Consultancy for web based database Specialist of
“Community actions for child protection from violence Project”
Funded by European Commission.

Terms of Reference (TOR)

Background

Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB), a Member Association of International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) is implementing a three years project on violence against children titled “Community Action for Child Protection from Violence” by European Union. The project will be implemented in Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna City Corporation in partnership with Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP), Bangladesh Centre for Communication Program (BCCP), Aparajeyo Bangladesh (AB) and Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST).

The projects aims to contribute to eliminate violence against children (VAC) in the key areas (Family, educational institutions, community level, public places, workplaces and in adolescent development centers and orphanages) by enabling relevant duty bearers to understand, detect and act to prevent various forms and aspects of violence against children.

The intervention package is designed around a three-pronged approach for detecting, preventive and/or responding to any forms of VAC and rehabilitating victims of violence. The first approach aims at changing or strengthening societal and behavior changes in order to reduce VAC will include awareness raising, sensitization, networking and developing capacities of gatekeepers and stakeholders. The second approach revolves around protecting and helping victims of violence. The third approach will deal with the legal and institutional framework in the project area.

The main objective of the project is to enhance state and non-state actors capacity and capability to eliminate all forms of violence against children and the specific objectives are:

• To strengthen community actions by community people for child protection by developing and make use of multi-formatted communication media tools developed from one common story.
• To provide legal support and comprehensive rehabilitation package for reintegrating child victims of violence.

Expected Results of the project

• A community based system for child protection is established through social attitudes and behavioral changes.
• Improved capacity of implementing partners and other stakeholders to implement VAC activities.
• Increased availability of and access for victims of VAC to shelter, medical, psychological, legal support and vocational training and information system for VAC improved and information system for VAC improved.
• Communication tools for child protection is developed and used.

Target group of the project: Adults who behave violently to children (teachers, parents, community people, religious leaders), child victims of violence in the project area.

Final Beneficiaries of the project: Children, government agencies, law enforcing agencies and professionals working directly with children

Total beneficiaries: 17675 children survivors of violence shall get direct benefit through the child friendly spaces. Awareness raising campaign will cover 360,000 people. Teachers, law enforcement, Las and school management committee members of 40 school and Madrasa in the project area will receive training regarding various aspects of Violence Against Children.
FPAB wishes to hire a consultant / consultancy firm to design, develop and implement a web based database application to assist the CACPV project.

Scope of the Work:

• Visit CACPV Project under FPAB to interact with FPAB officials, senior management and CACPV Project Team to get more insight of the project nature, activities and collect application development requirements.
• To develop an online web based database.
• The flowing indicators will be included in the database. Forms of violence (physical, psychological, economical & sexual) in Family, educational institutions, community level, public places, workplaces and in adolescent development centers and orphanages.
• The website will have option to generate automated quantitative and qualitative reports segregated by geographic location, age, gender, occupation, types of violence, perpetrator of violence etc.
• The website/database will be open for public viewing.
• This centralized website will have option for individual staffs at different staffs at different level to entry field data.
• The website will have option to expand field in future.
• The consultant will have to train & support the concerned CACPV project staff in using the web based database.

Person specification: Minimum Requirement:

Education: University degree in computer science or related technical field; Any Microsoft certification in Access or SQL Server would be preferred.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The consultant / a team of consultants should have minimum 4 years work experiences in web based database design, administration, management and data analysis.
• Significant experience analyzing data and producing report is a plus.
• Experience in training project personnel in the use of web based database management software applications;
• Experience in writing and maintaining database design documentation and operating manuals;
• Maturity and professional ability to handle sensitive information and ability to respect the confidentiality of such information while working with CACPV project and even after the contract ends.

Key deliverables of the assignment:

Deliverables for this web based database management  are as follows:

• Draft soft copy
• 3 soft copies of the final  web based database

Work Schedule

• Detail will be worked out jointly with Applicant and FPAB.   

Child Protection Policy:

The individual must comply with the child Protection Policy of FPAB. Any violation/deviation in complying with FPAB’s child protection policy will not only result-in termination of the agreement but also Plan will initiate appropriate action in order to make good the damages/losses caused due to noncompliance of Plan’s Child Protection Policy.

Confidentiality:

All papers shared with the consultant are confidential to FPAB and should not be used outside of these two organizations without permission. Information received by the Consultant from SCI and partners’ field offices should be treated as confidential.
**** The budget should be provided in a simplified manner describing the information and methods used to establish the amounts of unit costs, lump sums and/or flat-rates, to which costs they refer. The applicants are also requested to clearly explain the formulas for calculation of the final eligible amount. All cost must include appropriate VAT/TAX as per rules.

Consultation Fee and Payment Schedule:

Payment Modality:
As per budget

Payment Schedule:

Disclaimer of Proposal:

FPAB reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals without assigning any reason whatsoever

Proposal submission: Eligible entities are requested to apply with a technical outline of the proposed assignment, organizational profile and filled request for quotation form. Please email alamin@fpab.org.bd for request for quotation form and any other information. Proposal should be submitted by 31 January, 2015 to HR. through below postal address.
Subject line for postal is “Consultancy for web based database”.

Executive Director
Family Planning Association of Bangladesh (FPAB)
2, Naya Paltan, Dhaka-1000
Web : www.fpab.org

Note: All the products of this consultancy work will be jointly owned by FPAB