Plan Indonesia
Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Program
Term of Reference
Baseline
Survey-September 2014
Program name :
Early Childhood and Care Development Program-
ECCD
Program
Location : Lembata, Sikka , Nagekeo, TTS and TTU Districts, NTT
Province
Program
Period : 1st July 2014 until – 30th June 2017
1.
Background
Plan is an international humanitarian, child-centered
community development organization without religious, political or governmental
affiliation. Plan’s vision is a world in which all children realize their
full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity. Plan
adopts Child-Centered
Community Development (CCCD) approach in promoting the rights of children and youth.
Plan Indonesia has been working in five main programs, i.e. early childhood care
and development,
water,
sanitation and hygiene, youth economic empowerment, child
protection
and participation and disaster risk management.
Plan Indonesia head
office is the Country Office in Jakarta
and with an Area Office in Kupang that support a total of seven Program Units
(PUs). From 2010 until 2014, Plan Indonesia implemented Early Childhood Care
and Development (ECCD) Project in Sikka,
Lembata and Kefamenanu (TTU) Program Units
with funding from AusAID/DFAT through Plan International Australia. Started
on July 2014 Plan Indonesia will expand ECCD Program in other districts of Nagekeo
and Soe (TTS).
Plan Indonesia ECCD program contributes to endorse fulfillment of right
to a healthy start in life. The goal of ECCD program is children under 8
including those from the excluded groups, enjoy their right to early childhoood
care and development through maternal and child health interventions, positive
parenting, school readiness and a smoothh transition to primary school. The ECCD
model must be appropriate for rural early childhood centre settings and user friendly for rural communities. Plan
strategy is to strengthen existing institution, therefore the project is working
with Posyandu to improve implementation of Holistic Integrative Early Childhood
Development (PAUD HI).
ECCD project in NTT is contributing to the achievement of ECCD Program. Currently
Plan Indonesia is in the second phase of the project cycle which aims to expand
the working areas. As the initial step, Plan Indonesia will conduct a baseline study
to understanding better current status
of early childhood well-being in the targetted villages.
2.
ECCD – NTT Project
Objectives
The project goal and
objectives are:
GOAL
Early childhood
wellbeing (health, development/learning and protection) is improved for
targeted children 0-8 years old, girls and boys in 239 villages through
holistic and integrated Early Childhood Development supports by the end of June
2017
Objective
1: Parenting Group (PG)
To improve knowledge and
practices of parents and caregivers in 239 villages in Lembata, Sikka, Nagekeo,
Soe and Kefa by the end of June 2017
Objective
2: Early Learning
To increase primary
school readiness for boys and girls age 4-6 yo
in targetted villages in Lembata, Sikka, Nagekeo, Soe and Kefa by the
end of June 2017
Objective
3: Government Commitment
To increase access to
ECCD services in 239 targetted villages in Lembata, Sikka, Nagekeo, Soe and
Kefa by the end of June 2017
Note: The baseline study
will cover 190 villages only.
3.
Baseline
Survey Objectives
The baseline study aims to provide description on Early Childhood Care
and Development aspects, i.e. parenting, school readiness and access to ECCD
centres, including community support in
targetted areas.
Specifically, the objectives of the baseline study are
as follows:
1.
Identification
of awareness,
knowledge and practices on early learning, health, and child protection covering
information on :
- A comprehensive age and sex-disaggregated demography data on growth and development of early childhood development (0-8 years old), which includes nutritional status, immunization, breastfeeding, and access to basic health services.
- Child development status (cognitive, language, social/emotional)
- Parenting practices
- Identification of supporting and barriers factors, especially for increasing quality of parenting activities.
2.
Identification of School Readiness situation, covering information on :
·
A
comprehensive age and sex-disagregated data on education of young children (4-6
years old), wich includes access to early learning services.
·
Identification
of available ECCD centres in targetted villages
·
Assessment on
quality of available early learning services in research focused areas.
·
School
readiness status of children aged 6-8 years old
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Identification
of access of children with appropriate ages to the existing ECCD centres, in
particular for marginalized children
3. Advocacy
· Review policies
that support Integrative Holistic ECCD at village, district, provincial and
national levels
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Identification of supporting and
barriers actors, especially for increasing
access and quality of early learning, protection and health of child wellbeing
· What programs has been conducted by
partner/communities regarding Integrative Holistic ECCD
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Available
ECCD services in targetted areas
Identification of available ECCD centres
Identification of ECCD centres quality
Note:
demography data will be collected from the 190 villages, while qualitative data
will be collected on certain sample areas. Consultant is expected to propose
the sampling methodology. When similar data can be obtained from other
institutions, consultant may suggest to do so.
4.
Expected
Outputs
Based
on the
above specific
objectives, the
expected outputs are:
·
Set of disaggregated demographic data and health
status of young children aged 0-8 and analysis of parenting practices in targetted villages.
·
Set of disaggregated demographic data and early
learning status of young children, and analysis on quality of early learning centres
in targetted villages.
·
Analysis on early childhood and care development
stakeholders in terms to gain support for increasing the quality of early
childhood growth and development.
·
Recommendations for project implementation
Main indicators
to be collected are:
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1.
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Improved the
health of mothers and young children in Plan’s
working areas by FY17
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Indicators
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1.1
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% increase of pregnant women in target villages completing four antenatal
care visits
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1.2
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% increase of
children under 24 months in target villages put to the breast within one hour
of birth (early initiation of breastfeeding)
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1.3
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% increase of deliveries in target villages at health facilities
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2.
