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WEBINAR: how to ensure shelter, social, psychological, and legal help for women who use drugs in case of gender-based violence

Posted on by Igor Gordon

Existing in CEECA countries social care services, shelters for survivors of gender-based violence, and child protection institutions are not always open and supportive towards women using drugs. There are multiple legal barriers in access to social and psychological help if woman is a client of opioid substitutional treatment or actively using drugs.  The objective of the online workshop is to discuss with harm reduction and social care professionals best international and regional practices and working models of comprehensive social care services for women who use drugs survivors of gender-based violence.

On March 29 EHRA hosted a webinar for harm reduction and social care professionals on how to ensure shelter, social, psychological, and legal help for women who use drugs in case of gender-based violence. During the webinar participants discussed professionals best international and regional practices and working models of comprehensive social care services for women who use drugs survivors of gender-based violence.

Report of the webinar (in Russian)

Agenda

Webinar on Shelter, social, psychological, and legal help for women who use drugs in case of GBV

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Help impossible to ignore: basic needs and barriers in access to health and social care services and shelters in case of violence for women using drugs in the EECA region, by Maria Plotko

Additional resources

Online course for social workers on how to provide services for people living with addiction : https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/identifying-and-responding-to-drug-and-alcohol-addiction

Screening tool on gender-based violence among key affected populations of women https://projectwings.org/

The Children’s Rights Perpective in Addiction Services https://www.dianova.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2022201-children-rights-perspective-in-addiction-services-EN.pdf

Announcement of EHRA members online General Meeting

Posted on by Agne

The Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA) (Eurazijos žalos mažinimo asociacija), registered at Gedimino pr. 45-4, Vilnius 01109, Lithuania (actual address Verkių g. 34B, 7th floor, Vilnius, Lithuania) announces the convocation of the members online General meeting, in period from 9th May 2022 to 22ndof May 2022.

Questions for the agenda of the General Meeting of EHRA members:

  1. Approval of EHRA financial report for 2021 year. Independent Auditors report can be found here: https://old.harmreductioneurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EHRA_FS_2021_Indipendant-Auditors-report_signed.pdf and Treasurers signed note can be found here: https://old.harmreductioneurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EHRA-treasurers-note-2021_signed.pdf
  2. Approval of EHRA Advisory Board members. Please find more information about candidates and their short bios here: https://old.harmreductioneurasia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Advisory-board-members-bio_ENG.docx

Timeline of the General meeting:

8th April 2022 – announcement of the General meeting of EHRA members

By 6th of May 2022 – documents for the General meeting are sent to members

from 9th of May to 22nd of May 2022 – online voting.

For any further questions or issues to be added to the agenda, please do not hesitate to contact Events and administration officer Agne Mikulevic, by the e-mail: members@harmreductioneurasia.org

 

 

 

Ми запускаємо роботу телеграм каналу для допомоги українцям з числа людей, які вживають наркотики

Posted on by Igor Gordon

Ми запускаємо роботу телеграм каналу для допомоги українцям з числа людей, які вживають наркотики, у  координації та наданні соціальної, медичної та гуманітарної підтримки в Україні. Канал надаватиме допомогу в наступних напрямках:

– підтримка та координація в отриманні доступу до замісної терапії (ЗПТ), антиретровірусної терапії, протитуберкульозного (ПТБ) та лікування гепатиту для людей, які вживають наркотики в Україні та за кордоном

– підтримка та координація в отриманні доступу до гуманітарної допомоги, житла, медично-соціальних потреб для людей, які вживають наркотики в Україні та за кордоном

– можливості соціальної, медичної та гуманітарної підтримки для людей, які вживають наркотики та перебувають в Україні

 

Доступ до каналу ви зможете знайти за посиланням https://t.me/HarmReductionForUkrainians.

Просимо вас надсилати інформацію щодо каналу тим, хто потребує допомоги.

