UNESCO Dhaka Office Ref.:24/ED/2018/185

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1 UNESCO Dhaka Office House : 122, Road : 01, Block : F Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh Tel : , FAX : URL : dhaka@unesco.org Ref.:24/ED/2018/185 Request for Expression of Interest (EoI) for Facilitating community engagement and system strengthening mechanism for delivering learning for children, adolescents and youth from both the host communities and the camps in Cox s Bazar District UNESCO Dhaka Office, in support to the Government of Bangladesh, intends to identify suitable Local Implementation Partners (LIPs), including Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to establish partnerships for the implementation of learning and capacity development related support for children, adolescents, youth, parents, community leaders/members, teachers, facilitators, caregivers/parents and education managers and officials in Rohingya camps and host communities in one upazila of Cox s Bazar District. This EoI is open to solicit interest from prospective LIPs including NGOs and CSO partners that would like to enter into Programme Cooperation Agreements with UNESCO in REQUIREMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION The preferred LIPs including CSOs should have a strong technical and organizational expertise in education, training on crisis planning and management, or community based parenting education, and project management. Interested partners should be willing to contribute complementary resources (financial, human, or others required by the intervention) towards achieving the agreed results. Interested LIPs including NGOs, CSOs should access the complete application and information package comprising: Annex-1: Selection Criteria for LIPs including NGOs, CSOs Annex-2: Summary of EOI result areas, geographical coverage and key results to be achieved Annex-3: Proposal Evaluation Criteria for Selection of LIPs including NGOs and CSOs To apply, complete Annex 1, guided by Annex 2 and the evaluation criteria provided in Annex 3, and ensure required supporting documents are attached. In addition, for each result area for which an agency wishes to be considered, a brief Concept Note should be submitted. Any interested agency may express their interests for any one or all the result areas. Concept Notes should be concise, not exceeding 600 words and meet the following criteria: i. Explain the objectives and results of the intervention to be undertaken; ii. Describe the implementation approaches/strategies; iii. iv. Describe the target groups and the number of beneficiaries to be reached over one-year; Describe advantages (including innovations and value for money) which the LIPs including NGOs and CSOs and its proposed approaches bring to the area of intervention, and; 1

2 v. Highlight complementarities with UNESCO and Joint Response Plan strategies. For ease of review, separate Concept Notes should be submitted for each result area (focusing the sub areas) of interest. Latest education sector information and documents may be found at DEADLINE AND SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Duly completed Annex 1, Concept Note(s) and other relevant documents should be sent by to with the subject EoI: Partnership for facilitating community engagement and system strengthening mechanism under ECW project in Cox s Bazar District. Deadline for submission no later than Monday, 17 December To receive clarification of this request please send queries to procurement.dhaka@unesco.org by 6 December PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: 1. Detailed technical proposal or financial bids are not required. Short-listed agencies will be requested to submit detailed technical proposal and budget for final selection. 2. The EoI must be signed by authorized signatory of the agency. Submitted EoIs shall be considered as the property of UNESCO and will not be returned. 3. This advertisement and responses thereto, including initial short-listing, do not bind UNESCO to enter into any form of contractual agreement with the agencies submitting EoI. Organizational Information i. Name of the agency iii. Address (Head Office in Bangladesh) iv. Address (Cox s Bazar Offices if any) v. Registration number (copy of LIPs including NGOs and CSOs registration to be attached) vi. Website address (if any) viii. Governing body/board of director s information (attach Organogram) ix. Copies of the audit statement and annual report for 2017 (Attach) Criteria Consideration a. Agency mandate: Outline the organization s mandate b. Expertise and experience in the Education sector: Description of specific skills, Annex-1: Selection Criteria-Organizational Profile Insert relevant information Provide brief responses - no response should exceed 150 words 2

