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Course no. : 4254 Course title: Project Planning and Evaluation Techniques (Lab./Project)

Expression of Interest (EOI)

Submitted By_ 030413, 15

Submission Date : September 23, 2007

Urban and Rural Planning Discipline Khulna University Khulna-9208

Terms of Reference (ToR) North Bengal Development and Research Center (NBDRC) House No 128, Road No 4, Habib Nagor, Bangkhan Rangpur, Bangladesh – 5400 Phone : +880521 66212 Mobile : +8801712 441139 www.nbrdc.org, email: [email protected] Term of Reference (ToR) For Capacity Building, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihood of the Socially Disadvantaged Woman in Rural Areas 1. Introduction A Terms of Reference (ToR) is designed to help you about the objective, scope of work, and deliverables of the IS consulting engagement your institution is planning. The sample Background section is appropriate for all ToR. All project have written the information suggested in the Background section, select the service(s) that project want the IS consultant to perform for your institution. Modify the "Objectives of assignment," "Scope of work," and "Deliverables" for those services according to the requirements. 1.1. Background The project ‘Capacity Building, Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihood of the Socially Disadvantaged Woman in Rural Areas’ may be funded of international organizations and implemented by the department of Social Services, Ministry of Social Welfare, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to provide facilities and services for awareness, employment and empowerment of the Socially Disadvantaged Woman (SDW) in Rural Areas. The target group of this project is SDW in rural area. The group’s area listed in table 2. Life style in both areas is difficult. Geographically the areas are natural flood affected for Farakka Badh. So there employment creation is no so easy. There agricultural product cultivate only one season. Another time natural disaster flood make damage of agriculture sector. There are few issues are the causes of SDW groups. Firstly, a large number of male populations are migrating to other districts for employment. Some times they marry there and his wife become SDW group. Secondly, child marriage is most common problems of this area. So, the effects of child marriage are a large amount of divorces and widow SDW. Thirdly, acid and rape victims are common major problems in whole Bangladesh. This region has also this problem. Every year a large number of female are this victim. So this project trying to do for them.

Terms of Reference (ToR) 1.2. Project Area Currently the project is running in two selected area of North Bengal of Bangladesh. This project is implementing by North Bengal Development and Research Centre (NBDRC). Table 1: NGO and project site/area Name of the NGO

Zone

North Bengal Development and Research Centre (NBDRC)

Zone A Zone B

Name of the sites Upazilla : Phulbari, District : Khurigram Upazilla : Gangachhara District : Rangpur

1.3. Socially disadvantage woman groups Table 2: Socially disadvantaged woman in rural area Groups

Causes of SDW

Widow

She who’s husband is dead.

Divorced woman

She who are divorced

Victim woman

Acid, Raped or any types of victim

Woman of disable husband

She who’s husband is disable and not involve in economic activities

Unmarried and over aged

She who are unmarried and over aged

Separated from family and

She who are separated from family or not but separate

husband

from her husband without divorce

1.4. Project Objectives

■ To strengthen the legal and social support system and create favorable situations to ensure the rights, social dignity and other human aspects

■ To develop suitable technical support, strategies, policies and program package to them for employment

■ To conduct suitable skill development training program for SDW group for income generating profession

Terms of Reference (ToR) 1.5. Estimated Population of the Target Group Table 3: Estimated Population in two project zones Project Zone

Total

SDW

Area in Sq.Km

Population Zone A

156000

24500

164

Zone B

232000

34000

210

1.6. Major Activities/Components of the Projects

■ Non-formal education Provide non-formal education for SDW. For example: awareness building, capacity building, small investment techniques, etc. Non-formal education will be conducted by NBDRC in coordination with other NGOs and authorities. This step will help to increase SDW’s awarness.

■ Micro-credit Provide micro-credit to the SDWs to promote income generating activities. NBDRC will provide micro-credit among the SDWs for relatively easy condition and more flexibility. Credit will help them in their income generating activities.

■ vocational training Provide vocational training to the SDW to acquire skills for sustainable livelihoods and thereby to empower them. Vocational training will help the SDWs to involve in various income generating activities. In 2007, a three months long training held by NBDRC from May 24 to July 25.

■ legal aid and support Provide legal aid and support to SDWs to increase their awareness about their rights and get their rights. In most case SDWs are deprived from their basic rights even they do not know about their rights properly. Beside these, they often do not get proper

judgment.

NBDRC

will

provide

them

support

in

these

case.

