: Save the Children
: Nonprofits / องค์กรไม่แสวงหาผลกำไร
: 1360
: 18 November 2021
23 November 2021
Consultant to review, edit English language and develop one-page summary the research on Child protection systems and emergency response plan in Yala province, Thailand
1. Background
An estimated 195 children live in the ASEAN region, South East Asia is one of the most disaster prone regions in the world with 1,586 disasters affecting more than 27 million people in 2018. In conflict affected and fragile contexts, the mechanism protection children are often overwhelmed, weakened or inaccessible. In times of disaster, children are at increased risk of all forms of violence and abuse, including sexual and gender based violence (SGBV). In the face of ongoing global pandemic and the quarantine measures being adopted, global trend shows that violence has been found to increase and the threat is especially serious for those affected by an ongoing or protracted conflict (International Crisis Group; UN security Council S/2020/1064). While in the Deep South a ceasefire was initially declared by select actors as a result of COVID-19, pandemic often lead to breakdown of social infrastructure, with has the potential to further compound or exacerbate conflict dynamics over time.
The Save the Children’s children at the center: A Participatory Action Research (PAR) commissioned in 2018 revealed that the impact of the conflict in the Deep South on children is profound. Children suffered from prevalent mental health concerns and there was exaggerated gender based vulnerabilities. Children were diverting to negative coping mechanism e.g., drugs, violent behavior, and self-harm. Addressing the needs of children who are at risk of abuse is doubly hard in areas where conflict continues especially where there are still gaps in the capacity of the national, regional and local mechanisms to protect children and unequal access to services for vulnerable populations, including in the Deep South context of the Malay – Muslim communities. Various communities in the Deep South also face compounding challenges, including climate change impact i.e. severe floods and landslides. It is important that the province’s immediate response and long-term disaster risk reduction plans addressed these risks as well protection factors for children to help build resilience, both to the existing conflict, pandemic crisis, and possible natural disasters that may occur.
Significant progress has been made across South East Asia in disaster management due to the ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response, and in ASEAN Safe School Initiative. In Yala, one of the three southernmost provinces of Thailand, the Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Unit and other local authorities have also put in place their Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R) Plan and the COVID-19 Response Plan to handle provincial disaster management situation. However, Save the Children (SC) has identified that there is still a lack of contextualized Deep South analysis on the child protection issues tied to emergencies (rapid, slow onset natural disaster as well as the impact of protract conflict), and therefore the plans do not sufficiently reflect key issues and measures to respond and to prevent and protect children from harm in times of emergencies, and to address impact of protracted conflict (and flare in critical incidents). To be more specific, the policy and measures do not explicitly address risks and relevant mitigation associated with physical violence and other harmful practices, sexual and gender based violence, psychosocial distress and mental health, unaccompanied and separated children, and children associated with armed forces and armed groups. This has led to the need to understand the situation of the children to better identify effective and sustainable solutions to provide both short and long term protection to children living the wake of disaster and conflict.
Under the support of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), Save the children Thailand have done an in-depth analysis of the child protection situation in the Deep South arising from natural and conflict disaster including a mapping of the key stakeholders the existing EPP to map out policies , resources, structures and gaps on child protection in emergencies through the phase of disasters, identifying pre-action already put in place to prevent escalation of crisis, and the existing community-led child protection practices and mechanism to assess 1) key child protection concerns to be prioritized and addressed; 2) analyze levels of inclusiveness and accessibility to children with disabilities (CwDs) and other marginalized groups; 3) analysis existing referral pathway; and 4) the question of trust and impartially working with government funded or community-based service providers.
The consultant will support in review and edit the research on Child protection systems and emergency response plan in Yala province, Thailand to edit the language. This will include comprehensive capture key finding and summary of the research into once page factsheet. The final report and one-page factsheet will be used as an advocacy tool with UN women and other relevant stakeholders.
2. Purpose and scope of this service:
The consultant will work closely with SCI Thailand ECHO Project and Child protection advisor to review and edit the research on Child protection systems and emergency response plan in Yala province, Thailand to edit the English language. This will include comprehensive capture key finding and summary of the research into once page factsheet in English.
The consultant will deliver on the following objectives:
3. Timeframe
The service provider will be required to dedicate 15 working days from 29 November to 17 December 2021.
4. Schedule and Deliverables
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Preparation stage:
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29 November – 5 December ( 5 days) |
The consultant may need to interview project team and researcher as needed. Project team will take up to 2 days to review the identify key finding to summary into one-page fact sheet. |
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6 - 10 December 2021 |
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13 - 17 December 2021 |
Project coordinator will take up to 2 days to turnaround and approval for final payment. |
5. Management of the Consultancy:
The consultant(s) will report to ECHO project coordinator, with support from Child Protection Technical Advisor who will collaborate throughout the consultancy period.
The consultant/s will be responsible for
6. Service Fee and Budget
The consultant is asked to propose the budget in Thai Baht. Costs involved such as materials, travel and applicable taxes, should be included in the proposed budget. The service provider is responsible to account for her/his personal income tax.
7. Competency
The consultant is expected to demonstrate the following competencies:
8. Submissions for the Consultancy
The submission must address the terms of reference and include:
Please submit your application to: THA_Procurement_BKK@savethechildren.org
For further inquiry, please feel free to contact K.Nisfu 083-064-7805
