Hiring consultant/consulting firm for “Working with Early Childhood Development Working Group in Cox’s Bazar”

Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children's development organizations in the world. We work in 52 developing countries across Africa, Asia and the Americas to promote child rights and lift millions of children out of poverty. Plan International worked with 100 million children in 85,282 communities. Plan International is independent, with no religious, political or governmental affiliations but having a vision of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people's rights and dignity

Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1994. Plan International seeks to ensure the rights of children to education, health, safe water and sanitation, protection, youth social and economic empowerment and climate change, environmental degradation and natural or man-made disaster hazards throughout the country.

After 25 August 2017, as many as 700,000 forcibly displaced Rohingya population entered into Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh from Myanmar, in addition to the total of 213,000 members of the Rohingya community who were residing in Bangladesh prior to the influx. With near to a million Rohingya people living in Cox’s Bazar district, particularly in Teknaf and Ukhiya upazillas, multi-faceted needs have emerged for both the displaced Rohingya and their host communities in Cox’s Bazar district, Teknaf and Ukhiya being the worst hit upazillas. In camps, the needs are compounded by limitations of space and capacities, while in host communities, the resources of the already fragile social, economic and environmental structures have been stretched thin since the 2017 influx.

For early childhood services, attendance rates in camp learning facilities widely vary across the 3-5 age range, starting from around 40% for three-year-olds and peaking at close to 90% for five-year-olds. Additional challenges noted by actors who work with girls and boys aged 0-5 include: lack of standardized materials; lack of a common guideline/framework is the major.

Submission of Proposal:

Interested consultant/consulting firms are requested to submit a technical and a financial proposal through email at Planbd.consultant.hiring@plan-international.org with a cover letter addressing the Operations Manager, Cox’s Bazar Project Office, Plan International Bangladesh. The deadline of proposal submission is the 03 December 2020

Terms of Reference (TOR)

Terms of Reference (TOR) can be downloaded from this link. For any clarification related with project and research please contact Abdul Hannan: Abdul.Hannan@plan-international.org