Terms of Reference (TOR)
for documentary development of ASTHA project

About Swisscontact
Swisscontact is the business-oriented independent foundation for international development cooperation. Represented in 33 countries with over 1,100 employees, it promotes - since 1959 - economic, social and environmental development. The focus of systemic interventions in the private sector is the strengthening of local and global value chains. The organisation is based in Zurich. Swisscontact concentrates on four core areas of private sector promotion: Skills Development; Enterprise Development; Inclusive Finance and Climate-Smart Economy.

About ASTHA project
The project “Achieving Sustainability Towards Healthcare Access” (ASTHA); formerly known as (TARSAN) was introduced in 2011 to address this(??) gap. Jointly funded by Novartis and Swisscontact, the project aims to improve access to quality healthcare service at rural level through development of skilled Community Paramedics. Phase II is the latest phase of ASTHA which is a four-year project (2019 – 2022) designed to facilitate the improvement and retention of community paramedic services in rural Bangladesh, providing Basic Primary Health Care services including Maternal and Child Health and Family Planning. Details of the project can be found in this link:

https://www.swisscontact.org/nc/en/country/bangladesh/projects/projects-bangladesh/project/-/show/high-quality-healthcare-services-in-rural-areas-astha.html

Submission of proposal
Interested Consultant/agency should submit the technical proposal along with a separate sealed Budget quotation for the above-mentioned tasks by October 30, 2019 before 4:00 pm to the address mentioned below:
Tamiz Uddin Mullick
Coordinator Finance and Procurement
Swisscontact Bangladesh
House 19, Road 11, Baridhara, Dhaka‐1212, Bangladesh

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