Terms of Reference (TOR)
Advocacy guidelines for DPO engagement with stakeholders on political participation
THE GENERAL ELECTION NETWORK FOR DISABILITY ACCESS (AGENDA)
Position: Advocacy Consultant on Political Participation.
Period of Performance: 1 September – 30 October 2016
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Background
The
General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA) is a creative
partnership between the International Foundation of Electoral System
(IFES), disabled persons’ organizations (DPOs), and election-focused
civil society organizations (CSOs) in Southeast Asia. The AGENDA
network's principal objectives have been to promote election access in
Southeast Asia and ensure that access to disability-inclusive political
processes is on the human rights agenda of regional bodies.
Southeast
Asia is home to an estimated 90 million persons with disabilities. They
face many barriers in their daily lives, including difficulties
exercising their most fundamental right as citizens: the right to engage
in the political life of their communities. Despite their
numbers, governments, electoral institutions and political parties often
fail to adopt strategies to reach out to citizens with disabilities.
Until recently, there have been few systematic attempts to understand
the sheer scale and variety of the challenges facing persons with
disabilities in the area of political inclusion in Southeast Asia or to
offer practicable solutions. There have also been few efforts to share
comparative good practice and to monitor implementation of reforms
mandated by international conventions and state laws to improve election
access for persons with disabilities.
Advocacy
plays significant role in any efforts by individuals, groups or
institutions in achieving policy reform. Although many advocacy tools
are widely available, none specifically address DPOs seeking direct
engagement with government officials on political participation for
persons with disabilities. In recognition of the need to improve
access to political and electoral opportunities for persons with
disabilities throughout Southeast Asia, AGENDA would like to
strengthen the capacity of DPO partners to engage government, election
administrators, media and other electoral stakeholders on election
accessibility and political participation.
AGENDA
is seeking an Advocacy Consultant to develop Advocacy Guidelines and
conduct an advocacy training. The Advocacy Guidelines should be a
resource toolkit on strategic advocacy planning for DPO that work to
improve election accessibility and political participation for persons
with disabilities. The advocacy resource toolkit will be used in
trainings with AGENDA partners and the DPO community. The Advocacy
Consultant would co-facilitate a training in Jakarta.
Responsibilities
Under the supervision of the AGENDA Program Manager, the Advocacy Consultant will undertake the following activities:
- Develop a user-friendly Advocacy Guidelines on Political Participation. The guidelines should be relevant for DPOs and should cover the meaning and importance of advocacy, ways to analyze internal and external environments, agenda setting and develop strategic advocacy plan. The Advocacy Guidelines are expected to include case studies and technical skill exercises.
- Conduct up to three (3) group interviews with DPO members to gather information about experiences with advocacy related to political participation, current practices, and any potential areas of need or gaps. Findings from these interviews should be incorporated into the Advocacy Guidelines.
- Design a one-day training for 20 participants, based on the Advocacy Guidelines on Political Participation.
- Serve as a trainer in the training for the DPOs.
- Write a brief report (5-10 pages) on the advocacy training, including challenges, successes, and lesson learned for future implementation.
Deliverables
The Advocacy Consultant is expected to provide the following deliverables:
- Advocacy Guidelines on Election Accessibility and Political Participation.
- Interview notes and findings (3-5 pages) from group interviews.
- Training materials, including agenda, presentations and hand-outs.
- Report (5-10 pages) on the one-day advocacy training.
Interested candidates may send their applications and list of their previous works that related to Advocacy to:
vacancy@ifesindonesia.org latest by 26 July 2016
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
No phone inquiries.
