Objective: Analysis of data related to the localization barometer of humanitarian aid in Nigeria.
Field of Expertise: Project management, information management, and data analysis.
Location: Abuja, Nigeria
Contract: Consultancy
Consultation Period: October 2024 – February 2025
Number of Consultation Days: (20 days)
About ICVA:
Founded in 1962, ICVA (International Council of Voluntary Agencies) is a global network of over 160 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) operating in 160 countries. Its mission is to make humanitarian action more principled and effective by working collectively and independently to influence policies and practices. ICVA promotes and facilitates the effective engagement of NGOs in the humanitarian sector, focusing on forced migration, humanitarian coordination, humanitarian financing, and system-strengthening issues.
About Community of Adamawa Civil Organizations (CACO)
CACO is a network of NGOs working in Adamawa state Nigeria, mostly in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe (BAY) states. These are states within the lake Chad basin. The network was founded in 2017. With a mission to support sustainable humanitarian response, CACO ensures that local actors are equipped/properly positioned to play key roles in the humanitarian sector. As intervention phases into the humanitarian-development-peace nexus, CACO is also keen on ensuring that state actors/duty bearers are alive to their responsibilities and supported to carry out same.
Context of the Consultancy
Localization has become a key topic in humanitarian aid over recent years. Since the Grand Bargain commitments, especially in West and Central Africa over the past two years, several initiatives have been undertaken to improve the role of national actors in humanitarian responses, including:
However, without clearly established goals and measurable criteria, it remains difficult to assess progress in localization and identify the remaining challenges. ICVA and its partners have developed a regional methodology to quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate the degree of localization in humanitarian responses, track progress, and identify successes and challenges across countries in West and Central Africa. This aims to:
The project is regional to ensure harmonization, comparative analysis, and constructive exchanges of best practices between countries. However, it relies heavily on national leadership (via the national project steering committee) to ensure alignment with national actors' needs and expectations, full project ownership, and long-term sustainability.
Given recent advances in localization, CACO will lead the project in Nigeria in collaboration with ICVA.
Scope of Work
The consultant analyst will have to implement the methodology and tools developed at regional level within the country. He will be supported by a national information management (IM) consultant. A regional consultant (Regional Information Management Advisor) will provide support and guidance on the technical aspects of the project (tools, methodology, etc.).
Each country will have to take ownership of the methodology and tools developed to adapt them and ensure the best possible ownership of the project. Under the lead of CACO, the consultant analyst will therefore have to liaise with the regional consultant and the national IM consultant to ensure (i) that the project fits into the regional framework and (ii) that as many people as possible take ownership of the project at country level.
Methodology and Deliverables
The steps below follow the full methodology, but only some of them will be carried out by the consultant analyst.
Step 1: Indicator Library and Scoring Methodology (0 days)
This step will be carried out by the regional consultant. There is no day planned for the consultant analyst. However, it is important to be aware of it for the overall progress of the project.
Drawing on the indicators developed by NEAR and HAG and included in the IASC's localisation policies, the regional consultant, with the help of ICVA and CACO, will develop a library of indicators based on the 6 components of localization: 1) Partnerships, 2) Financing, 3) Capacities, 4) Coordination and complementarity, 5) Policy, influence and visibility and 6) Participation.
To this end, it will develop framework tools to facilitate country ownership. This will take the form of an exhaustive matrix of existing and available indicators, together with their collection methods and questionnaires. These elements will serve as essential supports during the methodological definition workshops in the countries.
A scoring methodology will be developed to ensure that spatial and/or temporal comparisons can be made within each component.
Step 2: National-Level Indicators and Methodology Definition (4 days)
The consultant analyst will take part in the initial workshop organized by CACO based on the library of indicators developed in stage 1 to:
During this stage, the national consultant-analyst will have to integrate the definition of localisation (dimensions and issues in particular), and the questions of interest that will be retained in order to start structuring his analysis approach.
An analytical summary of the discussions is expected.
Step 3 - Collection of primary and secondary data (0 days)
This stage will be carried out by the national IM consultant. No days have been set aside for the consultant analyst. However, it is important to be aware of the overall progress of the project.
The national IM consultant will be responsible for monitoring and supervising the primary and secondary data collection process at country level (email dispatches / reminders / response rates, direct data collection, etc.) in direct liaison with CACO, and with the technical support of the regional consultant.
Step 4: Data Processing and Analysis (16 days)
The national IM consultant is responsible for supporting the national analyst consultant through :
The consultant analyst's responsibilities include
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Note: Throughout the work, the consultant must be registered in accordance with legal requirements and must be able to submit documentation proving that he/she meets all legal obligations for consultancy, including full compliance with ICVA regulations, including the safeguarding policy.
ICVA's selection process includes rigorous background checks and reflects our organizational integrity and commitment to making humanitarian action more effective and principled.
Applications including: (i) A covering letter outlining relevant experience and skills, (ii) A CV, (iii) A planning proposal, (iv) A strategic summary (one page) including stakeholders and challenges identified to develop quality support and (v) The daily consultancy rate should be sent by email to [email protected] AND [email protected].
The deadline for applications is 4:00pm (16:00 GMT) 11 October 2024.
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