Consultant-Maintain Social Stability and Economic in the Sahelian Belt and in the... Tender

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Country : Chad

Summary : Consultant-Maintain Social Stability and Economic in the Sahelian Belt and in the Lake Chad Zone by Strengthening Sustainable Local Development and Increasing Economic Opportunities

Deadline : 17 Jun 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 24129111

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Competition : ICB

Financier : European Union (EU)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : OXFAM INTERNATIONAL
Attn: Issa Ibrahima, Responsable de Programme Moyens d'Existence Chad Email : yawaiss@oxfamintermon.org / fsmgrtd@intermonoxfam.org
Chad
Email :yawaiss@oxfamintermon.org / fsmgrtd@intermonoxfam.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Consultant-Maintain Social Stability and Economic in the Sahelian Belt and in the Lake Chad Zone by Strengthening Sustainable Local Development and Increasing Economic Opportunities.

Oxfam Intermón is a non-governmental organization that has been working with people from the poorest countries since 1956 so that they can achieve their right to a dignified life and get by on their own.

Background and rationale for the study- The project: "Trust Fund: Employment, Resilience and Social Cohesion in the Sahel Strip and the Lake Chad Zone", funded by the European Union for a four (4) year period in Chad, aims to maintain social stability and economic in the Sahelian belt and in the Lake Chad zone by strengthening sustainable local development and increasing economic opportunities. The proposed action targets the regions of Bahr el Gazal (Oxfam), Kanem (ACF) and Lake (CARE), three areas strongly affected by climate change, which disrupts harvest cycles and deteriorates the food and nutritional security of the regions. populations. Different crises (Libya, Boko Haram) threaten security and cause population movements in these regions, which, coupled with a strong demographic pressure, threatens social stability in the area. The project is based on the assumption that the revitalization of the local economy sector in the targeted regions coupled with investments in the food / nutrition security and local governance sectors can offer new economic opportunities and positive roles. vulnerable households. The experience of the three NGOs in Chad makes it possible to propose an effective approach with the aim of sustainably releasing vulnerable populations from the "vicious circle" of poverty. can offer new economic opportunities and positive roles for vulnerable households. The experience of the three NGOs in Chad makes it possible to propose an effective approach with the aim of sustainably releasing vulnerable populations from the "vicious circle" of poverty. can offer new economic opportunities and positive roles for vulnerable households. The experience of the three NGOs in Chad makes it possible to propose an effective approach with the aim of sustainably releasing vulnerable populations from the "vicious circle" of poverty.

The intervention proposed by the consortium will be based on a structural approach aimed at:

1. Improve equitable access of young people, women and people at risk of migratory vulnerability to economic opportunities.

2. Improve the nutritional security of vulnerable communities

3. Strengthen the governance of local development structures and the social cohesion of communities

Equity is an underlying principle in building resilience, with a particular focus on the gender dimension.

Discriminatory social norms by gender (related to access to land and other resources, access to decision-making bodies, for example) and other barriers to the development of the capacities of women, men, girls and boys, such as violence against women and girls, for example, are serious obstacles to the resilient development of communities. These are also serious rights violations.

Exclusion at the individual level, however, does not only affect women and girls, but other factors also imply marginalization and therefore exacerbated vulnerability, such as age, social class or minorities. marginalized or stigmatized from their social historicity, etc.). These factors grow with gender and age, limiting the ability of youth, girls and women in the study areas to access resources and participate in decision-making. Decision-making spaces leading to local development and PDL development are not inclusive, and actions for SA improvement and Resilience are not gender sensitive. The same is true for programs implemented by institutional entities and CSOs.

To support the implementation of this project, Oxfam and its partners have planned to put in place a gender and resilience study to gain a better understanding of the degree (progress and barriers) of women's participation at the grassroots level. the transformative leadership of women's rights in order to better establish the strategic vision of the project which would enable women, at both community and national levels, to gain individual and collective power to enable them to be resilient in order to cope with shocks and crises while benefiting from an enabling environment that promotes and supports women's participation and leadership.

