Afghanistan - Support to the Disability and Rehabilitation Department of the Ministry of Public Health in Afghanistan.

Lot:8 - Health - EuropeAid FWC Beneficiaries 127054

DONWLOAD Terms of References

3.1 Number of requested experts per category and number of man-days per expert

One senior expert.
Estimated input days: at least 120 days
Following Art 6.2.35 and taking into consideration the need of strengthening DRD, local
expertise can be contracted.

3.2 Profile required (education, experience, references and category as appropriate)
This paragraph describes the expertise required in order to carry out the assignment. The
team-leader (only CV requested and scored) has to have competencies on all the items
listed below.
MC=Minimum Criterion marks the characteristic that need to be satisfied. Where MC is
not indicated, the item is desirable (D) and its absence will not exclude the candidate
from the evaluation process. When items “desirable” are linked to specific activities
described in the ToRs but are not a strong point of the CV of the expert, the Consultant
can propose either subcontracting or local expertise as mentioned above.
Qualifications and skills
1 MC Degree in disability studies or alternatively university degree in public
health or community health or alternatively author of publications on
disability. The focus on disability and health will be used for scoring
2 MC Fluency in English
3 D Knowledge of Local Languages
4 D Strong analytical and drafting skills
5 D Proven ability to develop and maintain good professional relations with
stakeholders, particularly counterparts and staff members6
6 MC Working experience in a post-conflict country.
7 D Initiative and proven ability to work with little supervision
General professional experience 7
8 MC Minimum of seven years of progressive professional experience in the Field
of Disability and/or Public Health. Please note that years in disability and
years in general public health will be scored separately
9 D Knowledge and experience of institutional development, especially in the
context of post-conflict, weak or failing states
10 D Working experience with donors, non-governmental organizations, Ministry
and civil society
11 D Demonstrable experience in team management
Specific professional experience 8
12 MC Minimum of 5 years experience in the field of policy and planning in low
income countries;
13 D Preferably familiar with post-conflict rehabilitation and developing countries
14 D Prior working experience in grassroots health and disability projects
15 D Ability and flexibility to work under stress and understanding to address
sensitive social and/or political issues
16 D Preferably experience in disability-sensitive programming, disability-related
poverty reduction
17 D Preferably experience of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Concept

3.3 Working language(s)
Working langue will be English.

4. LOCATION AND DURATION

4.1 Starting period
The assignment will commence in June 2010 and may run for a maximum duration of 8
months. The first phase, of approximately four weeks, will be preparation of a detailed
Implementation and Work Plan. The Implementation and Work Plan will build on
existing approved MoPH planning documents and capacity building priorities. The
Implementation and Work Plan will set out a staged approach to meeting the objectives
of the Technical Assistance. The Implementation and Work Plan will be submitted to
the Director-General, Health Services Provision for approval.

4.2 Foreseen finishing period or duration
The total duration of the contract compounds the duration of staying of the experts, the
travel time and the work outside the country as well as the time elapsing from the
departure of the experts till the delivery of the final technical report. See sections 4.3 for
more details.

4.3 Planning including the period for notification for placement of the staff as per art 16.4 a)
What follows is a draft planning for the mission. It is intended to be a guide for the
consultant as well as for the planning of the activities which will eventually lead to the
output specified above. It is the responsibility of the experts, once the mission has
started to re-draft the plan and re-discuss it with the Task Manager in charge at the EC
delegation and the MoPH.
Please note that this is a draft and the consultant is free to i.e. change the input days of
the experts. It is worth to mirror the draft planning in the Methodology and
Organization paper (see 2.3)
Prior to the beginning of the assignment, the expert is expected to have fully
familiarised with the objectives, country situation and priorities, Afghan health system,
knowledge of other donors’ modus operandi.

4.4 Location(s) of assignment
Kabul, Afghanistan. Possibility of travel to Provinces.

2.1 Global objective
To support the MoPH in its stewardship role of fostering policies and strategies for
equal opportunities and full participation of children, women and men with disabilities
in the process of the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

2.2 Specific objective(s)
The scope of the assignment includes:
i. To increase the institutional capacity of the MoPH to define policies and formulate
strategies in the field of disability and physical rehabilitation ;
ii. To ensure the operational integration of disability issues into the BPHS and EPHS.
iii. To contribute to the fund raising opportunities targeted to disability (BPHS, EPHS
and tertiary care)

2.3 The outputs include:
The consultant will be in support of the DRD with the general task of capacity
development of this department. The attitude and methodology that is expected has to be
as close as possible to the definition of capacity development given by UNDP: “the
process by which individuals, organization, institutions and societies develop abilities
(individually and collectively) to perform functions, solve problems and set and achieve
objectives”. It is not expected that the consultant acts “instead of” but that acts “in
support of”. The results listed below may appear overambitious for the short duration of
the contract. A prioritization of the deliverabilities is however possible once the contract
will have started. Based on the above, among the results expected at the end of the
duration of the contract are:

1. The DRD is enabled to play its guiding role in:

Planning for the institutionalisation and mainstreaming of disability at all
levels of the health system;

PLEASE NOTE: ONLY SELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED