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Term of Reference
Feasibility
Study of Opening New Plan’s Working Areas
In
Eastern Part of Indonesia
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1. Background to the Feasibility Study
Plan International
is an independent child rights and humanitarian organization committed to
children living a life free of poverty, violence and injustice. With its new
global purpose, Plan strives for a just world that advances children’s rights
and equality for girls. In Indonesia. Currently Plan sponsors for more than
40,000 children in NTT and works in 5 other provinces of DKI Jakarta,
Central-West and East Java, West and East Nusa Tenggara, and will work in one
new province of Banten. For the next new Country Strategy, Plan seeks
opportunity to expand its working area in the eastern part of Indonesia.
To follow up this planning,
a feasibility study to open Plan’s working areas in other part of the eastern
region of Indonesia, will be conducted
2. Goals of the Feasibility Study
The study aims to
select districts in the eastern part of Indonesia for Plan to expand its working areas, through
assessment of several feasibility factors, i.e. (but not limited to) development
status, financial, operational, resources, technical, challenges,
opportunities, security and legal factors.
3. Scope of Work
To fulfil the
objective, Plan Indonesia seeks a consultant to complete the following tasks. These tasks are described here in narrative
form, as well as in Section 4 in project timeline form (Gantt chart). Prior to
the commencement of these tasks, Plan and the consultants will hold a planning
meeting to review and finalize the scope and sequence of the feasibility study.
A.
Review secondary
data
The consultant will
be asked to provide a description of development status of needed provinces. The consultant may recommend development indicators that
will adequately reflect provincial development status. Based on the analysis of
the various indicators, the consultant will develop list of prioritised
provinces.
The consultant
provides recommendation of 6 top rank provinces for Plan to short list 2-3 potential
provinces. Based on the selected provinces, the consultant will continue to
conduct desk review for districts/city of the identified provinces, using the
same development indicators plus additional local indicators. The consultant to
produce interim report that describes list of prioritised districts/cities for
Plan to short the list.
Plan will review the
report and make preliminary decision on selected districts/cities for further
elaboration by the consultant. The consultant will further assess the selected
districts/cities through child rights situation analysis (CRSA), applying gender
and inclusive lenses. The consultant will submit the CRSA report and Plan will
make decision to further short list the districts/cities.
B.
Consultation
with national stakeholders – GOI and INGOs/NGOs
In consultation with
Plan, the consultant is expected to identify key stakeholders for Plan to
consult its pre-selected districts/cities. The stakeholders cover relevant
ministries, INGOs, NGOs, individual key figures with strong link with the
identified provinces/districts/cities, and relevant private sectors.
Using the result of desk
review, Plan will conduct the consultations with 4 outputs: (1) to
validate/confirm the selection of districts/cities and (2) identify potential
program intervention (3) identify existing key players and potential key players
(4) asses the risk and potency for success, including security, social unrest,
acceptance of government, community, and civil society of INGO/NGO to work in
the area for children issues.
The consultant will wrap
up the result based on key findings provided by Plan and submit to Plan as
reference to develop the business case of opening the new areas.
C.
Field
visit to potential/selected provinces and districts
Based on the result of the above step, Plan will conduct field visit to
the recommended districts/cities at 3 levels, i.e. the provincial,
district/city, and if possible to visit
a number of villages. The outputs of the field visit are to consult with the provincial and
district/city stakeholders.
D.
Incorporating
all aspects
The consultant is expected
to collate key findings from the above 3 stages and conduct additional desk
review for the selected provinces/districts/cities. The consultant has to
ensure that all feasibility factors, as outlined in the goal section, all are
accommodated.
4. Methodology
The assessment will
apply mix of quantitative and qualitative information. Both primary and
secondary data will be collected. Quantitative data will rely only on secondary
data. Primary data will be collected for qualitative information only.
5. Scope of Work Tasks and Timeline (Gantt chart)
The feasibility
study will be carried out from February, 2017 until May, 2017.
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Component
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Feb
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March
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April
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May
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Project Planning (Includes meeting at Plan country office)
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Consultant and Plan contact person meet with review
general components of the scope of work, timelines, table of contents for
final report, and agree on project coordination details, including agreement
on methodological approach, respondents, and tasks within each
component.
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x
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Component A: Desk Review
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Consultant reviews secondary data and
rank prioritized provinces
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x
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Consultant submit interim report on the
result of desk review
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x
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Component B: National
Consultation
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Consultant identify key stakeholders
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X
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Plan team and consultant conduct
interviews
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X
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Consultant submit interim report
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x
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Component C: Field Visit
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Plan team visit selected provinces and
districts and do stakeholder consultation and rapid assessment to selected
districts
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X
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Consultant write report based on input
from Plan team who conduct the field visit, including additional des review
if necessary
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X
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CMT make decision on the selected
districts
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x
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6. Required and Desired Consultant Qualifications
Given the scope of
the feasibility study, the consultant is required to have the following
expertise and abilities:
- Research background with strong analytical and writing skills in Bahasa Indonesia and English
- Program planning, in order to understand how Plan Indonesia may respond programmatically to particular child rights issues (impacting girls and boys), youth and women, people and children with disability, and the poor at the local level.
- Ability to manage activities to meet the agreed milestones as outlined in the Gantt Chart
- The consultant has to possess expertise on gender and child right-based approach
7. Budget
The consultant is expected
to propose budget of consultant’s fee and estimated cost for local
transportation in Jakarta. Any expenditure for travelling outside Jakarta and
operational cost for doing the national consultation will paid by Plan
International.
8. Selection of consultant
Consultant will be selected based on previous
engagement with Plan or available recommendation. At least 3 consultants will
be asked to submit application, by 20 February, and should be submitted to Ajun Kamdhani, Recruitment
Specialist - HR Department, at Ajun.Khamdani@plan-
Proposals must have the following
sections:
- Consultant qualifications to perform the kind of services requested in this ToR, including any past experience with similar projects (such as feasibility and situation analysis studies)
- Response to the requested scope of services and timeline
- Curriculum vitae of consultant with contact details (maximum 3 pages per consultant);
- References that can attest to consultant (s) ability to carry out work similar to that sought in this ToR; and
- A sample of previous report that is similar in scope and size.
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