C4P Project - Adolescent/Youth and Community Participatory Study Tender, Lebanon - 32418990

Procurement Summary

Country : Lebanon

Summary : C4P Project - Adolescent/Youth and Community Participatory Study

Deadline : 01 May 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 32418990

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Competition : ICB

Financier : Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : TERRE DES HOMMES
Lebanon
Lebanon
Email :sophie.coelho@tdh.ch

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Tenders are invited for Lebanon: C4P Project - Adolescent/Youth and Community Participatory Study - Lebanon.

1- Introduction and Rational for intervention:

Following a 3 years projects (2015-2017), the C4P project, funded by SDC, is in an extension phase (July 2018- July 2019) whereby approaches have been revised to adapt to the evolving context and to take one step forward as compared to the first phase in terms of supporting the resilience of children and adolescent/youth and in capacitating partners and stakeholders towards a sustainable model of protective system. Cofunded by OCHA, it focuses mainly on Palestinian camps, with a particular focus on Palestinan refugees from Syria.

The intervention aims to ensure children benefit from a holistic package of services, including case management, focused and community based psychosocial support (PSS), ensuring adolescent/youths are involved in adolescent/youth groups and life skills and that their parents are engaged in positive parenting activities, through direct intervention and provided by partners and SDC. The aim is to enhance child participation and adolescent/youth empowerment, as well as to promote social cohesion and inclusion, through the engagement of children and adolescent/youth in arts, sports and life skills activities.

The project also puts a great focus on the risks linked to gender based violence with a focus on early marriage, by setting up safe spaces for adolescent girls, offering age and gender adapted services.

The project ensures strong and sustainable partnerships have been fostered, by supporting a small number of key NGOs through tailored approaches and continuing to support social development centres (SDC) in alignment with the new MOSA national plan. The project also invests on key stakeholders and duty bearers to support a protective environment for children from all nationalities.

The project is implemented in the following locations:

South Lebanon, inside and outside of Palestinian camps

Beirut/ Mount Lebanon, with a focus in the Palestinian camps and gatherings

1- Objectives

1-1- General objectives of the study

The study aims to enhance the understanding of the level of knowledge in the intervention community, as well as attitudes and common practices regarding child protection (CP) and children rights and will also explore other needs and concerns in terms of education, livelihoods and GBV in South and Beirut Mount Lebanon. This will enable Tdh to have a better general understanding the situation in the areas of intervention, thus to address eventual gaps and needs identified in future programming. It will also be a point of situation on the revised approaches adopted in the C4P project.

This study aims to represent adolescent/youth-s and communities views on the problems and risks which concern them, by adopting a adolescent/youth and communities' participatory process, whereby they will participate in data collection, analysis of findings and use the recommendations to develop related initiatives or advocacy actions in a followup project.

1-2-Study questions**

· What are the main Child protection concerns in the areas of intervention?

· How do caregivers and communities respond to these concerns?

· What are children-s needs and rights, according to children/adolescent/youth and according to communities?

· What is the level of knowledge of CP systems and/or practices to report abuse/concerns?

· What is the level of knowledge/use of existing protection services and/or community mechanisms to address needs child protection?

· What is the knowledge of existing laws regarding children needs and rights, according to children/adolescent/youth and according to communities

· What are the attitudes/beliefs regarding early marriage, child labor, physical or humiliating punishment, etc, according to children/adolescent/youth and according to communities?

· How do these concerns influence access and retention in school (for example: children in child labor; Child marriage)?

· Why are children out of school (Drivers)? Do child protection concerns correlate with the fact of being out of school?

· What are individual, social or structural barriers to reporting abuse, school enrolment, utilising established protection mechanisms?

· What could support children in accessing schools? retaining in school?

· Do caregivers know about formal and non-formal pathways to education and what that means in practice: which pathway are they more likely to choose for their child?

· What are caregivers- perceptions between access to education versus working or getting married?

