Procurement Summary
Country : Switzerland
Summary : Final Project Evaluation
Deadline : 16 Jul 2018
Other Information
Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 24356584
Document Ref. No. :
Competition : ICB
Financier : Other Funding Agencies
Purchaser Ownership : -
Tender Value : Refer Document
Purchaser's Detail
Purchaser : DROSOS FOUNDATION
Drosos Foundation
Obstgartenstrasse 19
8006 Zurich
Phone +41 43 300 54 00
Fax +41 43 300 54 01
Switzerland
Email :info@drosos.org
Tender Details
Tenders are invited for Final Project Evaluation.
Final Project Evaluation - Lebanon
Drosos Foundation is looking for an evaluation consultant to conduct an evaluation of the project “Improving knowledge of health care providers in harm reduction and sexual health” in Lebanon.
Implementing Organisation: Marsa Sexual Health Centre (Marsa)
Project Start: March 1, 2016
Project Duration: 3 years
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
For this mandate, Drosos Foundation seeks to hire an evaluator to design, plan and conduct an evaluation of this three-year project. The terms of reference and details of the mandate are outlined in the document below.
The evaluation is planned to start in September, 2018.
Introduction
The partner of the project:
Marsa Sexual Health Centre (Marsa) was officially launched in 2011 with the aim of providing harm reduction services to the community, with a focus on HIV testing. Marsa has since then grown into a well-visited, successful clinic, performing the highest number of rapid tests for HIV in Lebanon. Their services include medical, social and psychological consultations as well as awareness campaigns and research to ensure that information, resources, support, and services of the highest quality regarding sexuality are available and accessible to all. Drosos Foundation first worked with Marsa in 2012 and has since played a key role in building and strengthening the organization.
Donor/Financial Partner: Drosos Foundation
Drosos Foundation is committed to enabling disadvantaged people to live a life of dignity. Together with partner organisations, it develops and supports projects that have a direct bearing on the effective and sustainable improvement of living conditions, and seeks, wherever it is involved, a long-term impact.
Drosos Foundation focuses on the development of life skills of disadvantaged children, young people and young adults through promoting creativity and economic independence. It is convinced that life and technical skills are key elements in personal development as they empower individuals to take control of their lives and make a positive contribution within their community.
Drosos Foundation was established in Switzerland in 2003. It owes its existence to a private endowment and is acknowledged as a non-profit organisation. It is ideologically, politically and religiously independent. The Foundation is active in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia as well as in Switzerland and in the eastern parts of Germany.
Summary of the Project and Focus of the Evaluation
Marsa-s current project “Improving knowledge of health care providers in harm reduction and sexual health” is the second project supported by Drosos Foundation. Designed as a follow-up to the first project (2012 - 2015), it aims to further improve the quality and capacity of Marsa-s services. This includes extending services to reach more marginalized beneficiaries (e.g. non-injectable drug users, transgender population) by offering counseling and testing for HIV, Hepatitis B+C, or other sexually transmitted diseases, and providing psychological services or medical treatment. It also includes raising public awareness about HIV prevention and safe sex through research and awareness campaigns.
The project also tackles the lack of a professional harm reduction approach to sexual health education in the university curricula of health care providers. A new curriculum targeting faculty staff and medical and nursing students has thus been introduced by Marsa to improve their knowledge on substance use, sexual health and sexual rights, to better treat patients in a non-discriminatory way. A certified Marsa training course for practicing health care providers from medical institutions across Lebanon was also added to the project, focusing on harm reduction and building knowledge on sexual health.
Finally, the project aims at strengthening Marsa-s professional capacity further to improve management services and formalize funding strategies. Building on the collaboration between Marsa and Drosos Foundation since 2012, this component capitalizes on Marsa-s development into a leading health clinic in Lebanon to build long-term sustainability.
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