EXTENDED: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Selection of the consultant to document successful case of the Global Fund’s CRG Technical Assistance provision in Georgia in 2021

Posted on by EHRA
RFP Number EHRA-03-12
RFP Title External consultant. CRG TA in Georgia in 2021
RFP Closing Date and time: 23:59 EET on April 12, 2022
Proposal Submission Address: info@harmreductioneurasia.org

Background

Since 2017 Eurasian Harm Reduction Association is being the host of the EECA regional Platform for Communication and Coordination. One of the EHRA responsibilities in its role as EECA Regional Platform is to promote the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Technical Assistance Program among civil society and communities’ representatives involved into the Global Fund related processes in EECA countries.

To better inform and motivate CSOs and CBOs in the region as well as to use the Technical Assistance (TA) available within this Program in 2022, EHRA is planning to document a successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021.

In February 2021 Georgia through its CCM requested assistance within the CRG TA Program to support engagement of community members in formulating priorities for the upcoming new funding period and ensuring that new country proposal for Global Fund’s HIV/TB grant (2020 – 2022 allocation period) encapsulates community needs and priorities to better address TB and HIV epidemics in the country.

Objectives of the tender and key tasks of the consultant:

EHRA is looking for the consultant to help with documentation of this case of CRG TA provision.

The consultant is expected:

  1. To propose the format and structure of the case study to be developed as a result of the documentation.
  2. To collect all required information needed to document the case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021. The methods of data collection should include:

– desk review of all documents (TA requests, ToRs for the TA providers as well as for the TA experts, TA budgets, final reports on the TA provision, documents resulted from the TA etc.) related to the provided TA;

– interviews with the representatives of the following key stakeholders: TA recipient, TA provider, GF CRG Department, experts involved into the TA provision, other national direct beneficiaries of the TA being provided (not less than 4 interviews altogether).

  1. To develop a case study describing the successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021.

Deliverables:

Document presenting the description of the preselected successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021.

The length of the document should not exceed 5 pages including the 1-page summary of the successful TA case. The examples of the similar case studies documenting successful cases of CRG TA provision in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are available at EECA Platform website.

The language of the resulted document should be English or Russian.

Timeframe

By 19th of April – to propose the format and structure of the final document to be developed.
By 29th of April – to identify the key stakeholders to be interviewed and start data collection.
By 20th of May – to provide EHRA with the draft case study for a feedback and comments.
By 30th of May – to provide EHRA with the final product.

Cost of services

The total contract cost for the work of the consultant under this ToR should not exceed 1 200 USD (including all taxes).

Evaluation Criteria:

An evaluation panel will assess the extent to which proposals submitted in response to this announcement meet the evaluation criteria below.

The minimum technical score is 90. Only candidates with a minimum score of 90 points out of a maximum of 100 are considered eligible for the assignment. Consultants with proven work experience in the community organization would be given a priority.

The candidates with the highest technical score that meets the requirement will be invited for negotiation of the agreement.

Criteria Weighting
Good understanding of the Global Fund CRG TA Program (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Knowledge of, and access to, relevant stakeholders to be interviewed as well as to the other relevant sources of information (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Experience of undertaking similar assessments and a strong record of adherence to evidenced-based approaches (should be clear from CV and LoI) 25 points
Proven set of skills for interviewing, conducting a literature review, and writing (should be clear from CV and LoI) 25 points
Total 100 points

Additionally, the consultants should have:

  • No conflict of interest (should be declared in the Letter of Interest);
  • Fluent English and Georgian languages (Russian is preferable)

IV How to apply

To be eligible as an EHRA consultant, any organization or individual must comply with the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association Code of Ethics which you can find at the following link: https://old.harmreductioneurasia.org/ehra-code-of-ethics/

Applicants must submit the following documents:

1. CV with the relevant information

2. Letter of Interest (LoI)

Please submit your proposal to info@harmreductioneurasia.org till the 12th of April 2022 23:59 EET.

In the subject line of your e-mail please indicate the RFP number EHRA-03-12, the title “Consultant to document successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia” and your name. Otherwise, the application will not be considered.

ATTENTION. If these documents are not submitted in full, the participant will not be allowed to take part in the tender.

General terms

Interested consultants should pay attention to the following conditions:

• This RFP shall not be interpreted as a contract or obligation of any kind. This invitation to tender does not in any way oblige EHRA to enter into contracts, nor does it oblige EHRA to pay any costs incurred in preparing and submitting applications.

•  Participants must confirm that the cost of the works specified in the application are valid for a period of at least 24 months from the date of the competition.

•  During the evaluation period, EHRA reserves the right to ask candidates to complete an additional task in the form of simultaneous interpretation.

•  Based on the results of the tender, a contract for the provision of services will be signed with the winners. The contract is not an employment contract. Payment of all taxes and social insurance is the responsibility of the contractor. Further work will be carried out in accordance with the request of EHRA, which will indicate the timing and other specific conditions.

EXTENDED: REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: EHRA is looking for experts for the EECA Regional Platform National Focal Points to help generating requests for the Global Fund’s CRG Technical Assistance in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan

Posted on by EHRA
RFP Number EHRA 03-10
RFP Title External experts
RFP Closing Date and time: 23:59 EET on March 31, 2022
Proposal Submission Address: info@harmreductioneurasia.org

 

Background

Since 2017 Eurasian Harm Reduction Association is being the host of the EECA regional Platform for Communication and Coordination. One of the EHRA responsibilities in its role as EECA Regional Platform is to promote the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Technical Assistance Program among civil society and communities’ representatives involved in the Global Fund-related processes in EECA countries.

To better motivate and support CSOs and CBOs in the region to use the Technical Assistance (TA) available within this Program in 2022, EHRA is planning to sub-contract experts to serve as the EECA Regional Platform National Focal Points aimed at generating the demand for the Global Fund’s CRG TA.

EHRA is looking for experts to serve as the EECA Regional Platform National Focal Points in the following 6 countries: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan.

 

Key tasks to be conducted by the experts.

Each expert selected to become the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Point is expected to assist the civil society and communities’ representatives in the relevant country in the development and submission of at least 1 successful request for the CRG TA per country in 2022.

The CRG TA Request to be considered as successful if it is approved by the Global Fund’s CRG Department for TA provision.

In particular, the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Points are expected to:

  • Initiate a dialogue with the civil society and communities’ representatives involved in the Global Fund related processes in each selected county about the opportunities available within the CRG TA Program.
  • Provide the civil society and communities’ representatives with all relevant information about the Global Fund CRG TA Program if needed.
  • Help the civil society and communities’ representatives to identify their needs for such TA, including identification of the potential problems which may need to be addressed, formulation of the objectives of such CRG TA in the context of the identified problems, as well as identification of the activities needed to be implemented as a part of the TA to address the identified problems and reach the set objectives.
  • Help to ensure the coordination of the content of the TA Requests among the key national civil society stakeholders, CCM and Fund Portfolio Manager before its submission.
  • Review the content of the draft TA Requests before the submission, help with its finalization if needed.
  • Help to follow up with the GF Secretariat CRG Department on the results of the TA Request consideration (if needed). 

Online training on the key aspects of the CRG TA Program will be provided for the selected consultants by EHRA.

Also, the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Points will be expected to do the mapping of the civil society and community-based organizations being the principal, sub and sub-sub-recipients of the Global Fund HIV and TB grants in these 6 countries. The template Excel form for such mapping will be provided by EHRA.

 

Deliverables and Time frame

1 CRG TA Requests per each country being developed, submitted with the support of the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Points and approved for the TA provision by the Global Fund CRG Department until November 30, 2022.

Mapping of principal, sub and sub-sub-recipients of the Global Fund HIV and TB grants in each country conducted until June 30, 2022.

 

Cost of services and payment order

Payment will be done for the successful CRG TA request being generated with the support of the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Point – 800 USD per TA request (not more than 1 request per country in 2022). Of this amount, 400 USD will be paid after the fact of the submission of the TA request is confirmed, and the other 400 USD will be paid after the request is accepted and approved for TA provision by Global Fund CRG Department. In case the TA request is rejected by Global Fund CRG Department – the second half of the 800 USD will not be paid to the Focal Point.

Also, 400 USD to be paid after the submission of the result of the mapping of CSOs and CBOs – PRs, SRs and SSRs of the Global Fund grants in each of 2 countries.

Payment should be executed for the completed services after receiving the invoice and act of service rendered and the result of work.

The total contract cost for the work of one consultant under this ToR in 2022 should not exceed 1 200 USD (including all taxes).

 

Evaluation Criteria

 

An evaluation panel will assess the extent to which proposals submitted in response to this announcement meet the evaluation criteria below.

The minimum technical score is 90. Only candidates with a minimum score of 90 points out of a maximum of 100 are considered eligible for the assignment. Consultants with proven work experience in the community organization would be given a priority.

The candidates with the highest technical score that meets the requirement will be invited for negotiation of the agreement.

 

Criteria Weighting
Good understanding of the Global Fund CRG TA Program (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Knowledge of, and access to the relevant civil society stakeholders involved into the Global Fund related processes in one of three countries as well as established contacts with the GF Secretariat (regional team and CRG Department in particular) (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Experience of undertaking similar TA related assessments or other relevant work experience (should be clear from CV and LoI) 25 points
A proven set of communication and writing skills (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Total 100 points

General terms

Interested consultants should pay attention to the following conditions:

  • EHRA will sign an agreement with the winner of the competitive selection. The contract will define a detailed work plan and payment terms.
  • EHRA reserves the right (but does not commit itself to obligations) to enter into negotiations with one or more applicants in order to obtain clarifications or additional information, as well as to agree on the timing of work. No conflict of interest (should be declared in the Letter of Interest);
  • No conflict of interest (should be stated in the letter of interest);
  • Fluency in language relevant for the country in which the expert is interested, as well as in English (desirable).

 

How to apply

The individual consultants are invited to submit their CV and the Letter of Interest (LoI) by e-mail referenced under title “EECA Platform CRG TA Focal Point for [name of the country you are interested to work with]” to info@harmreductioneurasia.org by 23:59 EET 31 of March 2022.

 

Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) side event: The Global Drug Policy Index 2021: A global tool for evaluation and accountability

Posted on by EHRA

The Global Drug Policy Index is the first of its kind that measures, evaluates and ranks countries according to how well their drug policies are aligning with the recommendations included in the UN System Common Position on Drugs and its Task Team’s report from March 2019. Based on 75 indicators running across five thematic dimensions (absence of extreme sentencing, proportionality of the criminal justice response, harm reduction, access to controlled medicines, and development), this first edition of the Index covers 30 countries from all regions of the world. The first data from the Index were launched in November 2021, and this side event offered an overview of the methodology and key findings, illustrated with testimonies from people directly affected by drug policies worldwide.

In Russian language:

In English language:

Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) side event: Collaboration with civil society and governments in drug policies

Posted on by EHRA

The continued involvement of civil society and scientific community is of high importance to the EU, as they play a crucial role in assessing and addressing the world drug situation. Civil society input provides added value to policy considerations, giving policy makers a view of a greater range of insights and information, gives a sense of legitimacy to policy actions, and directly contributes to national and EU drugs strategy objectives.

We are inviting you to learn about different experiences and good practices of civil society’s involvement in shaping, implementing drug policy and the benefits of this involvement!

Materials and presentations

Collaboration with civil society and governments in drug policies

Best practice: Lithuanian experience

Collaboration with civil society and governments in drug policies in the Czech Republic

Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) side event: Let’s talk about drugs – substance education among the youth

Posted on by EHRA

On 14th March, members of the LET ME project participated in the Commisson on Narcotic Drugs (CND) side event: Let’s talk about drugs – substance education among the youth. Event was organized by the Youth Organizations for Drug Action in Europe (YODA) and the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association (EHRA), with support of project partners – NGO Re Generation, SMART Foundation, Presumptive Cultural- and Youth Organisation.

