Consultant: Safe to benchmarking assessments

Consultant:
Safe to Learn benchmarking assessments

Organization:
Safe to Learn

Location:

New York, USA

The purpose of this consultancy is to undertake Safe to Learn benchmarking assessments in Safe to Learn endorsed countries.

STL Benchmarking Assessment

The STL benchmarking assessment will be structured around the Safe to Learn benchmarks under each of the five components of the Call to Action. This desk‑based exercise will draw on materials, reports, websites, laws, and policies provided by UNICEF country offices and Safe to Learn partners. The draft will include both a short narrative (300 words max) under each of the 15 benchmarks and a suggested evidence‑based ranking.

Each draft benchmarking assessment will be developed based on feedback received from UNICEF country offices and approval by the respective Ministries of Education. This document will then be used to inform a national dialogue led by the UNICEF CO, after which the assessment will be finalized and published (pending government approval). Examples of benchmarking assessments can be found on the Safe to Learn Coalition website.

For those 16 countries that undertook a benchmarking exercise in 2023, this will be an update. For the 5 newly endorsed countries it will be the first assessment. The level of effort of each will differ accordingly. To note that the reference documents for the 2023 assessment are available to the consultancy and the same methodology will be shared and followed.

Country Briefs

To complement the STL benchmarking briefs—which are primarily technical and not easily accessible to a general audience—summary country briefs of approximately 4 pages including visuals will be developed to summarize key updates and progress in a more reader‑friendly format. The purpose will be to share actionable insights for use by policy makers and practitioners. They will also be used to communicate progress in a more accessible way for donor and other stakeholders.

They will also include information on data on violence against children in schools, to set out the situation, as well as progress and recommendations. These will be developed based on the benchmarking assessment in discussion with UNICEF Country Offices.

These briefs will serve as public‑facing documents that highlight changes in national efforts to protect children from violence in, around and through schools, based on the STL benchmarks. The briefs will draw from both the STL benchmarking assessments and any STL diagnostic assessments that may have previously been undertaken in the respective countries as well as from available country-level data on the situation of violence in school and its impact on education.

Lessons learned from the benchmarking assessments will be shared by the consultant, and country offices, through a global or regional level webinar (depending on the specific countries).

Whilst the consultant will develop the content, the design will be undertaken by STL/UNICEF.

A total of 3 consultants will be hired to perform the TOR deliverables with different counties focus.

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