Deadline: 11-Nov-22
The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) requests the presentation of expressions of interest to celebrate a Cooperation Agreement, which will contemplate the realization of a technical and economic proposal for the Evaluation and complementation of the Urban Inclusion Marker using updated and relevant information that constitutes evidence for the strengthening of socioeconomic integration policies in the nine cities that are the object of the Inclusive Cities program implemented by UNHCR, IOM, and UN-HABITAT.
The purpose of the Call for Expression of Interest is to solicit interest from existing or prospective Implementing Partners that wish to participate in UN-Habitat operation and contribute complementary resources (human resources, knowledge, funds, in-kind contributions, supplies and/or equipment) to achieving common objectives and subsequently agreed in an Agreement of Cooperation.
Evaluate and complement the Urban Inclusion Marker using updated and relevant information that constitutes evidence for the strengthening of socioeconomic integration policies in the nine cities that are the object of the Inclusive Cities program implemented by UNHCR, IOM, and UN-HABITAT.
Project Key Information
- UN-Habitat Project title: Fostering local communities of solidarity for migrants and refugees from Venezuela
- Locations
- Town/City: Cucuta, Bucaramanga, Barranquilla, Villa del Rosario, La Chorrera, Quito, Manta, Lima, Chaguanas, Great Common Wealth of Santo Domingo.
- Country: Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic
- Anticipated start date: TBC
- Estimated duration of the project in calendar months: 7 months
- Maximum proposed value in US$: 90,000
- Lead Organization Unit: UN-Habitat Andean Countries Hub
Responsibilities
- The organization will work under the supervision of the UN-Habitat Coordinator of the Andean Countries (hereinafter the Coordinator) as well as in close communication with other consultants assigned to the project to ensure coordination and achievement of objectives.
- To ensure the adequate planning of activities for the execution of the project, under the supervision of the Coordinator.
- Generate technical and administrative inputs to support management in accordance with the requirements, policies, and processes of the Agency and the United Nations System and by instruction of the Coordinator.
- The organization will be responsible for ensuring compliance with its activities and the processes that impact its performance and certainty of execution.
- Collaborate in the compilation, integration, and generation of technical content necessary for the development of reports or products, as well as providing inputs for the preparation of technical presentations, guaranteeing coherence, quality, and alignment with the cross-cutting themes promoted by the United Nations.
- The organization will be responsible for preparing the reports and progress reports on the execution of the project, as necessary and requested for the proper verification of its activities and providing inputs for the drafting of project completion and closure documents.
- The organization will be responsible for ensuring that the services and goods to be delivered are in line with the quality expectations of UN-Habitat.
- The organization will be responsible for ensuring optimal and timely delivery of the services entrusted in the Cooperation Agreement within the stipulated deadlines.
- Integrate documents of conclusions aimed at different audiences, among which decision-makers and technical or specialized officials stand out, and for mass dissemination aimed at the general or less specialized public.
- The organization will be in charge of facilitating and executing, together with other consultants appointed to the project, when applicable, the five responsibilities/methodologies/strategies, based on a work program approved by UN-Habitat.
- The organization will be responsible for moving its staff or members by its own means to target territories as necessary in accordance with the activities framed in these terms of reference.
- To address requests for information required by the different UN-Habitat units and any other information required by other project consultants or the counterpart without prejudice to their responsibilities.
- Carry out the necessary activities to generate the expected products.
Main Activities and Outputs
- The Implementing Partner will be undertaking main activities as follows (but not limited to):
- List activities and outputs
- PRODUCT 1: Final Methodological Document for the Urban-Basic Inclusion Marker and measurement of the basic marker for four cities (Manta, La Chorrera, Commonwealth of the Great Santo Domingo, and Chaguanas).
- This product will start from the methodological review of the Urban-Basic Marker in its current state and will identify and define, first, the aggregation weighting of the tool for the city level, and second, if pertinent, it will complement comparable indicators between cities and geolocated. The document will include the methodological recommendations for updating the indicators over time, their respective technical files and the analysis of the results of the Adjusted Basic Marker, for the five cities that have the tool. Likewise, the agreed methodology will be applied to the six cities that already have a Marker, as well as two new cities in Colombia.
- Delivery: Month 3 counted from the signing of the agreement.
