RFQ 1833-XX - Advocacy Meeting for Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program for School-Going Adolescent Girls at the District Level, East Java Province

Nutrition International/NI (formerly The Micronutrient Initiative/MI) is implementing MITRA Youth, a project supporting Weekly Iron Folic Acid Supplementation (WIFAS) for prevention and reduction of Iron Deficiency Anaemia (IDA) among school-going adolescent girls, in selected districts in two provinces of Indonesia: East Java and East Nusa Tenggara. MITRA Youth is funded by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Australia.

MITRA Youth is implemented in 10 districts in East Java and 10 districts in ENT. In 2018, NI conducted advocacy meeting at province and district level to sensitize the WIFAS program as well as capacity building and printing and distribution Behavior Change Intervention (BCI) materials. As the program enters the second year, the involvement of non-health sectors were improved and districts have started activities to strengthen the implementation of program. Fourteen out of 20 districts conducted WIFAS socialization to show their support and commitment through signatures and declaration speeches on the importance of WIFAS program. The revised recording and reporting format has been socialized and started to be used by schools and puskesmas.

As requested by district stakeholders, NI is planning to facilitate one day advocacy meeting in 10 assisted districts in East Java with purposes are, (i) Sharing the result of NI technical assistance and NI support for 2019, (ii) district to share their 2019 work plan for WIFAS program including budget allocation, (iii) district to share their budget allocation and activities for WIFAS program year 2016-2018.

NI invites firms/institutions to submit proposal with link as below:

https://www.scribd.com/document/403893234/RFQ-1833-XX-Advocacy-Meeting-at-District-Level-East-Java-final

Deadline for submission: 5 April 2019, 17:00 West Indonesia Standard Time.

Please submit the documents to proposalsindonesia@nutritionintl.org using subject line:

“RFQ No: 1833-XX – Advocacy Meeting for Weekly Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation Program for School Going Adolescent Girls at the District Level, East Java Province” in the subject line.

Thank you for your kind attention and cooperation.