**Vacancy Call: Expert/Resource person for Training/Workshop on Youth LeadSocial Accountability
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Background

Right Here Right Now 2

Right Here Right Now 2 (RHRN2) is a five-year strategic partnership (2021-2025) created so that young people in all their diversity enjoy their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) in gender-just societies. Young people are the forefront of the partnership. The program seeks to unleash the power of youth, to increase public support for SRHR, to improve policies and laws, and to strengthen civil society. Lobbying and advocacy are the program’s main strategy, supported by mutual capacity strengthening. The partnership comes at a critical time when SRHR as well as gender justice are under pressure around the world, and young people’s needs consistently go unmet. The program do not shy away from taboo subjects such as comprehensive sexuality education and safe abortion, and advocate for the rights of marginalized groups such as girls, young women and young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people.

The program brings together diverse and complementary organizations working across 10 countries: Nepal, Bangladesh, Benin, Burundi, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, Tunisia, and Uganda.

The Nepal coalition consists of diverse organization representing youth led organization, women feminist network organization, organisation led by people with disabilities and LGBTIQA organization. The coalition envisions to ensure young people aged 15-30 in their diversity are empowered to exercise all aspects of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in a supportive social and enabling legal environment in Nepal.

The RHRN2 coalition in Nepal, consists of 6 civil society organizations,

1. Beyond Beijing Committee (BBC)
2. Blue Diamond Society (BDS)
3. Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN)
4. CDS Park
5. Youth Alliance For Development (YARD)
6. YUWA – Lead organisation

Social Accountability

Social accountability includes a broad range of actions and mechanisms which rely on civic engagement which citizens can use to hold the state and duty bearers accountable2. The assumption of social accountability is that elected governments, from ministries to service providers, have a duty to their citizens, and citizens have the right to hold their representatives accountable for their duties.

Youth-led social accountability involves young people (aged under 25) holding duty bearers directly accountable for the delivery of youth friendly services as per the national or local guidelines and policies. Getting young people involved in social accountability, especially if they are trained to facilitate the process at community level, empowers young people by making them aware of their SRH rights and redefines the relationship between duty bearers and young people who participate directly or indirectly in exacting accountability.

Social accountability mechanisms complement and enhance conventional internal government mechanisms of accountability like internal audit units, quality assurance departments in health systems by providing a set of tools that young people can use to influence the quality of SRH service delivery by holding providers accountable.

Overview of the work

RHRN2 Nepal Coalition with the lead of YUWA is planning conducting Training on Youth-led Social Accountability with 15 participants representing all six (6) coalition organisation of Right Here Right Now 2 Nepal. The participants are senior level individuals representing Executive Board/Management Committee and Executive Directors. The initial plan of the training is on 6th – 9th November 2023.

Hence, we are seeking a Resource Persons to design and Deliver training on Youth-led Social Accountability in Nepal Context. The training will be organised in Kathmandu.

Deliverables

Training Design

• The resource person under the support of Country Coordinator of Right Here Right Now 2 Nepal to design a training/workshop and detailed session plan on Youth-led social accountability in context of Nepal.
• Develop agenda and other logistical requirements for the training/workshop and share with Country Coordinator.

Training/Workshop Delivery

• Deliver training/workshop for 3 full days based on the training content designed for the participants.
• All the methods of delivery and training resources should be inclusive and accessible to all participants during and after the training.
• Share concrete and reliable social accountability tools that can be used/adapted for RHRN2 Nepal programme.
• Ensure participants fully understand and are able to use social accountability tools for advocacy.
• Provide and share useful resources related to the training topics with participants and Country Coordinator for future reference.

Duration

The total length of the assignment is expected to be 3 days(6 – 8 November 2023)

Applying Procedure

Interested individual/team must submit the following documents/information to demonstrate their qualifications at [email protected] by 19th October 2023.

• Letter of Interest (Cover Letter) with draft of training content and schedule
• PAN/VAT registration certificate
• Latest Tax clearance certificate – FY 2076-77
• Company Profile and Company registration certificate (if applying through company)
• Evidence of experience in training design and delivery for NGOs.

Please clearly indicate the subject line of the email as application for Resource Persons for Training on Youth-led Social Accountability

Qualified women candidates, people with disabilities, and minorities are highly encouraged to apply. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the selection process.