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Training of Trainers in Civic Monitoring and Advocacy
Request for Proposals
Eurasia Partnership Foundation’s (EPF) mission is to empower people to
effect change for social justice and economic prosperity through hands-on
programs, helping them to improve their communities and their own lives.
EPF engages citizens in social, economic, and political developments, in
order to effect substantive and sustainable positive socio-economic change
at the local, regional, and national level through both operational programs
and grant-making. EPF is supported by USAID, Sida, and other public and
private donors, and is a member of the Eurasia Foundation (EF) Network: five
local foundations supporting civil society that are based in Russia, Central
Asia, the South Caucasus, Eastern Europe, and Washington, DC. In South
Caucasus, EPF is present in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. More
information about Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) can be found at
Request for Proposals
EPF invites proposals from qualified organization(s) or individual(s) to
conduct advanced training of trainers (TOT) in participatory monitoring and
advocacy for the trainees from various parts of Georgia, who already
completed intermediate TOT organized by EPF in 2009.
Background Information
Training of Trainers in advocacy and monitoring is part of EPF’s Engage and
Monitor for Change Program incepted in 2007. The 2011 external impact
evaluation of the program revealed that Georgian civic monitoring
practitioners outside the capital city lack the knowledge and skills
necessary to conduct a high quality monitoring, evaluation, and advocacy to
influence the government’s policies. This is particularly true when it
comes to problems of complex or sensitive nature, as they require not just
passive monitoring, but also proper evaluation and targeted advocacy, to
promote their resolution. Waging professional monitoring and advocacy
campaigns is essential for improving and maintaining the level of trust
toward NGOs, as improperly implemented activities could lead to negative for
the civil society outcomes.
One of the ways to ensure better monitoring and advocacy is to support
interested individuals to become qualified trainers in this area, so that
they can provide the much needed training and assistance to the regional
CSOs. For this reason, EPF organized the first TOT program in 2009, during
which the selected CSO representatives were trained on teaching others
various advocacy methods, such as the use of citizens’ reporting cards,
communication with the audience, including message development, and
participatory budgeting. Some part of the 2009 TOT program was also devoted
to learning about monitoring techniques. To support the trained trainers in
honing their skills in practice, EPF announced a grant competition open to
the TOT participants. As a result, four participants were awarded small
grants to teach their fellow CSO activists, journalists, and community
leaders the essentials of participatory monitoring and advocacy.
With the advanced TOT program, EPF expects that the trained cadre of CSO
representatives will gain knowledge in more sophisticated methods
participatory civic monitoring and advocacy, so that they can then use it to
train other civic and community leaders.
Assignment Goal
Develop and conduct advanced training of trainers program in participatory
civic monitoring and advocacy for up to twelve participants of the 2009 TOT,
which will (1) enhance their knowledge in this area and (2) enable them to
transfer more the received knowledge and skills to the interested CSO
activists, journalists, and community leaders.
Assignment Objectives
* The TOT participants will learn at least 3 new methods of
participatory civic monitoring and advocacy, which are particularly
applicable for complex and sensitive cases;
* The TOT participants will improve their teaching skills with
modern, interactive, and experiential teaching methods.
Approaches
The training consultant is expected to emphasize practical aspects of the
training, make the training interactive process, and use learner-centered
methods. Ideally, the training will include a learning-by-doing component,
when the participants will be urged to develop and implement a mini
monitoring and advocacy campaigns either individually or as part of a group.
Assignment Activities
1. Conduct an informal needs assessment among the training
participants, in order to ensure that the suggested training module is
relevant and responsive to their needs, as well as to the goals and
objectives of the assignment.
2. Develop the training module, which is in line with the RFP
The training topics may include but are not limited to the following:
* Additional methods of effective monitoring and advocacy beyond
those learned at the previous TOT, including new methods of building
coalitions, using online resources, ways of engaging
communities/stakeholders in a complex socio-political environment and
methods of lasting partnership between watchdog CSOs and the media
* Modern methods of cooperating with public authorities
* Innovative ways of accessing public information
* Tri-partite cooperation and advocacy
* Methods of communicating advocacy results to the public
* Interactive teaching methods for training others in monitoring and
advocacy
Provide follow-up technical assistance during 6 months after the completion
of the TOT, which may include consultations on the training materials
prepared by the TOT participants, responding to specific questions from
them, etc.
Deliverables:
* Needs assessment report
* Training module
* Training materials (handouts for participants in
Georgian language, case studies, etc.);
* Reports on the follow-up technical assistance rendered
on a bi-monthly basis.
Required qualifications:
– Have extensive and proven experience in civic monitoring and
advocacy for at least 5 years, preferably in the post-Communist countries of
Central and Eastern Europe,
– Proven experience of pre-training needs assessment, curriculum
development, teaching/training, and consultancy,
– Significant experience in conducting TOT programs in the area,
and
– Already developed and tested training programs/modules in this
field.
Proposal Requirements Review Process and Selection Criteria
Interested applicants must submit the following information to EPF:
* Cover letter, which includes a concise and detailed description
of the consultant’s qualifications and how the applicant meets the
requirements specified in the terms of reference
* Examples of the two most recent training programs that were
designed and implemented by the applicant on the participatory civic
monitoring and advocacy
* CV(s), and
* Financial proposal/budget that includes a breakdown of costs
(e.g. consultancy fee, per diem, travel related expenses).
The proposal must be submitted in English. The selection criteria will
include the following:
* Degree to which the proposal meets requirements of the RFP,
* Degree to which consultant’s qualifications and experience
match EPF’s needs outlined above,
* Cost-effectiveness of the proposal, and
* Ability to provide follow up technical assistance.
EPF guarantees the confidentiality of applications. The Foundation does not
use information presented by the applicants for purposes other than review
and does not provide this information to any outside persons or
institutions, except in cases, where it is required by the law of Georgia or
by EPF funders.
Timeframe
Announcement Date: April 6, 2012
Proposal Submission Deadline: May 11, 2012 18:00 Tbilisi time (GMT+4).
EPF senior management, program, and evaluation staff will review the
proposals. The decision on the selection of the winning evaluation team
will be announced no later than May 21, 2012
Deadline for the completion of needs assessment: May 24, 2012
Deadline for training module submission: May 29, 2012
Conduction of the Training of Trainers: June 2012
Budget
The budget for this assignment should not exceed USD 4,000 (NET) for
training services, including honoraria, training material development, and
where applicable travel expenses, accommodation, and per diem.
Proposal Submission
Proposals may be submitted by email to [email protected]
Please indicate “Civic Monitoring TOT” in the subject line of your email.
Request a confirmation of the receipt of your application, if it is not
provided to you within 24 hours of the submission.
Questions about this call should be directed to Zaal Anjaparidze, Senior
Program Manager, [email protected]
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