TERM OF REFERENCE CONSULTANT TO ACCESS THE BEST SUPPORTING PRACTICES AND DOCUMENTING THE GUIDELINES OF SUPPORT APPROACHES AND  MODELS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IMPLEMENTED BY AEPD OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS

Place: Quang Binh Province

Language: Vietnamese and English

Time: June 2015

1. Background

    

   Association for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (AEPD) is a local non-profit organization in Quang Binh provice, formerly Survivor Corps/Landmine Survivors Network (SC/LSN). AEPD’s work is aimed at improving the quality of life of people with disabilities (PWDs) through economic and social empowerment towards an inclusive, barrier-free society where PWDs can fulfill their potential, enjoy equal opportunities and contribute productively to their communities.

    

   Funded by Irish Aid under “Vietnam Civil Society Facility,” AEPD is implementing the project "Enhancing quality of life for persons with disabilities through empowerment of CSO in mobilizing resources and implementing comprehensive community based rehabilitation (CBR) programs in Quang Binh province". One of the main objectives of the project is to promote the best supporting practices for persons with disabilities in the province and neighboring regions, including regional countries.

    

   In order to achieve the above stated objective, AEPD is seeking a consultant to assess effectiveness and positive impacts of AEPD's programs, activities as well as successful models in supporting the persons with disability through the feedbacks of beneficiaries, donors, local authorities over the past five years, to document as guidelines to be replicated and applied by other projects and organizations in and outside of Quang Binh province.

    

2. Scopes of work

    

   The consultancy assignment is to do conduct in-depth assessment on the practices implemented in Quang Binh in supporting for persons with disabilities by AEPD over the past 5 years. Specifically, the consultancy assignment would achieve the following objectives:

    

• Study and document supporting approach applied for supporting persons with disabilities.
• Document supporting models both individual and groups of persons with disabilities, types of support and forms of support.
• Evaluate the successful factors from the supporting models to be developed and replicated.
• Highlight the most outstanding models supported by the project over the past 5 years.
• Packing complete packages of the best practices of the supporting schemes applied by the project over the past 5 years with completion of a set of guidelines of how to form and implement the successful activities.
• The assignment is conducted in participatory methodology which ensures broad-based participation of the persons with disabilities at any activity of the process.

   

   

  1. Expected outputs

      

• A detailed plan for preparing the documentation, which shall be clearly developed with AEPD team.
• Full documentation of the guidelines of the supporting models, including the approach and forms of supports, etc to be established. The paper is made in both English and Vietnamese
• Coordinating to conduct a write -workshop to discuss about and collect recommendations/opinions about the draft of the documentation of the guidelines
• A final documentation to be published
• Prepare/give a presentation (in English and Vietnamese) on the documentation in the regional experience-sharing workshop.
• Facilitate/lead a sharing workshop with representatives from local authorities, line departments, NGOs in the province and from neighboring provinces.

   

  1. Schedule of works

      

• Discussion with AEPD to make a plan schedule and identify accessment tools
• Finalize planning schedule and agree on the documentation structure with AEPD
• Working with AEPD team to collect/get to know and fully understand about the supported models (approach, forms, types etc.)
• Implement field works in Quang Binh to collect data/information for documentation

  - Draft of documentation of the guidelines

  - Coordinate to conduct a write workshop for recommendations for the documentation

• Finalize documentation
• Translation of the documentation
• Facilitate/lead the experience sharing workshop in Quang Binh

   

  1. Requirements to the consultants

      

• The consultants should have at least 5 year-experiences on project evaluation and economic-social research
• The consultant or the head of group of consultant should own a master degree on social affair/community development or related areas
• Have experiences on participatory methodology, and working with community groups, especially with persons with disabilities
• Have skill of report writing both in Vietnamese and English
• Have skill in team work and presentation, leading/facilitating in workshop

   

  1. Consultant fee

• The consultation fee will be paid based on the experiences of the Consultation. The detailed fee will be defined after discussions between AEPD and the Consultant.

   

• Interested experts or consultants are invited to send an application to email info.aepd@gmail.com before June 06 2015. The application should include:

- CV;

-  Application letter

- Proposed working plan and estimated cost