ሪፖርተር ረቡዕ ሚያዝያ 22 ቀን 2017 ዓ.ም
CALL FOR CONSULTANCY SERVICE
Baseline
and Thematic Assessment in three regions of Ethiopia (Central, Southern and Tigray),
and Addis Ababa City Administration
1.
Background and purpose of the programme
Christian
Aid has begun implementing a programme entitled "Strengthening Capacities,
Independence and Credibility of Local and Grassroots CSOs as Actors of Good
Governance and Development in Ethiopia" (referred the "EU CSF
Plus") for a period of four years in collaboration with three Ethiopian
national co-beneficiaries: Civil Society Resource Centre (CSRC); Ethiopian Civil
Society Organisations Forum (ECSF); and Chura Abugida Artistic Association
(CAAA). The programme will be implemented in three regional states including Central
Ethiopia Region, Southern Ethiopia Region and Tigray, and Addis Ababa city
administration.
The
action will directly target 60 local and grassroots CSOs, and their networks across
the four operational areas with the provision of grants and tailored capacity building
to enable them implement locally led initiatives responding to call priorities.
2.
Objectives of the baseline
2.1.
Overall objective
The
overall objective of this baseline study is to gather the required data for the
programme's log frame to ensure that we can evidence the programmes impact. The
assignment involves collecting quantitative and qualitative data for the log frame
and gather evidence to inform the programme on the context at the beginning of
the intervention.
The
baseline will also need to identify and inform the priorities and themes for
each of the 3 funding rounds and the study required this to be part of the baseline.
To support this, the baseline will conduct an analysis of the current power
dynamics and interactions between the key actors including civil society and
government institutions, and a mapping of the vulnerable and marginalised
communities in each region. With this information, the programme will be able
to determine what thematic issues to focus on in the different funding rounds,
ensuring the most effective impact is achieved with the funds available.
A
separate analysis of the policy issues at national and regional level will be conducted
that should complement the baseline's work into the picture of engagement and
participation.
2.2.
Specific objectives
Specific
Objective 1: One of the key objectives of this baseline is to conduct a thematic
assessment. While not tied to a specific indicator, this assessment is crucial for
the programme to determine the appropriate thematic priorities for each region for
each funding round.
Under
this objective the consultant needs to assess on, but not limited to:
- Conduct
contextualized analysis of the barriers to local and grass root CSO engagement
in policy making and development initiatives.
-Identify
barriers which hinder local and grassroots CSOs engagement on citizen
participation, human rights, social development and good governance activities
for each implementation regions.
- What
are the initiatives that support communities to assert their core civil and
political rights.
-Identify
context specific local governance, social and development challenges. Specific
Objective 2: The second specific objective of this baseline study is to provide
the baseline data to inform the logframe indicators. The consultant will need
to deliver this against the log frame.
3.
Expected Outputs
The
following outputs are expected from the assessment team over the course of the
assignment:
1)
An inception report containing a detailed work plan for the entire duration of
the consultancy service, as well as data collection tools, to be submitted
within two weeks of signing of the agreement.
2)
Weekly progress report to the Christian Aid EU CSF Plus Programme Manager.
3)
Draft baseline report, containing the two sections specified under specific objectives
to be shared with the Christian Aid EU CSF Plus Programme Manager for
clarification and comments. The deadline for this will be Monday 7th July.
4)
Attend a workshop with the CSF Plus Programme team to present the draft
baseline report and discuss any required adjustments. This will be on Thursday
10th July.
5) A
final baseline report, due Monday 28th July.
6)
Present the final baseline report in a meeting with the Christian Aid EU
CSF Plus Programme team and co-beneficiaries
on Wednesday 30th July.
4.
Expected Profile of the lead Consultant
Qualification
and Expertise Required
The
consultant needs to be an experienced development professional who understands
the civil society landscape in Ethiopia, in the four target regions where the
programme will be operating, as well as at a national level. We also require
the consultant to have prior experience of undertaking similar baseline
assessments on civil society capacity development, governance, and human
rights-based approach projects. In addition to this, the consultant must have a
prior experience of working on thematic assessment related to the EU CSF Plus
programme. The consultant should be skilled in developing tools, data
gathering, conducting surveys, running focus group discussions and interviews
to gather the required information for the baseline and thematic assessment for
funding round areas of intervention. The consultant will need to be available
in June and July to undertake this work.