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Improved
knowledge and practices on ECCD of parents/caregivers with children aged 0-8 years
in Plan working areas by FY17
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Indicators
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2.1
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% increase of mothers in target villages who know at least 2 signs of
childhood illnesses that indicate the need for treatment
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2.2
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2.3
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% increase of young children 6-23 months of age who receive appropriate
complementary feeding[2]
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2.4
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% increase of parents/caregivers
who practice appropriate development stimulation for young children.
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3.
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Increased primary
school readiness for children agedrimary
school readiness for chrs who practice appropriate development stimulation
for young children. 4-6 in Plan working areas, with special emphasis
on children with disability, by FY17
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Indicators
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3.1
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% increase of
girls and boys aged 5 in target villages with at least one year in a quality ECD Center
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3.2
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% increase of girls
and boys with disabilities aged 4-6 in target villages attending a quality
ECD center
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4.
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Ensured
successful transitions for children 6-8 years old in Plan working areas, with
special emphasis on children with disabilities, to primary school by
FY17
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Indicators
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4.1
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% decrease in
repetition rate in lower grades (grades 1-3) in target primary schools, disaggregated
by gender and disability
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4.2
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% decrease in
dropout rate in lower grades (grades 1-3), in target primary schools, disaggregated
by gender and disability
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5.
Proposed Baseline
Survey Methodology
The baseline
survey methodology will be conducted through (but
not limited to):
·
Mixed method
approach including household survey, in-depth interviews,
focus group discussions
·
Review of secondary data, relevant policies and programs
6.
Location of Baseline Survey
The
location of baseline survey are:
·
Nagekeo District
·
Sikka District
·
Lembata District
·
Timor Tengah Selatan (Soe) District
·
Timor Tengah Utara (Kefamenanu) District
7.
Scope
of Work
Tasks and
responsibilities of the consultant are as follows:
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Proposal that
detailing the methodology and budget required to conduct the baseline
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Recruit, train and
manage survey teams including enumerators
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Propose a proper
methodology and discuss the suggestion with Plan Indonesia
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Propose tools to be
used in the survey and discuss the suggestion with Plan Indonesia
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Test the survey tools
and methodology (and other technical particulars prior to the implementation of
the survey), afterwards make necessary revision by coordinating with Plan
Indonesia
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Obtain research permit
and follow research ethical procedures (such as inform consent)
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Develop a data entry
system and management
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Supervise field survey
implementation
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Responsible for field
operations, including logistics, permission to conduct the survey, informed
consent from individuals and families taking part in the survey
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Collect, compile and
analyse all data (gender and age disaggregated) gathered and develop a final
report on the survey results (including all findings and statistics).
Keep all information provided by Plan Indonesia as well as the findings of the
baseline confidential.
Finalize and present result of ECCD
evaluation to Plan Indonesia and stakeholders
8.
Start and End Dates: August – 30 October 2014
Timeframe and specific activity
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Period (tentative)
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Activity
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16 August – 5 Sept
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Selection of consultant- Agreement signed
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8 Sept – 12 Sept
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Draft
design and tools for baseline
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13
Sept – 15 Oct
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Conduct baseline
(training enumerator, data collection, data entry analysis)
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16 Oct – 26 Oct
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Reporting
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30 October 2014
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Workshop evaluation result to team and stakeholder
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9.
External
Consultant Requirement, Selection Process and Scope of Work
The baseline survey will be led by an expert and experience consultant and a team of qualified data
collectors. The external consultant will form a surveyor team. Minimum
requirements for the lead consultant:
·
Master or higher degree in
relevant area
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Experience in leading research
implementation, both quantitative and qualitative
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Demonstrate experience
in at least 3 comparable evaluations/baseline surveys, preferably in the area
of ECCD project intervention or in a
relevant area
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Have strong knowledge background
on Early Childhood and gender
issues.
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Good knowledge of monitoring and evaluation system
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Good in data management
system
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Familiar with the cultural context of
the research areas
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Excellent research management skills
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Excellent report writing in Bahasa
Indonesia and English
Minimum requirement for data
collector:
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Have experience in
collecting data, in particular in regard to ECCD
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Good team work
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Familiar with the research
areas, including the cultural context
10.
Baseline Survey Reporting
The
external consultant has to submit draft report based on the progress
of the assignment. The final draft will be reviewed and approved by ECCD and PME teams.
Final report should be
produced in English (with a precise translation to Bahasa Indonesia) and should
contain and be developed according to the following structure:
- Executive Summary
- Background
- Study Methodology
- Findings and Analysis
- Conclusion and Recommendation (including proposed key messages for advocacy purposes)
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Annexes
11.
Ethical and Child Protection
Statements
Plan Indonesia will provide an overview of child
protection policy to the selected consultant, during the kick off meeting with
Plan Indonesia. Selected consultant has to follow the procedure of child
protection policy during baseline activities.
12.
Proposal
Submission Protocol
First
Phase: Interested
consultant should submit an Expression of Interest to HRD Department Plan
Indonesia at: HRD.Indonesia@plan-
Enclosed following documents:
1.
Organizational Profile (for institutional consultant)
or a CV (for individual consultant).
2.
A proposal containing two parts:
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Technical Proposal comprising the description of proposed activities,
timeframe, and methodology (sampling design, data collection techniques and
analysis). The technical proposal should cover research ethic, qualification
of team members and their CVs, as well
as their roles. The consultant should also describe her/his experience in
conducting similar survey, financial and
technical capacity.
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Budget Proposal comprising details of proposed budget for, among
others, consultant and team’s fees,
transportation, stationeries and other survey necessities.
Second
Phase: Based on received proposals, Plan International
Indonesia will shortlist candidates and invite the shortlisted candidates to present their proposals, followed with
signing contract with the selected consultant
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