■ Health care Provide service to the SDW on health care. Health is a vital problem in the study. About all of the target group suffer from malnutrient. They do not get the basic health services. They often suffer from various disease. NBDRC with the help of some

Terms of Reference (ToR) local NGOs is providing health service for a minimum cost from January 2007.

■ Technical and financial support Provide technical and financial support to SDWs to increase the marketability of their products. NBDRC is providing technical support to make their products efficiently and qualitatively. In some cases, NBDRC is also providing financial support for easy condition to increase their investment.

■ Consulting services Provide consulting services related to socio-cultural problems

■ Settlement Investment Fund (SIF) Provide Settlement Investment Fund (SIF) for landless women. Landless women are provided Settlement Investment Fund (SIF) to ensure their housing rights. NBDRC provide the SIF for very easy conditions. With the SIF, NBDRC also helps them in involving various income generating activities.

■ Training on Gender and Leadership Gender and leadership is vital issue to ensure human rights for women in the family and society. Considering the reality NBDRC is working with the issue for many days. In 2007, a two days long training held from July 24 to July 25 in Jago Naree Mohila Unnayan Kendra at Gangachhara Upazila. Mrs. Rokeya Sultana, Area ManagerGangachhara, NBDRC was the trainer of this training session. Almost 25 participants were took the training on qualities and responsibilities of a leader, gender equity, gender discrimination etc.

■ RBA and Governance Training on Rights Base Approach (RBA) and Governance. NBDRC arranged a two days long training for the SDW group members of Phulbari Upazila on good governance and local government at Jago Naree Mohila Unnayan Kendra, Phulbari. Around 20 members of Union Parisad were attended in this training on March 14, 2007. The participants primarily informed about the necessity of good governance for local government, portrait of responsive and accountable governance, problems to achieve good governance and role of the SDW group members to overcome the problems.

Terms of Reference (ToR)

■ Meetings with the journalists Rights meetings with the journalists. NBDRC arranges meeting with journalists to follow up the condition of the SDWs, their rights, etc.

■ Information Campaign Access to information is crucial factor to uphold any development. Besides it is the primary ingredient of rights movement. Hence this year NBDRC launched a massive Information Campaign on Primary Education and Public Health Services to make information available to the SDWs, so that they can able to sensitize themselves about their entitlements. In 2007, NBDRC did huge information campaign by distributing different posters, leaflets, stickers containing the information on rights of quality education of the people. Around 250 posters were distributed in primary schools, youth clubs, public places of Phulbari and Gangachhara Upazila. In addition, 3000 booklet on health services and 3000 booklet on primary education also distributed among the people of these two Upazilas. Around 30 T-shirts containing the message of rights of women education also distributed among the viewers of campaign.

1.7. Current Working Strategy Project Implementation Strategy Institutional Arrangements The project has been executed and implemented by the North Bengal Development and Research Centre (NBDRC) with the technical and financial assistance of the UNDP. The Executive Director of NBDRC has designed one Project Director who, with support from the Project Management Team has been providing overall guidance to the planning, implementation, operation, monitoring, supervision and evaluation of the project. The Project Director has been authorized to and accountable for proper handling of the NBDRC/UNDP inputs provided under this project in accordance with the procedure, financial rules and regulations of the nationally executed UNDP-funded projects as defined in the NEX manual. Disbursement of project resources has been done strictly in accordance with stipulation of the relevant financial procedure. A Project Management Team comprising of one Deputy Coordinator, two Zonal Coordinators for two zones, has been supporting the project. In addition, the project has Consultants/Experts to provide technical assistance on specific areas. In implementing the programmes at the project sites, the suitable competent NGOs have been selected by the project authority on contract basis to implement the programmes of the project for which necessary fund are provided to them.

Terms of Reference (ToR) The Mid-term evaluation conducted in the middle of 2006 recommended that the project should be continued into second phase considering the nature of the issues addressed by the project, its relevancy to the target group and for testing out a of a comprehensive strategy be completed in order to make the experience replicable on a wider scale for which it requires a longer time for the project to come to full fruition. Meanwhile the project has been able to create a public stand and also been able to ensure the participation of different related stakeholders including the target groups to materialize the project objectives. In the above backdrop, the Tripartite Project Review (TPR) meeting held on 15 January 2007 decided to extend the first phase of the project up to June 2010 and start the second phase from July 2010 to June 2015. The UNDP will provide financial and technical support to the project during whole of the project period. ***