TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR RESEARCH CONSULTANCY ON STATE OF DISABILITY INCLUSION IN FORMAL EMPLOYMENT IN TANZANIA
INTRODUCTION
Foundation for Civil Society (FCS) is an independent Tanzanian Not-For-Profit Development Organization that provides grants and capacity building services to Tanzania based Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). FCS was registered as a legal entity in September 2002 and started its operation in January 2003; it is currently one of the biggest and main sources of funding for Tanzanian CSOs.
Since her inception, FCS has contributed immensely to the capacity strengthening of the civil society sector in Tanzania thereby directly and indirectly enabling CSOs and citizens to become key driving forces for positively influencing democratic governance processes in Tanzania and better quality of life for all, through capacity building, research and provision of grants
BACKGROUND OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The convention on the Rights of persons with Disabilities (2006) adopted by the Tanzania government emphasizes the importance of mainstreaming disabilities issues as an integral part of relevant sustainable development strategies. The convention highlights that the majority of PWDs live in deeper roots of poverty and thus disability can both be a cause or an effect of poverty. The convention further emphasizes the critical need for plans and programs to address poverty among people with disabilities.
While the above shows Tanzania’s great desire to address poverty, this desire has not translated to desired results. While the population of people with disability aged 7 years and above in Tanzania Mainland reached 5.8 million from the 2014 Integrated Labor Force Survey. The total population for the year 2021 stands at 59.4 million for United Republic of Tanzania, 57.7 million for Tanzania Mainland and 1.7 million for Zanzibar Island. It is only 3.1% of them had stable income from the formal sources. Households headed by individuals who are disabled made up a lopsided number of the poorest households in the 2012 Household Budget Survey.
Despite developments reached in recent years in the implementation of the Disability Act no 9 of 2010. Tanzania has endorsed a number of strategies to enhance Disability Inclusion such as, Inclusive Education Strategy of 2018, Inclusion of PWDs in the LGA Empowerment schemes (Finance Act 2018); Recognition of the Sign Language as the medium of communication and signing of the Marrakesh treaty 2021. Human development among the Disability is still an issue of concern and all the developments cannot be well defined as how it has impacted the lives of PWDs.
Further, COVID pandemic and its effects on the general population has not made PWDs exceptional, their situations have been prominent and felt outmost among the community due to lack of information and poverty which crippled their access to personal protective gears, affecting their daily struggles to empowerment making them more vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic. As a country, the Disability Community in Tanzania still faces challenges that they once felt and experienced before the policy changes and practices.
FCS in collaboration with the Government, National Bureau of Statistics, Association of Tanzania Employers and SHIVYAWATA would like to engage a consultant/firm who will conduct research to establish the state of Disability inclusion in formal employment in Tanzania.
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
Analyze the State of Disability Inclusion in formal employment in Tanzania. The study seeks to identify the state of PWDs in the country in Formal Employment focusing on Education, Health, Industry, Sports and Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) sectors both in Public, Private and Civil Society Organization (CSO) sectors.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
1. Find out the status of formal employment of People with Disabilities in the mentioned sectors in the last five years.
2. Determine accessibility and friendliness of systems and structures in providing information’s to decision makers for inclusive planning processes.
3. Examine how ICT is inclusive in employment to among people leaving with Disability; specifically assess accessibilities and opportunity and barriers in workplace.
4. Determine the status of implementation of the PWDs Act (2010) in the mentioned sectors specifically article 30-34.
This consultancy intends to answer the following questions;
1. a) What is the status of PWDs who graduated from Universities, Colleges and Vocational Training centers versus their employment status in the last 5 years?
b) What is the ratio of Inclusive Employments between Public and Private institutes and CSOs?
2. a) How effective and efficient are the structures and systems available to support Disability Employment in Tanzania?
b) What are the barriers and opportunities to inclusive employment in Tanzania?
c) Identify the best practice for better coordination and collaboration among government, private sectors and CSOs?
3. How best can People with Disability engage in Information Communication and Technology sector; What are the challenges and opportunities?
4. a) What is the level/ status of understanding of disability inclusions among key employers and their institutions in Tanzania?
b) Which sector has complied to the law (both in term of sectorial choices & employers)
THE SCOPE OF WORK
By Geographical coverage: Respondents will be drawn from the selected region of Tanzania mainland without leaving Regions of Dar es Salaam, Pwani and Dodoma. Specific focus of regions selection will be
- Industrial Regions
- Areas with high population of People with Disability.
- By Sectorial:
- The research will include the following sectors
- Education sector
- Health Industries and Information,
Communication and Technology.
By Nature of employer. Public Sectors, Private Sector and Civil Society Organizations
METHODOLOGY
FCS is inviting proposals with a detailed methodological approach to conduct / facilitate the assignment. As a guiding principle, the methodological approach suggested must demonstrate how the consultant/consulting firm will undertake the contract assignment
a) The consultant will work in close collaboration with the FCS, SHIVYAWATA and NBS.
b) The consultant will undertake collection of all the required/information from various sources, including Government Ministries, Departments, private sector, ministries and relevant sources
c) Consultants are required to find work permits from NBS and other relevant bodies as guided by the National laws.
REQUIRED EXPERTISE/QUALIFICATIONS
The potential candidate must possess the following;
- A team leader with at least Masters in Monitoring and Evaluation/Statistics/Project planning/Public policy/Sociology/
Social work or any related field.
A team leader with at least 10 years’ experience in designing and executing surveys and evaluations, performance monitoring, organizational development, change management, and performance improvement, especially in helping private-sector/not for profit institutions in clarifying mission and strategic direction;
- In-depth knowledge of civil society sector and the Disability spectrum is a must.
- Excellent facilitation and interpersonal skills
- Excellent English writing skills
- Ability to communicate in Kiswahili is a must for at least one of the core team members
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Research assistant must have two years of experience in both qualitative and quantitative approaches and at least with a diploma in statistics/ project management/Sociology/Community development or any related field, bachelor degree will be an added advantage.
DELIVERABLES
The consultant will provide regular updates/reports to FCS as required and produce deliverables in accordance with the requirements and timeframes outlined in these terms of reference.
Consultants or consulting firms interested in this assignment shall submit
1. Technical and Financial Proposal indicating the number of billable days within the allowed timeframe. Along with the methodology, a proposed work plan for this assignment and contacts of at least 3 referees.
2. Inception Report providing details of how assignment will be carried out including sampling frame and possible data sources to inform each of objectives and research questions
3. Be available to present findings to joint task force team that involved FCS, Government, NBS, ATE and SHIVYAWATA before finalization of the study report.
4. Well designed and edited Report of the Study
TIMEFRAME AND BUDGET
The duration of contract shall be for a maximum of 60 days from the date of contracting. Maximum contractual amount for this work is TZS 85,000,000.
SUBMISSION:
Proposals should be submitted as Word or PDF file to the Chairperson FCS Procurement Committee, P.O. Box 7192, Dar es Salaam by 10th December, 2021 or through email: [email protected] g
