After launching the Sanitation and Hygiene Master Plan - 2011, coordination and harmonization among stakeholders have improved and the numbers of ODF declarations of Districts, VDCs and Municipalities have been rising across the country. The results have drawn admiration from across and outside of the country. As people are constructing their toilets on their own, subsidy issue has increasingly become less significant with the acceleration of sanitation campaign nationwide. As almost all 75 districts are designing their Open Defecation Free strategies and placing efforts to achieve ODF status targeting the achievement within national sanitation target of 2017 and some had already achieved, the country now has decided to conduct a study on the sustainability of the ODF results.
In early 2014, the Joint Sector Review, through an intensive field work and national level consultation has come up with a resolution that would shape the WASH interventions in the country. The process seeks out voices of communities and local bodies’ engagement in designing a resolution assuring impact on the quality of their lives in relation to WASH sector. One of the resolutions agreed was to ‘conducting an Open Defecation Free sustainability study.’
Thus in line with the national interest and GSF commitment, the programme also plans for study on ODF sustainability within GSF districts. As the programme had already been implemented for five years, it has also been vital to measure its sustainability of claimed results of 80% + results against the targets of the first phase of GSF. The study aims to measure the sustainability and impacts of sanitation initiatives in 3 GSF supported ODF districts and some ODF VDCs within the 15 GSF supported districts. The quantitative aspects of the study will look into the improved toilet installation, its continued and proper utilization and behavior change, particularly related to hand washing with soap. The qualitative aspects will put emphasis on the financing, institutional, technical, social and environmental aspects of the sanitation campaign supported by GSF programme in these districts.
General Requirements:
Proposals may be submitted by Close of Business on Sunday, October 11, 2015 via courier or mail
CO/RFP/2015/01
Registry
UN Receptions, UN House,UN-HABITAT Nepal Office
Pulchowk, Lalitpur, Nepal
Your Proposal must be expressed in the English Language, and valid for a minimum period of 90 days
In the course of preparing your Proposal, it shall remain your responsibility to ensure that it reaches the address above on or before the deadline. Proposals that are received by UN-HABITAT after the deadline indicated above, for whatever reason, shall not be considered for evaluation. Please provide softcopy of the proposal set in CD or Pen drive during the submission.