, which will inform the mission’s 2019-2024 Country Development Cooperation Strategy (CDCS). Under the new CDCS, the Mission’s internally-focused portfolio will aim to bolster India’s development progress by strengthening India’s ability to be a convener, accelerator, and broker to facilitate the domestic capacities and resources that underpin its development progress. The CDCS will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on enhancing the Government of India’s performance in addressing complex development challenges that exist within India. Depending on what is appropriate for each sector supported, the Mission will conduct policy dialogue; promote reforms that encourage private sector investment; assist in eliminating critical choke points in government systems; leverage funding, expertise and private sector ingenuity; and continue to act as the GOI’s development laboratory, testing and incubating new ways of doing business that the GOI and/or the private or non-governmental sectors can subsequently bring to scale.The assignment is expected to take place from March 4, 2019 through April 10, 2019.
Within this context, the Senior Gender Expert will carry out a gender analysis within several sectors: Health (Tuberculosis, Maternal and Child Health, and Family Planning), WASH, Energy and Environmental Health, energy, water security, disaster risk reduction, and digital connectivity. In these sectors, the gender analysis will address:
- What are the barriers for equal male-female participation in all of the USAID/India sectors mentioned above?
- What are the ways in which women and men are impacted differently by problems/opportunities in these sectors?
- What are potential measures for improving women's access to services, employment opportunities, and policy planning?
- What are potential measures for enhancing the leadership role that NGOs and others play on gender issues in the sectors that USAID might want to engage?
- What role does gender-based violence play as a cross-cutting priority in all of the sectors mentioned above and what are potential measures to mitigate it?
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Banyan Global is an international development consulting firm committed to improving livelihoods through market-led approaches for a broad and lasting impact. Banyan Global is headquartered in Washington, DC with staff working throughout the world. Banyan Global operates seamlessly within six practice areas: finance and investment, enterprise development, gender, youth, health, and evaluation and learning.
Banyan Global is recruiting a full-time Program Manager for an upcoming USAID regional, economic growth project in Eastern Europe and Eurasia to be based in our Washington, DC office. The purpose of this project is to promote broad-based, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in Eastern and Central Europe and the Caucuses through greater intraregional economic integration and harmonization in the region and with other markets.
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Banyan Global is an international development consulting firm committed to improving livelihoods through market approaches for a broad and lasting impact. The firm is headquartered in Washington, DC with staff working in a number of developing countries. Banyan Global operates seamlessly within six practice areas: health, finance and investment, enterprise development, gender, youth, and evaluation and learning.
Banyan Global is recruiting an intern to support the newly-formed Banyan Global Innovation and Learning Hub. The Banyan Global Innovation and Learning Hub identifies specific examples of innovative technical programming and disseminates learning internally and externally, with the goal of increasing the cost-effectiveness of Banyan Global programming, increasing the firm’s visibility, and improving development outcomes.
Banyan Global internships are unpaid. Interns can work full-time or part-time schedules. The anticipated start date for this internship is spring or summer 2019.
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Banyan Global is a women-owned and managed international development consulting firm based in Washington, DC with staff working in a number of countries across the world. Banyan Global operates within six practice areas: health, finance and investment, enterprise development, gender, youth, and monitoring, evaluation and learning.
Banyan Global leads a wide range of flagship gender research and implementation activities for USAID, including under the Advancing the Agenda of Gender Equality (ADVANTAGE) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract. This work includes conducting gender analyses and assessments for USAID missions; designing and delivering gender trainings; structuring gendered monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems; and developing new gender tools and resources. Banyan Global is seeking qualified gender experts to lead and implement assignments, some of which require overseas travel.
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Banyan Global is a women-owned and managed international development consulting firm based in Washington, DC with staff working in a number of countries across the world. Banyan Global operates within six practice areas: health, finance and investment, enterprise development, gender, youth, and monitoring, evaluation and learning.
Under its gender practice, Banyan Global is providing technical expertise to the Mali Sub-National Governance Program, which is a five-year program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The aim of the program is to promote targeted changes in public and regional financial management systems at the national and regional levels to improve financial decentralization, through adequate transfer of resources from the central to the local level, and an increase of the quantity and quality of basic social services (Health and Education).
Banyan Global is recruiting a French-speaking, International Gender and Organizational Development Consultant for 7-8 months to undertake multiple missions to Bamako, Mali. The Consultant would support the strengthening of the organizational and governance capacity of SNGP national partner. The capacity-building would include trainings and support the updating of internal operating documents and procedures.
The consultant would also support human resource reform within the Government of Mali with an emphasis on recruiting and retaining more women in public service, as well as enhancing the capacity of women already in public service to make better decisions regarding budgeting and service delivery. Within this context, the consultant would also lead the technical area of promoting (both male and female) gender champions in public service who have a history of gender-sensitive politics and key male allies with a history of experience in gender integration or women’s empowerment.The aim in so doing would be to encourage networking and learning on gender sensitive political approaches and policies.
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