International Consultant for the Evaluation of the Listening and Protection Service... Tender

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Country : Comoros

Summary : International Consultant for the Evaluation of the Listening and Protection Service for Children and Women Victims of Violence of Ngazidja

Deadline : 31 Mar 2019

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31767081

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Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATION CHILDREN'S FUND
Hamramba - Moroni Country code 269 Tel: 773 0993/773 0369/773 5573 Facsimile: 773 0069
Comoros
Email :moroni@unicef.org
URL :www.unicef.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Comoros: International Consultant for the Evaluation of the Listening and Protection Service for Children and Women Victims of Violence of Ngazidja.

Context
Over the past decade, Comoros has been facing a proliferation of various forms of exploitation directed against children. With a view to combating violence against children, since 2004, UNICEF has been assisting the Government of the Union of the Comoros in setting up listening and care services for child victims of violence. To date, three listening services are operational, including one in each island. Among the functional sites, the Service of listening and protection of the children victims of violence of Ngazidja which was put in place by the UNICEF, the Autonomous one of Ngazidja and the Comorian Association of the Well-being of the Child (ASCOBEF) in 2004. Since 2011, this service is integrated into the General Directorate of Social Affairs of Ngazidja. It is managed jointly with the association ASCOBEF. The objectives of this service of listening are notably to sensitize the population to denounce any case of abuse and maltreatment against the children, and to ensure a medical and psychological care of the child victims and to initiate legal action against child abuse perpetrators.

The Ngazidja Listening and Protection Service for Children and Women Victims of Violence has always benefited from the financial and technical support of UNICEF since its creation. Fourteen (14) years after its creation, Ngazidja's Service for the Listening and Protection of Children and Women Victims of Violence has grown. It has a local and a staff assigned by the Executive of Ngazidja. However, this service faces several challenges including the lack of skills of staff, delays at the public prosecutor's office in handling cases of sexual assault on minors, the frequent involvement of intermediaries in cases with the courts in favor of aggressors on the minors, favoring their release before the judgment of their sentence. It is also faced with the inadequacy of the state structures responsible for the leadership and coordination of the child protection system, the collaboration between actors at all levels and the lack of financial resources. It is in this context that UNICEF Comores, in collaboration with the General Directorate of Social Affairs of the Autonomous Island of Ngazidja, has decided to recruit an international consultant to carry out the evaluation of the Child Listening and Protection Service. and victims of Ngazidja violence.

Objectives of the consultation.
The objectives of this evaluation are:

Analyze the relevance and effectiveness of the listening and protection service for children and women victims of Ngazidja violence;
Identify contextual factors of the listening service that would have contributed to achieving the best results;
Appreciate the contribution of the different actors involved in the implementation of the listening services activities;
Measure the degree of achievement of the listening service's results during the 2014-2018 period (impact, impact, outputs);
Analyze the constraints, successes and challenges of the listening service and lessons learned
Identify the institutional potentialities to support scaling up the project at the commune level of the island;
Formulate conclusions, recommendations to improve the performance of the listening service.
Scope
The envisaged evaluation covers the activities of the service of listening and protection of children and women victims of violence of Ngazidja between 2014 and 2018.

Criteria and questions
This evaluation will be based on well-known ODCE / CAD criteria, while retaining a formative character that prioritises lessons learned and the prospective approach. It will focus on evaluative and descriptive issues such as a) intervention logic; (b) priorities, practices and approaches; (c) the results obtained; d) challenges and potentialities; e) lessons learned, good practices and recommendations.

a) Logical framework of expected results

Is there a theory of change and a logical framework of results to be achieved?
Are there disaggregated data, indicators, benchmarks, targets, and means of verification for the outcomes that the intended interventions are intended to achieve?
Are the envisaged results in line with national priorities? (Relevance)
b) Priorities and approaches

What are the priorities of the listening service?
What services are offered?
How is coordination with other sectors done? (Coordination)
What is the main source of technical and financial resources?
c) Results obtained

What are the great achievements of the listening service?
To what extent have these achievements made it possible to address inequalities according to sex, social strata and different regions of Ngazidja? (Equity)
To what extent are the planned results in the area of ??combating violence against children achieved? (Efficiency);
What was the cost-benefit ratio? (Efficiency).
d) Challenges and potentialities

What are the main obstacles to achieving the expected results?
What and what worked? what were the facilitating factors?
What did not work? Why?
What are the unmet needs?
What strategies should be considered to address the obstacles and barriers encountered and reinforce the identified facilitating factors;
What are the resources and capacities at the level of government and communities that could help achieve the envisaged results even in the absence of external support? (Durability / sustainability).
e) Lessons learned, good practices and recommendations

What are the lessons learned and good practices that can inform the progressive implementation of the listening services in the town halls?
Evaluation team
The evaluation will be conducted by an international consultant for a period of approximately fifteen calendar days. The consultant will rely on the services of the Listening Service Steering Committee. The International Consultant will be based in Moroni in Grande Comore.

Expected products
The International Evaluation Consultant must submit to the steering committee, less than two days after the signature of the contract, the methodological note and the implementation plan for the terms of reference of this evaluation. He is also expected towards the end of the mission to the Comoros, to animate a workshop to present the report draft and to collect the comments and contributions of the audience for the finalization of the document.

The final evaluation report must be written in French, with an executive summary of the main conclusions and recommendations for actions, for a maximum of 40 pages (excluding annexes).

Supervision of the evaluation
The work of the evaluation of the listening service will be conducted under the joint supervision of the Director General of Social Affairs of the Autonomous Island of Ngazidja and UNICEF. The Listening Service Steering Committee will oversee the implementation of the evaluation exercise. For UNICEF, the international consultant will be supervised by the Deputy Representative with the assistance of the Protection Program Administrator.

Location and working condition
The consultant will work both in Comoros and remotely. UNICEF will provide office space for the consultant. The consultant may have to travel on the ground. The work will take place over a period of 15 working days.

Final product
An evaluation report of the service of listening and protection of children and women victims of violence of Ngazidja.

Estimated duration of the contract; remuneration, other terms and conditions
The consultant will be hired under an individual contract immediately after the completion of the procurement process, for a period of approximately fifteen (15) days. The exact number of days with specific deadlines should be proposed by the consultant and discussed and confirmed by UNICEF when signing the contract. The terms of reference is an integral part of the institutional contract (SSA) to be signed with the consultant. The amounts and terms of payment are subject to negotiation, but must conform to United Nations standards. A detailed breakdown of the budget (draft budget) must be submitted with the technical project proposal.

11. Qualifications and Experience Required

The consultant for the realization of this evaluation must:

Hold a postgraduate degree (MASTER II, DEA or DESS) in organizational development, administration or social sciences;
Have at least 8 years professional experience in the field of evaluation;
Have in-depth knowledge of child rights issues and child-friendly protection programs;
Have good listening, communication and teamwork skills;
Have knowledge about equity, especially gender-related;
Have a perfect mastery of the computer tool and Excel 2007;
Have a perfect command of French (written, read, spoken).

How to apply:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion in its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all over the world. To apply, click on the following link http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=520693

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