Psychosocial Support Training Program - consultancey service - Islamic Relief Lebanon

Psychosocial Support Training Program

 

Terms of Reference for Consultancy Services

“Training and Coaching”

 

 

Funded by

European Union

 

 

 

Implemented by

Islamic Relief – Lebanon

 

2018

 

 

 

 

1-Introduction

“Islamic Relief believes that all children have a right to personal dignity and protection from abuse and it recognizes the special responsibility and duty of care it bears to create a safe environment for children within the projects and programs it manages and supports. The interests of child safety and protection should be paramount to any other interest which might compromise it”.

 

In order to offer multidisciplinary protection and social stability activities for children from host community and Syrian refugees to fulfil their needs, IRL will provide youth resolve project in South area-Saida, inside a community based rehabilitated centre, and outreach activities as well. The intervention will be managed by IR team in cooperation with local NGOs, the local community, local consultants, shelters’ leaders and children parents.

 

IR seeks to contract local consultant (individual/firm) to train the field team (activators) who will be responsible for implementing the group activities and awareness sessions (for children and parents) and providing field coaching sessions.

 

2-Background and Problem Statement

The war in Syria has created millions of refugees. It has been described as the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World War, and has led to unprecedented demographic pressures and severe socioeconomic and political stresses in neighboring countries. Lebanon has been one of the hardest hit. Today, Lebanon hosts the largest refugee population per capita in the world. It is estimated that more than a quarter of the people in Lebanon are refugees.

Against this backdrop, there are concerns that the lack of economic opportunity and widespread inequality, marginalization and resentment growing within and between host communities and Syrian refugees can undermine social stability, and, ultimately, further weaken the legitimacy of state institutions in the eyes of the population.

Social stability characterized in terms of political systems which are representative and legitimate, capable of managing conflict and change peacefully, and societies in which human rights and rule of law are respected, basic needs are met, security established and opportunities for social and economic development are open to all. [Stability] is built on the consent of the population, is resilient and flexible in the face of shocks, and can evolve over time as the context changes. Thus social stability hinges on both resilient relationships between state institutions and social groups, and on resilient horizontal relationships between different communities sharing services in the same locality. Resilience relates to the capacity to anticipate, mitigate, respond to, and influence the impact of shocks and stresses. As such resilient systems are intended to have absorptive, adaptive and transformative capabilities.

 

Islamic Relief Worldwide- Lebanon office therefore seeks to obtain the services of an individual consultant, group consultant or specialized company who can develop relevant interactive training modules and assist IRL core activities of this project in developing and implementing an intensive training and capacity building initiative.

Please find attached TOR.