Appel d’offres pour des services de consultance sur la compilation et la production d’une boîte à outils CVCA par Islamic Relief basé au Royaume-Uni.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Islamic Relief Worldwide

Islamic Relief is an international aid and development charity, which aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s poorest people. It is an independent Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) founded in the UK in 1984.

With an active presence in over 40 countries across the globe, we strive to make the world a better and fairer place for the three billion people still living in poverty. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, Islamic Relief promotes sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities – regardless of race, religion or gender.

We are signatories to the Grand Bargain, Charter for Change, and the Red Cross Code of Conduct, which sets ethical standards for organisations involved in humanitarian work and commits us to the important principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence. We are also firmly committed to the People in Aid Code of Best Practice. The high quality and impact of our work means we are among only 5 UK-based charities to have been certified against the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS). As full members of the INGO Accountability Charter, our excellence in transparency, good governance and social responsibility is recognised.

Our vision:

Inspired by our Islamic faith and guided by our values, we envisage a caring world where communities are empowered, social obligations are fulfilled, and people respond as one to the suffering of others.

Our mission:

Exemplifying our Islamic values, we will mobilise resources, build partnerships, and develop local capacity, as we work to:

  • Enable communities to mitigate the effect of disasters, prepare for their occurrence and respond by providing relief, protection and recovery.
  • Promote integrated development and environmental custodianship with a focus on sustainable livelihoods.
  • Support the marginalised and vulnerable to voice their needs and address root causes of poverty.

At the international level, Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) has consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council and is a signatory to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Code of Conduct. IRW is committed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) through raising awareness of the issues that affect poor communities and through its work on the ground. Islamic Relief is one of only 13 charities that have fulfilled the criteria and have become members of the Disasters Emergency Committee (www.dec.org.uk), and is certified by CHS.

IRW endeavours to work closely with local communities, focussing on capacity-building and empowerment to help them achieve development without dependency.

Please see our website for more information http://www.islamic-relief.org/

Project Overview

Islamic Relief’s country offices manage numerous humanitarian and development projects with explicit or implied climate adaptation elements. IRW has included in its proposal framework needs assessment the necessity for climate vulnerability and capacity analysis (CVCA). CVCA is a practical tool used in collaboration with local stakeholders to identify a community’s vulnerability to climate change and capacities to deal with its effects. Current CVCA toolkits are often designed for long-term development settings rather than for humanitarian contexts. The need now is to build the ability of IR country offices and local implementing organisations to follow this process in their humanitarian interventions.

As part of a SIDA financed intervention and coordinated by Islamic Relief Sweden, Islamic Relief is set to develop an accessible CVCA toolkit that can be utilised by Islamic Relief country offices, partners, and local organisations to help affected communities rapidly assess their vulnerabilities and capacities at the outset of an emergency or development project. Orientation and guidance workshops will enable four offices in countries highly vulnerable to climate disasters to trial the materials in their planning and to support local actors in their use. This intervention will extend the applicability of CVCA in development contexts and will build on Islamic Relief’s experience working with stakeholder engagement for the impact of environmental and climate awareness among local communities and integration with national and local political administrations.

The intervention will adapt ten years’ experience of the CARE CVCA approach as captured in their 2.0 handbook and the experience of Islamic Relief staff in following their TOT process, to develop a new version of the tool relevant and appropriate for the most vulnerable and marginalised people in fragile and disaster effected contexts. After the development of materials, the project will be implemented in four countries, all of which are experiencing extreme weather events linked to climate change. The target countries are Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Pakistan, and Somalia with Bangladesh supporting technically by leading the mid-term peer to peer internal programme review, recognising their leading role on climate change adaptation.

Objectives

The aim of this consultancy is to create a bespoke CVCA toolkit in line with Islamic Relief needs to be applied in the given humanitarian and development contexts in which Islamic Relief operates. The CVCA will be geared towards humanitarian settings and incorporate sensitivities to gender, faith & culture, and be utilised for development, humanitarian and emergency operations.

Currently, Islamic Relief lack a comprehensive resource that enables country officers to conduct climate vulnerability capacity analyses that are sustainable and contextually relevant in line with Islamic Relief’s strategic goals of localisation and locally-led climate adaptation.

This consultancy will involve document reviews, meetings and engagement with country officers and partners and relevant stakeholders. The consultant is expected to the to conduct a desk review on existing tools and approaches pertaining to climate vulnerability capacity analyses.

