Objective and Background
An impartial analysis examine, commissioned collectively by the Austrian Improvement Company (ADA), the Danish Worldwide Improvement Help (Danida) and the Swedish Worldwide Improvement Company (Sida) in 2011/ 2012, drew essential classes on why Civil Society engagement in coverage dialogue within the World South is just not working successfully, particularly in terms of matters related for marginalised inhabitants teams. The analysis group advisable, amongst others, to dedicate extra sources to constructing Civil Society Organisations’ (CSOs’) capacities and to give you enough supporting and financing instruments for his or her engagement in coverage dialogue.[1] ADA adopted up on the suggestions of the impartial analysis and invited Austrian Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) collaborating with CSOs within the World South to develop a undertaking on CSOs’ engagement in coverage dialogue.
Since 2014 5 Austrian NGOs have subsequently applied a consortium undertaking, coordinated by HORIZONT3000 (Austrian Organisation for Improvement Cooperation), which goals at strengthening the capacities of chosen East African accomplice organisations in coverage dialogue engagement. The Consortium Mission “CSOs and Coverage Dialogue” strives in direction of contributing to a political atmosphere in East Africa that’s directed in direction of justice and fairness by specializing in methods and strategies that promote insurance policies within the curiosity of marginalised populations and deprived or susceptible teams. Quite a few CSOs in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda (appr. 10) have been skilled on approaches, strategies and instruments of engagement in coverage dialogue, have elaborated coverage dialogue methods and have applied initiatives for coverage dialogue.
To date, the variety of CSOs which have benefitted from the undertaking by accessing capability growth within the discipline of coverage dialogue in addition to funding to check, apply and consolidate strategies and approaches to affect coverage processes is proscribed. Related Experiences together with the event of a Policy Dialogue Manual made thus far have been saved in an online repository .
Expertise of the earlier phases has proven that there’s steady want to supply primary PD trainings for (new) workers in addition to refreshers at accomplice organisations and to reply to curiosity in PD insights past the consortium. With the intention to facilitate the essential onboarding on PD not solely at accomplice organisations but additionally past, it’s envisaged to develop and supply an e-learning course providing primary coaching in PD. The net course shall allow self-paced studying with a easy design and construction, offered by means of an e-learning platform (Moodle). The course shall construct on supplies developed by means of earlier phases such because the guide, movies and on-line repository, and guarantee practicability and hands-on studying.
Aims
The target of the consultancy is to develop a self-paced e-learning course based mostly on the present materials similar to Policy Dialogue Manual that’s simply accessible. The e-learning course of roughly 10 modules must be divided into a number of chapters and embrace a check/task on the finish of every session as a way to progress to the subsequent stage. The viewers of this course are representatives of CSOs working within the discipline of neighborhood growth, additionally neighborhood members – largely English and Kiswahili talking.
Scope and Focus
The marketing consultant(s) have to be educated about (East African) coverage context and acceptable digital studying instruments and approaches for adoption. This e-learning course is meant to equip anybody occupied with rising his/her information and expertise in coverage dialogue with approaches, strategies and instruments for efficient and inclusive engagement in coverage dialogue in any respect phases of the coverage cycle.
The marketing consultant group ought to:
- Overview all related paperwork such because the guide, movies and on-line repository in preparation for the course modules growth and to make sure the modules are grounded on present details and practicability.
- Develop and outline the detailed workplan for the net/ e-learning course which shall present a self-paced studying alternative with a easy design and construction;
- Develop the content material based mostly on supplies developed and shared throughout earlier PD undertaking phases, particularly the PD guide and movies (division of chapters)
- Facilitate technical assessment of the course modules and embrace validation and suggestions from consortium companions on the ultimate model of the module.
- The course ought to use quick clips, animation (movies, case research, simulations, or text-based supplies) and different partaking strategies
- Guarantee all sources are versatile and simply accessible by pc or different system, similar to a smartphone or pill permitting learners to progress at their very own velocity.
