MANDATORY DOCUMENTS FOR PROPOSAL BEING CONSIDERED: TECHNICAL OFFER and FINANCIAL OFFER
About the project:
A consortium of six organizations, including Médecins du Monde (MdM), Skoun, Abaad, Amel, Embrace and Humanity and Inclusion (HI), supported by the Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), aims to improve the opportunities for individuals living in Lebanon to enjoy the best possible mental health and wellbeing. The consortium aims to reach its objective through the development of a community-based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) and Substance Use (SU) system offering appropriate, quality and inclusive services to all people living in Lebanon, particularly the most vulnerable groups and people at risk. The specific activities of the project target the different levels of the social ecological model with activities designed and aimed at the individual, interpersonal, organizational, community and public policy levels. Gender has been integrated as a core component of this project. Gender dedicated means allocated under this intervention allow for concrete implementation, monitoring and evaluation of this dimension. Beyond sex-differentiated and gender-specific indicators included within the project, allowing a gender approach to inform on project progress and adjustment needs, effective gender mainstreaming will be further ensured through conducting a research study that aims at looking at gender barriers and determinants to access MHPSS and SU services. Findings from this study will help inform policy and decision makers, as well as stakeholders involved in planning and implementing MHPSS and SU services in Lebanon.
OBJECTIVES/ PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT:
Social norms create specific barriers with access to MHPSS and SU services. Through capitalization and documentation, knowledge on barriers and determinants to access will be consolidated. The consultant will conduct a study to better understand gender barriers and facilitating factors to accessing mental health and substance use services among adults with mental health and/or substance use needs in Lebanon. He/she will also take into account various forms of vulnerability and how they might add to the barriers in (or facilitate) accessing these services. Dissemination of the results will inform immediate project implementation, the MHPSS and SU sector for future interventions, contributing discussion with national stakeholders on policy and legal environment.
The specific objectives are:
Missions/Duties:
Methodology [1 week]:
Develop an appropriate research methodology for the study including that should include at least:
Desk review [4 weeks]:
Conduct a thorough desk review on mental health, substance use and gender in Lebanon
This entails:
IRB process and approval (and other necessary ethical approvals): [8-12 weeks]
Recruitment and training of data collectors:
Recruit data collectors and approve by MDM and Abaad, and train on relevant subjects such as research ethics, gender, substance use, mental health, and trauma-informed interviewing.
Data collection and Transcription [6 weeks, 4-5 weeks for data collection, 2 weeks for transcription]
Data analysis [4 weeks]
Write-up and dissemination plan: [5-6 weeks]
Conduct write-up for two reports:
Management of the research:
Deliverables
Inception report
The inception report should contain a literature review, statements on the topics outlined in the ToRs as well as to output and deliverables:
Final report
Criteria of selection / Minimum qualifications and professional experience:
Technical skills and qualifications:
Soft skills:
Interested consultants are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest by sending their technical and financial offer with their daily rate to: [email protected] [3] with the following email’s title: Gender Study – Consultancy
Please note that your technical offer shall mention:
Please note that your financial offer shall mention:
A steering committee (composed of MdM, Abaad and Skoun) will oversee the consultancy and ensure smooth operation through the following:
Expression of interest deadline: March 13th 2020 at 5PM Beirut Time.
Interested consultants are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest by sending their technical and financial offer to: mdm.lebanon.hr [3]...
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[1] https://www.moph.gov.lb/userfiles/files/Programs%26Projects/MentalHealthProgram/%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%85%20%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85%2022-%20%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%82%20%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B8%D9%8A%D9%85%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AB%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A9%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9%20%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%85%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B9%D9%8A.pdf
[2] https://www.moph.gov.lb/userfiles/files/Programs%26Projects/MentalHealthProgram/MOPH%20circular%20%2322%20related%20to%20the%20regulation%20of%20studies%20and%20research%20in%20the%20field%20of%20mental%20health%20and%20psychosocial%20support(1).pdf
[3] mailto:[email protected]
[4] https://daleel-madani.org/sites/default/files/calls_documents/tor_20200206_mdm-abaad_dd.docx