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Oxfam in Bangladesh is looking for a qualified Consultant or a Consultancy Firm to “Final review on Creating Space to take action on violence against women and girls Project”. We are inviting for proposal from interested consultancy firm/individual to undertake this assignment.

Background:

Oxfam is an international confederation of 20 organizations networked together in more than 90 countries, as part of a global movement for change, to build a future free from the injustice of poverty. Oxfam since the beginning of the journey in Bangladesh wants to create a vibrant and equitable society where women and men both can demonstrate their knowledge, skills and leadership towards resilient societies through good governance process – with a focus on improving the lives and promoting the rights of women and girls. We work directly with communities, partners and women's rights organizations to challenge the systems that perpetuate inequality and keep people poor. Together we seek to influence those in power to ensure that women trapped in poverty have a say in the critical decisions that affect them, their families and entire communities.

Creating Spaces to Take Action on Violence Against Women and Girls Youth in Action (henceforth Creating Spaces) is a five-year project (2016-2021), supported by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) and Oxfam Canada that takes action to reduce violence against women and girls (VAWG), including child, early and forced marriage (CEFM) in six countries across Asia. Since 2016, Creating Spaces has reached approximately 250,000 women, girls, men and boys, working with 24 local community partners, to provide our expertise in building networks of change, increasing capacity, and creating spaces for women and girls to be safe, respected, and included. In Bangladesh, the project is working with 5 national NGOs as implementing partners to achieve our goal.

Bangladesh continues to observe evidence of progress towards reducing violence against women and girls (VAWG) and child and early forced marriage (CEFM). This movement is grounded in continued work to empower women and girls through discussions on oppression and gender disparity. For example, Oxfam and its partners have successfully initiated important conversations between women and men on issues such as social mobility of women and girls and social taboos related to women’s bodies (particularly menstruation). Consequently, Creating Spaces (CS) staff observe that both women and men are now more aware of the root causes of gender-based violence as well as factors that promote resilience. Further, women and youth group leaders have recognised that they must be proactive in preparing their communities to have strengthened VAWG protection and management systems. Women and men linked with CS are now more determined to work collectively to improve their situations through the priority actions they have identified around VAWG and CEFM.

OBJECTIVE:

This in-country (Bangladesh) review by the consultant will contribute relevant data collection and analysis to the Creating Spaces final review, which will be led by the Final Review Lead, a separate consultant hired by Oxfam Canada. The final review will provide an independent assessment of the project’s achievements, strengths, and weaknesses, from its inception to conclusion. The primary audience is internal, namely: Oxfam, Global Affairs Canada (the donor), and project partners. The review will build on findings from Creating Spaces’ MTLR. It will inform Oxfam Bangladesh’s and Canada’s future programming on ending VAWG and CEFM well as its programming in related thematic areas, including, for example, women’s economic empowerment and sexual and reproductive health rights.

Oxfam Canada and Oxfam Bangladesh have designed this in-country consultancy to lead quantitative and qualitative data collection on the Creating Spaces outcome indicators (see Section 5, Methodology for further information). Additionally, the in-country (Bangladesh) consultant will be responsible for qualitative data analysis. Further, the Bangladesh consultant will support a partner-led process, engaging partner staff in data collection and analysis to support overall project learning. The consultant hired by Oxfam in Bangladesh will work closely with a Final Review Lead, who will be responsible for conducting an overall project desk review, ensuring data quality across countries, and wrapping up findings from all six countries into a final report. The Bangladesh consultant successful through this Terms of Reference will provide all analysed data to the Final Review Lead by the end of the consultancy period..

Please refer to the detailed ToR (Click here) for this assignment.

The individual/firm must submit the following documents along with Technical & Financial Proposal: The financial proposal should include 15% VAT ONLY. Oxfam will deduct Income Tax and VAT as per government rules and policy at source from the agreed consultancy amount for national consultant and firms.

For Individual Consultant

• Maximum 2 pages’ profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number along with detailed CV;
• TIN certificate and any other relevant document (if necessary).

For Consultancy Firm

• Maximum 2 pages’ Firm profile highlighting related assignment completed with client name, contract person and mobile number;
• Lead Consultant’s (who will lead the assignment) Maximum 2 pages CV highlighting related assignment completed, role in of the completed assignment;
• Other Team members’ (who will involve in the assignment) one paragraph short CV highlighting related assignment completed and role;
• Firm’s Certificate, TIN and VAT registration.

Please mention the assignment title “Proposal for Creating Spaces In-Country Consultancy” in the subject line during application via below mentioned email submit following two separate pdf files -

1. Financial proposal
2. Technical proposal should include Cover page, Table of content, understand of the assignment (pls. don’t copy & paste), experience in handling similar assignments, a work-plan, methodology, Certificate, TIN and VAT registration to hrbd@oxfam.org.uk

Proposal submission deadline: 22 August 2020

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