- Embody pre-evaluation questions originally of every subject to for self-assessment of the extent of data earlier than studying the subject and exams/assignments to be accomplished as a way to proceed to the subsequent stage.
- Take a look at the course by chosen contributors / accomplice organisation representatives and tackle any gaps that may be recognized earlier than precise launch of the course.
- Comply with-up and be out there for suggestions on the course for an outlined time frame.
Methodology
The methodology together with conceptual framework and strategy in addition to acceptable strategies are to be steered by the marketing consultant group, and subsequently fine-tuned and agreed with consortium companions.
Anticipated Deliverables
- Inception report with workplan and an idea for the modules, approx. 7-10 modules on the Coverage Dialogue Cycle of every between roughly 45 and 90 minutes.
- Develop pre-evaluation questions originally of every subject for self-assessment of the extent of data earlier than studying the subject and exams/assignments to be accomplished as a way to proceed to the subsequent stage.
- Take a look at section of the primary modules together with exams/assignments earlier than progressing to the subsequent stage
- Manufacturing of the ultimate variations of all of the course modules authorised by horizont3000 and the consortium steering committee
- Be out there for suggestions and questions, variations for at the very least six months after growth of the course
The estimated timetable is envisaged as follows, to be finalised upon contract signature:
- Deadline for submission of gives – > fifth of April 2024
- Screening of gives, pos. interviews, contracting -> twentieth of April 2024, interviews to happen within the week fifteenth -Nineteenth of April
- Inception report and workplan outlining the idea for the modules to be developed thirtieth of April
- Improvement of first module (twentieth Could 20, 2024), testing section, suggestions and revision (twentieth June)
- Improvement of successive modules till October 2024
- Availability for questions for at the very least six months after completion of the course modules
Price range and Fee Schedule
The full finances mustn’t exceed EUR 15 000 and must be consistent with the steered methodology and conceptual framework.
This worth should cowl all prices regarding the task together with charges together with working days, taxes, supplies, insurances, journey prices and many others.;
Fee of the price will probably be made in 4 tranches:
- 25% upon signing of the contract
- 25% upon finalisation of the primary module together with suggestions
- 40% after completion and approval of all modules
- 10% 6 months after completion upon suggestions and assist
Expertise and {Qualifications} of Guide(s)
The next expertise and {qualifications} are thought-about as related:
- Expertise and monitor document with on-line facilitation, on-line coaching, capability growth;
- Skilled Facilitator of studying and group processes (within the context of growth cooperation tasks);
- Expertise in Coverage Dialogue Cycle and associated matters;
- Expertise in East Africa incl. information of the political, social and financial framework circumstances is an asset, the course could change into out there past the East African context;
- Wonderful information of English; information of Kiswhahili as an asset;
- Expertise in working or collaborating with Civil Society Organisations;
- Profound information in gender equality, HRBA, Do No Hurt strategy;
- Expertise and expertise in gender transformative approaches within the context of coverage dialogue and digitalisation an asset.
Full data to be discovered here .
Find out how to apply
Deadline and Data regarding gives
The supply (in English) needs to be submitted through Electronic mail to Ulrike Bey, Mission Coordinator Coverage Dialogue Consortium Mission at HORIZONT3000 Vienna (Electronic mail: [email protected] ) till newest April fifth, 2024, 23:59 CET. HORIZONT3000 reserves the precise to increase the deadline if the gives acquired by then don’t meet the necessities.
Presents should:
- Not exceed 10 pages
- Be clearly structured
- Understanding of the ToR together with strategies and proposals to the ToR
- Proposed methodology, time and motion plan
- Proposed workplan together with variety of working days designated to the task together with every day charges,
- Introduction of the consultancy group together with CVs, experiences, references and work samples related to the task
- An in depth finances proposal, which needs to be offered in EURO and should embrace all taxes, and different bills (insurances and many others.); the variety of working days