Following this and ongoing consultation with target country offices and others, the consultant will produce a toolkit to support country staff and local partners in conducting CVCA. The resulting product will be trialled in applications and project proposals with the ambition of being scaled up integrated in 50% of all IR countries (approximately 14).

Consultancy Goals

  1. Islamic Relief will be provided with a comprehensive and innovative CVCA toolkit that takes into account the perspectives of gender, faith, and culture, and will be relevant for the contextual settings and utilised for development, humanitarian and emergency responses.
  2. Islamic Relief will be able to utilise the end product (CVCA toolkit) via workshops and engagement by officers in 4 highly climate vulnerable countries to trial the material and support local actors in their use.
  3. The consultant (or a further phase of consultancy) will be able to identify valuable insights, perspectives, and aspects pertaining to climate change vulnerability from stakeholders including local government, CSOs, faith leaders, etc.

Required competencies

Required competencies of the consultant would be to:

  • Have a broad understanding and experience of humanitarian and emergency settings and programming.
  • Be familiar with CARE CVCA Handbook.
  • Have specific knowledge of recent humanitarian interventions in at least one of the target countries
  • Have experience using a variety of methodologies and conducting desk reviews and studies.Have experience in accessing and managing large bodies of diverse data and extracting relevant information from them and drawing appropriate conclusions and recommendations.
  • Have proven ability to converse with stakeholders from a variety of background in order to elicit specific information.
  • Write informatively and succinctly in English.
  • Respect the values of Islamic Relief.
  • Possess strong qualitative research skills.

Project outputs

In addition to the above mentioned deliverables, the following key considerations are expected;

  • the consultant is expected to produce a detailed work plan and inception report, developed with and approved by IRW and IR Sweden
  • The work plan, research notes, reports, presentations and CVCA product, etc., and communication language must be in English.
  • The consultant will propose the most suitable structure for the CVCA Tool to be approved by IRW and IR Sweden.
  • The consultant is invited to suggest layout and design for the final product.

Required inputs

The following are the key inputs:

Stakeholders to be involved include:

      • IRW and IRW-field staff (through remote communication by Skype / Zoom etc) – In country partner staff, local CSO’s, disabled people’s organisations, local government, community leaders, faith leaders – Primary stakeholders, community members, children and youth,

a) Relevant IRW proposals, narrative reports and evaluation reports/documentation

b) External secondary information and data as appropriate to the desk review, including information pertaining to CVCA.

Consultancy contract

This will be for an initial period that is to be specified by the consultant commencing in June 2023 (exact date to be mutually agreed). The selected candidate is expected to work from their home/office and be reporting to Environment Advisor, Islamic Relief Sweden

The terms upon which the consultant will be engaged are as per the consultancy agreement. The invoice is to be submitted at the end of the assignment and will be paid on net payment terms 30 days though we can be flexible.

All potential applicants must fill in the table beneath in Appendix 2 to help collate key data pertaining to this tender. The applicant must be clear about other expenses being claimed in relation to this consultancy and these must be specified clearly.

For this consultancy all applicants are required to submit a covering letter and CV’s of all potential consultants including the project lead.

A proposal including, planned activities, methodology, deliverables, timeline, and cost proposal (including expenses) are expected.

Other relevant supporting documents should be included as the consultants sees fit.

All applicants must have a valid visa or a permit to work in the UK (if travel is required to the UK). A valid visa/work permit is also required for those areas required to be visited as part of this consultancy.

Tender dates and contact details

All proposals are required to be submitted by Thursday 22nd June 2023 at 1.00pm UK time pursuant to the attached guidelines for submitting a quotation and these be returned to; [email protected]

For any issues relating to the tender or its contents please email directly to; [email protected]

Following submission, IRW may engage in further discussion with applicants concerning tenders in order to ensure mutual understanding and an optimal agreement.

Quotations must include the following information for assessment purposes.

  1. Timescales;
  2. Full break down of costs including taxes, expenses and any VAT and be able to provide best value for money;
  3. References (two are preferred);
  4. Technical competency for this role;
  5. Demonstrable experience of working on a similar piece of work including a methodology.

The applicant is expected to take responsibility for paying full taxes and social charges in his/her country of residence.

To access or download the tender documents please follow the link below;

https://www.islamic-relief.org/tenders/category/open-tenders/