Baseline Study Consultant for
Background of the Organization
Search for Common
Ground (SFCG) is an international conflict transformation NGO with a mission to
help the world deal with conflict away from adversarial approaches to
collaborative solutions. SFCG has been working in Indonesia since 2002. As a
diverse country, Indonesia is facing challenges in managing peace and tolerance
within the community. SFCG, in collaboration with local partners, is supporting
the process of building peaceful culture through media programming, dialogues,
outreach activities, and capacity strengthening.
SFCG Indonesia works
primarily with youth, especially in the universities and schools, government
agencies and officials, and communities in the vulnerable areas to prevent
violence extremism as one the challenges of peace and tolerance in Indonesia.
Background of the
project
Search for Common
Ground (SFCG) Indonesia is implementing a two-year project entitled ‘Reducing the Recruitment and Recidivism of
Violent Extremists in Indonesia’. Indonesia faces an ongoing challenge to both
prevent the recruitment of at-risk youth into networks of violent extremists
and to reduce the risk of recidivism amongst convicted extremists. Building on
its extensive experience working with at-risk Indonesian youth and the
Indonesian corrections system, SFCG will address these challenges by facilitating
student initiatives to prevent recruitment of at-risk youth using creative
media and by empowering Indonesian government services in supporting successful
reintegration. The project will also coach parole officers to engage
communities in the reintegration of violent extremists post-release.
Project objectives
The overall objective of the project is to reduce the risk of violent extremism
amongst at-risk youth and offenders in Indonesia.
The specific
objectives:
1)
To reduce the level of recruitment of high-risk youth in targeted universities
and schools
2) To build awareness of the
dangers of recruitment and recidivism among vulnerable communities in Indonesia;
(*SFCG has
already conducted a baseline assessment for objective 1. This TOR is the baseline
guideline for objective 2)
Target groups of the
project include:
Primary target groups:
university students, public school students, community, and ex- offender in the targeted areas (West Java,
Jakarta, Central Java, Banten, and Central Sulawesi).
Secondary target
groups (Government counterparts):
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights,
the Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of
Religious Affairs.
We expect to
accomplish the following results:
·
Communities
living in targeted areas (vulnerable areas) have increased their understanding
of extremism and its dangers through Stream 1 and 2 videos.
·
Communities
living in targeted areas are more welcome and humanize ex-offender
facing post release.
·
The
government agencies have a coordination among related ministry to handling
ex-offender.
Baseline: Aim and Objectives
The SFCG approach to
baseline assessments and evaluations is grounded in the guiding principles of
our work: participatory; culturally sensitive; affirming and positive while
honest and productively critical and valuing knowledge and approaches from within
the context.
SFCG- Indonesia will
apply this approach to the “Youth and Community Perception on Violence Extremism and ex-prisoners,
and reducing recidivism of ex-prisoners” baseline, which will be carried out in consultation
and in participation with key relevant stakeholders, appropriate community
groups or key civil society individuals.
The goal of the baseline is to collect key data to inform implementation
of the program.
The objectives of the
baseline are:
-
To assess the level of community
understanding on violent extremism and determine the community acceptance of
ex-offenders
-
To assess local CSOs capacity to address
violence extremism issues and reintegration of ex-prisoners
-
To assess government perspectives and
opportunities for handling ex-terrorist prisoners
The location of baseline assessment
This assessment will be conducted
in Bekasi (West Java) and Semarang (Central Java), since the activity implementation of the stream II CVE project will be
focused on three locations ; Central Java, West Java, and Sulawesi. And Bekasi and
Semarang are the most appropriate cities for the baseline assessment in term of
extremism issues and home of ex-prisoners.
Baseline Methodology
A mix-method approach will be used to gather key data in order to inform
program implementation. The methodologies will include; desk study review, key
informant interviews, focus groups, and surveys.
Desk study review: At least in the first Months of 2010,
significant academic and grey literature has been published on terrorism and radicalisation
in Indonesia. A desk study will review
the literature, and relevant secondary data will be included in the baseline
report. In other words, information that
is readily available and published within the last 3 years will be used as
complimentary information.
Key informant Interviews
will be conducted with key informants in a targeted location, Bekasi, to
assess their level of understanding of extremism issues and the pull and push
factors that influence them to join violent extremist groups or organizations. The key informants will also have an
opportunity to express their level of acceptance of the ex-offenders (post-release)
into their community. This information will be used to devise project
strategies to bring positive shift in community people towards the ex-offenders
and measure the change in community perceptions at the end of the project in
comparison to the level of acceptance at the beginning of the project.
There will be approximately 10 – 15 interviews. The key informants would be chosen from the
following groups of people: community members, local district leaders, social
religious organization, religious leaders, and related ministry staffs.
Surveys: A community-based
survey will be conducted in two local districts in Bekasi and Semarang. This short survey will collect quantitative
data on general understanding of extremism issues and acceptance of ex-offenders
from the community perspective. .
