WaterAid Ethiopia
Background WaterAid received funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to implement a “Strengthening Systems for WASH in HCFs” project in Ghana, Uganda, and Ethiopia. The project seeks to advocate for and inform policy changes to contribute to accelerating access to safe, affordable, inclusive, and sustainable water and related WASH services in healthcare facilities (HCFs). The project objectives are driven by informing policy and applying a system-strengthening and empowerment approach. Social accountability is one of the approaches being applied in this project to engage communities, service providers, and policymakers, to influence plans, budgets, implementations, and monitoring of WASH service delivery in HCFs. As part of this project, WaterAid East Africa Regional Office, in collaboration with the country programs implementing the CNHF project, organized a social accountability conference in Addis Ababa, from 25-27 January 2023. Participants were drawn from Uganda, Mali, Ghana, and Ethiopia, to share their practical experience in the implementation of social accountability projects related to WASH in healthcare facilities. From the conference, there was evidence of best practices across the countries, which need to be well documented to inform learning and influencing plans that aim at strengthening systems for WASH in HCFs. This term of reference is, therefore, prepared to guide the consultant in developing technical and financial proposals to successfully document the best practices and success stories in Uganda and Ethiopia. Objectives The overall objective is to document processes, successful stories, and best practices of accountability interventions related to improving access to safe water and associated WASH services in healthcare facilities in Uganda and Ethiopia. The specific objectives are to: ▪ Document processes, successful stories, and/or best practices from the accountability projects in HCF implemented in Uganda, and Ethiopia, in terms of improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and responsiveness of WASH service delivery in HCFs, ▪ Assess what worked/did not work well and identify key barriers and enablers for an effective accountability mechanism and processes related to WASH in HCF to ensure equity, service quality, and efficiency, Analyze the extent to which the best practices and learnings from the implementation of accountability projects can be scalable in other areas, and ▪ Produce country reports on accountability processes, successful stories, and best practices, as evidenced in Uganda and Ethiopia Scope of workGeographically this documentation will be conducted in two countries, implementing the CNHF Advocacy Project: Ethiopia, and Uganda. The consultant in collaboration with WaterAid country programs will identify one to two districts per country with the best practices and success stories on accountability for WASH in HCFs and conduct the documentation in these selected areas. Content-wise, this documentation will focus on assessing accountability processes, and tools used, and identifying success stories and best practices related to accountability interventions on WASH in HCFs. It will assess what worked well and what did not work well and identify learning from the accountability process. It will also analyze the scalability of the accountability approach under different contexts. The evidence to be generated from this documentation will be used to influence policy change and system strengthening for WASH in healthcare facilities and scale up best practices in other districts and countries where WaterAid operates.Key deliverables▪ Inception report, including the design and methodology, data collection tools, and work plan for the successful completion of the assignment ▪ Quality country reports covering accountability processes and tools, successful stories, best practices, what worked well and not, factors contributing to success/failure, enabling factors, conclusions, and recommendations (separately for Uganda and Ethiopia) ▪ Photos were taken during the documentation TimelineWaterAid expects this documentation work to be completed in August 2023, to use the evidence to plan for engagements in different regional and global events. Roles and responsibilitiesThis documentation will be conducted by an external consultant (one senior consultant with relevant experience). The consultant will be responsible to: · develop inception report, including design and methodology, data collection tools, and work plan to complete the assignment · collect, compile, and analyze data, and produce draft documentation reports for each country. He/she will share the draft reports with WaterAid to seek feedback and make a presentation to collect more comments.· incorporate comments, and produce final documentation reports covering the accountability processes and tools, successful stories, best practices, what worked well, and factors that contributed to the success/failure, enabling factors to strengthen systems for WASH in HCFs, conclusions, and recommendations, among others. and · submit final country documentation reports to WaterAid and seek approval WaterAid will be responsible to:· Arrange logistical support for the consultant to conduct this documentation works in Uganda and Ethiopia (flight ticket, accommodation, per diem, local transport, linking the consultant with the right institutions) · Provide technical support based on the demand from the consultant, edit and review inception report, draft, and final reports, and provide consolidated feedback to the consultant · Use the evidence from the documentation to inform influencing and policy changes and strengthening systems for WASH in HCFs across the countries. Payment modality · WaterAid will pay 30% following the submission of the approved inception report; 40% after the submission of draft country reports (separate reports for Uganda and Ethiopia) on the processes, successful stories, and best practices related to accountability for WASH in Healthcare Facilities; and the remaining 30% after the approval of the final country reports.
