Review of existing material on SRH and GBV, development of GBV/SRH integration training package and delivery of training of trainers on the integrated package

1. About UNFPA

UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is an international development agency that works to deliver a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every child birth is safe and every young person’s potential is fulfilled.  

UNFPA is the lead UN agency that expands the possibilities for women and young people to lead healthy sexual and reproductive lives. To read more about UNFPA, please go to: UNFPA about us

2. Service Requirements/Terms of Reference (ToR)

Between 2017 and 2018, UNFPA Lebanon piloted a GBV/SRH integrated approach among 4 partners and consisting of a diverse service/information package including reproductive health, psychosocial support, GBV case management, safe space and legal services either at health facility level and/or through identified referral pathways. The pilot approach was evaluated in 2019-2020 and demonstrated effective, timely and impactful results as well as improved SRH and GBV outcomes. Building on the pilot and evaluation of the approach, four models for integration were developed by UNFPA in 2021 in addition to an assessment tool that allows classification of health facilities under each of these models based on selective criteria. Moreover, UNFPA in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) developed a guide on the main fundamental principles of GBV/SRH integration in health care facilities at primary health care level. In 2021, an estimated 350 health and social care providers were sensitized on the SRH/GBV integrated approach along with the different models. In 2022 UNFPA Lebanon rolled out the SRH/GBV integrated package in several health facilities and plans to expand the model with additional health care facilities in 2023 and beyond.  

To ensure proper and adequate integration of GBV in SRH services, personnel at the health care facility require a list of technical and non-technical skills and competencies to be able to provide quality care services. The set of competencies depends on the profile and nature of professional involvement of each of the concerned personnel as clearly articulated in the above-mentioned guide on the main fundamental principles of GBV/SRH integration in health care facilities at primary health care level.

Based on the above, this consultancy aims to determine the training module on GBV/SRH integration required for the care providers under each of the GBV/SRH integration models elaborated in the GBV/SRH integrated package to develop their capacities and competencies (core, technical and behavioural competencies).

The GBV/SRH integration models include

1. Basic integrated model ( selective provider and or facility level integration- same site)
2. Intermediate integrated model (comprehensive provider and /or facility level integration- same site)
3. Advanced integrated model ( Systems- level integration; multi-site linkages)
4. One Stop Shop

A multidisciplinary team with competencies in SRH and GBV is required to carry out this task.  The development of the package will be followed by delivery of a Training of Trainers for an estimated 10 service providers who will be entrusted with rolling out the training to a wider group of service providers.

It should be noted that UNFPA Lebanon developed between 2000 and 2021 several training packages on SRH and GBV as complementary, not in an integrated manner; hence the outcome of this consultancy will contribute to ensuring a more coherent and complementary approach for reinforcing the integrated approach both theoretically and practically.   

Below the set of tasks required:

• Preparing an action plan with a timeline of activities to be carried out under this consultancy
• Conducting desk review consisting of the following documents (in Arabic and English): a) GBV/SRH integrated resources developed by UNFPA Lebanon (including the main fundamental principles of GBV-SRH integration in health care facilities at primary health care level, the 4 models, the evaluation of the GBV-SRH integration pilot project, the assessment tools etc), b)  Training packages/material on SRH and GBV developed by UNFPA Lebanon prior to adopting the integrated approach such as SRH manual for health care providers and for peer educators, SRH counselling for adolescent girls, menstrual hygiene management, basic financial education for women, health care providers communication with GBV survivors (6-8 in total), c) National RH guidelines, standard operating procedures and packages (4-5 in total), d) International GBV standard operating procedures in addition to the contextualized GBV Essential Service Package, e) International Human Rights Instruments including the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and f) National Legal Frameworks (Laws/Legislations/Policies/Decrees) on GBV prevention and response in Lebanon.
• Conducting KII with UNFPA partners implementing GBV/SRH integrated approach to better understand the training needs in each area (8-10 KII)
• Based on (1), (2) and (3) above, developing a framework that determines the learning needs for each of the 4 models in the RH/GBV integrated package taking into consideration the required competencies for the care providers  
• Developing a training package/content/module for the care/service providers and under each of the 4 models based on revised material
• Identifying gaps in training resources that need to be developed and ensuring filling the gaps
• Presenting a report synthesizing the results of this review and including a matrix that presents the gaps in a visually structured manner
• Submitting the final consolidated training package on GBV/SRH integration
• Delivering a training of trainers for 10 service providers identified by UNFPA on the developed material such as the TOT will be an onsite training having the national experts facilitating in person and the international experts joining online.

The multidisciplinary team members should include experts in Sexual and Reproductive Health and in Gender Based Violence including both Lebanese and International experts. Timeline to complete these tasks is 25 working days between March 15th and April 31^st 2023.

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