Tenders are invited for Consultancy for Building Inclusive Resilience Closing Date: 21 Apr 2025 Type: Consultancy Themes: Disaster Management/Food and Nutrition/Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Terms of Reference for Baseline Assessment Consultancy for Building Inclusive Resilience and Durable Solutions for forcibly displaced populations and vulnerable groups in Yobe State, Nigeria. Baseline Assessment Consultancy for Building Inclusive Resilience and Durable Solutions for forcibly displaced populations and vulnerable groups in Yobe State, Nigeria. 1. Project Summary Save the Children (SC), Yobe Peace and community development Initiative (YOPCODI), and Life Helpers Initiative (LHI) with funding from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and USAIDs Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) will implement the building Inclusive Resilience and Durable solutions for forcibly displaced populations and vulnerable groups project in Yobe State project. The project aims to improve the socio-economic resilience, peace, and justice for displaced persons, returnees, and vulnerable host communities in Yobe State, Nigeria. It addresses their critical needs in livelihood, Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH), disaster risk reduction and access to justice and peace building. Through an integrated approach, the project focuses on enhancing agricultural productivity, providing sustainable livelihood opportunities, ensuring access to safe water and sanitation, strengthening community disaster risk reduction, access to justice and peacebuilding mechanisms within the communities. Overall Objective: To achieve long-term, sustainable improvements in socio-economic resilience, peace, and justice for displaced persons, returnees, and vulnerable host communities. Expected outcomes: Improved socio-economic well-being and self-reliance. Increased resilience to climate variability and shocks. Enhanced access to justice and inclusive community peacebuilding. The project will support 7,500 household farmers in crop production, 3,000 livestock farmer households, 3,000 individuals through vocational training, 8,573 income-generating activities, and reach 1,900 households for Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA) and 900 households for economic tree planting. Participants will receive climate-smart agricultural inputs, training, and access to market opportunities in collaboration with the Yobe State Agricultural Development Project (ADP) and other key partners. The intervention is designed to directly benefit a diverse range of vulnerable populations, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees, and members of host communities. The total number of direct beneficiaries will be 24,073 households, which includes 14,444 IDP and 9,989 host community households, accounting for 148,678 individuals (men, women, children, youth, and persons with disabilities). Women will make up 25% of the total beneficiaries (37,170), men 15% (22,302) while youth aged 15-35 will account for 30% (44,603). Persons with disabilities will represent 10% (14,868), and children aged 0-17 will constitute 20% (29,736). The total number of indirect beneficiaries will include extended family members, communities, and institutions that benefit from improved service delivery and infrastructure. In partnership with YOPCODI and Life Helpers Initiative (LHI), the project will ensure that community-led peacebuilding initiatives, access to sustainable livelihoods and enhanced community disaster risk reduction services are accessible to the most vulnerable groups, particularly women and children. Furthermore, the project will collaborate with the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) to provide crucial climate information and cropping calendar advisories. Through a robust collaboration mechanism, capacity-building initiatives, and regular monitoring and Evaluation, the project seeks to create long-term, sustainable improvements in the well-being, resilience, and social cohesion of the targeted communities. This will enhance their ability to withstand future shocks and contribute to lasting solutions for displacement. The project team, fully funded by SDC and BHA, will be responsible for its effective implementation and sustainability. Type of Assessment Baseline Assessment: External Name of the project Building Inclusive Resilience and Durable Solutions for forcibly displaced populations and vulnerable groups in Yobe State Project Start and End dates December 2024-30 November 2027 Project duration 36 Months Project locations: Damaturu, Gujba, Tarmuwa, and Geidam LGAs in Yobe State, Nigeria. Thematic areas Agriculture, Multipurpose Cash Assistance, Economic Recovery and Market Systems, Peace building, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Sub themes Agriculture Improving Agricultural Production Livestock restocking MPCA Multipurpose Cash ERMS 1. Livelihood Restoration Financial Services Disaster Risk Reduction 1. Early Warning system and anticipatory actions 2. Household Economic analysis WASH 1. Water Supply 2. Sanitation 3. Hygiene Promotion 4. Environmental Health Peace building Donor Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and USAID/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Estimated beneficiaries Unique people targeted (individuals) 148,678 (59,918 F, 44,157 M Internally Displaced person (IDP) 14,444 Overall objective of the project Enhance the socio-economic well-being and self-reliance of displaced persons, returnees, and vulnerable host community members through livelihood diversification, increased access to income-generating activities, and essential services. 2. Background and Context Save the Children International (SC) is the leading global independent organization for children. SC believes every child deserves a future. Around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children every day and in times of crisis transforming their lives and the future we share. Save the Children has been working in Nigeria since 2001. The early focus was on getting children actively involved in shaping the decisions that affect their lives. Today, SC is working in over 20 states focusing on child survival, education, and protecting children in both development and humanitarian contexts. Yobe State has been a frontline state in the Boko Haram insurgency since 2009, has faced severe insecurity, displacement, and destruction, leading to significant humanitarian needs compounded by natural disasters, desertification, and disease outbreaks. Over 500,000 people remain displaced or are returnees, with strained local economies, limited livelihoods, inadequate WASH services, and food insecurity. While security has improved, ongoing threats and infrastructure destruction hinder recovery, governance, and market systems. Women, children, and vulnerable groups face disproportionate challenges, including gender-based violence, limited education, and acute malnutrition. Environmental degradation and climate change exacerbate these issues, emphasizing the need for sustainable solutions. The Yobe State Action Plan (2024-2027) aims to enhance security, rebuild infrastructure, restore livelihoods, and integrate climate resilience into recovery strategies. Save the Children, leveraging global and local expertise, aligns its humanitarian-development-peace approach with national policies, focusing on durable solutions, resilience, and sustainable development for affected populations. 3. Scope of Study 3.1 Purpose, Objectives and Scope SC plans to engage the service of an external consultant for the baseline assessment of the Building Inclusive Resilience and Durable Solutions for forcibly displaced populations and vulnerable groups project in Yobe State The purpose of the baseline assessment in the proposed implementation LGAs is to provide the WASH, food security and livelihood, disaster risk reduction mechanism, access to peace and justice etc status of potential program participants, upon which strategies of implementation will be adjusted. This Assessment also aims to provide baseline data against which program outcomes of the project will be assessed at the end of the project implementation. The specific objectives of the assessment are to: Generate data for a set of indicators outlined in project monitoring and evaluation Indicator Tracking Table (M&E ITT) Use collected data as benchmark for measuring project success or failure. Conduct a cash and voucher assistance (CVA) feasibility and risk analysis to update the current FRA. To identify potential learning opportunities, best practices, gaps, and constraints that may influence performance during implementation. The findings will help inform program adjustment, enhance learning, and provide recommendations for effective scale-up and replication Below are the specific indicators to be measured: Indicator 1 Percentage of participants in SCI and partner assisted programs who have access to productive economic resources (assets, credit, income or employment) 2 CVA: A) Percentage of households who report being able to meet their basic needs as they define and prioritize them (all/most/ about half/some/none) B) Percentage of cash and or voucher assistance spent on meeting basic needs (To be compared with quantitative PDM proportion of spending/sector) 3 Percentage of community members reporting knowledge of their legal rights 4 Percentage of participants with awareness and intent to take action to reduce to reduce locally determined climate or environmental risks. 5 Food Consumption Score (FCS), including. Percent of households with Poor FCS scores Percent of households with Bor Tender Link : https://reliefweb.int/job/4145839/consultancy-building-inclusive-resilience
