Consultancy: Terms of Reference for National Facilitator

Support to Implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines - Gender Learning Program entitled “Governing Land for Women and Men” in Nepal 

Terms of Reference for National Facilitator 

Background

The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (hereafter “Voluntary Guidelines”) represent an unprecedented international agreement on the governance of tenure, which places secure access to land, fisheries and forests firmly in the context of food security. The Voluntary Guidelines were officially endorsed by the Committee on World Food Security at its Thirty-eighth Session on 11 May 2012. Since then, their implementation has been encouraged by a number of international entities, including the UN General Assembly, Rio +20 declaration, G20, G8, Francophone Parliamentary Assembly and Ministers from 80 countries at the 5th Berlin Agriculture Ministers’ Summit. 

The Voluntary Guidelines promote responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests, with respect to all forms of tenure: public, private, communal, indigenous, customary, and informal. Tenure systems increasingly face stress as the world’s growing population requires food security, and as environmental degradation and climate change reduce the availability of land, fisheries and forests. Inadequate and insecure tenure rights increase vulnerability, hunger and poverty, and can lead to conflict and environmental degradation when competing users fight for control of the resources. Governance of tenure is a crucial element in determining if and how people, communities and others are able to acquire rights, and associated duties, to use and control land, fisheries and forests. 

The Voluntary Guidelines provide a paramount opportunity for reversing gender inequalities in agriculture and for promoting more gender equitable governance of land tenure. They highlight the centrality of gender equity and gender equality to the responsible governance of natural resources. Gender equality is one of the 10 principles of implementation of responsible tenure governance. Gender equality in the Voluntary Guidelines is at the core of all processes and aspects of tenure governance, including policy formulation, institutional set up for administration, service provisioning, land administration programs, access to justice and information.  

However, policy-makers, land administrators, practitioners, producer organizations and CSOs would benefit from sensitization and capacity development in order to develop the capacity to identify and address gender concerns and increase the likelihood for gender-equitable governance of tenure. 

A technical guide on gender and the governance of land tenure entitled “Governing land for women and men” was produced to assist in the implementation process by providing guidance that supports the Guidelines' principle of gender equality in tenure governance. To facilitate the use and uptake of the technical guide a Learning Program on Gender and the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines has been designed, with the support of the UK and Germany, within the framework of the broader program to support the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines, This program is part of the overall Capacity Development program for the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines. 

The Voluntary Guidelines Gender and Learning Program that will be implemented in the country will be delivered as a “blended learning” initiative made of Three Phases: 

1. On-line workshop – A 10-days online workshop will be offered as the first segment of the specialized Gender-Voluntary Guidelines learning programme. The online workshop will provide a course of study corresponding to the five themes of the e-learning courses, while gender and tenure experts will work with participants to consider gender/tenure issues for their individual country contexts. Participants having completed the on-line workshop will then have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills during the following phase.  

2. Face-2-face workshop – A 4-days face-to-face workshop will follow, to be conducted in the country. This phase will build on the previous one. It will allow expanding issues highlighted during the on line-course, consolidating the knowledge acquires and developed soft skills. Participants will develop an action plan at the end of the course so that they can apply what they learned in their daily work. 

3. Post-workshop online mentoring – An opportunity for workshop participants to seek further guidance and advice and get support for implementing their plan of work  will be available through a post-workshop online platform for a period of one month after the face-2-face workshop. At the end of the course participants will be given a Certificate. 

The learning programme will involve about 30-35 participants from different sectors -including government representatives at central and local level (policy makers, land administration and management officers, etc), CSOs, NGOs, private sector, service providers, and academia- who can play a role in the process of the Voluntary Guidelines implementation

Under the overall supervision of Oxfam and the direct technical supervision of Ms. Martha Osorio, Gender and Rural Development Officer (ESP), and Fabiana Biasini, Learning Specialist (OPC): 

1. Support the Gender and Land expert in the preparation/localization of the learning materials

2. Co-lead the facilitation of the online workshop. 

i. Moderate and provide active support in particular during:

• An online orientation session to familiarize participants with the platform and layout.
• A series of technical sessions on the VGGT based on existing e-learning materials within time-delimited periods making use of interactive self-paced e-learning lessons.
• A series of online discussions for each of the technical sessions.
• A series of online exercises to develop an online Context mapping as a reference document for the face-2-face

ii. Encourage group and individual participation throughout the online sessions.

3. Conduct and facilitate the face-to-face training workshop, in close collaboration with the FAO technical team, and the subject matter expert (trainer):

• Participate in the preparation session to be held the day before the workshop starts
• Ensure a smooth delivery of the workshop sessions
• Act as facilitator or co-facilitator in plenary and group work
• Support the trainer and the FAO technical team in the delivery of the various sessions
• Provide individual support to the participants upon request.

4. Prepare a high-level report of the activities that have been carried out.

5. Support the facilitation of the mentoring phase.

6. Expected Outcome for National Facilitator:

• Facilitation of online component of learning programme completed.
• Facilitation of face-2-face component completed.
• E-mentoring stage completed

7. Total working days:  25 days

• Preparatory phase: 6 days
• Online workshop:  7 days
• Face to Face workshop:  7 days
• Mentoring phase:  5 days

Tax

Applicable tax will be applied to consultant and vendor as per the policy and guidelines of Oxfam and Government of Nepal.

Proposal should include:

• Legal Documents of Institute including:
• Company registration certificate
• VAT/PAN Registration Document
• Tax clearance document
• CV of the faciliatator

Responses:

Interested firms are requested to send their proposal clearly mentioning the title of assignment in their email subject line by 6 October 2016 via mail to recruitment_nepal@oxfam.org.uk.