The most important needs in the drug education nowadays, is the necessity of new preventive programs and harm reduction actions, to make the youth work communication and messaging more attractive and more effective for young people. This is why in the beginning of 2020, Consortium of youth organizations working in the harm reduction field and youth organizations working with young people, but not focusing on drugs topic started implementation of project “LEt’s Talk about drugs – new MEthods of communication with youth” in Bulgaria, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland and Serbia. The aim of the project was to support youth workers, peer educators, street workers, harm reduction specialists with the innovative approaches and methods on how to communicate with young people about drugs.

The aim of this side event was to explore work methods and perspectives of youth workers and peer educators in the education on the substance use, particularly among the youth. What is more, speakers of the side shared what they learned through the project, and which approaches they will/ are using in the work with young people.

Materials and presentations:

Theatre and drug education

Peer-to-Peer Work as an Effective Approach in Drug Education

The power of the podcasts

Bridging the gap between decision makers and youth NGOs on the European level

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Selection of the consultant to document successful case of the Global Fund’s CRG Technical Assistance provision in Georgia in 2021

Posted on by EHRA

RFP Number EHRA-03-12
RFP Title External consultant. CRG TA in Georgia in 2021
RFP Closing Date and time: 23:59 EET on March 24, 2022
Proposal Submission Address: info@harmreductioneurasia.org

Background

Since 2017 Eurasian Harm Reduction Association is being the host of the EECA regional Platform for Communication and Coordination. One of the EHRA responsibilities in its role as EECA Regional Platform is to promote the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Technical Assistance Program among civil society and communities’ representatives involved into the Global Fund related processes in EECA countries.

To better inform and motivate CSOs and CBOs in the region as well as to use the Technical Assistance (TA) available within this Program in 2022, EHRA is planning to document a successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021.

In February 2021 Georgia through its CCM requested assistance within the CRG TA Program to support engagement of community members in formulating priorities for the upcoming new funding period and ensuring that new country proposal for Global Fund’s HIV/TB grant (2020 – 2022 allocation period) encapsulates community needs and priorities to better address TB and HIV epidemics in the country.

Objectives of the tender and key tasks of the consultant:

EHRA is looking for the consultant to help with documentation of this case of CRG TA provision.

The consultant is expected:

  1. To propose the format and structure of the case study to be developed as a result of the documentation.
  2. To collect all required information needed to document the case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021. The methods of data collection should include:

– desk review of all documents (TA requests, ToRs for the TA providers as well as for the TA experts, TA budgets, final reports on the TA provision, documents resulted from the TA etc.) related to the provided TA;

– interviews with the representatives of the following key stakeholders: TA recipient, TA provider, GF CRG Department, experts involved into the TA provision, other national direct beneficiaries of the TA being provided (not less than 4 interviews altogether).

  1. To develop a case study describing the successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021.

Deliverables:

Document presenting the description of the preselected successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia in 2021.

The length of the document should not exceed 5 pages including the 1-page summary of the successful TA case. The examples of the similar case studies documenting successful cases of CRG TA provision in Kazakhstan and Tajikistan are available at EECA Platform website.

The language of the resulted document should be English or Russian.

Timeframe

  1. By 4th of April – to propose the format and structure of the final document to be developed.
  2. By 9th of April – to identify the key stakeholders to be interviewed and start data collection.
  3. By 1st of May – to provide EHRA with the draft case study for a feedback and comments.
  4. By 15th of May – to provide EHRA with the final product.

Cost of services

The total contract cost for the work of the consultant under this ToR should not exceed 1 200 USD (including all taxes).

