Hiring consultant/consulting firm for Baseline Study of “Providing Early Childhood Development and basic education for Rohingya refugees and host communities” project.

About Plan International

Founded over 80 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children's development organizations in the world. Plan International plays an important role in mobilizing children, communities and civil society organizations to claim the rights of children and achieve agreed-upon local development priorities, towards a commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of children in support of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). Plan International works in fifty-two developing countries across Africa, Asia and South America, and twenty-one countries raise funds to support these efforts

About Plan International Bangladesh:

Plan’s vision is of a world in which all children realize their full potential in societies that respect people’s rights and dignity, with high-quality programs that deliver long-lasting benefits. Children are at the heart of everything we do.

Plan International has been operating in Bangladesh since 1993 Plan International Bangladesh Country Strategy (2020-2030) set its vision partnering to empower girls and young women, to be heard, to live without fear of violence and to achieve their rights. in doing so, Plan international Bangladesh will empower children and young people as drivers of systemic change to gender norms and power relationships; Promote an enabling environment for girls and young women to realize their sexual and reproductive health and rights and to live free from violence; Raise public and private sector support for young women to access decent work opportunities in the twenty- 21st century labour market and have control over resources.

Plan International Bangladesh (PIB) has the Country office in Dhaka, from where we are operating projects in Dhaka, Rangpur, Barisal and Chittagong divisions. Since 2017, we have a strong presence at Cox’s Bazar. Along with our main office at Cox’s Bazar, we have two more field offices i.e. Ukhiya and Teknaf. As part of the current emergency response plan, PIB supports both the Rohingya and host communities through different projects

Cox’s Bazar is one of the identified ‘lagging districts’ of Bangladesh and Teknaf Sub-district is among the most socially deprived Sub-districts of Cox’s Bazar. Difficult terrain, bad roads and insufficient infrastructure contribute to poor living conditions. A lack of cultivatable land and consequent dependence on markets for food in Teknaf drive high levels of food insecurity and vulnerability to price fluctuations. There are serious protection concerns related to gender based violence, trafficking and organized crime that persist in Cox’s Bazar, due to the combination of poverty with lack of economic perspectives in the sub-district

Project Goal:

Many Rohingya children in the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar do not have access to safe and stimulating environments where they arse provided with opportunities for learning and development. To address this gap, UNICEF has partnered with Plan International Bangladesh (PIB) to support education for Rohingya refugees since 2019, including a focus on providing Early Childhood Development (ECD) and access to education based on the Learning competency and Framework Approach (LCFA)-based education in home-based education facilities. Building on this experience and lessons learned, PIB will transition to a more technical role in 2022 and 2023 through piloting innovative approaches on a small scale and strengthening the capacity of existing local organizations.

Specific outcomes:

Result 1: By December 2022, 1,440 children (3-5 years old) benefited from integrated ECD services

Result 2: By December 2022, 1,500 children (6-14 years old) benefited from the literacy intervention under LCFA-based education

Result 3: By December 2022, 500 girls and 125 boys (11-18 years old) benefited from education based on the Myanmar Curriculum

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 30 January 2022.

Subject line of the email will be: Proposal for Baseline Study of “Providing Early Childhood Development and basic education”.

Terms of Reference (ToR)

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