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Since 2017, thousands of Venezuelan refugees and migrants have entered Brazil. It is estimated that 34% of the entire Venezuelan refugee and migrant population is under the age of 18, and a significant part are indigenous people - mainly Waraos, E'ñepas and Pemons. Roraima state is the main gateway for the migratory flow, the public networks are pressured and the availability and quality of services offered has been directly impacted. The local Education public systems have been facing a significant higher demand on services and school ‘slots with the noticeable increased influx of refugee and migrants in the past months.

Within the coordinated Humanitarian response, UN and Brazilian authorities provide emergency assistance to the population on the move to ensure access to essential services and resources, addressing the urgent needs of those in vulnerable situations.

UNICEF implemented Super Panas strategy in collaboration with partners to provide education, child protection and psychosocial support services for Venezuelan children and adolescents. The Super Panas are Child Safe Spaces in shelters and triage posts, in Pacaraima and Boa Vista.  In order to plan and implement activities, UNICEF, through its implementing partner, develops teaching materials that are used in the daily life of the super panas.

Firm in its commitment to ensure a non-formal education offering that helps Venezuelan children and adolescents in transitioning to the Brazilian education system, UNICEF supports formal education services within local schools in Boa Vista, including the Súper Panas in schools.

The formal education part of the Super Panas strategy is implemented alongside local schools’ regular activities, with a series of integrative activities that are proposed to strengthen the bonds of these children and adolescents with the school community, creating a more meaningful learning environment. The action is carried out on support to the teaching staff for pedagogical planning and implemented good practices in classroom.

So, this consultancy is an integrated educational response for the migratory humanitarian crisis, in the state of Roraima.  Between the months of July/23 and September/24, there was an effort to systematize the actions mentioned above and, based on this systematization, conversations began with the education department of Roraima and the education departments of Boa Vista (RR) and Pacaraima (RR), with the aim of transforming such interventions into permanent public policies, which take into account the reception, integration into the Brazilian school system and the significant learning of Venezuelan children and adolescents/migrants and/or refugees enrolled in public education networks in Roraima. The objective of this consultancy is deliver a systematization for a pilot experience of this public policy together with the departments that will subsequently adopt it, strength teachers capacity through topics that address migration response, and pedagogical material review.

The consultant will contribute to the improvement of UNICEF’s EiE interventions, through the systematization of good-practices, training of trainers, revision of teaching materials, and draft of proposals for the conversion of valid models into public policies.

SCOPE OF WORK:

The objective of this consultancy is continuing the systematization of Super Panas experiences and activities implemented in Schools (or another name proposed for the project in agreement in the local government) through a partnership with municipalities education department, strengthening the capacities of municipal schools to implement educational methodologies that take into account local multiculturalism, recomposition of learning in portuguese language , containing sufficient information and documentation.

Contribute to the development of guiding instruments for the improvement and/or replication of experiences in other schools and/or emergency contexts, including their conversion into public policies; and the development of guidelines for training courses for local education professionals who work in the emergency context.

Promote ongoing training for the local education network, through planning with local governments and mobilization of the education network.

Review the pedagogical material developed in the Super Panas context.

Based on the initial consultations and assessment, the Consultant is expected to report the findings and elaborate proposals that should serve as guidelines for the management of pedagogically stimulating educational and child protection related activities and in line with the Common National Curricular Base (BNCC), UNICEF guidelines, the UN ethical principles and universal human rights, mainly expressed in the Brazilian ECA (Child and Adolescent Statute), the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action (CCCs). It should also consider the Accountability to Affected Population (AAP), ensuring that the content is driven by the needs and interests of the targeted audience and guarantee that the development and improvement of the strategies are made for and with adolescents in terms of mobilization and empowerment.

The methodological proposed tools should comprise information on implementing steps, available resources, involved parties, materials, training necessities, lessons learned, and other relevant aspects. They should technically support the understanding and implementation of similar strategies and activities, including multicultural approaches and bilingual courses in public schools, with the corresponding recommendations for the methodology conversion into public policy.

DELIVERABLES

1. Work Assignment overview 1 –

 Development of pedagogical practices for UNICEF in conjunction with Boa Vista municipal education department, the Federal University of Roraima, and implementing partner Pirilampos, for the pilot project Laços Educativos (Educational Ties), developed in 10 municipal schools in Boa Vista (RR), to draw up a public policy for welcoming and integrating Venezuelan migrant children into their respective school communities, throughout the municipal education network in Boa Vista (RR).

1.1. Deliverables/Outputs

Provide a descriptive and analytical report on the Laços Educativos pilot project, which concludes with the design of a public policy for welcoming and integrating Venezuelan migrant children into their respective school communities throughout the municipal network of Boa Vista (RR).

1.2. Deadline 30 days

1.3. Estimate Budget 10% by deliver and approval

2. Work Assignment overview 2

Plan, develop, and implement 8 training cycles with trainers from the municipal education network where topics related to the Laços Educativos program will be developed.

