Call for Partnership – Fostering Inclusive Career Choices, Resilience and Agency (FICCRA) project

General overview about the FICCRA Project

The Fostering Inclusive Career Choices, Resilience and Agency (FICCRA) project will be mainly contributing to building youth and adolescents’ skills & education which are relevant to the new market opportunities (social work, digital projects, and sustainable economies) through a life-skills, career guidance, vocational & employability package for youth. It stems from a rights-based, integrated, child-centered approaches and will reach young people, aged 14 to 24 with a package that will facilitate their transition into the job market. It will target residents of Palestinian camps and gatherings in North and South Lebanon regardless of their nationalities. Right To Play will be working with local civil society organizations from Palestinian camps and gatherings in order to co-implement with them, support them in creating youth hubs & empowering youth and build their capacity in project management.

FICCRA Actvities – This section describes the activities that the prospective partner will lead on and/or support on implementing with Right to Play.

1. Facilitate RTP partnership assessment process during which mutual and agreed upon partner organizational support plans will be established, followed-up on, and implemented for selected partners;
2. Identification & recruitment of project staff in line with UNICEF & RTP recruitment processes;
3. Identification & recruitment of community volunteers who will be responsible, but not limited to, the following:

• Conduct household level assessment in Palestinian camps and gatherings to identify the most vulnerable 1700 youth and adolescents to take part in the project activities;
• Demonstrate commitment to attend capacity building and training initiatives provided by RTP and other consultants under the scope of the project including trainings on facilitating profiling, career guidance, entrepreneurship sessions;
• Facilitate 16 profiling & career guidance sessions with 1300 adolescents, and facilitate 16 basic entrepreneurship skills to 400 youth;

1. Co-lead with RTP on FGD and community assessments to identify potential market and job opportunities.
2. Ensure referrals to short-term and long-term vocational courses are taking place on timely basis and according to suitable opportunities.
3. Co-lead with RTP on the planning, implementation, and follow-up of youth-led initiatives.
4. Co-lead with RTP to establish linkages with employers to ensure that youth are receiving on the job, and internship opportunities;

Required qualifications, and eligibility of the prospective partner:

• Have a physical center in the specified locations in some of all Palestinian camps and gatherings in North and South (Beddawi Palestinian camp, Nahr El Bared Palestinian camp, Miyeh w Miyeh, & Ein Al Helwe, Burj el Shemali Palestinian camp, Rashidieh Palestinian camp, El Buss Palestinian camp, Shabriha, Qasimiye, Maachouq, Jal El Baher, Sekke).
• Partnership is only open for national organizations and civil society partners;
• The project will be implemented  in Palestinian camps and gatherings in North and South (inc. Tyre and Saida). Only prospective partners who operate or have experience operating in either of the two aforementioned areas or both will be considered;
• Proven 5 years and more of experience and knowledge working and operating in         Palestinian camps and gatherings;
• Proven 5 years and more of experience in planning and implementing livelihood projects entailing career guidance, vocational trainings, and employability;
• Evidence of experience in conducting training/coaching sessions with participants who work with vulnerable communities;
• Proven 5 years and more of experience and knowledge in the child protection and participation, inclusion of PwSN, and referral mechanisms.