ToR for development of economic and livelihood strategy for DACs in Baidoa and Afgoye
Following the protracted conflicts in Somalia coupled with natural disasters, especially impact of drought due to frequent failed/poor rains, there are more than 2.6 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Somalia, and a significant number of returnees. Despite efforts to achieve durable solutions for displacement affected communities, resources and capacities of host communities and the government are overstretched.
Under a series of project initiatives, a number of humanitarian actors (INGOs, LNGOs and UN agencies) are supporting a set of self-reliance interventions primarily targeting youth and women in IDP settlements. However, weak or limited clarity on market linkages, lack of access to financing opportunities, lack of effective skills development, limited business information and poor business mentorship initiatives plus lack of coherent approaches and principles to economic empowerment of displacement affected communities represent major challenges to achieving self-reliance among vulnerable IDP youth and women.
Ongoing economic empowerment initiatives in building self-reliance among Youth and Women observed a disconnection between employable opportunities and micro financing initiatives; particularly those who graduate from TVET, SHGs and SMEs training programs. In trying to address the observed disconnections, CWW and its consortium partners through a new project – Enhancing conditions for durable solutions for IDPs and returning refugees in Somalia – would like to develop a broad and a coherent strategy for increasing self-reliance through inclusive sustainable economic opportunities in close collaboration with local private sector, development partners, diaspora and government. To this end, an experienced consultant to support this process is being sought.
The purpose of the consultancy is to develop a comprehensive economic and livelihood strategy for Displacement Affected Communities (DAC) in Baidoa and Afgoye; with a clear actionable plan for the implementation of livelihoods and self-reliance initiatives through sustainable income generation and employment opportunities in close collaboration with private sector, government authorities and other development partners in the DACs – incubator locations.
Consultant should have the following minimum qualifications:
4.0 Objectives and Specific Tasks to be undertaken by the Consultant(s)
The consultant is expected to lead and facilitate processes and undertake actions contributing to the development of an economic and livelihood strategy for Displacement Affected Communities in the incubator locations with a particular focus on Baidoa and Afgoye.
5. Outputs/deliverables
The following deliverables are requested from the Consultant:
NB: A digital copy of all reports will be required by Concern at the end of the assignment.
Indicative timelines
Key Activity/ Task
Deliverables
Time line
1. Pre-entry meeting
Clear action plan – with specific dates for the whole consultancy
1st day of the assignment
2. Exploratory meetings/field visits with key stakeholders and programme participants
Inception report, with revised work plan plus tools for data collection
5 days – one week after entry meeting
3. Actual data collection and analysis
Raw data – both primary and secondary data
10 days
4. Drafting of the report and strategy – share draft online for initial input
Draft report & strategy
10 days
5. Presentation of the final report and strategy for validation
Draft report & strategy – with feedback /input from consortium partners
1 day
6. Submission of the final Report and strategy
Final and validated report and strategy
1 day
The Consultant is accountable to CWW Country Director – Somalia or his designate for overall consultancy management and progress plus issues arising.
For the day-to-day activities during the consultancy, the Consultant will coordinate closely with the Durable Solutions Programme Coordinator Somalia with a field support by the Programme Manager.
The task is to commence as soon as possible in October 2019 and is expected to take 28 working days – this includes data collection, analysis and report writing. The timeframe for each phase of the consultancy will be outlined in the Consultant’s proposal and will be agreed with Concern; and the consultancy should be fully completed by 30th November 2019
Application dossiers should be sent by email to somalia.admin@concern.net by the deadline of 4pm 22nd October 2019. To be eligible for review, dossiers must include all of the following:
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