Background
This ToR is a joint call for Expressions of Interest, from the Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA), SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia (SOS CVE), and the Accountability to the Affected Population Working Group (AAP-WG) in Ethiopia.
The Dutch Relief Alliance (DRA) was formed by a group of Dutch humanitarian organisations that work in partnership with the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The DRA has been collaborating with over 100 local organisations around the world since 2015. The DRA works on the ground to deliver equitable humanitarian aid: life-saving assistance based on solid humanitarian response plans and best practices. Over the years, the DRA has provided humanitarian aid to more than 4 million people in 22 crises. The 14 members of the DRA work together in closely coordinated joint responses across the world, and started several Acute Crisis Joint Responses (of 6 months each) in Ethiopia such as the Desert Locust, COVID-19, Tigray, and Drought Joint Responses, while having started a Protracted Crisis Joint Response for Ethiopia in 2022 in Oromia, Amhara, and Tigray Regions with 6 DRA members and 6 local NGOs.
SOS Children's Villages Ethiopia (SOS CVE) is a non-governmental, non-political, non-denominational charitable child welfare organization affiliated to SOS Children's Villages International, the largest child development organization for children in the world. For more than 45 years, it has been working to build families for children in need, help them shape their future and share in the development of their communities. SOS CVE humanitarian response program (HRP) has been implementing various projects in North Wollo, North Shewa, Shebelle, and East Hararghe zones. These projects are addressing multi sectorial and integrated needy population through health and nutrition, food security and livelihood, settlement, shelter/NFIs, MHPSS, and child protection.
The Accountability to the Affected Population Working – Ethiopia (AAP WG-E), also known as the Inter-Agency Accountability Working Group – Ethiopia (IAAWG-E is a collaborative network primarily comprised of agencies operating in Ethiopia who aim to adhere to the Core Humanitarian Standard (CHS), Sphere and the Humanitarian Partnership Standards (HSP) as a whole. The network was established in Addis Ababa in 2009 by organizations that have strong interest in promoting accountability in humanitarian and development work using the HAP standards. The WG works with the Ethiopia Humanitarian Country Team and Inter-Cluster Coordination Group to strengthen collective accountability in the humanitarian response.
Objectives
While implementing humanitarian projects, adhering to humanitarian standards is a requirement to meet the needs of affected people, ensure quality and accountability. To sufficiently apply these standards, project staff that has been directly involved in the process of project design, implementation and monitoring should be capacitated. Taking this into consideration, the DRA, SOS CVE, and the AAP-WG plan to provide training on CHS and Sphere Standards to appropriately familiarize staff who are in a different range of experience and professional background. The course is expected to develop a holistic understanding of the rationale and structure of the latest CHS and Sphere standards, including PSEAH. Additionally, a ToT will be organized for a selected group of participants with the aim to eventually become listed Sphere trainers in Ethiopia.
The CHS and Sphere training is designed to provide a clear understanding of the minimum standards, indicators, and key actions to be undertaken in the domains of WASH, Food Security and Nutrition, Shelter and Settlement, and Health. Besides, it deals with the practicalities of implementing Sphere and CHS in humanitarian response programs.
The primary objective of the training is to enhance the participants’ capacity to understand and apply the CHS and Sphere standards in humanitarian decision making and project implementation.
Scope of the assignment
The main scope of the assignment includes the Sphere and CHS Trainings, followed by a Training of Trainers and additional mentoring for the potential trainers.
Sphere and CHS Training (4 days for each training)
The Training of Trainers will consist of a 5-day training, for a selection of participants from the above-mentioned trainings using pre-set criteria from the Sphere network. With the ToT we aim to strengthen the capacities of a minimum of 10 potential trainers in the applications, design, and management of training on Sphere and the CHS. The ToT will be followed by a period of mentoring while creating opportunities for ToT graduates to practise their training skills and get experience
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