Terms of Reference (ToR): Hiring a consultant for Capturing Lessons Learnt from the ‘Girls Get Equal (GGE)’ Project

1. About Plan International
Founded over 85 years ago, Plan International is one of the oldest and largest children's development and humanitarian organizations in the world. Plan International plays an important role in mobilizing children, communities, and civil society organizations to claim the rights of children, especially girls and achieve agreed-upon local development priorities, towards a commitment to ensuring the well-being 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.

1.1 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’s Country Strategy (2020-2030) is designed to empower adolescent girls and young women, to be heard, to live without fear of violence and to achieve their rights. In doing so, Plan international Bangladesh (PIB) 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-first 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 district under Chittagong division. Along with our main office at Cox’s Bazar, we have two more field offices i.e., Ukhiya and Teknaf. By following the global mandate on emergency response and Disaster Preparedness Process (DPP) 4 , PIB supports both the Rohingya and host communities through humanitarian projects that provide lifesaving and resilience building assistance, while incorporating disaster risk management in its development work, to ensure protection of the most vulnerable groups, such as children, girls and young women, from the harmful impacts of conflicts, disasters and climate change. PIB also is attempting to strengthen its position within the climate resilience sphere, through a climate resilience model to contribute towards a long-term program that will provide durable solutions for girls, young women and youth in climate impacted areas, with a specific focus on their resilience and adaptive capacity building to the effects of climate change. Through this initiative, PIB will also be a host to the global climate hub which will support the implementation of the model.

2. Details of the Girls Get Equal (GGE) Project
The "Girls Get Equal" project in Bangladesh, funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development(NORAD) and operating from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2024, focuses on Barguna Sadar and Taltoli in Barguna District. Partnering with South Asia Partnership Bangladesh and Resource Development Foundation, the program targets 26,000 children and youth to combat child, early, and forced marriage (CEFM) through interventions spanning girls' retention in school, youth economic empowerment, sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) education, social norm change, and child protection. Bangladesh's prevalent gender inequality, poverty, educational disparities, and weak child protection frameworks drive the alarming rates of CEFM, with girls often perceived as financial burdens and married off early. The program aims to address these root causes, targeting vulnerable populations to achieve outcomes such as improved SRHR knowledge, increased economic opportunities, changed social norms, and bolstered child protection mechanisms. By aligning with national priorities and engaging in comprehensive strategies, the program seeks to create sustainable change and pave the way for a future free from CEFM in Bangladesh.

The application package that includes the technical and financial proposal should be submitted electronically to the email address: Planbd.consultant.hiring@plan-international.org with the title “Proposals for hiring a consultant for Capturing Lessons Learnt from the ‘Girls Get Equal (GGE)’ Project” as subject line.

Proposal submitted to any other email account except the one stated above or in any other form will not be considered.
Submissions after the deadline of 06 July, 2024 at 5:00 pm will be treated as disqualified.

“Any direct or indirect pressure/persuasion/harassment to any Plan staff shall disqualify shortlisted vendors’

Women-owned businesses and companies actively engaged or advancing gender equality and women empowerment in the workplace are especially encouraged to apply.

Two different folders i.e. technical and financial should be submitted into one zip folder with a covering letter addressing to Md. Enamul Haque, Supply & Procurement Specialist, Plan International Bangladesh.

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