Nutrition International (formerly the Micronutrient Initiative) is a
global organization dedicated to delivering proven nutrition
interventions to those who need them most. Since 2011, Nutrition
International (NI) has been supporting the salt iodization program in
Indonesia. This includes development of salt iodization business models,
establishment of quality assurance (QA)/ quality control (QC),
monitoring and capacity building of salt processors in the provinces of
Central Java, East Java and West Nusa Tenggarra (WNT). Indonesia is a
large country consisting of a large number of islands and a long coastal
belt where raw salt is produced. It is difficult to ensure that all
local salt is iodized following the national iodization standard and
only production level efforts will not lead to USI in the country.
Although, most of the salt processors registered with SNI in these
provinces reportedly produce adequately iodized salt , there is a
reasonable quantity of inadequately iodized salt still being sold in the
markets which is primarily consumed by the poor and vulnerable
population. The foremost reason of this is lack of quality monitoring of
iodized salt and insufficient awareness among community as a result of
which some market players take advantage. Hence, there is a need to
involve community groups in monitoring salt that they are consuming. In
absence of market/ consumer level iodization data, it becomes difficult
for province and district level GAKI teams to ensure effective
enforcement so that distributors, wholesalers and retailers sell
adequately iodized salt. To ensure that the community is able to
differentiate between adequately and inadequately iodized salt, NI would
like to undertake a demonstration initiative for the same, which will
be done in selected districts. This demonstration will strengthen
community monitoring.
It’s important to note
here that every village receives funds directly from the central
government for village development. The head of village can use these
fund to develop and strengthen the monitoring mechanisms for iodine
content in edible salt. At village level NI is revitalizing the ‘village
level GAKI team’ that consists of 5 persons i.e. head of the village,
three health cadres (PKK members) and one village police which at times
monitors the iodization of salt but not regularly. Therefore, efforts
could to be made to engage village level GAKI team to carry out the
monitoring activities i.e. collecting and analyzing salt samples from
village kiosks and retailers by using mini laboratories and report to
the enforcement authorities in case salt samples are found to be
substandard. Considering that women are an integral part of village
health cadres (PKK) most of the GAKI team members are women who work
under the overall supervision and coordination of the village head. They
primarily work as volunteers and are also part of POSYANDU (village
level health centers/services), it would be relatively easy to engage
and train them on how to monitor adequately iodized salt at village
level.
The main objective of this
intervention is to support the local government to improve monitoring
and enforcement of USI regulations through establishing women led
community monitoring system in 60 villages in Semarang City and Tegal
District Central Java.
Kindly find detailed RFP along with TOR and Budget Template in the link as follows:
The submission deadline for proposals is Friday, September 30, 2022 by 12:00 HRS. West Indonesia Standard Time.
The Technical and Financial Proposal in two separate files put into a covering email specifically indicating the subject line “Hire an agency to train GAKI Team for USI Monitoring and Enforcement at village level in Indonesia” and should be sent by email to:
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