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1 Request for Service Contract Page 1 TERMS OF REFERENCE Requesting Section: Social Policy Section 1. PROGRAMME AREA & SPECIFIC PROJECT INVOLVED : Social Policy: Safe and Friendly Cities for All Programme and Replication of Scalable Models of Best Practices on Children 2. NATURE & PURPOSE OF CONSULTANCY: I. Background AS OF 2010, more than half of the world s population reside in cities; one billion of them live in urban slums and often lack access to safe housing, reliable services, land tenure and basic rights. Between 1980 and 2000, total recorded global crime rates increased by about 30 percent, and between 2002 and 2007, 60 percent of urban residents in developing countries reported being victims of a crime. Women, children and youth -- especially girls -- face particular risks. In the Philippines, 49% of the country s 97 million people are residing in urban areas. Projections show that 77% of Filipinos will live in urban areas by 2030; up to 84% by The country is also exposed to almost all types of environmental hazards due to its proximity to the Pacific ring of fire and its vulnerability to typhoons, threatening the living conditions of urban informal settlements. As cities expand rapidly, national and city governments ability to provide constituents with basic services become increasingly difficult. Given this, UNICEF, UN Women and UN Habitat joined together to implement the Safe and Friendly Cities for All Programme in the Philippines (SFCAP). The initiative hopes to achieve the following results over five years: (1) reduced vulnerability to violence and disasters; (2) increased access to social services; (3) strengthened partnership and collaboration among stakeholders at local and national levels; and (4) increased resources for programs on safety and security that result in increased safety, reduced violence and improved quality of life. With the cities of Pasay, Mandaluyong, and Quezon City as partners, the SCFAP have been engaged in various activities including consultations with stakeholder groups since 2012, and has drafted a safety and security framework resulting in the identification of initial issues on children, women and youth and informal settlers. With the Local Government Academy of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the SFCAP is now developing a safety scan tool or instrument and will undertake safety assessments of at least six selected barangays in the three MM cities. The assessments will result in the establishment of safety and security benchmarks for the three cities, and will be shared in various forums involving program partners, national government agencies (notably DILG, CWC, PCW, NYC, HLURB, Commission for the Urban Poor, the Leagues of LGUs and other stakeholders courting their support and endorsement. Hopefully, the safety instruments will be utilized for the conduct of safety audits in other LGUs. A Search for the Philippines Safe and Friendly Cities for All may be launched by June The SFCAP hopes to conduct a series of Barangay Development Planning Workshops to integrate safety and security into duly adopted Barangay Development Plans (BDPs) which will feed into the bigger city Comprehensive Development Plans and AIPs for As part of the SFCAP, UNICEF provided support to UN-Habitat for a twinning project, Strengthening Resiliency and Safety in Urban Informal Settlements in 3 Metro Manila Cities and their partner LGUs in the Visayas, involving the

2 II. Objectives Page 2 three Metro Manila cities and the LGUs of Tacloban City, Ormoc City and Guiuan, Eastern Samar. The project aims to increase safety, reduce violence, increase resilience and improve the quality of life of the youth and other community members in the partner LGUs through the sharing of innovative practices in relocation and shelter provision, livelihood and bayanihan banking and the promotion of safety and resilience. To strengthen the functionality of Local Councils for the Protection of Children and deliver positive results for children, UNICEF is extending assistance to the Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) for the replication of Child Friendly Local Governance practices. Prospective replicators are 36 LGUs under the regular program and 40 LGUs affected by Yolanda who will undergo the Communities of Practice on Child- Friendly Local Governance (CoP-CFLG) modules developed by DAP, be child friendly and become CFLG models themselves within six to nine months. To further upscale the development of good practices on children, UNICEF engaged the services of Galing Pook Foundation (GPF) which has since published a casebook entitled A future for our children: Galing Pook Best Local Governance Programs for Children. GPF has also proposed Mentoring on Adaptive Replication of Best Practices approach to replication and scaling-up, utilizing Low Payload Learning-Mentoring-Doing Tools as well as High Payload Cross Learning Activities. UNICEF sees the engagement GPF as an alternative mode for replicating and up-scaling LGU best practices for children, and in developing innovation models or prototypes. Further recognizing Galing Pook s expertise in documentation and developing case studies, UNICEF will engage the latter in Documenting UNICEF s Partnership with Local Government Units in Response to Haiyan. The task seeks to document in written and video presentation UNICEF s interventions in Yolanda-affected areas and put in perspective UNICEF s emergency and recovery intervention to the various LGUs and communities. Specifically, Galing Pook should be able to describe the process involved in establishing the partnership, the nature and extent of support provided by UNICEF by Sector and the expected results at the end of the engagement. Galing Pook should also be able to describe the bottlenecks encountered and how these were address and resolved. The documentation of these experiences should serve as lessons learned that can help UNICEF design and implement efficient and effectively interventions before, during and post emergency situations. The project engagement with the Consultant aims to mobilize support for and get local authorities and women s, youth and children s advocates and groups to take actions that will enhance violence prevention, increase safety and resilience, reduce vulnerability to violence and disasters, develop best governance practices in these areas and share/scale-up initiatives with other LGUs. The project engagement expects the Consultant to provide technical expertise on, mentoring and support toward adaptive replication by and monitoring of LGUs of the best practices for children, at the same time strengthening the Local Councils for the Protection of Children, and developing models and replicators of Child Friendly Local Governance. Under the terms of the engagement, the Consultant shall be expected to provide coordination for the documentation of UNICEF s intervention in response to Haiyan, as well as provide technical support and assistance to UNICEF field offices for LGU-related activities/workshops/conferences. III. Project Description The project engagement will cover the following: Development of safety scan tools, conduct of safety assessment, establishment of safety baseline data in three Metro Manila; Provision of technical support to LGUs and local stakeholders for the establishment of an ISF baseline data