ESSENTIAL
-At
least have master's degree in social science, (Law, Sociology, economics,
demography, anthropology. Management, development Studies, Political Sciences
or other relevant field. Specific training and certification in baseline
Management.
- Minimum
of 10 years' experience managing surveys of similar scale such as programme
strategy development, design and evaluations and must have demonstrated
experience with research of similar type
- Should
have experience of conducting similar baseline /endline assessments for programme's
log frame to ensure the programme impact and conduct a thematic assessment.
- The
firm has demonstrated knowledge and experience on civil society organisations
strengthening programme and understanding of the strengthening capacities,
independence and credibility of local and gross roots CSOs as actors of Good Governance
in Ethiopia and other relevant frameworks.
- Have
proven experience in conducting analysis of the current power dynamics and
interactions between the key actors including civil society and government
institutions, as well as mapping vulnerable and marginalised communities in
each targeted region and analysis of policy issues.
- Experience
in using participatory research methodologies.
- Strong
knowledge on civil society organization policy framework, standard protocols
and guidelines of the country.
- Have
excellent proven written., spoken Amharic, English and other local language.
- Strong
capacity in data management and statistics. Strong knowledge in the following
software; CS-Pro, SPSS and STATA.
- Strong
writing and analytical skill (a sample of recent and related analytical report
will be requested).
- Registered
and have license on consultancy service in Ethiopia (only firm/
business
is considered).
DESIRABLE
- The
lead consultant must have excellent inter-personal skills and demonstrated
ability to engage at various levels including local communities.
- Plans,
supervises and manages the entire survey with the assistance of the field and
data managers recruited by the firm.
- Strong
capacity and experience in planning and organizing survey logistics. Good team
of experienced enumerators, supervisors and data entry clerks.
- Demonstrated
ability to work in a multi-cultural environment and ability to establish good
and effective relationships with national partners.
- Knowledge
on issues of safeguarding including knowledge on prevention of sexual
exploitation and abuse (PSEA), criminal records checks and references.
- Prior
knowledge of thematic analysis in the targeted regions where the programme is
designed to be implemented.
- The
consultant should complete the assignment as per the agreement between the
consultant and Christian aid.
- Willingness
to accept unsatisfactory work which will be corrected at the expense of the
consultant.
- Responsible
for their own tax and social security or welfare payments.
- Responsible
for submitting tax return of earning to the relevant tax authority. Knowledge
of the local language is a plus.
- The
payment modality will depend on Christian Aids' procurement guidelines. The
selected consultant is expected to provide equivalent amount of bank warranty
or Performance Bond for first trench of payment.
5.
Application Procedure
Potential
Consulting firms are invited to collect documents for this assignment through
email from Wworkneh@christian-aid.org or Ebegashaw@christian-aid.org. Please
mention - "EU-CSF PLUS Program" in the subject line Thus, interested
consulting firms should submit the following with sailed envelops separately:
- Technical
proposal of up to 10 pages (excluding annexes). The proposal should include a paragraph
of consultant's own understanding of the TOR, the methodology and steps they will
take to deliver this work, TAS examples of prior similar work, a description of
roles and responsibilities in their team and proof of capacity to deliver this
work.
- Financial
proposal - including all costs incurred to deliver this work and VAT only in
Local Currency (ETB)
- A
completed version of the data management table listed in section 6.
- CVs
of all consultants involved in the work and eligibility and financial records
of the consultant
All
eligible consultants interested and fulfilled the requirements should submit
their applications with an updated CVs on or before the COB May 09,2025, to
Christian Aid Office physically or through P.O Box 20172, Address, CHRISTIAN
AID ETHIOPIA OFFICE, Tel. +251-115536850/1/2 Ethio-China Friendship Avenue, Infront
of Tebaber Berta Building Wollo safer, Norwegian Church Aid Compound Addis
Ababa
PLEASE
NOTE,
- Only
shortlisted firms will be contacted for discussions /interviews
- Cost-effectiveness
and quality of proposal will be considered
- Incomplete
submission will not be reviewed
- Submission
from firms not demonstrating the required skills and experience will not be considered
- Christian
aid has zero-tolerance for fraud, corruption, and bribery
For
more clarifications, please contact Wondifraw Workneh: Wworkneh@christian- aid.org,
or Eyerusalem Begashaw: EBegashaw@christian-aid.org
Note:
Eligible consultancies can submit their applications from Monday to Friday, during
the hours of 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM.