Tenders Are Invited For Consultancy On Building The Evidence Base On Good Interventions That Address Social, Political, And Economic Barriers To Durable Solutions

Tenders Are Invited For Consultancy On Building The Evidence Base On Good Interventions That Address Social, Political, And Economic Barriers To Durable Solutions. Closing Date: 24 Oct 2024 Founded In 1956, The Danish Refugee Council (Drc) Is A Leading International Ngo And One Of The Few With A Specific Expertise In Forced Displacement. Active In 40 Countries With 9,000 Employees And Supported By 7,500 Volunteers, Drc Protects, Advocates, And Builds Sustainable Futures For Refugees And Other Displacement Affected People And Communities. Drc Works During Displacement At All Stages: In The Acute Crisis, In Displacement, When Settling And Integrating In A New Place, Or Upon Return. Drc Provides Protection And Life-Saving Humanitarian Assistance; Supports Displaced Persons In Becoming Self-Reliant And Included Into Hosting Societies; And Works With Civil Society And Responsible Authorities To Promote Protection Of Rights And Peaceful Coexistence. 2. Introduction There Are More Than 5 Million Refugees And Internally Displaced Persons (Idps) In The East, Horn, And Great Lakes Regions Of Africa. While Movement From One Location To Another In Response To A Displacing Event Does Not Itself Constitute A Displacement-Related Vulnerability For Displaced Populations; The Loss Incurred From These Events And The Gap Between The Resources They Find In The Locations They Move Into And The Opportunity And Ability To Meet Their Essential Needs Does. In This Sense, Displacement-Related Vulnerability Is Understood As The Material And Social Impoverishment Caused By A Displacing Event (E.G. Conflict, Persecution, Drought, Or Floods) And Which The Displaced Person Cannot Overcome With Their Existing Economic And Social Resources And Therefore Seeks Support From External Sources To Address The Impoverishment. This Material And Social Impoverishment Is In Part Caused And/Or Sustained By Certain Adverse Social, Political, And Economic Factors. These Factors Mixed With Ecological Factors Such As Droughts And Floods Exacerbate Dac Vulnerability And Increase The Risks Of Protracted Displacement. The Adverse Social Factors Include The Marginalization Of Dacs In And By Their Communities. Dacs In This Situation Find Themselves At The Edges Of Society With A Limited Voice To Influence The Decisions Concerning Their Lives. Adverse Political Factors Include Those Incentives That Lead To Policy And Programming Choices Made By Power Or Resource Holders That Tend To Keep Dacs In Situations Of Precarity For The Benefit Of The Former And At The Expense Of The Latter. Finally, Adverse Economic Factors Refer To The Gap Between The Ability Of Dacs To Meet Their Essential Needs And The Opportunities Available For Them To Do So. It Is Often Characterized By Limited Resources In Spaces Where Dacs Reside That Are Continuously Eroded By Climate Change, Conflict, And/Or Sustained Systemic Marginalization. These Factors Independently Or Jointly Limit The Opportunity And The Social, Political, And/Or Economic Ability Of Dacs To Meet Their Essential Needs Sustainably And With Dignity. Purely Technical Interventions To Support Dacs To Progressively Reduce Their Displacement-Related Vulnerability And Restore Access To Their Rights Are Unlikely To Yield Sustainable Integration. This Is Because These Interventions Interact With And Are Influenced By The Complex Adverse Social, Political, And Economic Contextual Forces That Hinder The Incremental Progress That Dacs Can Make Toward Durable Solutions Thereby Limiting Their Scope Of Enacting Their Agency And Regaining Self-Sufficiency. Therefore, The Viability Of Durable Solutions Outcomes Relies On Interventions That Properly Account For The Adverse Impact That These Contextual Factors Have On Them And That Formulate Strategies To Mitigate Such Impacts. Therefore, For State And Non-State Actors To Better Support Dacs To Achieve A Durable Solution, They Will Need To Address These Adverse Factors That Create Barriers For Dacs In The Path Towards Achieving Solutions To Their Displacement. This Requires An Understanding Of The Good Approaches That Exist In The Region And A Commitment To Adapting Current Or Future Interventions To Include Lessons From These Approaches. The Regional Durable Solutions Secretariat Proposes To Invest In A Process That Will Identify Good Practices For Overcoming Social, Political, And Economic Barriers In The Pathway Toward Solutions And Support The Translation Of This Knowledge Into