3 Page 3 and mapping system in partner LGUs, as well as community level projects showcasing promotion of safety and resilience and improvement in the lives of ISF Increasing awareness of women, children, youth and ISFs on their rights and access to basic social services, and livelihoods that promote safety and security as well as resilience to disasters, through the conduct of fora, modelling, demo sites, prototyping and innovation lab Strengthening partnership and collaboration among stakeholders at local and national levels that result in increased safety and resilience, decreased vulnerability, reduced violence and improvement particularly in the lives of women, children and ISFs Conduct of capability building programs, sharing sessions and fora on safety and resilience, and good practices in child friendly local governance Integrating safety and security lens in Barangay Development Plans and Annual Investment Plans of selected Metro Manila LGUs Assessing models of Child Friendly Local Governance (CFLG), or LGU Best Practices on Children, and their readiness for upscaling and replication Undertaking sharing sessions, governance innovation lab, replication programs and adaptive replication of scalable models of LGU good practices for children in selected LGUs Coaching/mentoring replicating LGUs in CFLG or LGU Best Practices on Children Strengthening the rating system on LCPC functionality and Child Friendly Local Governance Strengthening Local Councils for the Protection of Children (LCPCs) in selected LGUs Technical support and coordination for the documentation of UNICEF interventions in Haiyan-affected LGUs Provision of support and assistance to UNICEF field offices for LGU-related activities/workshops/conferences. 3. REASONS WHY THE ASSIGNMENT CANNOT BE DONE BY A UNICEF STAFF MEMBER: (Please give specific reasons to justify usage of consultant.): This requires full time work. 4. WORK ASSIGNMENTS, DELIVERABLES & PAYMENT SCHEDULE: TASK TO BE PERFORMED (Indicate expected work to be performed.) Supervision and coordination of the development of safety scan tools, conduct of safety assessment, establishment of safety baseline data in three Metro Manila and partner LGUs, including a mapping system in partner LGUs DELIVERABLE(s) (Specify final outputs.) -Safety Scan Tools -Results of safety assessment -Baseline data on safety of Metro Manila and partner LGUs -Mapping System in partner LGUs -Documentation of Results of Safety Assessments -In-city sharing sessions/fora on the results of the safety assessments and use of the safety tools WORK SCHEDULE (month/period covered) October to December 2014 January to March 2015 TERMS OF PAYMENT Monthly, upon submission of monthly outputs/deliverables.

4 Page 4 -High level sharing forum with NGAs, Leagues and other stakeholders on the results of the safety scan assessments and use of safety tools/ instruments -Endorsement of support for the use of safety tools/instrument secured from NGAs and Leagues -Conduct of safety audits in LGUs April/ onwards Conduct of Barangay Development Planning Activities in Metro Manila LGUs Conduct of capability building programs, sharing sessions and fora on safety and security, and resilience to disasters -Launch of the Search for the Philippines Safe and Friendly Cities for All Awards -Barangay Development Plans and AIPs with safety features, safety lens -Increased resources for programs on safety and security that result in increased safety, reduced violence and improved quality of life. -Passage of LGU/Barangay Resolutions adopting BDPs with safety and security features -Increased awareness of women, children, youth and ISFs on their rights and access to basic social services and livelihoods that promote safety and security, and resilience to disasters -Strengthened June 2015 October to December 2014 March 2015

