Terms of Reference

Consultancy to facilitate online workshop

The Asia Foundation Pakistan is looking for an experienced consultancy firm to facilitate an online grantee workshop. Participants comprise a group of approximately 30-35 persons from national and international organizations.

Location: Online (the platform(s) to be agreed with the consultancy firm)

Date and Time: July 26-July 29, 2021 (3-4 hours daily)

Workshop Objectives:

• To encourage the grantees and sub-grantees of the partner donor organization to share operational realities and challenges, reflect on programming transitions and limitations caused by COVID-19, explore adaptation methods, and provide opportunities to collaborate with each other.
• Orient grantees and sub-grantees on areas of interest such as grant management, addressing freedom of expression during COVID-19, gender and inclusion, and conflict mitigation. 
• Allow greater connection between the donor and grantees and sub-grantees while providing the participating organizations with space to create a set of recommendations and lessons learned for more robust and more effective project implementation.

Tasks and Responsibilities of the Consulting Firm:

The consulting firm will design and facilitate the grantees workshop, targeting 30-25 participants over a three-to-four-day period. The firm will ensure that the workshop is engaging, interactive and effective in achieving the expected outcomes of the workshop.  It will include break-out sessions and other participation tools as appropriate. The Asia Foundation will designate a resource person and liaison officer to provide guidance to the consulting firm.

Specifically, the consulting firm will:

• Develop the methodology in consultation with the Asia Foundation and donor organization.
• Prepare reference material and documents for pre-workshop preparation (including a note on Pakistan’s development context) and for use during the workshop.
• Facilitate the online/virtual workshop using interactive and engaging approaches.
• Prepare a brief report after the conclusion of the workshop. The content of the report will be determined between the parties.   

Key Requirements:

• 7-8 years’ international experience in the organization of online events of similar nature.
• Facilitators fluent in English. Ability to support some translation into Urdu.
• Experience working with development sector, civil society organizations.