Evaluation Criteria:

An evaluation panel will assess the extent to which proposals submitted in response to this announcement meet the evaluation criteria below.

The minimum technical score is 90. Only candidates with a minimum score of 90 points out of a maximum of 100 are considered eligible for the assignment. Consultants with proven work experience in the community organization would be given a priority.

The candidates with the highest technical score that meets the requirement will be invited for negotiation of the agreement.

Criteria Weighting
Good understanding of the Global Fund CRG TA Program (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Knowledge of, and access to, relevant stakeholders to be interviewed as well as to the other relevant sources of information (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Experience of undertaking similar assessments and a strong record of adherence to evidenced-based approaches (should be clear from CV and LoI) 25 points
Proven set of skills for interviewing, conducting a literature review, and writing (should be clear from CV and LoI) 25 points
Total 100 points

Additionally, the consultants should have:

  • No conflict of interest (should be declared in the Letter of Interest);
  • Fluent English and Georgian languages (Russian is preferable)

IV How to apply

To be eligible as an EHRA consultant, any organization or individual must comply with the Eurasian Harm Reduction Association Code of Ethics which you can find at the following link: https://old.harmreductioneurasia.org/ehra-code-of-ethics/

Applicants must submit the following documents:

1. CV with the relevant information

2. Letter of Interest (LoI)

Please submit your proposal to info@harmreductioneurasia.org till the 24th of March 2022 23:59 EET.

In the subject line of your e-mail please indicate the RFP number EHRA-03-12, the title “Consultant to document successful case of CRG TA provision in Georgia” and your name. Otherwise, the application will not be considered.

ATTENTION. If these documents are not submitted in full, the participant will not be allowed to take part in the tender.

General terms

Interested consultants should pay attention to the following conditions:

• This RFP shall not be interpreted as a contract or obligation of any kind. This invitation to tender does not in any way oblige EHRA to enter into contracts, nor does it oblige EHRA to pay any costs incurred in preparing and submitting applications.

•  Participants must confirm that the cost of the works specified in the application are valid for a period of at least 24 months from the date of the competition.

•  During the evaluation period, EHRA reserves the right to ask candidates to complete an additional task in the form of simultaneous interpretation.

•  Based on the results of the tender, a contract for the provision of services will be signed with the winners. The contract is not an employment contract. Payment of all taxes and social insurance is the responsibility of the contractor. Further work will be carried out in accordance with the request of EHRA, which will indicate the timing and other specific conditions.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: EHRA is looking for experts for the EECA Regional Platform National Focal Points to help generating requests for the Global Fund’s CRG Technical Assistance in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan

Posted on by EHRA
RFP Number EHRA 03-10
RFP Title External experts
RFP Closing Date and time: 23:59 EET on March 20, 2022
Proposal Submission Address: info@harmreductioneurasia.org

 

Background

Since 2017 Eurasian Harm Reduction Association is being the host of the EECA regional Platform for Communication and Coordination. One of the EHRA responsibilities in its role as EECA Regional Platform is to promote the Global Fund’s Community, Rights and Gender (CRG) Technical Assistance Program among civil society and communities’ representatives involved in the Global Fund-related processes in EECA countries.

To better motivate and support CSOs and CBOs in the region to use the Technical Assistance (TA) available within this Program in 2022, EHRA is planning to sub-contract experts to serve as the EECA Regional Platform National Focal Points aimed at generating the demand for the Global Fund’s CRG TA.

EHRA is looking for experts to serve as the EECA Regional Platform National Focal Points in the following 6 countries: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan.

 

Key tasks to be conducted by the experts.

Each expert selected to become the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Point is expected to assist the civil society and communities’ representatives in the relevant country in the development and submission of at least 1 successful request for the CRG TA per country in 2022.

The CRG TA Request to be considered as successful if it is approved by the Global Fund’s CRG Department for TA provision.