3 organization s staffing especially relevant specialists and track record in education planning, management and coordination and capacity building training (including crises response). Append list of fulltime regular staff members with brief description of their qualifications, experience and responsibilities in Education and training. Do not include CVs. c. Organizational Experience: List the 3 major Education projects with focus on community engagement and system strengthening training implemented in last 5 years in Bangladesh. Indicate project budget, funding source, project period, and number of direct beneficiaries. d. Local experience, presence and community relations: Describe current and past experience working in the Rohingya response. e. Existing networks: Outline major ongoing collaborations or other relationships with Government, private sector and other CSOs. f. Experience working with UNESCO and other UN Agencies: Global and/or local partnerships that demonstrate knowledge of UNESCO policies, practices and programmes. Project Title Budget (USD) Funder Start and End dates No. of beneficiaries Annex 2 Summary of key results areas Government of Bangladesh and its partners are currently providing education services to 160,398 Rohingya children, adolescent and youth in the camps in Cox s Bazar. While this is a major success, there are enormous gaps and urgent needs that are still unmet. For example, almost one of every two boys and girls, 4-14 years old, in the camps are not accessing any learning opportunities while for year-olds, those in need exceed 90 per cent. In addition, 52 per cent of the displaced population are women and girls; 67 per cent of the estimated 58,700 pregnant women will need awareness and learning support for ensuring active involvement of children in learning. It is therefore important to continue to expand access while improving the quality of what is being taught and improved systems for planning, supervision, monitoring, reporting and service delivery at the national, district and upazila levels. Data and standards for the provision of education are available at By the end of 2019, UNESCO will work with partners to strengthen the community-based parenting education for about 1,000 adolescents, youth and parents; and strengthen the capacity of around 150 education actors on crisis-sensitive planning, management, monitoring and coordination, for ensuring the quality learning in both the camps and host communities. 3

4 More specifically, summarized below are the major result areas and sub-result areas in which partnerships are required for Result Area Description Sub-result areas 1. Community Engagement 2. System Strengthening Communities are engaged and meaningfully contribute to decisionmaking on the design and implementation of learning opportunities helping to support quality provision & the well-being of the communities Strengthened capacities in gender and crisis-sensitive planning, management and coordination 1.1 Training materials on parenting education are collected, adapted and tailored to the needs of the camps and host communities; UNESCO s publication on Parenting Education Guidebook will be one key resource. 1.2 Parenting education training are provided for parents/caregivers, learning center managers and education officials, especially young parents in the camps and host communities. 2.1 Training materials on crisis-sensitive planning and management are collected, adapted and tailored to the needs of the camps and host communities in appropriate languages. UNESCO IIEP publication on Guidebook for Planning Education in Emergencies and Reconstruction will be one main resource. 2.2 Trainings are provided to education planners, managers and officials from the camps and host communities including education offices of District, Upazila, Union and national levels to sensitize crisisresponsive planning, management and coordination; 2.3 Awareness is strengthened among the education officials on crisis-sensitive planning, management and coordination. Cross cutting issues to be considered for integration in all interventions where feasible - Gender equality (including gender-based violence, prevention of sexual abuse and exploitation) - Crisis and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management - Social cohesion and resilience - Mental Health and Psycho-social Support - Inclusion of marginalized groups including child, adolescent and youth with disabilities - Participation of stakeholders and beneficiaries, especially the youth - Documentation - Monitoring and evaluation Annex- 3A EOI Evaluation Form: Eligibility (Stage 1) 4

5 EOI # Agency Name Sl Mandatory Criteria Meets Criteria YES NO i. Copy of the Agency s registration certificate and statute or constitutional documents ii. Contact Information: Name of contact person, office address/phone number/fax number and address iii. Prior experience in education in Bangladesh iv. Governing body / board of director s information v. Concept Note(s) vi. Copy of the 2017 (or most recent) audit statement vii. Copy of the 2017 (or most recent) annual report viii. Signed Annex 1 If all criteria are met, the Concept Note and other application information will be reviewed and scored based on criteria in Annex 3B. If any one of the above criteria is not met, the proposal is INELIGIBLE and will not be considered for short listing. 5

6 Annex 3B EOI Evaluation Format: Scoring (Stage 2) EOI # Name of the Agency Sl. Criteria Description Possible Score SCORE 1 Education expertise and experience: organizational experience in education, specialists and other human resources relevant to the result area(s) in which the agency is expressing interest 20 2 Concept Note meets criteria (clear objectives, strategies, innovation, target group and added value of LIP/NGO/CSO) 20 3 Project management: proven ability to deliver agreed results in a cost effective manner 4 Local experience and presence: Experience working in Cox s Bazar and the Rohingya camps, especially in education 5 Fit with UNESCO and JRP: alignment of the work of the LIP/NGO/CSO and proposed approaches with UNESCO and JRP priorities and strategies 6 Integration of cross cutting issues and linkages to other sectors/thematic areas 7 Engagement of beneficiaries, local leadership and other stakeholders Experience working with UNESCO and other UN agencies 5 TOTAL 100 Comments - 6-