[hepr-vn] CARE International seeks consultants for proposal writing in Hanoi August/September

[Vern Weitzel]

Subject: [opportunities] CARE International seeks consultants for proposal 
writing in Hanoi August/September
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:26:05 +0700
From: Fiona Percy <fpercy at care.org.vn>
Reply-To: info at ngocentre.org.vn


CARE International in Vietnam

Consultants required for proposal development

CASI III program components, August/September 2009

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CARE International in Vietnam is designing phase three of the programme Civil 
Action for Socio-economic Inclusion (CASI). This phase will address underlying 
causes of poverty among ethnic minority groups in mountainous areas of northern 
Vietnam focusing on those who are poor, vulnerable and food insecure, in 
particular women and girls, who lack economic opportunities, live in remote 
areas, face language and literacy barriers and are excluded from decision 
making.  Through enhancing ethnic minority rights, voice and confidence; 
supporting diverse, sustainable and equitable livelihood choices and coping 
strategies; building capacity and working with civil society to engage with and 
inform relevant policy and institutions the program goal will be: Ethnic 
minorities in Northern Vietnam are enabled to determine and realise their own 
equitable and sustainable development, with dignity.

The goal will be achieved through five thematic components each addressing the 
above areas of change and program goal at multiple levels, including selected 
locations in the northern mountains and provincial and national level networking 
and collaboration.  The components enable in depth analysis and attention to key 
identified ethnic minority issues while the program will involve strong 
coordination, sharing and learning between the components and with relevant 
external actors to ensure coherent results and integration with ongoing ethnic 
minority development initiatives in Vietnam.



The five components address the following issues:

1.       Strengthening civil society organisations:  starting from a clearer 
understanding of existing rights and aspirations, this component will mobilise 
and strengthen capacity of relevant civil society organisations and networks 
which promote ethnic minority voice and social cohesion, challenge exclusion, 
monitor policy implementation and engage with official development and policy 
decisions.



2.       Strengthening ethnic minority rights and voice: addressing fundamental 
issues of ethnic minority awareness, confidence, capacity, effectiveness of 
indigenous knowledge, participation in decision making and respect of their 
culture and identity, this component will empower ethnic minorities to organise 
together, analyse and prioritise issues of concern and raise their voice at 
relevant levels.



3.       Natural resources governance:  This component will support community 
based natural resource management systems building on indigenous knowledge and 
ethnic minority aspirations to enable effective participation of ethnic 
minorities in decision making on access and rights to use and manage sufficient 
and productive land and forests. The component will pilot and demonstrate 
innovative and participatory community based approaches to forest and land use 
planning, payments for environmental services and other multiple benefit 
interventions combining economic production from forest resources, sustainable 
environmental and watershed protection and land and food security.



4.       Access to sustainable services for economic development:  this 
component will promote ethnic minority rights and ownership over their 
development through facilitating effective access to sustainable, locally 
available and demand responsive service delivery systems by ethnic minority 
groups for improved economic development, social protection and food security. 
Specific economic and livelihood opportunities will be identified and supported 
through a value chain approach building on indigenous knowledge and 
environmentally sustainable practices.



5.       Enhancing capacity to cope with disasters and climate change: 
Implementation teams of all CASI III components and other civil society 
organisations will gain capacity to reduce vulnerabilities and integrate 
disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate change into community based 
development plans and actions in the northern mountains.

All the above components incorporate systematic analysis, monitoring, collection 
and dissemination of evidence, and development of linkages with related civil 
society and government actors and networks at all levels. This will enable the 
program to promote successful methods for adoption into broader existing 
programs and to inform national and local program development and policy 
processes on ethnic minority concerns, aspirations and rights arising from 
program experiences.



CARE is working in partnership with five Vietnamese NGOs and local collaborating 
organisations to design and develop the components through a participatory 
process.  The teams however require support in documentation of the final design.



The program team are seeking up to 5 consultants to support proposal development 
and writing of the different component documents during August to September 2009 
building on the design and information already prepared.



Interested consultants should send an up to date CV with an email stating:

-          Which one component is of interest

-          Available dates within August and September

-          Fee rates proposed



Please send by Friday 24th July to:

Nguyen Thu Phuong, PDCF Officer  phuong.nguyenthu at care.org.vn

Fiona Percy, RD Coordinator,   fpercy at care.org.vn





Rural Development Coordinator

CARE International

66, Xuan Dieu

Hanoi

Tel:  +84 4 37161930

Fax: +84 4 37161935