DRC: Resilience and Peacebuilding Landscape Assessment Consultant

Mar 9, 2017 | Search for Common Ground
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Summary of the FARM Project

Pending funding approval, this assessment will be part of the inception phase of a new project, Food Security and Inclusive Access to Resources for Conflict-Sensitive Market Development (FARM). The project has been designed to support the Dutch Government’s overall Strategic Plan for the Great Lakes Region through a Mercy Corps/SFCG consortium proposing to contribute to stability in North Kivu by improving food security through a peacebuilding lens. FARM’s theory of change assumes that addressing grievances among marginalized groups, promoting inclusive democratic dialogue and conflict management systems, stronger inter-communal relationships, and sustainable agricultural practices, then we will improve land access, agricultural markets and opportunities for employment, leading to increased stability and greater access and availability of food. The Consortium proposes to divide the program into three-phases: a 12-month Inception phase, followed by 30 months of extensive implementation support to market actors and government representatives through facilitative approaches, followed by 6 months of light-touch intervention.

Within the Inception phase, four critical stages have been identified to ensure the FARM program is ready to launch activities on the first day of implementation:

I. Preparation;

II. Assessment and Analysis;

III. Planning and Selection.

IV. Refinement

The Inception phase has been deemed necessary by the Consortium and the Dutch Embassy in order to validate the underlying hypothesis and assumptions of FARM’s strategic interventions, and to refine program activities accordingly.  Overall, the Inception phase aims to build upon existing research and operations to achieve an appropriate program scope, refine estimated costs and schedules, define risks, confirm feasibility of proposed interventions and most importantly, prepare the program environment.

The Organization

Search for Common Ground (SFCG) is an international non-profit organization that promotes peaceful transformation of conflict. With headquarters in Washington, DC and in Brussels, Belgium, SFCG’s mission is to transform how individuals, organizations, and governments see and deal with
conflict, away from adversarial approaches and toward cooperative solutions. SFCG seeks to help conflicting parties understand their differences and capitalize on their commonalities. With more than 700 staff worldwide, SFCG implements projects in 35 countries. SFCG’s programs
are in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, and the United States. The DRC country program is Search’s largest in terms of staff and program value.

DRC Program

SFCG launched operations in the DRC in 2001. Today, the country program has offices in Kinshasa, Goma, Bukavu, Kalemie and Bunia. Media is a primary tool utilized by all the programs—radio, video, print, and drama.  SFCG’s Goma field office is currently supporting a host of programs aligned within MONUSCO’s stabilization strategy ISSSS. The approach uses democratic dialogue to promote conflict sensitivity and transformation while strengthening the relationship between the population and decision makers for a more accountable, inclusive and effective method of governance. This thematic focus is executed in close collaboration with numerous partners and with the support of various donors, including DFID, the Dutch foreign Ministry, the German Foreign Ministry, and USAID.

Before applying, Please click HERE to read the full Terms of Reference for this posting.

Applications must submit one document that includes the following elements:  

  • The Consultant(s)' Curriculum Vitae;
  • A short biography of the consultant(s);
  • A Technical Proposal explaining the methodology for the assessment in line with the methodology underlined above and the proposed calendar;
  • A Financial Proposal

Please upload all of these items as one document where this application asks for a resume.

 Applications must be sent on March 12th at latest. All the applications have to be uploaded through our application link here. For more information and questions related to this call, please contact csuarnet@sfcg.org and alemon@sfcg.org copying vbisimwa@sfcg.org with subject « Consultancy – Resilience and Peacebuilding Assessment – FARM».