Terms of Reference
Assessment and Design for Citizen Voice and Action
Project in Fragile Areas of DRC
Sector: Advocacy and Justice for Children
Employment type Consultant (External)
Deadline for
Proposal Submission: May 10, 2012
Duration of
consultancy
WVI has set aside up to 5 months for this for this assignment, based on a
monthly consultancy rate. The proposed project start date is Monday 14th May 2012.
Proposal bids
should include
- Copy
of CV with references
- Sample of previous research writing/ program
develop development activities
- 1
page detailed work-schedule
- 2 page proposed model development methodology,
including research, outreach and development
- 1
Page proposed operational budget
Candidates
should have the following profile:
- Tertiary education qualification or equivalent
significant work experience.
- Experience in significant research methodology
design and implementation.
- Experience in program design, program
management or program evaluation.
- Experience working with issues of governance,
social accountability, civic education,
- Capabilities in self-management, communication
and report writing.
- Fluent in French, with Basic English, other
local dialects a benefit.
Objective of
Consultancy
World Vision
DRC is seeking to create a project model for the
Citizen Voice and Action approach in the fragile context of DRC. This model
will be implemented through the integrated programming model of the Fragile
Contexts Business Model that DRC will begin implementing from FY13. Note that this
consultancy will not implement a project, but will undertake the assessment and
design activities to develop a concrete proposal for a CVA project for eastern
DRC. The model will draw on the already well developed project model of CVA
developed by the World Vision partnership and take guidance from the examples
and lessons of other countries in the east and central Africa region that have
already implemented such programs. The aim of the program in development is to
establish and strengthen dialogue and the accountability between ordinary
citizens, public service providers and officials in the DR Congo.
This consultancy will include the following steps
of the assessment and design process:
- Conducting a field assessment exercise in
multiple geographic locations, including surveys, focus groups and
interviews with community members, community leaders, government
representatives and representatives of the UN, NGOs and other relevant
stakeholders.
- Conducting
field risk assessments
- Conducting Local Capacities for Peace/ Do No
Harm assessments.
- Writing a full assessment report.
- Writing a full project proposal.
- Testing elements of the proposal to validate
the activities.
- Conducting internal capacity building
activities to ensure that WVDRC is socialized and prepared for the
implementation of the CVA project.
Expected
Outputs:
I. An
assessment report that outlines the following information:
External Context:
- Information: The key policies of Government
and other policy makers that guide the use of public funding to provide
key child related social services. What information is available and what
is being shared, and what is missing. This should be done for the key
WVeDRC sectors, the key child focused services, and key services related
to fragility such as security and social protection services.
- Voice: The capacity and ability of people to
express their views. Capturing specifically the attitudes and perspectives
of children, their families and local service providers about social
services and the existing opportunities for social accountability.
- Dialogue: What are the current opportunities
for social accountability either provided by the Government, and/or facilitated
by NGOs, etc. What are the current entry points where World Vision can
leverage existing structures to anchor CVA advocacy?
- Accountability: Analysis on the political
environment at each administrative level and their interest/willingness
to engage in social accountability activities
- Public Services: The current status of public
services in each area. The presence, number and resources of social
services in the relevant programming areas.
- For each of sections a-e the report should:
- Undertake a thorough risk assessment
exercise to determine the potential and expected risks involved for both
communities and NGO staff.
- Undertake a cost analysis exercise to
determine general cost indicators related to programming activities.
- Undertake a Local Capacities for Peace/Do No
Harm assessment which shows how we the project activities
*Each of these elements (a-e) should have both
qualitative reflection and quantitative statistics that will be used for the
baseline of the project.
Internal Context:
- Level of organizational preparedness for
implementation of a CVA approach. What strategy, relationships, skills,
resources exist that can be leveraged to assist the implementation of the
model.
2. Project
Model Design Proposal that uses all of the relevant information from the
assessment report above to define a contextualized CVA local level advocacy
approach.
This should include:
- Separated programming options, or an
integrated program combining these options that address social
accountability in:
- Funding channeled through humanitarian
funding mechanisms, including the Pooled Fund, Humanitarian Clusters and
other public channels.
- Funding channeled through stabilization and
development coordination mechanisms, including the STAREC and ISSSS
stabilization and reconstruction program, and the UN PBF.
- Funding channeled through traditional
Government for public service providers, including through Ministries,
executive offices and local services providers.
- Programming context information suggesting
which options or combination of options are relevant to each of the
territories, districts and provinces that are covered under the
Governments Stabilisation and Reconstruction Plan for War-Affected Areas
including:
- Priority 1: North Kivu: Beni, Lubero, Masisi, Rutshuru, Nyiragongo and Walikale
- Priority 2: South Kivu: Fizi, Idjwi, Kabare, Kalehe, Mwenga, Shabunda, Uvira and Walungu
- Additional area of interest: Maniema: Kindu,Kasuku, Mikelenge. Alunguli
- Additional area of interest: Katanga:
Tanganika
- Additional area of interest: Orientale:
Bas-Uele, Haut Uele, Beni
- The external programming activities in the
community should include all the areas of the CVA model:
- Enabling Citizen Participation: Social
mapping, Public policy awareness/sensitisation, preparing local
materials, citizen education, building networks and coalitions, and
establishing relationships and connections.
- Engagement via community gathering: training
of CVA teams, meetings, monitoring standards, score cards.
- Improving services and influencing policy:
sensitisation of service providers, interface meetings, social monitoring
and support, data analysis and report writing, validation meetings,
community dialogue and accountability sessions, doing action/commitment
plans, building networks and coalitions, advocacy and influence.
- A budget including activities, staff,
operating costs, administration costs, etc.
- A
monitoring and evaluation plan
- A
sustainability plan
- An external engagement plan (including
advocacy, Christian Commitments, and communications).
3. A pilot
report of a community based trial of some CVA activities outlined in the
project proposal.
- The report should document the activities,
documenting the challenges, opportunities – and incorporating this
feedback into final project proposal report.
4. A series of internal capacity building steps to prepare World Vision DRC
for this project. This should include:
- Meetings with Senior Leadership to ensure
their buy-in to the CVA approach.
- A review of strategic documents to ensure the
inclusion of CVA.
- Meetings with the Quality Assurance team, to
support funding discussions and secure resources for CVA activities.
- Creating and delivering training modules for
World Vision general and program staff, and implement training for all
relevant staff on CVA activities. The training should
include:
- Introduction to civic education and good
governance.
- Training on the CVA approach and theory
- Training on the CVA project that will be
implemented and information to integrate CVA into other sector programs.
Please send
your application to recruit_wvdrc@wvi.org
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