Jordan, Lebanon, Northwest Syria Baseline Study for ActionAid Denmark’s Danida Strategic Partnership Programme II

Terms of Reference

Jordan, Lebanon, Northwest Syria Baseline Study for ActionAid Denmark’s Danida Strategic Partnership Programme II

1. Background

ActionAid Denmark (AADK) has almost 70 years of experience with development work to improve the conditions of life for and with people living in poverty. Our constituents are primarily young people and specifically young women. Together with local organisations we work to empower people living in poverty and support them in knowing and demanding for the realisation of their rights, for them to build democratic, just, and sustainable societies. As part of the international ActionAid alliance (AA), we work with human rights-based development in more than 40 countries and reach more than 25 million of the worlds’ poor.

AADK is embarking on a new four-year funding period from 2022 – 2025 within the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA II) with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Danida. The six months from January – June 2022 are considered an inception phase during which, AADK works with the 14 ActionAid country partners under the agreement align to the new SPAII theory of change and thematic approaches, while also revising the overall summary results frame. The 14 AA country partners work directly with other local partners to implement the programme across one or more of the thematic priorities of the programme. The SPAII programme’s overall objective is Societies are transformed to become more just, feminist, green, and resilient, and the thematic priorities are expressed through the following 3 strategic objectives:

1. Strategic objective 1: Young people, especially young women and those facing marginalisation or fragility, enjoy their rights to an open and enabling democratic space and access to well-resourced programmes and public services.
2. Strategic objective 2: Young people, especially young women and those facing marginalisation or fragility, enjoy a just transition and their right to climate resilient livelihoods.
3. Strategic objective 3: Young people, especially young women and those facing marginalisation, are resilient to shocks and enjoy their right to protection in fragile contexts, disasters, and protracted crises.

In Jordan, AA works with Drabzeen and HSF local partners on implementing the programme across young people from refugees and host communities, especially marginalized young women:

• To enjoy improved, sustainable livelihoods through climate accountable governments toward water and waste management in Amman.
• To be resilient to shocks and enjoy their rights to protection in protracted crises in Mafraq and Zarqa, Jordan. of the SPAII programme in Mafraq and Zarqa.

In Lebanon, AA works with T.E.R.R.E. Liban, RDFL, and SHIFT local partners on implementing the programme across young people from refugees and host communities, especially marginalized young women:

• To enjoy fundamental rights through improved access to well-resourced programmes and public services in fragile situations in Tripoli.
• To enjoy improved, sustainable livelihoods through climate accountable governments toward water and waste management in Tripoli, Baalbek and Joub Jannine.
• To be resilient to shocks and enjoy their rights to protection in fragile situation in Baalbeck and Joub Jannine.
• In Northwest Syria, AA works with Violet local partner on implementing the programme across young people from Palestinian refugees, IDPs and host communities, especially marginalized women to be resilient to shocks and enjoy their rights to protection in fragile situations in Idleb.

2. Objective

AADK has developed a Summary Results Frame for the overall SPAII programme, and each SPAII AA partner country/region has developed a contextualized Theory of Change and Results Frame based on what is appropriate in their context. To inform the future programmatic results monitoring at both national and global level, a comprehensive Baseline Study needs to be carried out. The Baseline study will consist of a global study, primarily based on data-collection from the 14 SPAII partner countries/regions, but not limited to this. A global level consultant will design the baseline methodology and process, including data collection methods, defining means of verification/data sources, and counting methodology to be applied in all 14 AA partner countries[1]. This consultant will also conduct trainings in this methodology and will support quality assurance of data collected at country level.

Hence, with these Terms of Reference, ActionAid Arab Region (AAAR) is looking to hire a national consultant to perform data collection for our national baseline study based on the design from the global consultant as well as data on any additional identified indicators in our results frame. The collected data will feed into the global study.

3. Scope & Deliverables

The consultant is expected to deliver the following outputs with key process elements included in the timeline and outputs below:

• Participate in training on the baseline methodology as organised by the global level consultant.
• Conduct the data collection at country level, validate data, and present it in the format as given by the global level consultant.
• In collaboration with AAAR programme staff define national context specific indicators for Jordan, Lebanon, and Northwest Syria’s results frame.
• Critically review national result frame for relevance and contextualisation and give input on how to operationalise the counting methodology from the Global SPAII Summary Results Frame.
• Engage in dialogue with AAAR programme staff at country level, and the global level consultant.

4. Timeline & Expected Outputs

The assignment is expected to take place from July to September 2022 and is estimated to require a total of approximately 20 working days.

• Read background materials (the global SPAII programme, the country SPAII programme document; the Summary Results Frame; AADK strategy). Mid-August 1 day.
• Participate in training to learn the global baseline methodology and data collection methods. If needed, train data collectors in the same. End August 2 days.
• Identify any additional country level data to be collected and devise methodology for this. End August 2 days.
• Dialogue with the global consultant on any needed contextualisation of the methodology to the country context. End August 2 days.
• Customise and translate, if relevant, the tools for data collection produced by the global consultant End August 2 days.
• Remain in dialogue with the global level consultant, AA partner country/region programme team to validate and quality assure the data August – October 3 days.
• Conduct the data collection for the baseline. September 7 days.
• Present the national baseline report for the global consultant, AA partner country programme staff, and AADK staff, incorporate validating inputs into final report. Mid-September 3 days.
• Submission of Final Baseline Study Report End-September.

5. Qualifications

The consultant is expected to have experience and relevant credentials in:

• Thorough understanding of the Jordanian, Lebanese, and Syrian context with a specific focus on humanitarian Response and Protection, women rights, youth civic and political participation, and climate justice.
• Experienced in conducting baseline studies using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods as well as coordinating and training data collectors
• Experienced in contextualising and elaborating counting methodologies and data collection processes and tools.
• Working with result data collection and monitoring of rights-based, policy-influencing and advocacy interventions
• Conducting participatory and inclusive collaborative processes across different organisations, stakeholders, and constituents.
• Fluency in English and Arabic a requirement.
• Relevant thematic experience within youth rights, social movement work, climate justice, GRPS is an advantage.

6. Management & Reporting

The consultant will be reporting to AAAR Programme Manager, Moath Odat, and is expected to coordinate and stay in close communication with AAAR programme staff during the assignment.

The national consultant is also responsible for coordinating with the global level consultant, and for delivering the stated outputs and deliverables to the global level consultant.

AAAR’s Programme Manager, Moath Odat, will be responsible for providing the consultant with the necessary information and contacts necessary to perform the assignment.

7. Expression of Interest

Candidates should submit an Expression of Interest by 7th of July 2022 by [email protected]

The EoI should include:

• A motivational letter including an indicative methodology for conducting the study, as well as relevant credentials (should be a maximum of 2 pages).
• A budget for consultancy fee using daily fees and other relevant expenses related to the task.
• A CV or CV’s if more than one consultant in the team
• An example of similar work done

Annexed to these TORs:

• Summary Results Frame for AADK’s SPAII programme (currently being revised, final version will be ready when the assignment begins.

[1] Not all global indicators will be relevant in all contexts.