REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP)- LOCAL PARTNER – TEGA
July 2021
Who we are
Girl Effect is an international non-profit that builds media that girls want, trust and need.
From chatbots to chat shows and TV dramas to tech, our content is reaching millions of girls in Africa and Asia to make choices and changes in their lives. Igniting their confidence to act differently at a time that can define their future.
We create safe spaces for girls, sharing facts, and answering questions about health, nutrition, education, relationships and so much more. And we use innovative technology so we can reach girls at scale. We arm girls with the skills to negotiate and redefine what they are told is possible, so every girl can choose to be in control of her body, her health, her learning and livelihood.
When a girl unlocks her power to make different choices that change her life, it inspires others to do so too. She starts a ripple effect that impacts her family, her community, her country. That’s the Girl Effect.
About TEGA
Adolescent girls are one of the hardest groups to reach in society. The challenges they face are often under-reported or described on their behalf. Without the inclusion of their perspective, solutions designed to support them aren’t as effective as they could be.
Co-created with girls, TEGA (Technology Enabled Girl Ambassadors) is Girl Effect’s mobile-based research tool that allows girls to collect real-time insights into the lives of their peers. This unique approach unlocks the open and honest conversations that might otherwise be lost or not included in traditional research.
TEGA networks have gathered data from girls and communities on topics including nutrition, economic empowerment, health and wellbeing, vaccines, mobile access, social media and education. This girl-talk method is especially useful when researching sensitive topics like HIV or sexual health.
TEGA in Ethiopia
Objective: Girl Effect Ethiopia (GEE) is looking to find a Local Partner with close community connections and experience working with and supporting adolescent girls, to help us set up 2 TEGA networks across 2 different regions in Ethiopia (Amhara and Oromia). Each TEGA network will have 8-10 TEGAs per region (with a further breakdown of 2 TEGAs per woreda). We would like to begin setting up these TEGA networks as soon as possible. It would be of benefit to GEE if the Local Partner also had experience working in Afar as we may like to expand our TEGA operations to Afar in the future.
Local Partner: The Local Partner will work closely with Girl Effect’s Project & Evidence Manager in Addis. The Local Partner will lead the actual implementation of TEGA rollout plan at grassroots level. This is further detailed below.
Scope of Work for a Local Partner
The role of the Local Partner for TEGA is a crucial one; a trusted, committed and flexible partner who is passionate about empowering girls will be the ideal partner for the intended project. Accordingly, the selected Local Partner will be on the ground throughout the TEGA set-up and research process and will be accountable for the major areas:
Along with these core responsibilities the Local Partner is expected to attend the general TEGA onboarding process, including general briefing workshops, TEGA training, child safeguarding training. During the onboarding process, Girl Effect will work closely and proactively with the Local Partner to ensure a thorough understanding of TEGA has been obtained and a strong work relationship has been established.
LOCAL IMPLEMENTING PARTNER COMPETENCIES:
Applicant organizations are expected to fulfil the following competencies – the first 3 competencies being vital:
PROPOSED PROJECT TIMELINE
APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested organizations should send their proposal to Girl Effect at iman.abdulwahab@girleffect.org by August 6, 2021
The proposal should be as follows:
Proposal Template for TEGA implementing partner
This should include a brief structure of how the TEGA project will be managed and a brief summary of the experience (one paragraph) of the key people who will be involved in the project.
Please include recommendations for wherein each region you think TEGA would work best. We are looking for a mixture of urban, peri-urban, and rural locations – somewhere within each district that best represents the life of a girl in the district as a whole, considering safety, access to literate girls and ease of travel to and from.
Here is the link to the complete RFP for TASKS AND ACTIVITIES in more detail, SAFEGUARDING, CHILD PROTECTION AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS, BUDGET DETAILING TEMPLATE and SCORING CRITERIA.
If you encounter any problem accessing the documents, please contact Iman Abdulwahab via email iman.abdulwahab@girleffect.org
Interested organizations should send their proposal to Girl Effect at iman.abdulwahab@girleffect.org by August 6, 2021
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