Consultant: Generation Unlimited - Study on Equity & Well-being of Youth Tender, Barbados - 33080895

Procurement Summary

Country : Barbados

Summary : Consultant: Generation Unlimited - Study on Equity & Well-being of Youth

Deadline : 29 May 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 33080895

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Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND
1st Floor United Nations House Marine Gardens Christ Church Tel: 467.6000 Fax: 436.2812
Barbados
Email :bridgetown@unicef.org
URL :http://www.unicef.org/

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Tenders are invited for Consultant: Generation Unlimited - Study on Equity & Well-being of Youth in Barbados.

UNICEF works in some of the world-s toughest places, to reach the world-s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

Country Office: UNICEF Office for the Eastern Caribbean Area

Workplace of consultancy: Consultant own location

Duration of Contract: 6 months

Anticipated Start date: 17 June 2019

Anticipated End date: 31 December 2019

Supervisor: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist

BACKGROUND:

Over the years, UNICEF has worked with the Ministry of Youth and Community Empowerment and other partners in Barbados to protect the rights of children of all ages - from early childhood through adolescence. With the continuous commitment to deliver for all children, in recent years, the efforts to support the unique needs of young people has gained momentum, as the challenges they face have come more sharply into focus. Poverty, violence and other disadvantages continue to limit the lives of young people. Nurturing them through these vulnerable years provides the key to unlocking a better future for them and their societies.

In 2018, UNICEF launched Generation Unlimited, a global partnership that aims to ensure that every young person aged 10-24 is in some form of education, learning, training or employment by 2030. To ensure that this population group, particularly the most vulnerable and marginalized, receive the support they need to reach their full potential, efforts will be required to strengthen their connections to caring adults and their access to quality health, education, social assistance, protection services and participation opportunities.

According to the World Population Prospects 2017, the world is home to approximately 1.8 billion young people[1]. While there are no universally accepted definitions for adolescence and youth, the United Nations understands adolescents to include persons aged 10-19 years and youth as those between 15-24 years. Together, adolescents and youth are referred to as young people, encompassing the ages of 10-24 years. In the Eastern Caribbean Area (ECA), on average adolescents and youth account for 15 per cent and 16 per cent of the region-s population respectively. For Barbados, adolescents account for 14 per cent of the overall population and youth account for 13 per cent.

As countries begin to shape a new future based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is growing recognition that success will require investing in young people. Realising the rights of adolescents and youth and advancing their development must be preceded first of all by a keen understanding of their current circumstances based on evidence. Using the latest available data from national systems and surveys, supplemented by research studies where appropriate, is central to the Ministry of Youth and UNICEF-s work in evidence generation and for monitoring the SDGs. Disaggregating data - looking beyond national averages, will help to identify the adolescents and youth who are still being left behind.

Following an exercise on the mapping of adolescent and youth data in Barbados, it was revealed that a significant amount of information is available in key areas such as health, education, protection and poverty among others (see Annex 1). The analysis and disaggregation of data on young people is critical in making visible the heterogeneity of adolescent and youth subgroups and identifying the key issues requiring attention. The data analysis and findings will help decision makers, governments, NGOs, and advocacy organisations identify marginalized young people, take appropriate policy and programme decisions, prioritize investments, and where data are insufficient or absent, motivate additional data collection, analysis and programme-oriented research.

This activity will be implemented in partnership with the Ministry of Youth and Community Empowerment Barbados and aligns with the UNICEF global initiative called A Young People-s Agenda. UNICEF Eastern Caribbean-s work on Generation Unlimited is an area of convergence among programme pillars, undertaken in collaboration among child rights monitoring, lifelong learning, and safety and justice components, and the cross-cutting areas of Advocacy and Communication for Development.