Sample size: An
appropriate sample size will be calculated together with the consultant based
on the total population Universe of the survey locations and the sample size
will be proportionately distributed across geographic clusters and gender,
religious, and ethnic categories during the survey to ensure the
representativeness of the sample data.
Focus Groups: At least three focus
groups with the community will be conducted to measure the knowledge of
extremism within the community and their acceptance of ex-offenders. These
focus group discussions will be used to validate the findings of the surveys
and interviews.
Key Baseline
Questions:
Local
communities: to assess the level of community understanding on
violent extremism and determine the community acceptance of ex-offenders % change in the views of communities who show
improvement in understanding extremism issues and its dangers:
·
How the community
experience regarding to the violence and intolerant cases in their environment?
·
How the community
view against terrorism issues
·
How the community
opinion against ex-prisoners including e-terrorist prisoners
·
How the community
acceptance about ex-prisoners and e-terrorist prisoners
Local CSOs: to assess
local CSOs capacity to address violence extremism issues and reintegration of
ex-prisoners program of
civil society who shows better knowledge on reintegration strategies shown by
post test result :
·
What the programs/activities that developed or
implemented
·
How they developed or implemented the programs related
to violence extremism issues and reintegration of
ex-prisoners program
·
Who the target groups of the program
·
To what extent the implementation of the program
effect to the society
Government
entities: to assess government perspectives and opportunities
for handling ex-terrorist prisoner % increase
of programs that developed by government related to reintegration programs for
ex-offender
·
How the government’s view against the raised violence extremism in
Indonesia
·
How the government respond to handle ex-terrorist prisoners
·
What programs have developed handling ex-terrorist prisoners
·
To what extent the communication among the government institution handling
ex-terrorist prisoners
SCOPE OF
WORK
Location: Bekasi
and Semarang
The consultant of
the Baseline study will be based in Jakarta and will work under the supervision
of the Country Director in collaboration with program staff and the DME
coordinator based in Jakarta.
Deliverables
1. Baseline Inception
report completed within first three days and consist of
the assignment as agreed upon by the program team. The inception report should
include a detailed FGDs and KIIs questionnaire checklists specific to the data
and information to be collected, the fully developed and formatted survey
questionnaires and work plan. The consultants may suggest work plan adjustments
in order to better reflect and address the beneficiaries’ needs.
2.
First Draft of
baseline report submitted to the DME team for comments
and suggestions.
3.
Final
Report: The report should be in English,
between 20-25 pages, and consist of:
§ Executive summary of key baseline data,
findings and recommendations (no more than 2 pages);
§ Table of contents;
§ Introduction and background (project intro,
baseline objectives)
§ Baseline methodology (should be here and not
as an appendix; the tools themselves as well as list of interviewees should
remain as appendix)
§ Research findings, analysis, and conclusions
with associated data presented, where appropriate in clear graphs or charts;
data should be presented per indicator
§ Recommendations for future program
implementation;
§ Appendices, which include collected data,
detailed description of the methodology with research instruments, list of
interviewees, bibliography, and consultant (s) brief biography;
§ One electronic copy, in English.
Duration & Deadlines
The duration of the contract will be a total period of one month working days starting from November 10, 2014 including field trip to the location.
§ Consultant’s CV should be submitted to Pramita
Handayani via email: phandayani@sfcg.org no later than November 7, 2014.
Inception report due by November 10 -
13, 2014
- Field visit due by November 16 -22, 2014
- First draft of assessment due by November 29, 2014.
- Final receipt of all deliverables due by December 7, 2014.
Logistical Support
SFCGI will provide preparatory and logistical
assistance to the evaluator(s), which include:
§ Background materials (Program Proposal/TOR, Log
Frame, etc.);
§ Preparation meeting with Country Director and
key program personnel;
§ Identify interviewees and set up interviews;
§ Arrange transportation, lodging, etc.
THE ASSESSMENT CONSULTANTS
Consultants’ Role
The lead consultant is expected to be responsible for the following:
- Identify and define baseline priority areas, methodology and recommendations;
- Design and implement data collection coordination with the youth mapping team;
- Engage stakeholders in the assessment process;
- Data analysis coordination with the youth mapping team and reports;
- Develop and present a draft baseline report to SFCG staff and other stakeholders;
- Produce a 20-25 page report covering key findings, major conclusions and recommendations (including credible indicators and the setting of a baseline to measure progress) in order to help inform the development of the program.
§ Minimum 5 years applied experience in research
and Design Monitoring & Evaluation experience in conflict or development
programs
§ Minimum Bachelor’s level degree in conflict
resolution, international relations, a related social science field or
statistics;
§ Proven quantitative and qualitative research
skills (candidates should provide a
copy of baseline/evaluation reports produced);
§ Strong background in participatory design,
monitoring and evaluation methodologies;
§ Knowledge of logical and results frameworks;
§ Knowledge of the use of conflict management
curriculum, behavior change communications
and media;
§ Work experience in Indonesia;
§ Fluent in English; knowledge of Bahasa
Indonesia highly desirable.
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