2.1. Deliverables/Outputs

- Eight (8) reports containing information on the training cycles,

2.2. Deadline

DEALINE

REPORT 1 – 30 DAYS

REPORT 2 – 60DAYS

REPORT 3 – 75 DAYS

REPORT 4 – 105 DAYS

REPORT 5 – 130 DAYS

REPORT 6 – 160 DAYS

REPORT 7 – 190 DAYS

REPORT 8 – 205 DAYS

2.3. Estimate Budget  20% by deliver and approval

BUDGET

REPORT 1 – 2,5%

REPORT 2 – 2,5%

REPORT 3 – 2,5%

REPORT 4 – 2,5%

REPORT 5 – 2,5%

REPORT 6 – 2,5%

REPORT 7 – 2,5%

REPORT 8 – 2,5%

3. Work Assignment overview 3

Training cycles with the fellows from the 10 schools taking part in the Laços Educativos pilot project, in which topics related to the initiative will be developed, chosen by the school administrations.

3.1. Deliverables/Outputs

- Eight (8) reports containing information on the training cycles,

3.2. Deadline

DEALINE

REPORT 1 – 70 DAYS

REPORT 2 – 100 DAYS

REPORT 3 – 125 DAYS

REPORT 4 – 150 DAYS

REPORT 5 – 175 DAYS

REPORT 6 – 200 DAYS

REPORT 7 – 230 DAYS

REPORT 8 – 300 DAYS

3.3. Estimate Budget  20%

BUDGET

REPORT 1 – 2,5%

REPORT 2 – 2,5%

REPORT 3 – 2,5%

REPORT 4 – 2,5%

REPORT 5 – 2,5%

REPORT 6 – 2,5%

REPORT 7 – 2,5%

REPORT 8 – 2,5%

4. Work Assignment overview 4

Elaboration and development of school management practices and pedagogical practices for the reception and integration of Venezuelan migrant children in their respective school communities in the municipality of Pacaraima (RR) with the municipal education network and strategic partners in the axes of Education in the context of migration with dimensions in welcoming, integration and bilingualism.

4.1. Deliverables/Outputs

- 6 (six) training sessions (reports containing information on the training cycles) in the city of Pacaraima (RR) on the quality of teaching practices, including with the Municipal Department of Education, Culture and Sport (SEMECD), and with schools with a high incidence of Venezuelan migrant students

4.2. Deadline

DEALINE

REPORT 1 – 90 DAYS

REPORT 2 – 130 DAYS

REPORT 3 – 170 DAYS

REPORT 4 – 210 DAYS

REPORT 5 – 260 DAYS

REPORT 6 – 320 DAYS

4.3. Estimate Budget  30%

BUDGET

REPORT 1 – 5%

REPORT 2 – 5%

REPORT 3 – 5%

REPORT 4 – 5%

REPORT 5 – 5%

REPORT 6 – 5%

5. Work Assignment overview 5

Training cycles with teachers, managers and other actors in the education network in the state of Roraima related to education in the context of migration with dimensions for welcoming, integration and bilingualism

5.1. Deliverables/Outputs

- 5 (five) reports containing information on the training cycles

5.2. Deadline

REPORT 1 – 150 DAYS

REPORT 2 – 190 DAYS

REPORT 3 – 220  DAYS

REPORT 4 – 300 DAYS

REPORT 5 – 350 DAYS

5.3. Estimate Budget  10%

REPORT 1 – 2 %

REPORT 2 – 2 %

REPORT 3 – 2 %

REPORT 4 – 2 %

REPORT 5 – 2 %

6. Work Assignment overview 6

Review of the pedagogical practices developed in the context of Super Panas' work in the Operation Welcome shelters in Roraima.

6.1. Deliverables/Outputs

- Review of the pedagogical practices developed in the context of Super Panas' work in the Operation Welcome shelters in Roraiama.

6.2. Deadline 60 days

6.3. Estimate Budget 10%

DURATION OF CONTRACT:

12 months – start date November/2024

TRAVEL PLAN

Yes - Work Assignment overview 4

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENT

• University Degree -  Bachelor Degree in Education, social sciences, law, psychology, social communication or related fields
• Professional experience in working with humanitarian response programmes of at least 2 (two) year. 
• Professional experience in working with education and/or child protection of at least 2 (two) year
• Professional experience in working with education Professionals of at least 2 (two) year
• Knowledge of state and municipal governments and civil society organizations
• Ability to work with others in a team environment.
• Ability to conduct work in groups and at an institutional level.
• Affinity with UNICEF working methods.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Portuguese fluent

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

A financial proposal including the fee for the assignment based on the deliverables and number of days must be submitted. Consultants are asked to stipulate all-inclusive fees, including lump sum, administrative cost, travel cost and subsistence costs, as applicable.

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