Women's economic empowerment is fundamental to building the capacity of women, their homes and their communities to lift themselves out of poverty in a sustainable way and build resilience. It is essential that they be able to participate in the decision-making and development of their community; reduce and share critical care responsibilities; and access resources and support from local actions and networks for the expected change - coping with crises and shocks

The overall goal of this Gender and Resilience Study in Kanem and Lake, BeG is to identify the root causes of the exclusion / marginalization of women, girls, in accessing and using productive resources and decision-making at the household, community and community levels (participation in PDL development, community meetings for local development, VSLA members, management committees, etc.) to adapt intervention strategies while integrating the findings and recommendations of the study, improve programmatic quality and learn from building resilience.

NB: Productive resources can be: land, water, seeds (improved, these improved seeds are not yet part of the TF's assets.) Should we already mention a forecast for a study that commits itself in so little?), agricultural inputs, foods, housing (adequate) / housing, means of transport, money (grants / donations, income-generating activities etc.)

Specific objective of the Study - To improve our understanding of the gender situation (participation of women, youth and their level of leadership in the community) in the BeG, Kanem and Lac regions and to be able to improve the actions and strategies of the Trust Fund project.

Specifically search for like objectives:

1. Understand gender relations within the household (decision-making, access and control of resources in the 3 regions;

2. Rethink and improve the project's strategies and actions by integrating the gender dimension in order to achieve the expected results of Gender Justice and Resilient Development;

3. Understand the decision-making process in the household taking into account gender in the three regions. ;

4. Understand the decision-making process within households and communities related to access, control of productive resources and the system of inheritance or inheritance of productive bases

5. Feed the indicators and monitor changes in the gender justice of the project;

6. Make recommendations to build the project's influence agenda, from Consortium Organizations to Gender Justice.

7. Identify the priority axes of recommendations by which the Consortium Organizations can build the influence agenda by the project and beyond.

Expected results

.A detailed methodology proposal with all the collection tools for validation of the Consortium before the field

· Mid-term meeting on the progress of research

· Draft report to be shared for Consortium feedback

· A workshop to share and validate the general results of the study organized in the two regions (Lac and Kanem)

· A final report of the study outlining: (1) The issues of gender inequalities in access to productive resources and decision making both at the family level and in communities, (2) the opportunities and threats of participation of women, girls and young people in decision-making spaces in Kanem and Lake; (demonstrating the capacity of adaptation, absorption and transformation of the most vulnerable social groups taking into account their socio-economic and marital status, their ethnicity, ) An action plan for the integration of gender in the implementation PDLs for the 3 regions

Profile and skills required of the consultant

· The consultant who will provide this service must have:

· The required expertise in gender analysis related to strengthening Resilience and in research and analysis of resilient development policies;

· Justify a good academic level with at least a relevant higher degree in the following areas of expertise such as social sciences, environment, agroeconomy, law, rural economy, or any other relevant field;

· Have a good capacity for analysis and synthesis;

· Have a minimum of 5 years experience in research and monitoring-study of Gender and Resilience Projects;

· Having once been involved in a process of developing and / or implementing strategic documents on resilience at the Chad or international level;

· Significant experience in conducting studies in the field of development in general and gender in particular for other international organizations and having knowledge of the sustainable development country programming process in Chad would be major assets.

· Have a knowledge of cross-cutting issues such as gender and human rights in general and particularly in the area of ??climate change;

· Excellent writing and communication skills in French,

· Qualifications of facilitation and teamwork

HOW TO APPLY:

As part of the implementation of the Trust Fund project, OXFAM is launching a call for proposals for the realization of a study on gender and resilience in the Kanem, Barh El Gazal and Lac regions. Interested parties may withdraw the Terms of Reference and submit their technical and financial proposals to the Office of Oxfam in N'Djamena located at the residential terminal area, 1036 Street Door 0148, behind the Embassy of Russia, BP 5166 ; from 8 am to 4 pm, business days for the period from May 25 t

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