Practice For Redss Coalition Members And Collaborators In The East, Horn, And Great Lakes Regions Of Africa. The Notion Of A "Good Practice Is Subjective And Will Need To Be Conceptualized As Part Of This Work. An Initial List Of Potential Criteria Is Set Out Below: A) Criteria - Relevance Description - The Proposed Practice Addresses Either Political, Economic Or Social Barriers To Durable Solutions For Refugees, Idps And Other Dacs In The East, Horn And Great Lakes Region Of Africa Or Similar Context. Ideally, It Should Be A Current Or Recent Practice To Confirm Relevance To The Current Context, But It May Be Worthwhile Identifying Older Practices If They Demonstrate Strong Promise. B) Criteria - Effectiveness Description - The Proposed Practice Is Producing The Desired Results, That Are Measurable And Verifiable. C) Criteria - Efficiency Description - The Proposed Practice Is Producing Results With Reasonable Resources And Time. D) Criteria - Contextual Relevance Description - The Proposed Practice Has Been Designed To Respond To Political, Economic, And Social Barriers In Contexts Of Emergency, Protracted Displacement And Cyclical Displacement. E) Criteria - Transferability Description - The Proposed Practice Should Be Generalizable And Applicable To Other Locations And Conditions In The East, Horn And Great Lakes Regions, Or Have The Potential To Be Scaled Up To A Broader Target Population Or Geographic Context. It Must Also Be Technically Feasible To Apply Elsewhere By Being Easy To Learn And Implement. F) Criteria - Meaningful Participation Of Communities Description - The Proposed Practice Engages The Local Communities To Understand Their Capacity To Respond To The Barrier And Develop A Co-Designed Intervention That Supports A Joint Sense Of Ownership Of Decisions And Actions. G) Criteria - Equity And Inclusion Description - The Proposed Practice Addresses The Needs Of Underprivileged Sections (Marginalized Clan Groups, Women, Etc) Of The Population When Allocating Resources And Identifies And Reduces Inequalities. H) Criteria - Coherence Description - The Proposed Practice Involves Satisfactory Collaboration Between Several Stakeholders And Is Compatible With Other Interventions In The Location In Which It Is Implemented. I) Criteria - Political Commitment/ Governance Framework Description - The Proposed Practice Has The Support From The Relevant National And Local Authorities Where These Exist And/Or Supports/ Is Supported By A Framework In Which Local Decision-Making Is Inclusive, Transparent, And Accountable. J) Criteria - Sustainability Description - The Proposed Practice Is Implementable Over A Long Period With The Use Of Existing Resources, Adapting To Social, Economic, And Environmental Requirements Of The Context In Which It Is Developed. 3. Purpose Of The Work The Purpose Of This Work Is To Support Redss To Collect, Collate, Analyze And Disseminate Case Studies Of Useful And Practical Interventions Implemented In East, Horn, And Great Lakes Regions Of Africa That Have: Promoted Meaningful Participation Of Refugees, Idps, And Their Hosting Communities (Dacs) In Decision-Making Processes That Affect Their Lives: Meaningful Participation Here Means That Dacs Are Present [Direct Or Represented] In The Forums Where Decisions Are Being Made, Understand The Decisions That Are Being Discussed/Debated And Can Articulate Their Contributions, Understand How Their Contribution Influenced The Outcome Of The Decision-Making Process, Understand The Level Of Compliance Of Agreed Upon Actions And Reasons Behind Deviations Where These Occur. In Other Words, There Is A Degree To Which Dacs Can Control The Behavior Of Duty-Bearers State Or Non-State. Overcome Negative Political Incentives That Inform Action By Duty Bearers That Are Antithetic To Refugees And Idps Progress Toward Self-Sufficiency: Negative Political Incentives Here Mean The Motivations By Duty Bearers And Other Power Holders To Keep Dacs In Conditions Of Dependence Because These Duty Bearers And Power Holders Have Something To Politically Or Economically Gain From This Dependency) Contributed To Reducing The Gap Between The Economies And Resources Available For Dacs To Sustainably Meet Their Essential Needs With Dignity And Their Physical, Social, And Economic Ability To Do So: This Element Focuses On Growing Macro-Level Economic Resources That Enable Dacs To Apply Their Skills And Knowledge To Earn A Living And Become Self-Sufficient. Tender Link : Https://Reliefweb.Int/Job/4100499/Consultancy-Building-Evidence-Base-Good-Interventions-Address-Social-Political-And-Economic-Barriers-Durable-Solutions