1. Background:

Om Habibeh Foundation (OHF) presents an action entitled Improving Local Development Dynamics (ILDD).  The overall objective of the Action is to support the European Commission’s objective to strengthen Civil Society Organizations (CSO)and Local Authorities (LA) by enhancing the role and effectiveness of 36 civil societies organizations and to deliver inclusive and gender responsive development services in villages in four districts of Aswan governorate: Kom Ombo, Daraw, Aswan, and Edfu.

To achieve this, the action will enable communities to optimize the resources available to them and work as a cohesive unit, and Directly Target Vulnerable Groups – by strengthening LAs and CSOs to target vulnerable groups who are less able to support themselves. Through these efforts, development actors will build trust between communities while investing in women, whose success will strengthen the local economy and society overall.

The Action will focus on benefitting disadvantaged groups within the community, primarily women and chronically ill persons, while strengthening the capacity of CSOs. Women, youth and marginalized communities are not presently able to take part in the decision-making structures of CSO boards that are primarily composed of elderly men from influential families, thus reinforcing cultural norms and the limitations of women’s access and control over resources.

2. Objective:

The overall objective of this mission is to build the capacity of the partner CSOs’ in fundraising, and in conducting fundraising campaigns with the CSOs. The consultant/consultancy firm should use OHF philanthropic analysis tool’s results and donors’ map that was developed previously by OHF (will be provided after contracting), that would help the “CSOs” to meet the needs of their communities by maximizing the use of local resources from individuals, donor organisations, larger national or international NGOs, and business enterprises through in person training and on job training methodologies.

Targeted audience:

Improve the Local Development Dynamic (ILDD) project’s 36 CSOs’ board members.

3. Scope and purpose of work:

Within the scope of the assignment, the consultant/consultancy firm is expected to provide consultancy services for the below listed activities:

A)  To conduct a training for 36 CSOs in three groups. Each group 12 CSOs members will participate. Each training should last for 3 days on:

• Fundraising concepts.
• Identify the leadership skills required to manage fundraising in NGOs, public /private sector institutions.
• Build and nurture NGOs-public-private partnerships.
• Identify the variety of fundraising options available.
• Recognize the pros and cons of each of the available fundraising options
• Understand the tasks required to implement a fundraising campaign.
• Produce a plan to market fundraising effort.
• Produce a plan to communicate regularly with all potential stakeholders.
• Monitor the implementation of fundraising campaigns and take corrective action, as needed.

B) Develop a detailed training manual to be distributed to the trainees of the fundraising training.

C) Develop with the 36 CSOs fundraising campaigns’ plans based on OHF philanthropic analysis tool’s results and donors’ map; these plans should be matching the new NGOs’ law.

4. Roles and responsibilities of OHF

OHF will provide the following:

• OHF reserves the right and will conduct its own monitoring checks on a portion of the conducted activities by the external partner. If checks do not meet quality standards regarding integrity of results and findings, OHF will reserve its right to request a repetition of work or the option of declining payment (being reimbursed for any initial payment).
• The consultant/consultancy firm and all related personnel/members of the mission team will not be accompanied by OHF staff members. However, the consultant and all related personnel need to subscribe to respecting the core values of OHF of diversity and inclusion, integrity, and commitment.
• It is an absolute requirement of OHF and a condition of this agreement that no person or body who/which carries out work on OHF’s behalf pursuant to this agreement is or has been or becomes in any way involved in or associated with the abuse or exploitation of vulnerable groups as described in the global safeguarding manual of OHF that will be provided for successful candidate.
• The consultant/consultancy firm carries the sole responsibility for all related personnel and needs to ensure that appropriate systems and procedures are in place to deal with any complaints and other human resources issues that may emerge.
• All reports, databases, best practice documents and other related information is the sole property of OHF and may not be distributed.

5. Consultant’s deliverables:

Note: All the required deliverables should be submitted as hard copy and soft copy (in word doc. /excel)

6. Quality Assurance of the Deliverables:

• The service provider is responsible for demonstrating enough data quality assurance procedures are considered.
• The service provider will ensure that all deliverables are submitted in a timely manner.
• The training and reports should meet quality standards.

7. Payments:

• Deliverables will be used as the basis for invoice processing and payment. The service provider will be held responsible for all the deliverables.
• Payments will be made within 15 days upon the approval of the corresponding deliverables.
• If the deliverables are not produced and delivered by the consultant to the satisfaction of OHF team, no payment will be made till the consultant update and modify the deliverables based on OHF requirements.

8. Time Frame:

 10 weeks starting from the date of signing the contract.

9. Required qualifications:

The consultant (and his/her team) should demonstrate the following qualifications:

• Minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience in the CSOs fundraising and resource mobilization field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience working with Civil Society Organizations in Upper Egypt.
• Good communication and drafting skills.
• Displays cultural, gender, religion, race, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability. Demonstrates Integrity and ethical standards.

10. Documentation Required

• Personal CV indicating all past experiences from similar projects, as well as the contact details (email and telephone number) of the candidate and at least 3 professional references.                      

11- Service Provider Selection Criteria

      -Proposals will be evaluated out of a total 100 points, with 70 points allocated against technical criteria, and 30 points allocated against financial criteria. Any bidder with an incomplete proposal will be disqualified.

The technical and financial evaluation of the bidders will be conducted using below criteria:

 12. Contact Information: procurement@omhabibeh.org