UNICEF-Turkey
TERMS of REFERENCE (ToR)
Special Service Agreement
SHORT TERM NATIONAL INDIVIDUAL/INSTITUONAL CONSULTANCY
Strengthening capacity of DGMM, MoFSP and other national institutions, Turkey / (REF: CP/TURA/2017-O)Child Protection Trainıng packages
- Conducting Child Protection Trainings for service providers at central and local level
- Developing content of training package on Unaccompanied and Separated Children
- Conducting trainings on Unaccompanied and Separated Children (UASC)
- Developing training packages tailored for DGMM personnel
I. BACKGROUND
As the Syria Crisis enters its 7th year, Turkey has become home to the largest number of refugees in the world with over 2.9 million Syrians under temporary protection. Of these, nearly 1.5 million – or 54% – are children. Turkey also hosts around 300,000 asylum seekers and refugees from other nations, predominantly Iraqis and Afghans.
In addition, an unprecedented number of people transited through Turkey during 2015 in order to reach the Greek islands and continue their journey onward through the Balkans and Central Europe. By the end of December 2015, some 850,000 people had reached Greece by sea from Turkey and, approximately 153,362 people since January 2016. Since the EU-Turkey agreement[1] has entered into force, there has been a substantial decrease in the number of people attempting the journey to Greece. In the first quarter of 2017, more than 4,000 migrants/refugees have arrived into Greece from Turkey. This may be attributed both to the impact of the EU-Turkey deal in discouraging onward movement to Greece, as well as to increased interception and rescue operations by the Turkish Coast Guard.
Despite the significant efforts put in place by the Government of Turkey to address the humanitarian crises, the national system to protect children – from identification and registration, to referral and protective services – has been put under immense pressure.
In the area of child protection, UNICEF is working in close collaboration with both government authorities - the Ministry of Family and Social Policies (MoFSP), the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Directorate General for Migration Management (DGMM), Turkish Coast Guard Command, Gendarmerie and Turkish National Police – to strengthen the capacity of child protection systems to more adequately prevent, early detect and respond to the specific needs of children, particularly refugee children, children seeking international protection and children on the move.
As part of its overall goal and in line with efforts to strengthen the broader child protection system in Turkey, UNICEF and DGMM launched a new partnership aiming at strengthening the capacity of national systems to better protect refugee/migrant children. This will include identifying systemic and legal gaps through analysis, developing the capacity of DGMM staff on child protection, awareness raising and social cohesion as well as ensuring better inter-sectoral collaboration among various stakeholders.
Within the activities of developing the capacity of DGMM personnel, UNICEF plans to provide support in improving and strengthening the capacity of front-line personnel to more adequate identify, address and refer the specific needs of refugee children, children seeking international protection and children on the move.
In the past years, UNICEF developed Child Protection Training Packages for service providers in line with the requirements of the Core Commitments for Children in Emergencies and contributed to building capacity in child protection among a significant cohort of stakeholders. Significant efforts were also put into building the capacity of the system to more adequately address the needs of un-accompanied and separated children. Despite these positive gains, the current scale and complexity of the humanitarian crises and the strain it has posed to child protection systems, requires additional efforts to invest in building the technical capacity of front-line government and civil society personnel.
II. PURPOSE of the ASSIGNMENT
The Consultant will support the Turkey Country Office (TCO) within the context of the Rolling Work plan (RWP) between UNICEF and DGMM as well as joint programmes with MoFSP to build the capacity of front-line personnel in child protection. The consultant will be responsible for the development of the content of the child protection training programme and its delivery to service providers.
Task-1: Child Protection Trainings: Develop capacity building interventions with DGMM and other national institutions in the area of Child Protection
Task-2: Trainings on UASC: Strengthening capacities of MoFSP personnel
III. DUTY STATION
UNICEF Country Office in Ankara with frequent travel to the field.
IV. SUPERVISOR
Polat Kizildag, Child Protection Officer
V. DURATION & COST
· Duration: Assignment should be finalised within 4 months with the possibility of extension. Assignment may be conducted by an individual expert and/or a group of experts. In this case the technical proposal should include the curriculum vitaes of all involved experts.
· Proposal should include all related activities and a budget in line with the attachment.
· The Consultant is expected to submit:
a. A financial proposal including the daily consultancy rate
b. A technical proposal detailing the consultancy work
· The cost of trainings (travel and accommodation) will be covered by consultant. Other relevant expenses such as administrative supplies, communications, etc. should be borne by the expert.