· What do caregivers know about the harms that are caused to children by engaging in harmful work? What level of awareness do children and caregivers have of children-s right to protection in work?

· What are potential links to livelihood options for adolescent/youth? How could they be enhanced?

· How are adolescent/youth and children perceived as potential agents of change? What the space that is left to them to transform societ? What are the blockages and enablers for their participation?

2- Study methodology

2-1- Location

South: Rashadiye, Al Bass, Bourj El Shamali and gatherings

Mount Lebanon: Bourj El Barajne, Mar Elias, Shatila camps and gatherings

Criteria for selection of the specific localities:

C4P project locations

Red/Black most vulnerable cadasters

Localities with gaps in services

Camps Where active CPNs exist

Camps where active adolescent/youth groups exist (already engaged within Tdh adolescent/youth group and life skills activities)

2-2- Target population

· Children and their parents/care-givers[1]

· Community stakeholders, through the child protection networks

· Community stakeholders, outside of the child protection networks (school teachers, sheikhs, popular committees, community committees etc)

· Governmental authorities: MoSA, MOI, ISF, municipal police

· NGOs and UN organizations at local and national level

· Popular committees, PSF, UNRWA, International NGOs

2-3- Study design

2-3-1. Ensuring strong Adolescent/youth and community participation

This study will rely on adolescent/youth participatory approach. Adolescent/youth will be identified as they are already engaged within our projects and within the activities of our partners, through adolescent/youth groups and life skills sessions. This participatory study will hence be a further step taken in empowering them, and supporting them in defining, in a further phase of the project, adolescent/youth led initiatives and advocacy campaigns based on the issues identified.

The right to participate is laid down in Article 12 of the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child, (UNCRC) which states that:

States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.

For this purpose, the child shall in particular be provided the opportunity to be heard in any judicial and administrative proceedings affecting the child, either directly, or through a representative or an appropriate body, in a manner consistent with the procedural rules of national law.

Participation and empowerment mean giving all children and young people the opportunity to be involved in decision-making at all levels. This means having a say in anything that affects them, being listened to and taken seriously and their views having impact on the decisions that are made.

This study will also ensure a strong participation of community stakeholders that Tdh is actively supporting and who are involved in Child Protection Networks. The Child protection networks (CPN) were first established in 2014 in Palestinian camps in the South and are now in nine camps across Lebanon. CPNs are core groups of duty bearers including Community and Popular Committees, NGOs, UNWRA and key individuals, such as Sheikhs. They allow CP to be elevated as a common topic for strategic discussion and concern for stakeholders. They act as a platform for advocacy initiatives and ensure a centralization of information regarding CP projects and services, and increased coordination in camps. They also act as a mechanism to monitor and respond to CP concerns.

The lead consultant will be in charge of defining the best fit methodology and tools to engage adolescent/youth and the community.

It will be required that data are analysed taking into consideration nationality, age and sex where gender differences shall be accorded a place in both data collection and interpretation.

Specific tools will be developed for each target group, ensuring that contents of tools enable triangulation of perspectives. All tools should be translated and field tested by the consultant.

2-3-2. Secondary review of data / literature review:

Tdh has undertaken a detailed literature review of child protection (CP) and Gender based violence (GBV) needs, inside and outside the Palestinian camps in March 2019. This literature review should be used as a basis for this study and not be duplicated.

3- Human resources: tasks & responsibilities

Tdh will be in charge of:

· Reviewing and validating on the inception report which will include a methodological proposal and data collection tools, a detailed workplan, an analysis plan, and first elements of desk review

· Identifying the adolescent/youth researchers and the CPN members- who will participate in the study.

