I.PART ONE – External
1.Background
There are 6.7 million Libyans living in Libya of which 35 per cent are below the age of 18 and 10 per cent under 5 years of age.
An estimated 1.3 million people – including 439,000 children – are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance in Libya. Over a quarter (26 per cent) of people in Libya are aged 10 to 24 years old; Libya has the highest youth unemployment rate in the MENA region, 51.2 per cent (38.5 for males and 77.2 for females; The inactivity rate among youth remains high 63.1 per cent (50.6 for males and 75.2 for females).
To respond to these urgent needs, UNICEF continues to deliver humanitarian assistance in Libya in partnership with line ministries, municipalities and non-governmental organizations, and to implement emergency interventions in the Education, Child Protection, WASH and Health sectors. UNICEF is also scaling up its interventions to reach out to the most vulnerable children and adolescents, which includes children on the move
UNICEF Libya is planning for a new two year programme cycle that starts 2019 to 2020. In preparation for the development of this new programme cycle, UNICEF intends to prepare the first Situation Analysis (SitAn).This country programme cycle will be informed be a SitAn, an analysis that drawn from more recent data from various surveys and reports. For the upcoming planning cycle UNICEF LCO plans to prepare the SitAn with new data and analysis, validate it in consultation with stakeholders eg. Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Youth & Sports and some representative from Civil Society etc. and create a shorter more succinct and user friendly report to base new country programme on and for all stakeholders to benefit from The SitAn shall be based on UNICEF’s approach to Situation Analysis, “A rights-based, equity-focused Situation Analysis (SitAn) includes: a disaggregated assessment of the status of and trends in the realization of children’s rights; an analysis of the immediate, underlying and structural causes of shortfalls and disparities across various groups; and policy and programmatic recommendations to address the shortfalls and disparities and accelerate progress towards development goals and the fulfilment of human rights conventions. By focusing on the key knowledge gaps related to inequities and child deprivations, and promoting the broad engagement of all stakeholders, the SitAn is intended to make an important contribution to shaping national development strategies to accelerate achievement of the child-related goals with equity”.
________________________________________________________________2.Purpose of the Assignment
Prepare a Situation Analysis (SitAn) of Children in Libya to improve the understanding of the current situation of children and women and the causes of shortfalls and inequities, in order to better inform decision-makers, partners and all other stakeholders in the country to use as the basis of a new UNICEF-Libya country programme. This will include: desk review, analysis of recent secondary data, preparing the SitAn, consultations with key stakeholders and a summary SitAn and a presentation of the main findings.
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3.Major Tasks to be accomplished
Prepare the human rights-based equity-focused, gender-sensitive Situation Analysis (SitAn) of Children in Libya (in a shorter format) through compilation and analysis of existing secondary data (qualitative and quantitative) to establish the current situation of children in Libya and update trends and relationships as needed while referring to the Baseline and Target for New Strategic Plan 2018-2021. This should ensure a disaggregated analysis clearly articulating the situation of adolescents (demography (10-12, 13-15, 16-18 years; male, Female, others): rural-urban; sub regional analysis etc.
The recent studies and surveys include: the United Nations Strategic Framework, the Joint Monitoring Programme, the Violence against Children (VAC) study, Multiple Overlapping Deprivation Analysis (MODA) study, Out-of-School Children (OOSC) study, Water Quality Assessment in Schools, Libyan Multi-sectoral Needs Assessment Household Survey, Situation Analysis of the Teaching System in Libya, Pan Arab Family Health Survey (PAPFAM), qualitative data from the youth capacity assessment, capacity mapping of Civil Society at the four municipalities, humanitarian needs overview and humanitarian assessments by partners that will serve as a primary evidence base for an updated analysis. These will assist in identification of key developments in relation to situation of children and adolescents.
The consultant will write an analytical SitAn, will share a draft for comments, will prepare material for stakeholders consultation workshop, will facilitate the two workshops, will finalise the paper based on feedback received during the validation workshops, and will prepare materials for the dissemination, including a presentation summarizing the main the findings.
RefKey TasksDeliverablesTimelines1Desk review of existing credible studies and material available on the situation of children and adolescents in Libya and draft a workplanDraft inception report / work plan 8 days
2Undertake conceptual and analytical secondary research on situation of children published in existing studies, research and survey reports. Analytical secondary research conducted11 days3Produce complete draft and summarized SitAn report for UNICEF’s commentsDraft SitAn Report6 days4Produce materials for stakeholders workshop, to be organized by UNICEF, present the findings and facilitate the workshop and compile a short report capturing the findings of the workshopValidation workshops material & report12 days5Produce final report of the situation analysis, integrating feedback and comments received on the first draft and the dissemination materialsFinal SitAn report6 days
4.Methodology:
The methodology for the planned SITAN update is primarily based on desk review and it is to be noted here that it is very difficult to find relevant data in Libya. The Situation Analysis of Libyan children will be prepared based on recently published studies, surveys and reports. Discussions with various stakeholders will be organized to obtain their feedback on the draft SITAN.
The consultant will work closely with the Deputy Representative in the UNICEF Libya Country office, who will serve as resource persons for preparing the SitAn – including facilitation of data and information gathering and making logistical arrangements for stakeholders’ consultation workshop.