· Payment Schedule: UNICEF will issue a national consultancy contract in Turkish Lira. The payment will be made in installments upon deliverables as per contractual agreement and will be executed in TRY.
· Reservations: UNICEF reserves the right to terminate the contract without prior notice and/or withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if the rules and the regulations regarding confidentiality, ethics and procedures of UNICEF and the project partners are not followed, if work/outputs are incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines.
VI. DESCRIPTION of the ASSIGNMENT
For the purposes of this assignment the consultant will work under the guidance and supervision of the Child Protection Officer to ensure the programme’s alignment with:
- International child rights and child protection in emergency principles and standards
- Child-centered, multidisciplinary approach and interactive methodologies
- UNICEF Child Protection Key Documents and Training Programmes
TASKS / DELIVERABLE / LANG. / TENTATIVE* PERIOD/DEADLINE1 / a) Develop a 3-day training programme specifically designed for DGMM, Turkish Coast Guard, Gendarmerie and Police covering all key aspects related to child protection.
b) Conduct 3 training programmes for DGMM local and central personnel (4 days for ToT, 2 days for 2 trainings, 3 persons/8 days) as well as other targeted national authorities (2 days for each of the 3 institutions)
c) Develop a specific 2-day training package on Un-Accompanied and Separated Children.
d) Conduct a 2-day training programme for Un-Accompanied and Separated Children for DGMM as well as other national institutions. (2 days for 1 training)
e) Develop and conduct training programme for DGMM managers working in the centres accommodating children with families.
f) Develop online training courses for DGMM as well as visual materials (training content, participant book, trainer book, presentations) for service providers to effectively identify, register and refer at-risk children to relevant authorities and civil society organisations. / Draft Training Programme / TR/ENG / September 2017
Assessment Report on the trainings / TR/ENG / September 2017
Draft Training Programme / TR/ENG / September 2017
Draft Training Programme / TR/ENG / September 2017
Final Training Programme / TR/ENG / September 2017
Assessment Report on the trainings
Draft Online Training Course / TR/ENG / October 2017
Final Online Training Course / November 2017
2 / a) Develop and conduct a specific training package for policy makers on the international standards of Un-Accompanied and Separated Children. (3 days for 3 trainings)
b) Develop training programme for building and strengthening the technical capacity of staff for a therapeutic programme for Un-Accompanied and Separated Children temporarily hosted in Harran and Sariçam camps in Şanlıurfa and Adana.
c) Conduct training programme for frontline workers of MoFSP in applying the therapeutic model. (2 days per training, 2 batches/4 days)
d) Develop and conduct a total of three, 2-day trainings for DGMM staff and other national authorities. (6 days / 3 trainings) / Draft Training Programme / TR/ENG / End of September 2017
Final Training Programme
Draft Training Programme / August 2017
Report on the trainings / September 2017
Draft Training Programme / October 2017
Report on the trainings / November 2017
3 / Preparation of Final Report / Final Report / TR/ENG / November 2017
*Tentative delivery dates are given. A detailed time plan is expected in the technical proposal.
VII. BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS and SPECIALIZATION REQUIRED FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
Expert should have expertise in emergency and education/protection in order to achieve the objectives of this Terms of Reference.
The consultant is required to prove:
1) Advanced professional university or technical degree in social sciences (education, law, social work, psychology, sociology, international relations, English language). In lieu of the advanced university degree, at least a Master’s degree is expected.
2) Expertise in the area of emergency and education/protection
3) Fluency in written and spoken English and Turkish is essential.
4) Sound expertise in designing training programmes, interactive training materials and delivering training with a multidisciplinary approach.
5) Ability to work through networking and partnership.
6) Experience in adult training.
7) Ability to produce high standard deliverables both in Turkish and English.
8) At least 10 years professional expertise in child protection and emergencies.
9) Previous professional or academic experience in developing training models in child protection and emergencies.
Skills and personal traits:
- Sensitivity towards ethics with regards to human and child rights issues, different cultures, local customs, religious beliefs and practices, personal interaction and gender roles, disability, age and ethnicity.
- Strong analytical, organizational and inter-personal skills.
- Ability to work closely with national and international actors with tight deadlines, and to facilitate coordination of a process.
- Computer literacy.
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[1] The agreement took effect as of 20 March 2016, and 4 April 2016 was set as the target date for the start of returns of people arriving in Greece after 20 March and of the first resettlements. For more details please see; European Commission - Fact Sheet, Implementing the EU-Turkey Agreement – Questions and Answers.