Qualified Consultants to Perform the Baseline Assessment Tender, Jordan - 26824155

Procurement Summary

Country : Jordan

Summary : Qualified Consultants to Perform the Baseline Assessment

Deadline : 01 Oct 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26824155

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Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : EUROMED FEMINIST INITIATIVE
Abdullah Ben Rawaha Street Tel: +962 6 552 17 82 Fax: +962 6 554 9566
Jordan
Email :ife@efi-euromed.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Qualified Consultants to Perform the Baseline Assessment

Euromed Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI is a policy network that provides expertise in the field of gender equality, democracy building and citizenship, and advocates for political solutions to all conflicts, and peoples´ rights to self-determination. EFI encompasses women-s rights organizations from the two shores of the Mediterranean and seeks to correct the gender power imbalances through ending discrimination and oppression of women and bringing about positive change for the whole society. EFI Headquarters are in Paris, with offices in Amman, Beirut and Erbil. You can visit our website to know more about our work: www.efi-ife.org

Starting September 1st 2018, Euromed Feminist Initiative will implement a multi-county project “Strengthening access to protection, participation and services for women refugees, IDPs and host communities”, funded by the EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis - MADAD. The overall objective is to improve the livelihood, agency and legal and social protection for Syrian women refugees, IDPs and host communities in the region in Lebanon, Iraq/Kurdistan Region - Iraq (KR-I) and Jordan.

For the purpose of the project, EFI has built in Lebanon, Iraq KR-I and in Jordan consortia with credible and experienced national and international organizations: In Lebanon with Care International Lebanon, Legal Action Worldwide (LAW) and Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering (RDFL); in Iraq with Baghdad Women-s Association (BWA) and Women Empowerment Organizations (WEO), and in Jordan with Business Development Centre (BDC) and Tamkeen.

Rationale of the baseline assessment:

Euromed Feminist Initiative wishes to establish a baseline assessment against which the impact of the action will be measured. The baseline assessment will allow proper measurement of the progress of the project in the three countries of implementation. In each project country the assessment will provide relevant data from the targeted geographical areas, disaggregated by social markers such as sex, age, ethnicity, and refugee status. It will also give analyses to inform and identify effective criteria for the selection of the actors to be engaged during the implementation of the activities. Furthermore it will assess from gender perspective existing policies and mechanisms to establish the needs and identify the gaps in regards to achieving the objectives of the project.

Scope, specific objectives and uses of the baseline assessment:

Scope of work:

Euromed Feminist Initiative welcomes applications from qualified consultants to perform the baseline assessment of the above-mentioned project. The assessors will collect relevant data and information in each of the project countries that shall be used to measure the indicators for achieving objectives and results.

In order to effectively measure the project impact, achieving the objectives and expected results, strong and evidence-based baseline is required for the key indicators. The baseline assessment will constitute the basis to measure the project performance during the implementation and after the end of the project. The baseline assessment will provide gender disaggregated (where possible) quantitative and qualitative data and analysis to complement the log-frame of the project and ensure proper monitoring and evaluation throughout the project period.

The assessors will develop a detailed methodology for the baseline assessment, which will highlight aspects such as the research design, sampling strategy and data collection in the targeted areas of the project and tools to be used, as well as a strategy in which both primary and secondary data will be analysed.

The final report will comprise of both quantitative and qualitative data, which will be used to measure the action-s progress in achieving its targets and objectives throughout the project timeframe. The assessors will also work on developing monitoring tools to adequately measure results and objectives. The tools will be harmonised (where possible) in order to be able to conduct cross-country comparisons. A short and user-friendly manual will be developed as an annex to the final report to guide M&E teams in properly implementing monitoring tools in a harmonised manner.

Baseline assessment objectives:

The baseline assessment will enable the following:1. Provide benchmark information to measure project achievements and outcomes based on the project log-frame particularly in the following points:

a. Access of women and girls both refugees/IDPs and in host communities in Lebanon and Iraq/KR-I to comprehensive psychosocial and legal services.

b. Level of knowledge of women and girls in targeted areas in Lebanon and Iraq/KR-I have regarding their rights including sexual and reproductive rights.

c. Level of awareness of men and boys regarding VAW in the targeted areas in Lebanon and Iraq/KR-I.

d. The capacities of service providers in the targeted centres and institutions in Lebanon and Iraq/KR-I on the issues of GE, GBV and other-related topics.

e. The extent to which a gender perspective is applied in the governmental response to the protracted Syrian refugee crisis in the three countries.

f. Present national policies and frameworks linked to women-s rights and gender equality in the three countries, and level of application in the governmental responses to the Syrian crises: identify gaps and/or barriers.

g. Access to economic justice and labour market opportunities, and awareness of economic rights of women both refugees and from host communities in Jordan.

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