The main methodologies to write and summarize the SitAn are:
- Briefing with Regional Office advisors (education, child protection, youth, health, water and sanitation and humanitarian) and UNICEF team.•Desk review and conceptual and analytical secondary research on available and most recent released data. This will include comparative analysis of available legislation, social policy, budget allocation and expenditure documents in conformity with provisions of the CRC and CEDAW.•Key informants consultations with those who shape and implement public policies, local development consultants and relevant stakeholders.•Participatory validation workshop with Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Affairs, Ministry of Youth & Sports and some representative from Civil Society etc to validate the updated SitAn findings. (The workshop will be conducted by UNICEF with validation materials prepared by consultant).
The SitAn will be based on human rights-based approaches consisting of: a.The identification of the current unfulfilled rights; b.Analysis of causes – especially underlying and structural ones;c.The identification of duty bearers and rights holders; and d.The determination of the status of key gaps (knowledge, commitment, authority, resources) in the capacities of duty bearers and right holders as defined in international instruments, most especially the newly ratified UN treaties such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), as well as in the UNICEF Strategic Plan e.More detailed guidance on the human-rights based approach is available from the UNICEF Programme Policy and Procedures Manual and the SitAn guidance paper. The provisions and principles of the CRC will stand at the centre of the Situation Analysis.f.The updated Situation Analysis shall continue to adopt an integrated, cross-sectoral approach that takes a holistic view of the child. As before, a life-cycle approach will be used to undertake the analysis of the key issues affecting children aged 0 to 17 years, with a focus on early childhood and adolescents. A causal and trends analysis using -year age intervals (0-59 months, 5-10 years, 10-12 years, 13-15 years and 16-17 years) was helpful in determining the developmental needs and the ensuing programmatic interventions that needed to be undertaken, keeping in mind inter-linkages and variations among sex, various socio-economic groups and geographic locations. g.Current status of gaps in unfulfilled children rights, relevant legislative and policy frameworks together with institutional and service delivery mechanisms and data will be identified. Key recommendations emerging from the analysis will be linked with responsible duty bearers and will include suggested timeframes for implementation.
The analysis of the data and information should be disaggregated, to the extent possible, by various characteristics of children as relevant in each context. This may include sex, age and various population groups (female or child-headed households), area of residence (urban/rural), location (national, regional and community), educational levels, wealth quintiles and disability status. Analysis across different characteristics (pre and post conflict analysis) is important in understanding the multiple forms of discrimination and exclusion that girls or boys may experience, at different ages in their childhood. This would enable a comprehensive analysis of the patterns of inequities in relation to each development goal. Assessment of the nature of gender relations is critical at family, local and national levels to reveal patterns and scope of gender inequalities including in: a) development outcomes between girls and boys, b) access to and use of basic social services, including protection services, and c) the control of resources. The 2013 SitAn was drafted based on these principles but the data needs to be updated as more recent disaggregated data is available.
The SitAn shall also include an analysis of major causes and drivers of child rights shortfalls and inequities. It shall present available analysis of the socio-political, judicial and institutional environment, systems, behaviours and practices that facilitate or hamper the fulfilment of the rights of children.
Ten essential determinants have been developed to guide the analysis of barriers and bottlenecks faced by children in realising their rights. These ten determinants have been categorized into: i) the enabling environment, ii) supply, iii) demand, and iv) quality of services/interventions for children. Understanding the determinants for each relevant service, intervention, system, behaviour or practice and assessing how they affect desired results for children is a prerequisite for sound programming. The analysis of these bottlenecks is an important component of the SitAn. This analysis should be reviewed in light of latest information available and incorporated in a summarized form in the SitAn.
Table 1 Critical Determinants for assessing Bottlenecks and Barriers to Equitable outcomes for Children
Other areas of the assessment and analysis will include an analysis of emergency risks. Robust analysis of these risks is critical: it will enable to develop stronger programming to strengthen the resilience of governments and communities to address these risks through disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, conflict sensitivity of programmes, and peace building. An emergency risk informed SitAn will identify actual and potential threats from conflict dynamics or natural disasters to the fulfillment of child rights, as well as early warning indicators and criteria for future programme interventions aimed at strengthening the coping abilities of children, adolescents, families, communities and institutional capacities.
The last step of the updated SitAn should reinforce stakeholder commitment and optimize its use in influencing dialogue towards equitable human development outcomes and the realization of children’s rights. Working with others, the SitAn can help stakeholders agree on a vision that reflects and is aligned with development results for children, and that complements UNICEF’s agenda at country, regional and global level. The validation of conclusions and recommendations from the analytical effort with stakeholders sets the foundation for issue prioritization and for developing scenarios towards addressing the barriers and bottlenecks that impede the achievement of results with equity. This confirms the importance of a clear articulation of policy and programmatic implications as integral to the Situation Analysis.
5.Deliverables and deadline(s) for submission:
See above table (section 3)
The final report of the Situation Analysis shall be reader-friendly and shall focus on summarizing the findings and present them in succinct clear manner.
Frequency of Reports:
Desk review of existing credible studies and material available on the situation of children in Libya and draft a workplanBy 23rd August, 2017Undertake conceptual and analytical secondary research on selected topics published in existing studies, research and survey reportsBy 7th September, 2017Produce complete draft and summarized SitAn report for UNICEF’s commentsBy 15th September, 2017
Produce materials for stakeholders consultation workshop, to be organized by UNICEF, present the findings and facilitate the workshop and compile a short report capturing the findings of the workshopBy 3rd October, 2017
Produce final report of the situation analysis, integrating feedback and comments received on the first draft and the dissemination materialsBy 13th October, 2017
Recourse: UNICEF reserves the right to withhold all or a portion of payment if performance is unsatisfactory, if work/outputs is incomplete, not delivered or for failure to meet deadlines.
6.Estimated duration of contract and Tentative Dates
Duration: 43 working days
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