Annex 2 – TERMS OF REFERENCE
Version 1
December 2023
Professional services for the “ Transversalization of human mobility in climate planning in El Salvador ”
- Consulting execution place: The Savior
- Consulting duration: 2 months
Nature of consulting:
Professional services for the “ Transversalization of human mobility in climate planning in El Salvador. ” Consulting Category B.
- Context and scope of the project:
The incidence of climate change is increasing throughout the planet, having significant economic, social and environmental impacts, which increase existing problems or situations of vulnerability. This trend will continue according to what is indicated in the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2021), stating that, in the medium and long term, displacement will increase with the intensification of heavy rainfall and associated floods, tropical cyclones, droughts and, increasingly, sea level rise; noting that the countries of northern Central America are among the regions most sensitive to migration and climate-related displacement.
The Government of Salvador, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, has developed instruments for environmental and climate policy, aimed at conserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity, improve the conditions of the environment and natural resources, enhance adaptation to climate change and build resilience, all of these, situations that affect an eventual decision of permanence or human mobility. In 2022, the National Climate Change Plan (PNCC) was made official, prepared jointly with various government institutions, with the general objective of establishing the programmed and coordinated response to the effects of climate change, for building resilience and the transition towards decarbonisation of the economy.
The Plan recognizes among the adverse effects of climate change, the increase in migration or population displacement due to losses and damages to agriculture, productive assets, housing, geographic areas of residence or work, infrastructure and public services. To address this situation, it proposes strategic actions in the agricultural sector, ecosystems and biodiversity, and water resources management, focused on reducing risks and strengthening capacities to minimize adverse effects.
Likewise, in 2021 it updated its Nationally Determined Contribution of El Salvador (NDC), which contains the country’s commitments regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change, in various sectors. Actions in agriculture, forestry, biodiversity, water resources and health include protection, conservation and improvement of natural resources and ecosystems and agroecosystems, with which it seeks to strengthen the capacities of producers and streamline production processes that improve their living conditions and the environment, thereby contributing to staying in their localities or avoiding forced migration.
However, these actions have not incorporated human mobility in their analysis or in their results, so it becomes relevant to review them to identify those that may include it or, propose new ones, in order to be interventions that contribute to better living conditions, reducing the potential for migration or that may be part of reintegration.
In this way, it will also contribute to the work carried out in the National Coordination Mechanism on Human Mobility of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, specifically, in the Axis of Environmental Factors, led by MARN with the participation of other institutions, by generating capacities and providing technical knowledge to define actions that contribute to advancing the issue and meeting the objectives of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration.
- Objectives of service delivery
General objective
Incorporate the variable human mobility in actions of climate planning instruments.
Specific objectives:
- Support national efforts to prevent forced migration from environmental factors as much as possible.
- Provide assistance and protection to affected populations when forced migration is imminent in situations of environmental and climate change, and seek durable solutions to their situation;
- Facilitate orderly, safe and regular migration in the context of adaptation to climate change and improve the resilience of affected communities.
- Design measures for disaster risk reduction, adaptation to climate change and environmental sustainability.
- Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing
Project Creation of Alliances for Migration. Code: PN.0002
- Category B consultants: Tangible and measurable products of assigned work
El Salvador, based on Article 3 of the Paris Agreement, presented on January 3, 2022, the Update of its Nationally Determined Contribution, before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Activities to be carried out by the Consultant:
- Identify and define, with the Technical Commission, the methodology to be applied for Transversalization of human mobility in climate planning in El Salvador.
- Technical meeting to explain the process, expectations and sources of information with the Technical Commission.
- Presentation of the Consulting Work Plan (methodology to carry out all activities).
- Coordination with the consulting team of access to specialized information.
- Report of national and local climate planning instruments with the need to incorporate human mobility.
- Definition of actors involved with the Transversalization of human mobility in climate planning in El Salvador.
