Assessment of opportunities, structures and limitations to community participation in NRC programmes in the Ukraine response in Moldova and Ukraine

Request for Quotation (RFQ) NRC-PL-RFQ-24-017 Assessment of opportunities, structures and limitations to community participation in NRC programmes in the Ukraine response in Moldova and Ukraine

The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) is an independent humanitarian organisation helping people forced to flee. We protect displaced people and support them as they build a new future.

NRC has been present in Ukraine since 2014 and after the escalation of the war in 2022 it significantly scaled up operations in Ukraine as well as setting up operations in Moldova, Poland and Romania, including a regional office based out of Warsaw. NRC is one of the largest international NGOs working in the region. NRC works across emergency response and early recovery specialising in cash assistance, protection, shelter, education, legal assistance, and livelihoods to reach internally displaced people (IDPs), refugees and returnees as well as others affected by the conflict. Partnerships with local organisations and other actors are at the forefront of our response.

On behalf of the regional office, the Norwegian Refugee Council in Poland seeks a qualified consultants/firms to provide services for the following services:

Assessment of opportunities, structures and limitations to community participation in NRC programmes in the Ukraine response in Moldova and Ukraine Background on the context

Consultancy objective is to assess opportunities, structures, practices, and limitations related to community participation in NRC programmes. This assessment will focus on communities affected by the Ukraine crisis in Poland and Ukraine, addressing the following aspects:

• A comprehensive desk review of existing opportunities, structures, practices and limitation in community participation amongst communities affected by the Ukraine crisis in Ukraine and Moldova.
• Online consultations with key informants including relevant NRC programme staff, NRC partners and project participants.
• Identification of gaps and areas for improvement in practices for participation, in line with the CEA strategic initiative implementation plan and NRC CEA Policy.
• Actionable recommendations for enhancing participation in decision-making.

The consultancy is expected to last 4 weeks and planned to start no later than 20 January 2025.

Interested companies and individuals can access the full service description, RFQ document and submission instructions by the link: https://etbsystem.no/ClientTrans/Download?ID=KIKz4CRV%2bII%3d

Complete bids shall be electronically submitted via NRC MENA eTB platform no later than the deadline for submission of bids set out above.

If you have any technical issues, please contact us at pl.procurement@nrc.no, considering that NRC will not share the bids via email, as all bidders must register their interest using the above-mentioned link.