Consultant for STBM Baseline Study

Term of Reference (ToR) 1. Background During the period of June 2010 to December 2012, Plan Indonesia have implemented CLTS scaling up project in Grobogan district – Central Java province that supported by Plan Australia and AusAID WSI Civil Society Funding. The project targeted to establish ODF communities in 153 villages in 10 poorest sub-district in Grobogan. The final evaluation of this project found that the project has achieved fruitful results and benefitted around 384,115 people as the result of construction 17,000 new unsubsidized toilets. Currently the Grobogan District government is replicating the project approach to implement CLTS project in nine other districts using government-owned budget.

Built upon the success and lessons learned from CLTS scaling up project in Grobogan District, Plan Indonesia is now implementing wider scale of CLTS project which is five pillars hygiene and sanitation project, known as STBM, in five districts in NTT provinces. This project is planned to be carried out for four years period from 2013 to 2017 and is aimed to reach 450,000 people in five districts in NTT province to practicing five pillars of STBM1.
NTT province is lagging behind with the lowest sanitation coverage in Indonesia; just 14.5%
For the next four years Plan Indonesia will invest on hygiene and sanitation sector through local government in five districts in NTT, namely Manggarai Timur, Ngada, Ende, Sabu Raijua and Kupang District. Starting from August 2013 to (approximately) July 2017 Plan Indonesia will implement STBM project in those five districts, with full support from Pokja AMPL NTT Province. Several targets and indicators for the project has been developed in order to measure the success of the project in increasing communities’ access to sanitation and hygiene facilities as well as strengthening local government capacity to carry out STBM program.
It is now important to gather initial condition in relate to targets and indicators of project therefore changes due to project implementation can be tracked and proven. This needs to be done comprehensively in all five districts through systematic project baseline study. Plan Indonesia is now seeking for qualified consultant(s) to accomplish such study within 4 months period.
 2. Objective The STBM Baseline Study will focus on quantitative and qualitative data-gathering activities to obtain basic information around hygiene and sanitation to describe general condition of district. The main objective of STBM Baseline Study is
These data and information is based on five pillars of STBM and project targets and indicators. Later at the nearly end of STBM project implementation they will be compared with similar data and information from STBM Endline Study to get insight regarding to the magnitude of changes brought by the project.
 to collect data and information describing hygiene and sanitation-condition in 5 districts in NTT Province. These data and information will be used by Plan Indonesia to shape and determine the project approach and priority. 3. Scope, Methodology and Consultants Task The STBM Baseline Study will be conducted within four months from September to December 2013. It will be done in 5 districts, which are Manggarai Timur, Ngada, Ende, Sabu Raijua and Kupang District. The consultant will need to consult with district government and Plan Indonesia in selecting villages as samples for this project. This part is very crucial as data and information gathering will not be conducted in the village where project is not going to be implemented. However some villages will still be needed to choose as the "designated" control villages where no STBM project will be implemented in the next few years. Some household surveys, community observation, primary data collection
and interview with key stakeholders will need to be done in order gathering data and information
Through the study consultants need to identify the key hygiene behaviors to be addressed and the likely success of promotional activity. The key risks are likely to centre on excreta disposal, the use and maintenance of toilets, the lack of hand washing with soap or an alternative, the unhygienic collection and storage of water, and unhygienic food storage and preparation. The assessment should look at resources available in the community as well as local behaviors, knowledge and practices so that messages are relevant and practical. It should pay special attention to the needs of vulnerable groups, especially children’s and adolescent girls.
Consultants need to fully understand on the concept of STBM as well as sanitation and hygiene promotion at the detail level in order to develop set of variables of data for baseline study in addition of some variables that will be provided based on project target.
1. Demography and general;
2. Government capacity;
3. Current hygiene and sanitation access and practice (referring to five pillars of STBM)
After variable of data are finalized consultants will carry out data gathering activities through survey and interview as well as observation if necessary. It is expected that five consultants will work simultaneously to collect all information needed, which means each consultant will responsible for one districts. At the end of data collection period one head consultant will be responsible as the main report writer in which his/her final product is the STBM Baseline Study report (including clarifying and following up with the other consultants as needed). The report will also annex database containing all data
collected based on variable of data.
1. Propose a proper methodology and discuss the suggestion with Plan Indonesia
2. Propose tools to be used in the survey and discuss the suggestion with Plan Indonesia
3. Responsible for field operations, including logistics, permission to conduct the survey, informed consent from individuals and families taking part in the survey if necessary
4. Coordinate with Plan Indonesia staff in district during field survey implementation (if applicable)
5. Collect, compile and analyze all data gathered and develop a final STBM baseline study report on the survey results
At the end of baseline study period Plan Indonesia will present the result to the MoH and other necessary stakeholders in order to update the current condition of districts to the national government. This is also to seek the confirmation from the MoH that those districts are aligned with government priority for STBM project implementation.
 Consultant need to develop variable of data based on following aspect: The most important thing is all the data are explainable in term of their collection method and source or specific respondent from whom they are gathered. The detail task of consultants will be as follow: 4. Outputs and Deliverables The consultants are expected to produce and submit the following deliverables:
1. Survey protocol specifying a detailed survey work plan and proposed survey tools that will be discussed and agreed upon prior to field activity.
2. Presentations of initial findings after field activities have been concluded.
3. Submission of a comprehensive final STBM baseline study report in English (with one copy of the report in Bahasa) one week after receiving feedback from Plan Indonesia.
4. Summary table for comparison of each district according to all variables.
5. Hardcopies of filled-in questionnaires (if available), interview transcripts and attendance lists, photos and other valuable survey materials.
 5. Schedule and Location The STBM baseline study will be started in the second week of September until the end of December. During that period consultants need to meet Plan Indonesia to agree on survey tools as well as to present the initial finding from field work. The field work will involve interview, household survey and observation. Consultants are expected to develop detail schedule for STBM baseline study implementation. 
6. Criteria for Consultant Selection Consultant interested in submitting a proposal should have the following criteria:
1. Possess equal composition of qualified academic background, knowledge, experience and capacity to manage survey in rural WASH sector, particularly gender and inclusion related.
2. Have an extensive experience in managing baseline study in the context of rural WASH and STBM.
3. Demonstrate understanding and sensitivity on cross-cultural, tradition and language of target community. 
7. Proposal Submission Interested consultant(s) can apply to conduct STBM Baseline Study as explain above by submitting full proposal to HRD.Indonesia@plan-international.org by Friday, August 30th 2013 at the latest. Proposal should comprehensively describe study concept and outline, study full methodologies and approach, list of variable for data collection, weekly work-plan, proposed budget and CVs of all proposed personnel. Proposal can be submitted in pdf or word file and its size should not exceed 2 MB. 2. With a population of 4.7million, NTT includes 19 of the poorest, least served districts in the country. Previous WASH interventions in NTT have been concentrated within a small number of districts. Recent health data research (Riskesdas) compiled by MoH shows that open defecation is a feature of everyday life for most of the NTT population where only 22% of households have an improved toilet (based on JMP standards). The majority of households,
53%, have an unimproved toilet. Plan staff observations affirm that open defecation is not only caused by a lack of adequate toilet facilities but is compounded by extremely low levels of knowledge of hygiene and a perception that toilets are expensive.
STBM Baseline Study – Plan Indonesia
September – December 2013