· Assigning 1 focal point per camp to support in organizing data collection exercise and providing refreshments

· Providing facilities (rooms) for the trainings and meetings

· Participating, under the facilitation of the consultant, in the formulation of recommendations based on the draft analysis of findings

· Reviewing and validating on the final report

Adolescent/youth will be in charge of:

· Facilitating data collection with other children or adolescent/youth and with adults, when possible

· Taking notes or recording if feasible (other wise to be supported by adults or to be managed by CPN member or consultancy team)

· Contributing to the analysis of the collected data and the formulation of the recommendations, under the facilitation of the consultant

Child protection network members will be in charge of:

· Facilitating data collection with other community members

· Taking notes and supporting adolescent/youth in note taking when needed

· Contributing to the analysis of the collected data and the formulation of the recommendations, under the facilitation of the consultant

The consultant/ consultancy team will be in charge of:

· Developing the participatory approach and participatory tools (the approach and data collection tools should be provided to Tdh as a deliverable, and should be validated upon within the inception report)

· Training adolescent/youth and child protection network members in charge of the study on the approaches and tools, data collection mechanisms, note taking and analysis

· Overseeing the data collection, including ongoing training and accompaniment of the adolescent/youth and CPNs during the process

· Allocating additional staff for additional data collection as deemed relevant (for example KII with national level)

· Organising its own transportation to Tyr, Beirut and Tripoli.

· Conducting additional literature review

· Leading on the analysis of the data, by using adolescent/youth-friendly techniques and participatory analysis techniques as well as using a dedicated software for qualitative analysis or coding the qualitative data (the database of raw data should be provided to Tdh as a deliverable)

· Formulating high quality programmatic recommendations, linked to the objectives of the study

· Engage the adolescent/youth and community members in participating in designing some sections of the report

· Developing a high quality report, following a structure as proposed in section 4 (Deliverables) as well as a child friendly report to be used by adolescent/youth.

4- Deliverables

Before launching any data collection, the inception report with the proposed methodology, participatory approach and data collection instruments will be submitted to Tdh and prior validated.

A 1st draft of the consultancy report shall be submitted to Tdh one week after the field work. This report shall include at minimum and not exclusively:

· Summary report (2 pages)

· An automatic table of contents

· Methodology + limitations (1 to 2 pages)

· Literature review (6 pages)- MAINLY extracted from Tdh literature review + with additional literature if deemed relevant.

· Presentation of findings from the study

· Comprehensive analysis, including a comparative analysis between literature review findings and study findings (2 pages)

· Conclusions

· Recommendations (2 pages)

· Annex: Questionnaires, glossary, tables, figures, pictures, graphs, maps, bibliography

The assessment will aim to reach actionable conclusions and interpretations using the SMART criteria making a full use of all the data collected. The report shall be written and submitted in a very good level of English. It should be of very high quality, in order to be shared externally.

A shorter, child friendly report should also be submitted, to be used by adolescent/youth to engage in initiatives and advocacy activities.

The consultant will also submit the raw data in the form of a clear analytical table.

5- Budget

The total cost of the consultancy should not exceed 12 500$, including consultancy fees, per diem, visa if any, international flight ticket (if any), accommodation on the field, if needed and transportation from Beirut to Tyr and to Tripoli.

Tdh will cover for refreshments during meetings and focus group discussions and transportation for the adolescent/youth and CPN members.

6- Study time framework

The consultancy will last 34 open nonconsecutive days and should start mid-May and be finalized by 23 July.

The tentative timeframe is proposed:

Task

Timeframe

Number of days of consultancy

Initial briefings, literature review, initial meeting with children and CPNs, formulation of tools and approaches / 13-17 May / 5 days

Submission and review of Inception report by Tdh (Tdh will need 3 days for the review) / 17 May

Training to youth (2 locations) / Week of 23 May / 2 days

Training to CPNS (2 locations) / Week of 27 May / 2 days

Data collection by youth and CPNs (1 months), including 5 days of supervision by consultant / 29 May - 28 June / 7 days

