Invitation
for Expression of Interest (Consulting Services)
Consulting service for: Policy & Budget Analysis and
Tracking
Country: Kenya,
Uganda and Tanzania and Rwanda
Tenderer: DSW
Requested services:
The purpose of this task is to
support teams generate evidence than can be utilized in advocating towards the
EU institutions, national governments and district systems to provide accurate
and transparent information regarding FP policy implementation, budget
decision-making, allocations and disbursements for family planning
The consultant will also be
expected to provide technical assistance and coaching with the aim of
strengthening team skills to generate, analyze and present data for advocacy.
The consulting services include:
Step 1:
·
Consultation with DSW teams, design
of tool and methodologies for data collection
·
Identification of materials /
literature for baseline analyses (FP Policies, Budget Documents)
·
Identification of materials /
literature for tracking (FP Policies, Budget Documents etc).
·
Development of easy to administer
tools and checklist for policy and budget data collection to be disseminated to
EU, National and District level audiences
Step 2:
·
Development of a “how-to” guide on
evidence based advocacy
·
Regional Workshop
·
Orientation of country teams and
district partners on tools ,data collection and analysis.
·
Skills development of DSW country
offices in policy and budget analysis and tracking
·
Skills development on
evidence generation and use in advocacy
Step 3:
·
Technical Assistance in Research
and development of FP policy and budget analyses;
·
Critical Review of evidence
collected in KE,TZ, UG and RW with EL teams
Step 4:
·
Supporting in-country validation
and feedback workshops
·
Supporting in-country evidence
reports with findings from EU, National and district levels
·
Participate in publication and
dissemination advocacy events in the targeted countries
Timeline
·
Step 1 – 15thMay 2013
·
Step 2 – 30th May 2013
·
Step 3 – July 2013
·
Step 4 – August 2013
Full
TOR for this consultancy can be obtained through the following web link www.dsw-online.de
DSW now invites eligible
consultants to indicate their interest in providing the services.
Interested consultants should
provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications
and relevant experience to perform the services
Application submissions can be made
to the following address manka.dsw-tz@habari.co.tz or kwaymanka90@yahoo.co.uk
Deadline for application: 25th
March 2013