Request For Cordaid
Request For reviewing & upgrading, SOPs, policies and procedures of Local Partners In Nangarhar and Kandahar
Terms of Reference
Project Title: Afghanistan Joint Response 2022-2023 Project Code (201091) and (201133)
Project Background
The Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) is a coalition of 4 Dutch Aid organizations in partnership with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign (MoFA). The structure of the DRA enables participating NGOs to respond to Major international crisis in a timely and effective manner. There are two types of joint Responses(JRs), acute and protracted.
Cordaid implement the project through its two local implementing partners both OHW and RRAA in Nangarhar, the project aims to deliver in sector of MPC, WASH and FSL. Cordaid will implement jointly with local partners RRAA, OHW, BARAN, the local partner of INTERSOS and Your Voice Organization, the local Partner of TdH. Partners have been working with Cordaid for a long time, during which Cordaid has been providing technical support, strengthening, particularly, RRAA's and OHW’s capacity and expertise in humanitarian and development assistance. Cordaid has a mentor and monitoring role and also provides operational support to local implementing partners including financial support and expertise.
Nangarhar: The September SFSA and IPC analysis show that currently 45-50% of the people in Nangarhar are in IPC3+. During the upcoming lean period (Nov’21 – March ’22) a projected 60% will be in IPC3 or worse. People are acute food insecure and only 12% of the population have an acceptable FSC (5% of the households are female headed , 10% of the heads of households is 65 years or older, and 26% of the household is headed by people with disabilities) people are applying different coping strategies for their survival; almost 90% of the people indicated to apply medium to high coping strategies; 93.6% of the households borrowed money in the last 3 months. The main reason for borrowing money is to cover food expenses (92.3%) or pay for health care (85.4%). Nearly three-quarters of the population saw their income decreased significantly in the last 3 months and people experience different shocks including conflict, loss of livelihood and displacement. According to UNOCHA, 19,963 families (139,741 individuals) were recently displaced due to conflict. The province is hosting some 275,521 IDPs from neighboring provinces. Although the conflict between the (previous) government and Taliban has reduced, IS continues to be another threat. Since the Taliban took over, explosion and killing of people occur weekly and this is likely to have a further negative impact on food commodities and prices and may also trigger new internal displacement. Furthermore, the province is likely to temporarily host those who can afford to leave the country once the Torkham border with Pakistan will open.
Timelines;
Submit the quotation by 31th of October 2023 and be able to start the work by 12 November-2023 and complete the assignment including draft reporting by 30th of December-2023.
Expected deliverables:
CAF( Cordaid Afghanistan) would expect the following for the whole two months duration of the assignment which must be included ( Report for each local partner separately and one consolidated report)
- Improvement and standardization at local partners SOPs, policies and procedures.
- Cordaid focus is on enhancing and standardizing the standard operating procedures (SOPs), policies, and procedures of their local partners, aiming to improve their efficiency, effectiveness, and overall performance.
- Review of the current available SOPs, Policies and Procedures of the local partners.
- Aligning the Policies and Procedures and SOPs with Humanitarian Standards after sharing the comments with the BoDs of Local partners.
- To facilitate the implementation of the updated SOPs, policies, and procedures, conducting two separate training and practical sessions for the key staff of our local partner organizations.
- The training sessions cover both theoretical and practical aspects, allowing participants to gain hands-on experience and address any questions or challenges they may encounter.
- By investing in the training and development of the local organizations' key staff, including field-level management staff, aiming to enhance their capacity and ensure the successful implementation of the updated SOPs, policies, and procedures.
- Getting approval from local partners BoDs for the revised SOPs, Policies and Procedures.
- Closely coordinate all issues with DRA Cordaid Country JR Coordinator and will closely monitor/follow her/his training sessions and revisions of the SOPs and Policy and procedures.
The parties hereby sign in agreement to this Terms of Reference, at Cordaid Afghanistan Country office.