- Develop tool for Transversalization of human mobility in climate planning in El Salvador
- Presentation of the report structure2.
- Develop a methodological strategy for gathering information considering the sources of information previously received and in accordance with the identified actors.
- Establishment of interview application dates in coordination with the Technical Commission.
- Sending invitations to actors in coordination with the Technical Commission.
- Application of methodology
- Tool application
- Systematization of the information obtained.
- List and description of climatic phenomena that can incorporate human mobility, including definition of indicators.
- Registration or database of human mobility, hydrometeorological events and adaptation actions and the monitoring, monitoring or evaluation of the actions carried out, in prioritized sites or territories
- Prepare report on Transversalization of human mobility in climate planning in El Salvador
- Preliminary report presentation
- Document adjustment with observations received from the Technical Commission.
- Adjustment of Action Plan with comments received
- Final presentation of the document.
- Delivery of endorsements (record of participants, interviews etc.)
- Executive summary delivery
- Training sessions
- Presentation delivery at power point.
2 A summary of continuous improvement mechanisms will be presented according to the needs, opportunities and potential identified in the provision
of the public service of the DPML. It is expected to define mechanisms of contact, communication, dialogue and joint multi-actor construction that are efficient and effective, from the perspective of inter-institutionality and intersectoriality in addressing the needs of Salvadoran migrant workers.
Products to deliver within the contract period
PRODUCT 1:
- Proposal for a work plan, with its methodology and schedule to use
PRODUCT 2:
- List of actors to interview
- Proposal for a report structure
- Data collection tools (eg documentary / testimonial / interviews / focus groups, among others) that allow participatory collection, analysis and systematization of information according to requirements
- Report of national and local climate planning instruments with the need to incorporate human mobility.
- List and description of climatic phenomena that can incorporate human mobility, including definition of indicators.
- Interim report on the progress of the Consultancy.
PRODUCT 3:
- Final document
- Action Plan
- Executive summary with findings
PRODUCT 4:
- Face-to-face or virtual product presentations.
- Delivery of a power point presentation with the results of the systematization and action plan.
- Face-to-face or virtual presentations of the systematization and action plan.
- Training session on human mobility, environment and climate change for MARN personnel and / or other government institutions part of the Environmental Factors Axis of the Human Mobility Coordination Mechanism.
- Delivery of final consulting report (Annexes include templates, participant registration, etc.)
Note: The products will be approved by the Technical Commission designated by the Creation of Alliances for Migration project.
The payment of the fees will be made against delivery and approval of certain products. To proceed with the payment, the consulting person must deliver the products indicated in the established period of time (according to the provisions described above).
Performance indicators for evaluation of results
- Satisfactory conclusion of the tasks set forth in this document.
- Follow-up to the technical orientation provided.
- Delivery of products with useful and pertinent information.
one. Service approval and monitoring
- The closest follow-up will be under the coordination of the Coordinating team of the Project for the Creation of Alliances for Migration based in El Salvador in conjunction with the MARN focal point.
- The general follow-up will be carried out by the Technical Commission made up of the Coordinating team of the Project for the Creation of Alliances for Migration in conjunction with the MARN focal point.
- IOM and MARN being able to hold conversations and reviews whenever deemed necessary.
- Before the approval of the final report, the consultant must socialize the Technical Commission, in order for the latter to present the main products in advance, who will make in writing the recommendations that the consultant must compulsorily include in his final report.
- The Technical Commission will monitor the work of the consultant, with which it will maintain a permanent communication, periodic meetings and to which the work reports will be sent. With its approval, the respective payments of the products presented will be made according to the conditions established in these TDRs.
- The products of each phase have been prepared and in order to validate them, working meetings will be held with the Technical Commission.