- PRODUCT 2: Methodological Design and Application of the Urban Inclusion Marker – Extended version. This product will develop the methodology for the Extended Urban Inclusion Marker, identifying new sources of relevant information for each of the nine cities in the study, and will define the different territorial measurement scales, emphasizing the Venezuelan refugee and migrant population and other population breakdowns, emphasizing the analysis of women, the LGTBIQ+ community and people with physical disabilities, provided that the information is available. The new methodology will be applied to the nine (initial) cities of the study. Product 2 will in turn be disaggregated into two sub-products::
- SUB-PRODUCT: Methodological Document of the Urban Inclusion Marker – Extended, which will detail possible data sources, the new indicators derived from them, the methodological recommendations for updating the indicators over time, and their respective technical data sheets. In addition, this product will present recommendations for the structuring of Urban Observatories.
- Delivery: Month 4 counted from the signing of the agreement.
- SUB-PRODUCT: Results of the Urban Inclusion Marker -Extended for all target cities, which will analyze the results obtained for each of the nine cities of the study and will identify the main findings and recommendations. It will include the analysis for the Venezuelan refugee and migrant populations, and other population groups in vulnerability such as women, people with disabilities, LGTBIQ+ community, among others. This sub-product includes the delivery of the alphanumeric and GIS databases of the extended marker and its indicators.
- Delivery: Month 5 counted from the signing of the agreement.
- PRODUCT 3: Design and Application of the Pilot of the Territorial Complementary Survey. This product will review and define the survey methodology, the final design of the questionary, the sample design for target territories, and the application in the field of the Pilot of the Territorial Complementary Survey on pilot territories, which will seek to generate representative information of the population (total, Venezuelan communities and dissagregated by gender) and the spatial extension of the community. Hence, it will present georeferenced from two predetermined geographic areas in the cities of La Chorrera and Manta, cities for which there is no georeferenced information in the Urban Inclusion Marker. Product 3 will be disaggregated in turn into three sub-products:
- SUB-PRODUCT: Methodological Document of the Complementary Territorial Survey. This document will include the definitive questionar and will detail the sampling strategy to use to guarantee population and spatial representation. The document serves as a guide for its implementation in the other project cities.
- Delivery: Month 2 counted from the signing of the agreement.
- SUB-PRODUCT: Microdata from the Complementary Territorial Survey. It consists of the file that consolidates the microdata (alphanumeric and GIS databases) from the application of the survey in the households of the two defined geographic areas. The target territories are: (i) Parroquia San Mateo, Manta, Ecuador; (ii) El Harino neighborhood, La Chorrera, Panama.
- Delivery: Month 4 counted from the signing of the agreement.
- SUB-PRODUCT: Results Analysis Document. The document will include the analysis of the results of the surveys collected, maintaining the conceptual framework of the Urban Inclusion Marker and its five thematic areas, in the two target territories[6] or Territorial Intervention Units in which the survey was applied.
- Delivery: Month 4 counted from the signing of the agreement.
- PRODUCT 4: Consolidation of a Web Viewer Tool for Results Visualization. Web design that complements the inclusive cities section on the website of the Inclusive Cities program, updating all the information generated within the framework of this consulting project and allowing interactive and dynamic navigation. In particular, it will seek to guarantee the visibility of the information by thematic layers, and population groups, to have in a single tool the functionality that is currently available on the website.
- Delivery: Month 6 counted from the signing of the agreement.
Eligibility Criteria
- Legal Status
- Certificate of registration/incorporation i.e.,
- Proof of registration in Country of Origin.
- Proof of registration of Country of operation
- Proof of country operational presence
- Organization profile and details
- Clear organization profile and structure of the organization indicating:
- Organization’s vision, mission and objectives
- Management structure
- Members of the Governing Board and their Designations duly certified by the Corporate Secretary, or its equivalent document
- Proof of membership to professional associations if any.
- Financial Capacity
- Audited company financial statements (balance sheet and income statement) and auditors report for the last two years
- Exclusive bank account
- Is the organization willing and able to have a separate bank account for the funds provided by UN-Habitat?
- Integrity and Governance
- The organization should complete and submit a signed Partner Declaration Form
- Provide the profiles of the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Head of the Organization and Chief of Finance
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