Vet Specialist Training & Support

Vet Specialist Training & Support

The Danish Refugee Council assists refugees and internally displaced persons across the globe: we provide emergency aid, fight for their rights, and strengthen their opportunity for a brighter future. We work in conflict-affected areas, along the displacement routes, and in the countries where refugees settle. In cooperation with local communities, we strive for responsible and sustainable solutions. We work toward successful integration and whenever possible – for the fulfillment of the wish to return home.  

The Danish Refugee Council was founded in Denmark in 1956, and has since grown to become an international humanitarian organization with more than 7,000 staff and 8,000 volunteers. Our vision is a dignified life for all displaced. All of our efforts are based on our value compass: humanity, respect, independence and neutrality, participation, and honesty and transparency.

Operating since 2004 in Lebanon, DRC has addressed the needs and rights of vulnerable populations, working with both Lebanese and displaced communities, working initially with Palestinian refugees (since 2004), Iraqi refugees (2007-2010), Lebanese IDPs (during the 2006 conflict), migrant domestic workers (since 2009) and, since 2011, responding to the Syrian refugee crisis.

DRC Lebanon is currently delivering programming in protection, basic assistance, livelihoods, and community development interventions. DRC seeks to address the immediate needs of displaced populations and concurrently support vulnerable host populations. DRC has three offices spread throughout Lebanon in, Beirut, the Bekaa and North Lebanon.  For further information about DRC, please refer to our website: https://drc.ngo/

Objectives:

DRC, under a Danida funded project for supporting the existing micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to maintain & improve their operations, is seeking to hire a highly qualified veterinarian/vet clinic as a consultancy to provide training sessions to provide training sessions to DRC MSMEs beneficiaries located in Ghazze, Kfarzabad, Mansoura, & Nasrieh. 

Responsibilities:

• Analyze the current livestock sector in the Bekaa valley including: estimation of the quantities of farms, the types of fodder feed & its effect on the cattle, the types of the vaccinations needed, the developed medical treatments & medicines, the feasible basics of animal care, in similar diseases & sickness, recommendations
• Develop training sessions for business owners of fodder related businesses in order to improve their production skills and products quality
• The training should include: the types of the cattle/pets and their essential types of treatment, and the different ways to protect the cattle/pets’ life and prolong it efficiently.
• Provide the full training sessions for the MSMEs, in coordination with the DRC – Bekaa Economic Recovery Team  

Deliverables:

The consultant for Vet Specialist training is expected to:

• Conduct visits to the farm sites to six farmers with the DRC EcRec Officer (1/2 visits with 3/4 hours per visit as needed). These site visits are located in the area of Ghazze, Kfarzabad, Mansoura, & Nasrieh. 

•  Report to DRC staff the occurring challenges of these businesses & the required training sessions based on the conducted visits
• Prepare a detailed curriculum supported with a schedule
• Deliver the session(s) with a PP presentation and handouts to beneficiaries 
• Conduct pre-posttests related to the general knowledge of the Cattle Care
• Provide DRC with an achievement Report of the comprehended knowledge
• Action Plan report detailing the steps to be pursued after the delivery session(s) for each MSME

Sample Daily work plan design and stages:

Activity 1: Veterinary assessment Questionnaire:

• Build a questionnaire tailored to the vet care and with respect to the selected MSMEs’ owners
• The questionnaire should include the MSMEs general knowledge in the livestock care such as raising the cattle in good environment, adequate and necessary types of fodder feed, continuous vaccination follow-up, cattle care during pregnancy phases, etc... with a scoring indicator.

Activity 2: Cattle disease Cases & Problem Solving:

• Provide a training on prevention, control and treatment of cattle diseases
• Train beneficiaries on several cases of the cattle’ types of diseases and their defined medical/surgery including dental treatments for better health
• The training should be in compliance with the MoA, MoH. and the OIE standards

Activity 3: Basic Vet Care Requirement:

• Provide a basic training for the cattle/pets’ health care, diagnosing, and raising livestock with the most convenient and efficient ways such as providing the necessary vaccinations, the correct use of medicines, the required sterilizing materials, isolation times
• Provide a training module on cattle-Management of cow farm, grading & quality control such as the required farming tools/equipment to provide the beneficiaries with the most proficient health care methods for their cattle

Activity 4: Cattle/Pet Pregnancy Care:

• Train the farmers with the requirements of the animal’s pregnancy phases including the types of fodder feeding, vitamins, periodical checkups, and observing health problem indicators with the most advanced and feasible treatment methods
• Provide a training module on development of better cattle breed up gradation with the newest technologies

Activity 5: Dairy Quality Control:

• Train beneficiaries on required cattle nutrition for better dairy qualities with obtaining higher production levels
• Train beneficiaries on dairies-Management of cattle for preserving the milk

Activity 6: Cattle & Food Safety Measures:

• Train beneficiaries on prevention of cruelty to cattle
• Train beneficiaries on ensure Food safety to Human & Cattle

Documents to be submitted

Interested applicants should submit a technical proposal and a financial proposal.

The technical proposal must include:

 Detailed company profile and detailed CVs for individuals.

 Minimum response timeframe per service.

The financial proposal must specify the following:

• A detailed financial proposal for the services requested in the deliverables.
• The Daily Costs of the training & consultancy services should be provided in USD.
• For an individual applicant, the application should indicate their availability per month. For company applications, the applicant should indicate whether they have any minimum or maximum availability limits.

The Applicant shall be responsible for all taxes, national insurance, or other contributions, which are or may be payable out of, or as result of the receipt of, any fees or other monies paid or payable in connection with this Agreement. The Foreman shall accordingly indemnify and hold DRC harmless against all taxes (including VAT), national insurance or other contributions, costs, claims, penalties, interest, expenses, or proceedings arising out of or in connection with such taxes and contributions.

The Consultant should notify DRC of his/her registration for V.A.T. and provides V.A.T. invoices in respect of the Consultancy Services, if applicable.

Experience and technical competencies:

• Strong technical capacity in veterinary, specifically in the cattle sector
• Extent & significance experience in working with farmers & households
• Good Knowledge in MS office applications
• Ability to communicate very clearly with the beneficiaries
• Good organizational & presentation skills.

Education:

• University degree – Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the vet counseling & treatment field

Languages:

• Arabic (Native).
• English (Fluent).

Key stakeholders:

• Farmers
• Vet Pharmacies
• Local authorities like MoA & MoH
• DRC - Bekaa EcRec Team

Location:

Based on the above timeframe for outputs and deliverables tables. The Consultant will be executing the needed tasks at DRC Bekaa office and in all required training & consultancy sessions.