WaterAid Ethiopia
Background WaterAid received funding from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to implement a “Strengthening Systems for WASH in HCFs” project in Ghana, Uganda, and Ethiopia. The project seeks to advocate for and inform policy changes to contribute to accelerating access to safe, affordable, inclusive, and sustainable water and related WASH services in healthcare facilities (HCFs). The project objectives are driven by informing policy and applying a system-strengthening and empowerment approach. Social accountability is one of the approaches being applied in this project to engage communities, service providers, and policymakers, to influence plans, budgets, implementations, and monitoring of WASH service delivery in HCFs. As part of this project, WaterAid East Africa Regional Office, in collaboration with the country programs implementing the CNHF project, organized a social accountability conference in Addis Ababa, from 25-27 January 2023. Participants were drawn from Uganda, Mali, Ghana, and Ethiopia, to share their practical experience in the implementation of social accountability projects related to WASH in healthcare facilities. From the conference, there was evidence of best practices across the countries, which need to be well documented to inform learning and influencing plans that aim at strengthening systems for WASH in HCFs. This term of reference is, therefore, prepared to guide the consultant in developing technical and financial proposals to successfully document the best practices and success stories in Uganda and Ethiopia. Objectives The overall objective is to document processes, successful stories, and best practices of accountability interventions related to improving access to safe water and associated WASH services in healthcare facilities in Uganda and Ethiopia. The specific objectives are to: ▪ Document processes, successful stories, and/or best practices from the accountability projects in HCF implemented in Uganda, and Ethiopia, in terms of improving the effectiveness, efficiency, and responsiveness of WASH service delivery in HCFs, ▪ Assess what worked/did not work well and identify key barriers and enablers for an effective accountability mechanism and processes related to WASH in HCF to ensure equity, service quality, and efficiency, Analyze the extent to which the best practices and learnings from the implementation of accountability projects can be scalable in other areas, and ▪ Produce country reports on accountability processes, successful stories, and best practices, as evidenced in Uganda and Ethiopia Scope of workGeographically this documentation will be conducted in two countries, implementing the CNHF Advocacy Project: Ethiopia, and Uganda. The consultant in collaboration with WaterAid country programs will identify one to two districts per country with the best practices and success stories on accountability for WASH in HCFs and conduct the documentation in these selected areas. Content-wise, this documentation will focus on assessing accountability processes, and tools used, and identifying success stories and best practices related to accountability interventions on WASH in HCFs. It will assess what worked well and what did not work well and identify learning from the accountability process. It will also analyze the scalability of the accountability approach under different contexts. The evidence to be generated from this documentation will be used to influence policy change and system strengthening for WASH in healthcare facilities and scale up best practices in other districts and countries where WaterAid operates.Key deliverables▪ Inception report, including the design and methodology, data collection tools, and work plan for the successful completion of the assignment ▪ Quality country reports covering accountability processes and tools, successful stories, best practices, what worked well and not, factors contributing to success/failure, enabling factors, conclusions, and recommendations (separately for Uganda and Ethiopia) ▪ Photos were taken during the documentation TimelineWaterAid expects this documentation work to be completed in August 2023, to use the evidence to plan for engagements in different regional and global events. Roles and responsibilitiesThis documentation will be conducted by an external consultant (one senior consultant with relevant experience). The consultant will be responsible to: · develop inception report, including design and methodology, data collection tools, and work plan to complete the assignment · collect, compile, and analyze data, and produce draft documentation reports for each country. He/she will share the draft reports with WaterAid to seek feedback and make a presentation to collect more comments.· incorporate comments, and produce final documentation reports covering the accountability processes and tools, successful stories, best practices, what worked well, and factors that contributed to the success/failure, enabling factors to strengthen systems for WASH in HCFs, conclusions, and recommendations, among others. and · submit final country documentation reports to WaterAid and seek approval WaterAid will be responsible to:· Arrange logistical support for the consultant to conduct this documentation works in Uganda and Ethiopia (flight ticket, accommodation, per diem, local transport, linking the consultant with the right institutions) · Provide technical support based on the demand from the consultant, edit and review inception report, draft, and final reports, and provide consolidated feedback to the consultant · Use the evidence from the documentation to inform influencing and policy changes and strengthening systems for WASH in HCFs across the countries. Payment modality · WaterAid will pay 30% following the submission of the approved inception report; 40% after the submission of draft country reports (separate reports for Uganda and Ethiopia) on the processes, successful stories, and best practices related to accountability for WASH in Healthcare Facilities; and the remaining 30% after the approval of the final country reports.
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