Consultant “Safety for Children and their Right OnLine” Baseline evaluation

1. Intervention Details:

Title

“Safety for Children and their Right OnLine” SCROL, Nepal (Link)

Goal

All Children( regardless of gender,class, religion, ethnicity and abilities) are protected from Online Child sexual Exploitation (OCSE) in a safe famility and the community environment in Nepal.

Outcomes

1. Children, parents/caregivers actively participate in awareness raising on OCSE and holding duty bearers accountable to address OCSE.
2. Internet Service Providers, Travel and tourism sector actively participate in prevention of OCSE.
3. LEAs improve coordination with communities, other Government departments and the private sector and adopt a child friendly approach to address OCSE.
4. Local and National Government address the gaps in OCSE legislation and initiate action to combat OCSE through child friendly victim care including effective referral mechanisms.

Location: Nepal

Period: 01 0ct 2022 to 30th Sept 2025

Total Budget

Implementation Cost: € 355,214

DPC: € 82,734

Operational costs: € 120,656

Beneficiaries

• 3600 girls under 18 year
• 3600 boys under 18 years
• 1200 community members, (Male: 600, Female: 600) These number also include the youth peer educators ( 30 male and 30 female)
• CSO representatives: 30
• 150 (Teachers in 2 provinces: 60, Officials from Women and Child Development at province level: 20, at national level: 4, Social welfare at province level 20 and at national level:4, National Child rights council and child helpline: 14, education department officials at province level 20 and at national level 4, Telecom authorities at national level 4.
• Law enforcement agencies (personnel): 30
• 240 (ISP representatives: 10, T&T association members: 10, Cyber cafe owners: 110 and Travel and tour operators/hotels/dance bars members 110.)

Implementing partner (s)

CWIN, CeLrrD and WYESHR

2. Background of the project

Online Child Sexual Exploitation (OCSE) includes “all acts of a sexually exploitative nature carried out against a child that have, at some stage, a connection to the online environment”. OCSE and other forms of child exploitation are interwoven and often occur together. The goal of this project is to contribute to the reduction of online facilitated forms of sexual exploitation of children at national levels in Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and The Philippines and internationally.

OCSE has surged globally in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Of law enforcement officials surveyed in 39 countries, 68% reported an increase in OCSE as a result of school closures and lockdowns (NetClean, 2021, and Economist Impact and WeProtect Global Alliance, 2022). In a global survey, 54% of young people reported having experienced online sexual harms before they were 18 years old. Another multinational survey reported an increase in online grooming, sexual extortion, live-streamed CSAM and self-generated CSAM (Interpol, 2022).

In this project, TdH NL will collaborate with six local partners to address OCSE in four diverse countries that are undergoing rapid changes in their social, economic and demographic development. Various studies indicate the prevalence of OCSE to be high:

• In Nepal 13% children (18.58% boys and 6.88% girls) experienced live streaming of sexual abuse and exploitation, indicating that many more children are likely to have been groomed and experienced other forms of OCSE. (ChildSafeNet and ECPAT Luxembourg, 2020)
• In the Philippines, 1 in 5 children are victims of different forms of sexual abuse and exploitation. (UNICEF, 2016)
• In Cambodia, 60% of child respondents sampled shared examples of OCSE (Terre des Hommes Netherlands and Royal Government of Cambodia, 2019)
• In Kenya, programme evaluations have reported that up to 40% of children surveyed had experienced SEC. TdH (2018)

The Safety for Children and their Rights OnLine programme, or SCROL programme, was co-designed by TdH NL country teams and local partner organisations in 2022. The voices of children in the four countries of implementation also informed the design. SCROL aims to create a safe environment for children by addressing the following elements: poor access to safe reporting mechanisms and adequate referrals, low capacity of law enforcement agencies, lack of delivery by the duty bearers, inadequate knowledge and responses at the community levels and a negligent private sector.

3.Objectives for baseline evaluation

The baseline study will focus on baseline data collection for a set of indicators outlined in the project results framework. The baseline study report will be used as a measurement to monitor the project progress against the set indicators over the course of the project implementation.

Specific objectives:

1. Design a data collection plan and data collection tools in alignment with the programme’s Results Framework;
2. Conduct data collection and analysis in order to provide baseline data on relevant indicators;
3. Produce an analysis of the collected data and recommendations for the effective implementation of planned project activities to achieve targets. When deemed necessary, suggest the revision of indicators and targets.

4. Scope of work

The evaluator will be required to undertake the following specific tasks:

• Conduct a desk review of the secondary data available from TdH NL and local implementing partners, on the basis of past projects.
• For indicators for which there is no or insufficient secondary data is available, the evaluator will be expected to design tools and pilot tools for the collection of quantitative and qualitative data
• Analyse available secondary data related to project objectives
• Design methods that allow for valid measure of the programme’s targeted populations and primary data collection, with the support from project teams
• Analyse and interpret data to develop a comprehensive baseline report that gives comprehensive baseline values for the programme’s result framework.
• Share key findings and insights with TdH Country office through consultations

Timeline:

The time period to be considered for this evaluation is 25th December 2022 to 10th February 2023. The estimated duration of the assignment is 45 days of work maximum.

Geographic scope:

Bagmati and Gandaki provinces and the National capital Kathmandu of Nepal.

8. Deliverables

In accordance with the timetable, the evaluator (s) will produce and/or provide to TdH the following:

• Inception report including work plan, final data collection tools in English and local language (template of the report will be provided)
• Training materials for data collectors including data collection and quality assurance mechanisms/ instruction/ guidelines/ protocol (“Child safeguarding and ethical evaluation” presentation template will be provided by TdH)
• Online data collection forms in KOBO or other effective mobile data collection applications if used
• Final completed Baseline Evaluation Report in English addressing all comments/ feedbacks from TdH NL and/partners and including a clear set of actionable recommendations (template of the report will be provided)
• Final comprehensive slide presentation of the baseline evaluation results
• All completed questionnaires if hard copies are used
• Written informed consent with respondents and photos if any
• Raw data:
  • Raw quantitative data
  • Raw qualitative data (transcript, data entry in Excel) if exist
  • Final clean data used for data analysis
  • Final clean dataset used for data analysis in software program data analysis such as SPSS/ STATA… and syntax for data preparation and analysis if used.
  • Final data analysis outputs (in table, graph…) that used for report and slide presentation (including data analysis by indicators)

In accordance with the timetable, the evaluator (s) will also:

• Lead the inception meeting to discuss project details, the goal of the evaluation and to receive from the project team all important information and documents needed to perform the evaluation work.
• Provide training to data collection team whenever relevant
• Lead a validation workshop with TdH staff and partners to discuss findings
• Provide presentation of the findings in the dissemination workshop.

TdH will oversee the process and maintain responsibility for accountability and guidance throughout all phases of execution, and approval of all deliverables.

The deadline for this assignment is 15th February 2023.

9. Evaluator (s) Competencies, Experience and Skill requirements

The evaluator engaged to undertake the assignment must fulfil the following requirements:

Required:

• Minimum 4 years of work experience of conducting projects evaluations, including baselines
• Expertise in Child Protection and child protection mechanisms at all levels
• Outstanding facilitation skills to communicate with project and partner teams in a multicultural environment
• Strong understanding and ability to mainstream TdH NL’s cross-cutting issues i.e. Child Participation, Gender and intersectionality, Inclusion of Children with Disabilities and Standards of alternative care
• Excellent analytical and report writing skills

Desirable

• Previous experience of engagement with law enforcement officials
• Previous experience / Strong knowledge related to Online Child Sexual Exploitation
• Expertise in participatory M&E
• Knowledge of local language

10. Budget

Financial proposal has to be indicated all-inclusive costs for conducting the end evaluation.

11. Baseline Report Format

The Final report shall include an Executive Summary of findings and respond to all the objectives mentioned above and measure all indicators listed in section 3. The report should not exceed 40 pages. CVs of evaluation team members, raw primary data, summary of all primary and secondary data must be added as annexes to the report.

A Baseline report template will be provided when the consultant is on board.

12. Management and supervision

The evaluator (s) will report directly to the Country Program Manager and work closely with the Program Officer at country level and Program Manager, Program Development and Quality Manager and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator from the regional office of Terre des Hommes Netherlands.

Thangaperumal Ponpandi, Country Manager India and Nepal

Terre des Hommes Netherlands

Bluebird complex, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Nepal.

[email protected]

Subrat Kumar Panda, Programme Officer, India and Nepal

Terre des Hommes Netherlands

Bluebird complex, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu

Kathmandu, Nepal.

[email protected]

13. Child safeguarding

The consultant shall sign and abide by Terre des Hommes Netherlands (TdH-NL) Child Safeguarding Policy and its related procedures. Terre des Hommes Netherlands is committed to keeping children safe and considers child abuse unacceptable under all circumstances. We therefore implement child safeguarding measures as part of our selection and recruitment process.

How to apply

14. Application process and timeline

TdH Cambodia invites interested individuals and companies to submit the following application documents:

1. Technical proposal (max. 5 pages) outlining their motivation for the application, the methodological approach on how to conduct the assignment, and the resources required (documents, survey questions, FGD and KII checklists, etc).
2. A proposed activities schedule/ Work plan with a time frame.
3. Copy of CV of the evaluator (s) who will undertake the study.
4. One recent example of a similar evaluation report written by the applicant.
5. Financial proposal detailing evaluators itemised fees, applicable taxes and all data collection and administrative costs.

The full proposal and supporting documents should be uploaded to https://bit.ly/3F5AWRX no later than 17th December, 17:00 (ICT).

Please address queries to the Country Manager of TdH Nepalat the following email address: [email protected]

Other information

Our Commitment to Diversity, Integrity and Child Safeguarding

We are committed to ensuring diversity and gender equality within our organisation. Therefore, people of all gender identities, sexes, sexual orientations, races, colours, religions, cultures, abilities, etc. are encouraged to apply.

TdH NL aims to attract great talent that not only fits the job but also our high standard of values and principles to prevent and eradicate any type of misconduct including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, any other type of misuse of power or lack of integrity and financial misconduct.

TdH NL in particular is committed to keeping children and vulnerable individuals safe and does not accept any form of (child) abuse. Every TdH NL employee is bound by the Child Safeguarding Policy and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Policy, part of our Code of Conduct. Child safeguarding measures are part of our selection and recruitment process.

All offers of employment/service will be subject to satisfactory references and may be subject to appropriate screening checks, which can include criminal records and terrorism finance checks, or integrity screenings/references relating to misconduct and disciplinary actions in prior employment. By submitting your application you accept that TdH NL will conduct such pre-employment screening for successful candidates. TdH NL participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.