Capacity Building Consultancy

Funded by the European Union’s (EU) MADAD Trust Fund, the Youth RESOLVE 2 consortium (composed of the Development for People and Nature Association, GAME, Utopia, and World Vision as consortium lead agency) aims to empower youth to contribute to social stability in Lebanon through the establishment of youth committees to foster active participation in decision-making processes and means of advocacy on both local and national levels. Also, peacebuilding through sports activities will be part of the programme. Through its various activities, the action aims to improve the capacity of 151.000 targeted refugees and host communities across Beirut & Mt. Lebanon, North & Central Bekaa, the South, and Tripoli.

Under the Youth RESOLVE 2 project, DPNA will establish new and enhance the capacity of four Youth Committees (YC) in the following districts: Bqosta, Saida, Mghayrieh, and Barja. Including building their capacity in communication, project design and management, peacebuilding, and conflict resolution. Youth will be equipped to take the initiative in making positive changes within their communities.

DPNA will work with the YCs on a range of peacebuilding, leadership, and civic engagement skills to lead consultations with the community, including refugee youth, to map needs based on a thorough qualitative and quantitative data collection and develop a plan to lobby and advocate for local municipalities and other local actors to address youth concerns.

DPNA will support the YCs in planning and implementing community projects or initiatives under the theme of public spaces and services to enable these groups to play a leading role in the development of their communities, while also directing their attention towards broader and larger needs that are in their communities such as those of Syrian/ Palestinian refugees. DPNA will provide coaching and/or training on community needs assessment skills. In order to create positive change in their communities, DPNA will support the trained YC members in conducting local-level advocacy at the municipality level. In doing so, the project aims at reinforcing among these formally developed bodies responsibility, and accountability.

Scope of Work: 

DPNA will rely on the capacity building consultancy firm to work closely with the DPNA YR2 project team in implementing the project over two years (January 2021 – January 2023) on the below main components:

1. Methodology and Design: to agree on the project methodology and design of all the phases, set the expectation, and agree on requirements and milestones.

2. Capacity Building component: to conduct youth capacity assessment for each group and deliver interactive and youth-friendly full-day training sessions or training camps on a range of topics that include but not limited to the below:

The training topics include but not limited to the following:

• Soft Skills (Communication Skills, Team Work, Time Management, Public Speaking, Stress Management, Negotiation Skills, Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Active Listening, etc.)
• Technical Skills (Project Design and Management, Fundraising, Community Mobilization, Strategic Thinking, Data Analysis, Creative Problem Solving, Assessments and Evidence, Branding & Visibility, etc.)
• Health care (Physical and mental)

3. Community Needs Assessment (sampling, design of quantitative and qualitative tools, usage of creative youth-friendly approaches, analysis of the collected data, and submission of needs assessment report per each YC. )

Requested Outputs: