Terms of References to Carry End Line Survey of Graduation Pilot 2021 Project to Kiziba Nyabiheke and Kigali Urban Refugees and Host Communities at Caritas Rwanda (Deadline:17th of December 2021 (by 5:00 Pm)

TERMS OF REFERENCES TO CARRY END-LINE SURVEY OF GRADUATION PILOT 2021 PROJECT TO KIZIBA NYABIHEKE AND KIGALI URBAN REFUGEES AND HOST COMMUNITIES

1. Background 

Caritas Rwanda is Non-Governmental Organization, established in 1960s, mandated by the Episcopal Conference of Catholic Church to implement activities in areas of social welfare, health, and development, to help most vulnerable people to recover their dignity.

Since January 1^st 2021, Caritas Rwanda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNHCR and MINEMA to implement a one-year refugees’ graduation project “Graduation Pilot 2021 Project; Pathways to Economic Inclusion and self-reliance of the refugees and their host communities in RWANDA’’. The program intended to improve the self-reliance and livelihood of 505 refugees and Host communities from Nyabiheke, Kiziba camps, and Kigali by providing them with integrated and multi-sectorial services including financial literacy, income oriented agricultural and livestock promotion, job creation oriented activities, and commercial businesses market linkages, and seeds capital provision for business plan implementation, among others. Within the same perspective, Caritas Rwanda is wants to recruit a consulting firm to conduct an endline survey of the project.

2. End line purpose

It is intended to measure if the following main indicators were achieved.

# of PoC clients who have used national microfinance institutions or banks;

# of PoC provided with entrepreneurship / business training;

# of PoC provided with guidance on labor market opportunities;

# of PoC receiving production kits or inputs for agriculture/livestock/fisheries activities;

# of PoC provided with cash/vouchers for livelihoods provisioning and the results got from their respective businesses;

# of PoC who graduated

The following table shows PoC participation according to categories and locations:

3. Objectives

The overall objective of this survey is to check out if the following objectives have been achieved, as results of graduation pilot 2021 project implementation:

The PoCs have:

• Improved their food security;
• Established sustainable stabilized income;
• Established savings including assets;
• Self-confidence;
• Access to networks and services.
• To be graduated

 4. Scope of the Survey

The survey will be carried out to 505 refugees and host community identified in Kiziba, Nyabiheke, and Kigali urban as per the table above. The National consultant (Individual or company) is required to design a rigorous end line survey that will allow to assess the socio-economic status of refugees enrolled in the project. This will allow UNHCR, MINEMA, and Caritas Rwanda to measure achieved results as well as their improvement of lives of Kiziba, Nyabiheke, and Kigali urban refugees, to be able to better orient their future endeavors and the project scale up.

 5. Deliverables

The consultant/Company is required to submit:

• Technical and financial proposal in separate documents;
• Successful candidates will provide an inception report along with survey tools (that will be shared with UNHCR and MINEMA for approval prior to the survey);
• The work plan for the survey implementation;
• Provisional report (to be shared with UNHCR and MINEMA for comments and inputs for its improvement);
• Final survey’s report with findings and recommendations.

6. Methodology

The consultant/company is required to use combined methods (qualitative and quantitative with use of questionnaire and focus group discussion guide) so as to collect accurate information, to minimize errors and biased answers. The clear description of the methodology will determine the quality of the survey in respect to COVID-19 prevention measures in the country. He/She will be clear on how the methodology is in harmony with the principle of ‘’do not harm’’.

The consultant must be ready to survey all Persons of Concern in the project. As quality of results matters the most, the consultant will describe clearly how data will be collected and processed. The consultant will need to establish a comparison between the results of the baseline survey and the endline survey.

7. Required Skills and Competencies 

• The consultant or one of the consultant team members should have at least a bachelor’s degree in social sciences;
• Demonstrated strong experience in conducting end line surveys in the socio- economic area and other related field.
• Should be fluent in Kinyarwanda, English, and French;
• Knowledge of Swahili will be an advantage.

8. Application requirements

The Application file must contain:

• Letter expressing interest to carry out the consultancy service required;
• CV (s) of the consultant (s);
• Registration Certificate issued by RDB;
• RRA VAT Registration certificate;
• The Proof of EBM possession;
• A brief proposal written in English describing the background, methodology, and timeline;
• Certified copies of Academic and Professional qualifications of the Consultant (s).
• At least 3 Good completion certificates and related contracts from the previous end line survey conducted in area of socio-economic or other similar field (in the last 5 years);
• Financial proposal (Price quotations).

9. Selection criteria

Applications will be assessed on cost reasonableness (30%) and technical competence (70%).

10. How to apply

Interested candidates with required skills and competencies are required to send their application documents, including technical and financial proposals through the email tenders@caritasrwanda.org no later than the 17^th of December 2021 (by 5:00 Pm). Late application will be rejected.

N.B: Financial proposals should precise if all taxes are included or excluded

Done at Kigali on 3^rd December 2021