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Oxfam has been working in Nepal since the early 1980s undertaking various development initiatives addressing the poverty and injustice faced by women and other socially and economically excluded groups. The level of Oxfam's engagement increased substantially after restoration of democracy in 1990 as it became easier for civil society to work in the new political environment. Over the years, Oxfam has worked in partnership with local civil society organisations and the government to promote rural livelihoods, and vulnerable communities' resilience to climatic shocks and disasters. It has also significantly contributed to empowering community people, especially women, to; negotiate with people in power, influence decision making processes, claim rights and essential services to which they are entitled, demand accountability on the part of duty bearers and engage larger masses in advocacy efforts. Oxfam also worked closely with UNHCR in providing assistance to Bhutanese refugees during the 1990s. Oxfam and its long term programme partners believe that the underlying structural causes and drivers of poverty must be addressed if improvements in peoples's lives are to be broad and lasting. Poverty is not one-dimensional; nor is it purely local in its causes and solutions. Therefore, Oxfam's work addresses not only material and technical change, but also the related economic, social, institutional and policy changes which are necessary to end poverty and achieve development and wellbeing. The Oxfam Nepal Vision is: The people of Nepal are empowered and work together to attain a life of dignity with justice and equal rights for all. The Overall Nepal Programme Goal is: to improve the well being of vulnerable people through strengthening their participation in development and governance processes and reducing poverty and suffering.
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Terms of Reference (ToR)
Hiring a consultant for Urban Resilience Knowledge Documentation
Background
Oxfam has been working in Nepal for over 30 years and continues to work in four inter-connected programmes – 1. Humanitarian, Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation; 2. Gender & Social Justice; 3. Food and Economic Justice and 4. Water Sanitation & Hygiene and Water Governance. Oxfam’s vision for Nepal is “a just society without poverty, in which all women and men live a life of dignity, enjoy their rights and assume their responsibilities as active citizens of Nepal”.
Under Humanitarian, Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Change Adaptation, Oxfam has it’s footprints both in urban and rural areas. Urban programming includes number of projects implemented together with local government in earthquake response, urban risk management and building urban resilience urban centers. Apart from this Oxfam has worked closely with government of Nepal in formulating Model Strategy for Resilient Local Communities. During these period, Oxfam has generated immense knowledge which is available in scattered form in different documents.
Within the array of knowledge, the rational is to capture the knowledge on urban resilience from our current and past work, cross learn and build a strong foundation to carry further Urban Resilience Programming in Oxfam Nepal.
Objectives of the Assignment
The objective of the assignment is to capture and document urban resilience work from our current and past work, cross learn and build a strong foundation to carry further Urban Resilience Programming in Oxfam Nepal.
Scope of Services and Tasks and Activities to be completed
The overall scope of this consulting assignment is to document the urban resilience work from our current and past work, cross learn and build a strong foundation to carry further Urban Resilience Programming in Oxfam Nepal.
Activities will include, but may not be limited to, the following:
- Analyze and extract urban resilience learning from Oxfam Nepal urban programs, and document it
- Compare Oxfam Nepal’s urban program with Oxfam’s resilience approaches (to be shared later) to generate recommendations through its analysis.
- Support in conducting National Level Workshop to disseminate Model Strategy for Resilient Urban Communities by including multi-stakeholders and capture learning
- Pilot Model Strategy for Resilient Urban Communities in one municipality and capture learnings which includes field movement.
- Compile the learnings and create urban resilience knowledge products with recommendations for the use of various purposes like programming, strategy development, documentation, etc.
Expected Deliverable
- Compiled documents incorporating all 5 activities mentioned in the scope of services.
Reporting Line Manager
- This work is to be delivered to the Humanitarian and Disaster Risk Reduction Department of Oxfam in Nepal and overseen by Team Leader DRR CCA/Urban Resilience
Duration: Start date and completion date
- The estimated input of the consultant is 15 days over 2 months’ time period. The assignment is expected to start on 5 February 2020 and be finalized by no later than 15 March 2020.
Detail Budget breakdown
| S. No. | Particulars | Unit | Unit Price | Total Price |
| 1. | Consultancy Fee Amount | 15 Days | ||
| 2. | Travel Cost {Flight} (will be paid as per actual) | |||
| 3. | Accommodation (will be paid as per actual) | |||
| 4. | VAT | 13% | ||
| TOTAL CONSULTANCY BUDGET IN NPR INCLUDING ALL TAXES |
Terms of Payment
- 20 percent of the payment will be made after the contract signing and 80% (last installment) of payment will be made upon the submission of assignment as per this Terms of reference with full satisfaction evaluated by the hiring manager.
Criteria/Minimum Requirement
On the basis of the following criteria/minimum requirement proposal will be analyzed:
| S.No. | Criteria | Score (out of 100) |
| 1. | Experience in Urban Resilience Work | 30 |
| 2. | Good Synthesising, Writing and Presentation Style | 30 |
| 3. | Documentation Experience | 40 |
Documents for submission:
- Technical and Financial Proposal with the CV of the team
- VAT/PAN registration certificate
- Tax clearance certificate – 2075/76
- Company registration certificate (if applying via company)
Response
The Consulting firm/individual should submit the proposal to Oxfam by 12 February 2020 via mail to consultancy_nepal@oxfam.org.uk clearly mentioning the title of the assignment in the email subject line and not exceeding 15 MB. Those who have submitted the proposal before need not submit again.
Confidentiality / Non disclosure
All material issued in connection with this ToR shall remain the property of Oxfam and shall be used only for the purpose of this procurement exercise. All information provided shall be either returned to Oxfam or securely destroyed by unsuccessful applicants at the conclusion of the procurement exercise.
During the performance of the assignment or at any time after expiry or termination of the Agreement, the Consultant shall not disclose to any person or otherwise make use of any confidential information which s/he has obtained or may in the course of this agreement relating to partner organization/Oxfam, the respondents or otherwise.
The consultant will be required to sign a non-disclosure/confidentiality agreement as part of their undertaking of this work.
Intellectual property, Copyright, and Ownership of all prepared information
The Consultant shall retain all rights to pre-existing (background) intellectual property or materials used by the Consultant in the delivery of this study. All arising intellectual property, ideas, materials, processes or processes formed in contemplation, course of, or as result of this study shall be passed to Oxfam without restriction.
The Consult shall warrant that all arising Intellectual Property, materials and/or products produced in pursuit of this study shall be original, and shall not infringe on any third party’s claim. All technical or business information, in whatever medium or format, originated, collated or prepared by or for the Consultant in contemplation, course of, or as result of this assignment shall be transferred to Oxfam without restriction on completion and shall not be used by the Consultant for any other purpose without express written permission of Oxfam’s Head of Programme Funding.
Copyright of all arising documents, data, information or reports produced by the Consultant under this agreement shall belong to Oxfam and will be passed to Oxfam without restriction. Such documents, data, information and reports shall not be used by the Consultant for any other purpose other than in conjunction with this assignment, without the express written permission of Oxfam’s Head of Programme Funding.
Overview
| Category | Consulting & Professional Services |
| Openings | 1 |
| Position Type | Contract |
| Position Level | Senior Level |
| Experience | Please check details below. |
| Education | Please check details below. |
| Posted Date | 17 Jan, 2020 |
| Apply Before | 12 Feb, 2020 |
| City | Kathmandu |