5 -Assessing models of Child Friendly Local Governance, or LGU Best Practices on Children for roll-out/replication partnership and collaboration among stakeholders at local and national levels that result in increased safety and resilience, decreased vulnerability, reduced violence and improvement particularly in the lives of children, women, youth and ISFs -Establishment of demo sites on safety and security in selected Metro Manila LGUs/barangays -Conduct of safety audits in selected Metro Manila LGUs/ barangays -Reduced vulnerability to violence and disasters -Child Friendly Local Governance course design assessed and enhanced -LGUs replicating models of CFLG identified and enrolled in CFLG Course -MOU/Cluster Agreement for Replication and Mentoring signed with participating LGUs August 2015 January to August 2015 onwards October to December 2014 Page 5 -Conduct of LGU sharing sessions and adaptive replication programs pertaining to the protection, welfare and development of children (20 LGUs under regular program;40 Yolanda LGUs), including monitoring and mentoring activities -Replicating LGUs mentored/coached on Child Friendly Local governance -Models of Child Friendly Local Governance (CFLG)/ good practices for children replicated/adapted in UNICEF LGUs (at least 36 LGUs) -Compilation of case

6 -Coordination and support to the conduct of narrative and video documentation by Galing Pook of UNICEF s Response to Yolanda studies, good practices and lessons learned in narrative and video presentation -Presentation of case studies, good practices and lessons learned on UNICEF s LGU Partnership in Response to Yolanda, including book launch March 2015 March/April 2015 Page 6 Strengthening the rating system of LCPC Functionality and Child Friendly City/ Municipality -Strengthened rating system on LCPC functionality and Child Friendly Local Governance -Rating System on Local Councils for the Protection of Children (LCPCs) pilot-tested in at least 12 selected LGUs -Enhanced LCPC Rating System adopted and institutionalized August TOR FOR STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS REVIEWED AND ENDORSED BY THE PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION (PME) SPECIALIST: (Please tick) Yes No N/A 6. QUALIFICATIONS OR SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED (Indicate qualifications requirement): The Consultant should possess the following qualifications: Advanced university degree in social science, management/administration, development, governance and/or related field; Five years progressively responsible professional work experience in the field; Knowledgeable on LGU systems and procedures, as well as on policies and legislation relating to local development, public administration and local governance; has worked/working with LGUs, their stakeholders and networks in these areas; With substantial facilitation, events and organization management skills Has substantial knowledge of replication technology, peer-to-peer learning methodologies and/or undertaken replication work Outstanding interpersonal skills/people skills, relationship management and client service orientation; Has the ability to undertake assigned tasks with little or minimal supervision; Good analytical, writing and communication skills in English and Filipino; Background in programme, or experience in policy/programme planning and M/E. 7. SUPERVISION: 9.1 Name of Supervisor: Dr. Augusto Rodriguez, PhD.; Chief, Social Policy Section 9.2 Type of Supervision that will be provided (Please be as clear as possible.)

7 Page 7 Certified by: *Reviewed by: Augusto Rodriguez Chief of Section Recommended by: PME Specialist Approved by: **Deputy Representative/Chief of Operations Representative Note: After approval of this Terms of Reference, please submit to the Human Resources Unit for confirmation of the negotiated fee. * PME Specialist shall review TORs only for Studies and Evaluations. ** for Programme and Operations related SCs respectively

8 Annex Request for Service Contract - Review of Proposed Fee Page 8 ONLY FOR CONSULTANTS/INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTORS 1. LEVEL OF ASSIGNMENT AND REQUIRED SPECIALIZATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: (GS-1, 2, 3 etc. or NO-a, B, C, D or P/L-1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 1 Level: Comments (if any) 2. COMMENSURATE AMOUNT AS PER NEGOTIATING FEE RANGES FOR CONSULTANTS : P/$ National International 3. GENERAL COMMENTS (if any) Endorsed (HR Officer): Accepted (Chief of Section): (Name/Title/Signature/Date) (Name/Title/Signature/Date) 1 An assignment under a consultant or individual contractor contract does not carry with it a level or grade with respect to a United Nations salary scale. On the basis of the complexity of the assignment and the degree of specialization, knowledge and skills required, it should be possible to estimate the UN equivalent of the level of the assignment (e.g., GS-4, NO-C, P3, etc.). Once the equivalent level of the assignment has been estimated, a fee range The Negotiating Fee Range for the purpose of negotiating the contract with the consultant or individual contractor may then be determined by referring to the corresponding salary scale (e.g. if the level of assignment of an individual contractor is estimated at GS-4.