Background:
The 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 target area, people in positions of power and leadership are encouraged to model and champion government accountability and communal tolerance; citizens are being 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.
Sustainable CSOs are those that can fulfill their missions over time and meet the needs of their key stakeholders. Crucial to this is the need to find sustainable funding. A lack of financial resources or overdependence on a single source of funding limits their ability to contribute to significant political, economic and social reform. Studies have highlighted how Indonesian CSOs are heavily dependent on foreign funding, which during the past decade has reduced their financial viability in the face of cutbacks in donor funding. With this background, MADANI has during 2022-23 provided technical assistance to its 32 Lead Partners in six provinces on resource mobilization and fundraising, using the following steps:
(1) prepare strategic communication around your niche, (2) identify potential resources, (3) connect with funders and donors, and (4) write proposals and mobilize resources. There are at least four potential domestic sources through which MADANI’s partner CSOs have diversified their funding beyond foreign donors:
1. From the public, through membership, donations, sponsorship, crowdsourcing and philanthropy.
2. From government agencies though grants and social contracts (including PerPres 16/2018).
3. From the private sector through corporate social responsibility and CSO-private sector partnerships, including impact investment; and
4. Income generation through social enterprises, consultancy, service delivery and event organizing.
As a result, MADANI CSO partners have been able to diversify their resources and improve their sustainability and self-reliance. FHI 360 is now searching for a senior consultant to document MADANI’s resource mobilization processes for CSOs, with the product being a practical primer/resource guide for local CSOs on how to raise funds and diversify their resources. The report should not exceed 30 pages.
Detailed Description of Tasks to be Performed:
The consultant will draft a primer/resource guide will be based on MADANI’s best practices and the approach used by local CSO partners to diversify their funding. The consultant will be given access to various MADANI products and assessments. The primer should describe the steps and relationships needed that would allow a local CSO to diversify its funding, including the four steps above and a description of the four sources of domestic funding. 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. Desktop review of existing MADANI toolkits for resource mobilization.
2. Desktop 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 recourse guide.
3. Conduct online interviews with selected Lead Partners, Field Coordinators and TA Service Providers and other relevant stakeholders to be determined in consultation with MADANI.
4. Produce a first draft of the primer.
5. Discuss feedback from the MADANI team on the first draft.
6. Produce a final draft that responds to the inputs and comments.
Deliverables & Level of Effort:
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No |
Activities Description |
Deliverable Description |
Estimated LOE and Target Due Dates |
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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, list of key resources, timeline of activities and proposed outline of report, co-designed with MADANI
Summary findings from desk review of existing tools |
3 days |
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2 |
Through the review of key MADANI documents on resource mobilization, identify best practices, changes and lessons learned from MADANI’s interventions that can be incorporated into the primer |
Report on findings of best practices, lessons learned and significant changes among selected MADANI Lead Partner on the topic of resource mobilization |
5 days |
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3 |
Conduct consultations with other civil society actors and project stakeholders on useful and effective approaches |
Brief report that includes summary of findings, documentation of interviews, including list of interviewees, and interview materials/questions |
5 days |
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4 |
Produce a first draft of the primer |
Draft toolkit/primer using a template co-designed with MADANI |
15 days |
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5 |
Discuss first draft with MADANI for feedback |
No associated deliverable |
3 days |
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6 |
Final draft that incorporates inputs and comments |
Final primer that addresses all the team’s feedback. No more than 3 pages. |
7 days |
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7 |
Presentation of the primer |
PowerPoint during MADANI closing event |
2 days |
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 Civil Society Resource Mobilization” 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
FHI360/MADANI is looking for a consultant with proven a academic or professional track record in civil society and resource mobilization. Prospective consultants should demonstrate the following:
· At least 15 years of relevant experiences in civil society engagement, empowerment and capacity building including capacity and resource mobilization.
· Experience in development training materials for civil society resource mobilization.
· Experience working with local CSOs.
· Deep understanding of CSO capacity development.
· Familiarity with existing resource mobilization tools.
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.
· FHI 360 may perform a background check on any selected Consultant candidates.
· FHI 360 may cancel the solicitation and not award
· FHI 360 may choose to award only part of the activities in the solicitation, or issue multiple awards based on the solicitation activities
· FHI 360 reserves the right to waive minor proposal deficiencies that can be corrected prior to award determination to promote competition
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