In particular, the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Points are expected to:

  • Initiate a dialogue with the civil society and communities’ representatives involved in the Global Fund related processes in each selected county about the opportunities available within the CRG TA Program.
  • Provide the civil society and communities’ representatives with all relevant information about the Global Fund CRG TA Program if needed.
  • Help the civil society and communities’ representatives to identify their needs for such TA, including identification of the potential problems which may need to be addressed, formulation of the objectives of such CRG TA in the context of the identified problems, as well as identification of the activities needed to be implemented as a part of the TA to address the identified problems and reach the set objectives.
  • Help to ensure the coordination of the content of the TA Requests among the key national civil society stakeholders, CCM and Fund Portfolio Manager before its submission.
  • Review the content of the draft TA Requests before the submission, help with its finalization if needed.
  • Help to follow up with the GF Secretariat CRG Department on the results of the TA Request consideration (if needed). 

Online training on the key aspects of the CRG TA Program will be provided for the selected consultants by EHRA.

Also, the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Points will be expected to do the mapping of the civil society and community-based organizations being the principal, sub and sub-sub-recipients of the Global Fund HIV and TB grants in these 6 countries. The template Excel form for such mapping will be provided by EHRA.

 

Deliverables and Time frame

1 CRG TA Requests per each country being developed, submitted with the support of the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Points and approved for the TA provision by the Global Fund CRG Department until November 30, 2022.

Mapping of principal, sub and sub-sub-recipients of the Global Fund HIV and TB grants in each country conducted until June 30, 2022.

 

Cost of services and payment order

Payment will be done for the successful CRG TA request being generated with the support of the EECA Platform CRG TA National Focal Point – 800 USD per TA request (not more than 1 request per country in 2022). Of this amount, 400 USD will be paid after the fact of the submission of the TA request is confirmed, and the other 400 USD will be paid after the request is accepted and approved for TA provision by Global Fund CRG Department. In case the TA request is rejected by Global Fund CRG Department – the second half of the 800 USD will not be paid to the Focal Point.

Also, 400 USD to be paid after the submission of the result of the mapping of CSOs and CBOs – PRs, SRs and SSRs of the Global Fund grants in each of 2 countries.

Payment should be executed for the completed services after receiving the invoice and act of service rendered and the result of work.

The total contract cost for the work of one consultant under this ToR in 2022 should not exceed 1 200 USD (including all taxes).

 

Evaluation Criteria

 

An evaluation panel will assess the extent to which proposals submitted in response to this announcement meet the evaluation criteria below.

The minimum technical score is 90. Only candidates with a minimum score of 90 points out of a maximum of 100 are considered eligible for the assignment. Consultants with proven work experience in the community organization would be given a priority.

The candidates with the highest technical score that meets the requirement will be invited for negotiation of the agreement.

 

Criteria Weighting
Good understanding of the Global Fund CRG TA Program (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Knowledge of, and access to the relevant civil society stakeholders involved into the Global Fund related processes in one of three countries as well as established contacts with the GF Secretariat (regional team and CRG Department in particular) (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Experience of undertaking similar TA related assessments or other relevant work experience (should be clear from CV and LoI) 25 points
A proven set of communication and writing skills (should be clear from LoI) 25 points
Total 100 points

General terms

Interested consultants should pay attention to the following conditions:

  • EHRA will sign an agreement with the winner of the competitive selection. The contract will define a detailed work plan and payment terms.
  • EHRA reserves the right (but does not commit itself to obligations) to enter into negotiations with one or more applicants in order to obtain clarifications or additional information, as well as to agree on the timing of work. No conflict of interest (should be declared in the Letter of Interest);
  • No conflict of interest (should be stated in the letter of interest);
  • Fluency in language relevant for the country in which the expert is interested, as well as in English (desirable).

 

How to apply

The individual consultants are invited to submit their CV and the Letter of Interest (LoI) by e-mail referenced under title “EECA Platform CRG TA Focal Point for [name of the country you are interested to work with]” to info@harmreductioneurasia.org by 23:59 EET 20 of March 2022.