Monitoring Members

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SEE Change Community members unit

1. Background Information

Lebanon continues to witness multifaceted and intertwined crises that further aggravate a vulnerable socio-economic situation pushing a substantial percentage of Lebanon’s residents under the poverty line. The severe economic crisis was compounded with COVID-19 pandemic and a devastating blast in Beirut port that destroyed large neighborhoods in the capital, and led, in August 2020, to the resignation of the government. In the absence of a functioning government, the socio-economic and Covid-19 situations have continued to deteriorate. 

Social Entrepreneurship (SE) is increasingly regarded as a tool capable of easing communal tensions and contributing to communities’ socio-economic development. SEs can “contribute to the economic security of all segments of the population and contribute to economic diver­sity as it invests in territorial development and proximity, promoting community participation, prioritizing local impacts and modelling participatory values”[1].

In Lebanon, a 2019 mapping showed that SE has recently gained more national visibility among urban communities in big cities[2]. This can be explained by the fact that SE responds to the national priorities and is aligned with Lebanon Crisis Response Plan (LCRP) goal, and the strategy of both the Livelihood and Social Stability Sector. During the past few years, several projects started promoting SE as a tool to strengthen social stability and support local economic development for Lebanese, Palestinian, and Syrian refugees. Some of the projects invested in building the knowledge and awareness of community members on social entrepreneurship, others supported the identification of social ventures and their evolvement into SE through the provision of ad hoc technical and financial support, while others focused on developing a legal framework for social entrepreneurship[3].

2. Brief description of the project

SEE Change: Oxfam in partnership with Beyond group and COSV is implementing an EU Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian crisis (EUTF) Funded project entitled “Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Change” (SEE Change).  As of September 2020, and over the course of three years, the project will be implemented in five different areas in Beqaa, North, South and Mount Lebanon.

The project aims at increasing   the   impact   of   social entrepreneurial activities in Lebanon, creating employment and social stability opportunities, and supporting the local economy.

The action aims to have an impact on 4 levels:

• Technical level: Developing the capacity of around 7000 community members through the provision of trainings on SE, social economy, social impact measurement, and community outreach.
• Social level: Engaging at least 200 community members in: 1) identifying local assets that hold the potential of being transformed into social justice incubation programs, 2) monitoring and measuring the social impact of SEs that will be supported by the program.
• Economic level: Providing technical and financial resources to support the scale-up, social and economic impact of around 60 existing SEs. Additional support will be provided for the Social Entrepreneurship Support Organizations (SESOs) to ensure that they provide improved and tailored support to the SEs.  
• Policy level: Sustaining the advocacy work initiated through previous projects, namely BADAEL[4], FURSA[5], and MedUp![6], aimed at creating a conducive ecosystem for SEs, civic engagement, and inclusive economic development.

Under See Change project, the consortium members will:

1. Provide tailored capacity development trainings for community members
2. Develop a community-led accountability framework for the SEs
3. Support community monitoring of the economic and social impact of the SEs
4. Develop an assessment criterion for the targeted SEs, Business modality and Social Impact
5. Provide financial and non-financial support to SEs
6. Develop social justice incubation program for new Initiatives of social start-ups
7. Asses the profiles, capacities, and needs of the Social Enterprise Support Organizations (SESOs)
8. Provide capacity development support to SESOs
9. Strengthening the networking and knowledge exchange between SESOs
10. Support the existing networks working on SE
11. Support the implementation of advocacy actions

3. Job Description

Oxfam is looking to create a monitoring unit that will be identified from the community members who already worked on the community research. These monitoring unit members will put in practice the acquired capacities to monitor the social and economic impact of the SEs supported in their areas. The community members will work for a maximum of 200 sessions in total (Around 33 monitoring sessions on average for each community member) over the period of 8 months, mainly in the 5 geographical areas in Lebanon (Bekaa, Nabatieh, Jezzine, North, and Mount Lebanon).

The monitoring unit will work on the tasks mentioned below:

• Participate in the development of the social impact monitoring tool
• Conduct monitoring visits to monitor the social and economic impact of the SEs supported in their areas. Each monitoring visit will be between 1 and 3 hours depending on the need of the SE
• Collect monitoring information throughout the Action and organize meetings with SEs to provide them with feedback and recommendations to improve impact
• Map new potential SEs in their geographical areas
• Participate in workshops and trainings required by SEE change team
• Provide timely reports on the monitoring visits with the SEs

4. Qualifications:

• Knowledge in the social entrepreneurship field.
•  High school degree
•  Residing in the implementation area
• Availability when needed
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills.
• Strong communication skills in Arabic and English are preferred.

5. Number of Working Days and duration:

An average of 34 sessions per each member of the monitoring unit over a period of 8 months, starting on the 10th of January 2023 and ending on the 31st of August 2023.

Expression of Interest:

• Submission of CV
• Price quotation

Please submit the EOI and other documents (as mentioned above) by midnight 04/11/2022 Lebanon time to lebanonprocurement@oxfam.org.uk  mentioning ‘Monitoring Member” in the subject line

[1] Developing Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in the Mediterranean and Middle East. 2019. Tallie Hausser, Constantin Tsakas, Karine Moukaddem. Med Brief No 23.

[2] BRD, 2019. Mapping of SE in Lebanon. Unpublished report.

[3] EU MADAD-funded BADAEL and EU MADAD-funded FURSA

[4] A project implemented by Oxfam, BRD, Utopia, and Najdeh between 2017 and 2020. It aimed to raise awareness around social entrepreneurship in tens of local communities in Bekaa and North Lebanon, supported 45 SEs financially and technically, contributed to national advocacy initiatives

[5] A project implemented by SFCG, COSV, UPP, NOVAC between 2015 – 2018. It aimed to strengthen the prospects of youth in refugee and host communities for social and economic inclusion in Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey. COSV supported 10 SEs among 25 SMES.

[6] A regional project that is currently being implemented by Oxfam in different countries in the MENA region, including Lebanon. The project aims to support over 10 SESOs and 10 SEs, contribute to national advocacy initiatives, and create platforms for regional and international exchanges