Additional data collection by consultant / 29 May - 28 June / 4 days

Data entry/ analysis / Weeks of 1 July / 5 days

Data Analysis with youth and CPNs + formulation of recommendations (2 locations) / Week of 8 July / 2 days

Report writing - submission of report on 16 July / Weeks of 8 and 15 July / 5 days

Report review and validation by Tdh (1 week) and 2 days for review of comments by consultant / Weeks of 15 and 22 July / 2 days

Total days of consultancy : 34

7- Terre des hommes Child Safeguarding Policy and ethical considerations

Tdh Lausanne commits to best practice in Child Protection in the implementation of its projects, following its own Child Safeguarding Policy. Besides, in the event of partnering with local organizations, Tdh Lausanne ensures that they also develop and apply a Child Safeguarding Policy. In this framework and provided that the volunteers will be in contact with Tdh partners and beneficiairies, they will be requested to sign and follow Tdh Child Safeguarding Policy and will therefore be briefed accordingly.

The team should ensure protection & safety of participants & teams; participants referral, or at least basic support to ensure adequate support in case of problems; informed consent of participants involving the duty to inform; data and information confidentiality; data valorization; expertise and comprehensive approach]

• A commitment to follow-up action, as necessary

• Identifying and finding ways to support community-coping mechanisms that do not violate basic rights of

or harm children

• Considering potential negative effects of the assessment exercise (such as stigmatizing a person or group

through attracting unnecessary attention to them; or creating fear)

• Not raising false expectations by being honest with communities about the objectives of the assessment

before and during the assessment

8- Profile of consultant

Ø Demonstrated experience of undertaking child led or child participatory research. Experience in using child- friendly animation- data collection and analysis methods, Child-friendly behaviour, language and a gender-sensitive approaches

Ø Experience with both quantitative and qualitative data collection methods in the frame of humanitarian and development projects

Ø Proven technical knowledge and expertise on child protection

Ø Proven research and analytical skills, experience in leading studies in NGO sector, in humanitarian and development contexts. Knowledge of the Syrian crisis preferred

Ø Experience in leading an assessment team and of organizing their work

Ø Practical, flexible, structured and organized - excellent planning skills

Ø Excellent interpersonal communication skills Good listening and interviewing skills, be open to ‘unheard voices-, be friendly, non-judgmental and patient

Ø Excellent and demonstrated English writing and reporting skills

Ø Excellent knowledge of English; Arabic would be a strong asset and highly preferred (a translator shall be provided if needed)

Ø University degree on social sciences or assimilated

Additional requirement:

Ø Clean Police background record

Ø Acknowledged similar consultancies with recognized organizations

9- Submission of the application

To be considered, interested and qualified consultants must submit the following documentation:

Curriculum vitae (max. 3 to 4 pages highlighting work experience and qualifications relevant to this consultancy)

Full contact details of at least two references from among recent clients

One sample report highlighting experience relevant to this study, if possible a child led research/ study

A technical offer comprising:

o Critical review of the Terms of Reference (ToR);

o Outline of the methodology proposed;

o A chronogram showing details for the realization of the assessment. The schedule proposed should include time for briefing and debriefing at the mission, and at Head Office as far as possible.

A Financial offer
Please send your applications specifying “Adolescent/youth and Community Participatory Study” to Sophie Coelho - sophie.coelho@tdh.ch

Deadline for submissions is 1 May 2019 (COB, Lebanon Time). Only applicants submitting complete applications will be considered and only those short listed will be contacted.

[1] When collecting information with children, the consultant will make sure to adopt methodologies which limit the risk of revictimizazion, adopt a do no harm approach and limits risk of bias and that both the parents and children agree and give informed consent for the child to talk

How to apply:
Please send your applications specifying “Adolescent/youth and Community Participatory Study” to Sophie Coelho - sophie.coelho@tdh.ch

Deadline for submissions is 1 May 2019 (COB, Lebanon Time). Only applicants submitting complete applications will be considered and only those short listed will be contacted.

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