PURPOSE/SCOPE OF ASSIGNMENT:

UNICEF ECA and Ministry of Youth and Community Empowerment require the technical assistance of a consultant to conduct the analysis of the existing data and present the results for young people in Barbados. Using the findings from the analysis, the consultant will develop a key findings report on youth in Barbados and a data fact sheet with key graphic highlights. The Generation Unlimited study will also contribute to the development of the Youth Strategy of Barbados, and the aim is to integrate findings into the proposed Youth Index. The consultant will undertake analysis using the primary data sources, including reports and survey datasets, such as latest Survey of Living Conditions (SLC), Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey (MICS), Labour Force Survey (LFS), Populations and Housing Census (PHC), Education Statistical Digest and others (Annex 1). The MICS template for thematic analysis on Young People and the snapshot template for the fact sheet will be used and adapted as required.

KEY EXPECTED RESULTS:

1. Graphs and/or tables on relevant indicators related to adolescents- health, education, social protection safety/justice, unemployment, poverty and other topics including key disaggregation are developed. This deliverable will contribute as input to the Generation Unlimited Equity and Well-being Report and Fact Sheet.

2. Generation Unlimited: Study on equity and well-being of Youth in Barbados - Findings Report with analytical results;

3. Generation Unlimited: Study on equity and well-being of Youth in Barbados - Summary of Key Findings with visual graphs and key messages.

4. Workshop on data analysis for Ministry of Youth staff and other relevant partners is facilitated: key steps and lessons from the analysis ((how it was conducted, definition and computation), main findings on equity and well-being of youth from the analysis, key issues emerging and discussion/Q&A.

As part of the quality assurance process the Ministry of Youth and Community Empowerment, UNICEF and other partners in Barbados will review the deliverables and share comments for inclusion/response at all stage.

WORK ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW:

Key Activities/Responsibilities

Deliverables/Outputs

Estimated Duration:

Conduct analysis and develop graphs and/or tables on relevant indicators related to adolescents and youth

Graphs/tables based on the analysis

15 days

Develop the Findings Report

Generation Unlimited: Study on equity and well-being of youth in Barbados - Findings Report

20 days

Develop the Adolescents Equity Profile Fact Sheet.

Generation Unlimited: Study on equity and well-being of youth in Barbados - Findings Summary

10 days

Facilitate 1-day workshop for Ministry of Youth staff and other relevant stakeholders in Barbados on methodology, findings and deliverables.

1-day workshop on conducting a data analysis on equity and well-being of Youth in Barbados

5 days

A total of 50 working days are estimated for completion of the assignment and expected deliverables. The planned overall duration of this consultancy is 6 months, with expected start on 17 June 2019 and completion by 31 December 2019.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS:

The consultant will travel to Barbados to conduct/facilitate the workshop. Travel arrangements will be made directly by the consultant. UNICEF will cover the costs including tickets and DSA, based on reimbursement, and in accordance with UNICEF travel rules and regulations. A travel budget will be determined by the UNICEF ECA Office and included as a provision of the final contract.

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

The consultant is expected to possess:

§ A Masters Degree in Statistics, Sociology or other Social Sciences.

§ At least 10 years of experience conducting analysis using datasets from major socio-economic household surveys (LSMS, MICS, LFS) and admin sources. Previous experience conducting similar analysis on children and young people in the Caribbean

§ Strong analytical skills and proven experience in data analysis using datasets of major socio-economic household surveys;

§ Advanced skills in statistical analysis software, especially SPSS;

§ Excellent written and oral communication skills in English required;

§ Ability to work independently and respond to feedback in a timely manner.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF-s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

PAYMENT SCHEDULE:

The consultant will be paid in four installments upon satisfactory completion and submission of each deliverable:

Deliverable 1: Graphs and/or tables on relevant indicators related to adolescents and youth

Deliverable 2: Generation Unlimited: Study on equity and well-being of youth in Barbados - Findings Report

Deliverable 3: Generation Unlimited: Study on equity and well-being of youth in Barbados - Findings Summary

Deliverable 4: 1-day workshop on methodology, findings and deliverables

The number of installments will be calculated based on the estimated duration (# days) of each deliverable and consultancy fee daily rates (US$ per day) as per the work schedule above.

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