Payment will be made according to the effective delivery of the following products:
Product 1: Proposal for a work plan, with its methodology and schedule to be used to carry out the consultancy
Week 1: 7 days after signing the contract
fifteen%
Product 2:
- List of actors to interview
- Proposal for a report structure
- Data collection tools (eg documentary / testimonial / interviews / focus groups, among others) that allow participatory collection, analysis and systematization of information according to requirements
- Report of national and local climate planning instruments with the need to incorporate human mobility.
- List and description of climatic phenomena that can incorporate human mobility, including definition of indicators.
- Interim report on the progress of the Consultancy.
Week 3: 21 days after signing the contract
35%
Product 3:
- Final document
- Action Plan
- Executive summary with findings
Week 6: 42 days after signing the contract
25%
Product 4:
- Two days or training sessions on human mobility, environment and climate change for MARN personnel and/or other government institutions, part of the Environmental Factors Axis of the Human Mobility Coordination Mechanism.
- Report of prioritized national and local instruments for climate planning with the variable of integrated human mobility.
- Final report of activities on consulting
Week 8: 60 days after signing the contract
25%
7. Education, Experience, and / or Required Skills
Academic requirements:
The consultant must meet the minimum qualifications defined in the following profiles:
- Senior Expert: Graduated in Higher Education, preferably with a specialty in Social Sciences or Public Administration. Demonstrated experience in information gathering processes in the field. Proven capacity for analysis and synthesis of information and development of mapping. Demonstrated experience in developing governmental and non-governmental mapping. Proven capacity in the management of multidisciplinary teams in the formulation of mappings. Negotiating capacity to create consensus with the actors participating in the process.
Experience:
- Minimum two to three years of experience in the elaboration of protocols, institutional policies related to human rights, migration, human mobility, climate change, gender and implementation of participatory methodologies.
- Proven experience in strategic and operational planning.
- Experience in developing baselines and managing indicator systems at the national level.
- Professional experience of at least 2 to 3 years and acquired knowledge, verifiable and at the national level, in some of the following areas: a) Human Mobility, b) Human Rights, c) International Human Rights Law, d) Planning.
- With knowledge and capacity to integrate gender, generational, territorial and intercultural approaches into their work.
- Have experience in developing methodological / pedagogical tools and facilitating workshops / group management.
- Fluent command of the English language
- Relationship with other people and institutions at a managerial, technical and community level;
- Management of computer tools Microsoft Office package.
- Strategic and analytical thinking.
8. Related trips
The consultant will be in charge of the logistics processes involved in the activities within the consultancy. In addition, the consultant must cover the expenses related to mobilization, food and accommodation outside of San Salvador as long as they are necessary.
Values
- Inclusion and respect for diversity respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; fosters diversity and inclusion whenever possible.
- Integrity and transparency: maintain high ethical standards and act consistently with organizational principles / rules and standards of conduct.
- Professionalism: demonstrates the ability to work calmly, competently, and committedly and exercises careful judgment to meet daily challenges.
Basic competences: behavioral indicators
- Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and through units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
- Delivery of results: produces and delivers quality results in a timely and service-oriented manner; is action-oriented and committed to achieving agreed results.
- Manage and share knowledge: continually seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
- Accountability: is responsible for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for its own actions and delegated work.
- Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex issues in an informative, inspiring and motivating way.
How to apply
Offers must contain:
- The consultant must send their CV with three references and motivation letter of a maximum extension page, as well as a methodological and economic proposal that includes a schedule of activities, at the latest the January 30, 2024, to the mail iomsalhr@iom.int.
- The financial proposal must include professional fees. The consultant will be in charge of the logistics processes involved in the activities within the consultancy.
- The note with expression of interest should explain in detail information on: professional experience, academic training, knowledge and acquired skills relevant to the development of consulting.
- The appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit to carry out activities and only applications that meet the required profile will be considered.
- Those applications received at a later date or that do not specify the name of the call will not be considered.
- This call is open only to national or foreign citizens legally authorized to work in the country.
- The attachment must not have a weight greater than 2MB.
- Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted