Strengthening Capacity of Civil Service Organizations (CSOs) to Engage in Delivering... Tender

Procurement Summary

Country : Somalia

Summary : Strengthening Capacity of Civil Service Organizations (CSOs) to Engage in Delivering and Advocating for Children’s Rights

Deadline : 03 Sep 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 25884394

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : SAVE THE CHILDREN (SC)
Maansoor Area/Road, Jig-jiga yar, Hargeisa, Somaliland Tel: +2522570158/59/63
Somalia
Email :somaliland.procurement@savethechildren.org

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for Strengthening Capacity of Civil Service Organizations (CSOs) to Engage in Delivering and Advocating for Children’S Rights in Somaliland.

BACKGROUND

For over 90 years, Save the Children (SC) has been making a difference in children’s lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world’s largest independent child rights organization, underpinned by a vision in a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Working with civil society derives from the mandate of the Save the Children Theory of Change to develop strong and independent CSOs to promote and advocate for the rights of children and hold the government to account. Save the Children works with CSOs because we share interests and values, local CSOs understand the local context and we are agreeing on ways of working. They have the indigenous knowledge, local experience and are close to communities. Working with CSOs will sustain the work SC is doing when SC withdraws from a given intervention area. However, CSOs in Somaliland mainly focus on service delivery and have limited capacity to engage in advocacy activities for children, constituency building, governance and building relationships or alliances with likeminded organizations.

Children and youth in Somaliland experience some type of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. As a result, the protection and psychosocial well-being of children and youth is affected. In Somaliland, the capacities of civil society structures are generally inadequate to respond to the protection concerns of children and youth. Although the number of civil society organizations (CSOs) is growing and they play a significant role in service delivery (education, health, water) their engagement in protecting children and youth from abuse, neglect, violence and exploitation and holding the government to account is limited. CSOs are generally more oriented to delivering services than addressing structural issues (policy and legal framework) that ensure the protection of children and youth from abuse and exploitation.

Currently, Save the Children implements a four-year civil society project named Lot Civ funded by DANIDA that will support projection of children and youth rights in Somaliland. The project has two local implementing partners of SONYO (Somaliland National Youth Organization) CCBRS (Comprehensive Community-based Rehabilitation Services). The project also plans to work with additional ten (10) small youth community-level youth associations those will work with SONYO in advocating for youth rights at community level. The Lot Civ project aims to strengthen capacity of civil society organizations and government institutions so that protection of children from violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation is in place and those policies and laws that would ensure the protection of children from all forms of violence are in place as well and enforced.

In summary, SC will work with CSOs, relevant government ministries, youth associations and the private Sector to promote, protect and fulfil children’s rights in reducing physical, institutional and social violence against children and youth.

CONSULTANCY OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this consultancy to obtain a comprehensive picture of the project implementing partners’ organizational capacity and hence deliver required capacity-strengthening support including youth associations. The assessment will be systematic reviews and assessments on the organizations’ internal functions (organisational base), program performance and its relationship with its target groups and other relevant actors and use results of this assessment to build/develop capacity of these organisations based on gaps identified in order to enhance their capacity in implementation of child rights work.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

Specifically, the consultancy aims to analyse the organizational capacities according using three dimensions; to be, to do and to relate:

1. Assess and analyse the capacity of the organizational base or internal functions of the CSOs/local NGOs (to be) :

Key activities may include:

How the organisation expresses its basic values and has articulated the reasons for its existence (vision, mission, values).
Organisational Structure and systems: whether or not the organisation’s management and its division of duties and responsibilities are explicit and visible.
Effectiveness of its leadership and staff competence according to roles
Comprehensiveness of organisational strategy in delivering its programs for children
Sustainability e.g. diversified funding base
Communication, feedback and teamwork within the organization.
Process of delegation and its effectiveness.
Financial management system; realistic budgets, effective financial controls, and accurate information to support decision-making.
2. Assess the organisation’s program performance/outputs with /for children (to do):

Key activities may include:

The organisation’s capacity (human & financial resources) to plan and to implement planned activities?
capacities related to project management, technical skills and knowledge /expertise in child rights work, competencies in research, policy influencing
Ability to involve children in their work (e.g. in project cycle management, advocacy work),
Ability to engage in public investment work
Ability to carry out lobbying and advocacy work on children’s wellbeing at local, national, regional and international levels
Ability to identify and effectively respond to abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect of children.
Ability to form referral pathways on child protection issues.
Relevance of activities: the content of activities and the implementation methods/approaches used are relevant in relation to the organisation’s vision, operational objectives and context.
3. Assess and analyse the organization’s capacity to create and maintain positive external relations (external linkages ):

Key activities may include:

Acceptance and support from target groups: the target groups’ assessment of the organisation and the demand for its activities
Relations with other actors in civil society – e.g. Community leaders, CBOs and NGOs, donors etc.
Relations and acceptance with the government – both national and local,
Conduct a validation workshop with partners for the organisational assessment findings
4. To develop the capacity strengthening plan from the organizational capacity assessment conducted, come up with the way forward, as agreed basing on 1, 2 and 3 above.

Key activities may include:

Undertake organizational assessment through meetings and discussions with the key and relevant leaders and management staff of partner organisations.
Identify and develop appropriate organizational capacity building intervention strategy and model.
Designing of a comprehensive training plan and modules.
Conduct validation workshop for final OACD report
5. To provide organisation specific technical assistance and support to the key and relevant leaders and management staff of the local NGO partners on capacity gaps identified basing on 1, 2, 3 and 4 above.

Key activities may include:

Support in the review, update and/or development of strategic plans, fundraising strategies, monitoring and evaluation policies systems, systems and tools, finance and human resource policies, child safeguarding policies, advocacy strategies focusing on child protection and child rights governance. Support in the development of at least one project proposal that can be jointly implemented by the Save the Children together with the local NGO partners.
Provide continuous mentoring and on-the-job coaching on the areas mentioned in number 1.
Organize and/or facilitate capacity building trainings based on the prioritized capacity building activities. The consultancy firm is also expected to oversee the capacity development of youth associations and ensure that relevant trainings are provided.
Mentor and support the partners and youth associations’ capacity enhancement.
Conduct midterm reflection and review meeting to discuss progress
Guide other actors involving the capacity strengthening through having harmonized capacity strengthening plans
SCOPE OF SERVICES

The consultancy firm/consultant shall ensure the completion of the following activities in accordance with the terms and conditions of the consultancy contract:

The consultancywill cover an assessment and capacity development of a total of two local NGOs capacity interms of their governance structures, constituencies, policy, program, financial and HR manuals. Furthermore, the consultant will also support capacity development of youth associations. Thsi exercise will also stregthen the internal systems of these orgnaizations and that would enable or disable them to engage in child rights promotion and child protection work. Based on the orgnaizational capacity assessment, the consultant should come up with organisation specific and concrete recommendations that would enable the NGOs to sustain actions on child rights work. All organsations have offices in Hargeisa – Somaliland with areas of opertaon across Soamliland. To achieve better results, the consultant maybe required to conduct field visits (which maybe out of Hargeisa) to u nderstand teh work of partners and support accordingly.

METHODOLOGY

A consultant is generally expected to utilise a participatory approach in assessment and capacity strengthening of selected organisations.

The consultant is expected to come up with a specific organizational capacity assessment and strengthening model including details of the tools to be used. The following issues to be considered in designing the methodology:

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