FHI 360 MADANI Project RFP: Senior Consultant on Collaborative Governance

RFP MADANI Project: Senior Consultant on Collaborative Governance

Background:

MADANI Civil Society Support Initiative is a five-year, USAID-funded project implemented by FHI 360 to strengthen local government accountability and communal tolerance in Indonesia by improving and sustaining local civil society’s capacity, legitimacy, and sustainability, that ends in February 2024. MADANI’s vision is to leave Indonesia a better functioning, more tolerant, and more resilient democracy, demonstrated by strengthened local democratic practices, improved local government performance and responsiveness,
better accountability of frontline service delivery, and more effective and inclusive mechanisms for community-level participation and transparency. In each jurisdiction, people in positions of power and leadership are encouraged to model and champion government accountability and communal tolerance; citizens are being made more receptive to these ideas through MADANI partners’ positive messaging and increased media engagement brought about by MADANI programming.
During MADANI’s tenure from 2020-2023 supporting 32 CSO Lead Partners in six provinces, the project has improved civil society organizations’ (CSOs) organizational capacity to influence local service delivery policies and practices and demonstrate positive results toward greater government accountability and transparency. The Government of Indonesia is also recognizing the important role of CSOs in local development by, for instance, allowing them to procure small-scale government contracts through Presidential Regulation No. 16/2018 (PerPres 16/2018), which MADANI partners have sought as a way of increasing the sustainability of their participation in local development. MADANI’s emphasis on collaborative governance has proved effective in sparking a new openness and willingness among LG counterparts to build new partnerships with CSOs through the multi-stakeholder Learning Forums and using social accountability tools such as community score cards. Local CSO partners continue to report significant changes in their working relationships with local governments — moving from mutual distrust and suspicion to being able to sit down together to address joint development concerns. FHI 360 is now searching for a senior consultant to document how MADANI’s collaborative governance and mutual accountability approach has resulted in improved service delivery performance. The product will be a resource guide/primer for
local CSOs who would seek to operationalize MADANI’s successful approach themselves to work with local governments on service delivery issues. The report should not exceed 30 pages.

Detailed Description of Tasks to be Performed:
The consultant will draft a primer/resource guide based on MADANI’s best practices. The consultant will be given access to various MADANI and FHI 360 products and assessments to better understand MADANI’s relevant success stories. The primer should describe the steps and relationships needed that will allow a local CSO to begin or improve its relationship with local government or frontline service agencies, including the tools needed to understand and make an issue matter, identify solutions and create a vision, draft an action plan, advocate, campaign and influence public opinion, including the use of social accountability tools such as community score cards, and steps for learning and adapting. Under the direction, supervision and coordination of the Chief of Party and Technical
Director, the assistance to be provided by the consultant will include:
1. Review existing MADANI toolkits and practices.
2. Through the review of key MADANI and FHI 360 documents, identify the best practices, significant changes and lessons learned from MADANI’s interventions that can be incorporated into the primer.
3. Conduct consultations with selected MADANI Lead Partners, Field Coordinators, TA Service Providers and other civil society actors on useful and effective approaches
4. Conduct online interviews with and other relevant stakeholders to be determined in consultation with MADANI.
5. Produce a first draft of the primer.
6. Discuss feedback from the MADANI team on the first draft.
7. Produce a final draft that responds to the inputs and comments.

Deliverables & Level of Effort:

No	Activities Description	Deliverable Description	Estimated Level of Effort
1	Discussion with MADANI on key documents and approaches, and drafting outline of primer with MADANI	Inception report that includes work plan indicating the approach, methodology, key resources, timeline of activities and proposed outline of report Summary findings from desk review of existing tools	3 days
2	Through the review of key MADANI and FHI 360 documents and tools, identify best practices, changes and lessons learned from MADANI’s interventions that can be incorporated into the primer	3-page report on findings of best practices, lesson learned and significant changes in MADANI’s districts that focus on collaborative governance and government accountability	5 days
3	Conduct consultations with selected MADANI Lead Partners, Field Coordinators, TA Service Providers and other civil society actors on useful and effective approaches	3-page report that includes summary of findings, documentation of interviews, including list of interviewees, and interview materials/ questions	5 days
4	Produce a first draft of the primer	Draft toolkit/primer, using a template co-designed with MADANI	15 days
5	Discuss first draft with MADANI for feedback	No associated deliverable	3 days
6	Final draft that incorporates inputs and comments	Final primer that addresses all the team’s feedback. No more than 3 pages.	7 days
7	Presentation of the primer	PowerPoint during MADANI closing event	2 days

Deliverables and Level of Effort: The consultant will work up to 40 days during September
2023-January 2024.

Location of Work: Jakarta.

Travel: Travel to MADANI sites will not be necessary. The Consultant will need to work at the MADANI office in Central Jakarta on request.

Timetable and Address for Submission

Applications are due no later than 17:00 WIB on August 24, 2023. Required documentation listed below must be e-mailed to Procurement-Madani@fhi360.org.
Applications should be marked “Senior Consultant on Collaborative Governance” and be submitted via e-mail to Procurement-Madani@fhi360.org.
Only those selected for interview will be contacted. Short-listed candidates may be invited via mail/phone for interview.

Qualifications

FHI 360/MADANI is looking for a consultant with a proven academic or professional track record in collaborative governance, advocacy and social accountability. Prospective consultants should demonstrate the following:
• At least 15 years of relevant experiences in the government and democracy sector exclusively to civil society engagement, empowerment and capacity building.
• Experience in consultancy work on relevant to CSO advocacy, lobbying and developing policy briefs/recommendation and training materials.
• Experience working with local CSOs.
• Deep understanding of CSO capacity development and advocacy work.
• Familiarity with existing social accountability tools for CSOs.

Evaluation Criteria: Proposals will be evaluated by relevant education, related work experiences, analytical skills and writing capacity.
Required Documentation: Proposals must include the following components:
Cover letter, CV and proposed daily rate

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