Call for Consultant: Capacity building on urban and climate smart farming training for SOS staff and youth Agri-entrepreneurs

Job Description

SOS Children’s Villages Somaliland

Terms of Reference

Call for Consultant: Capacity building on urban and climate smart farming training for SOS staff and youth Agri-entrepreneurs

1. Introduction

SOS Children’s Villages works for children and young people in 138 countries and territories, working in more than 2000 programme locations worldwide. We work together with a single vision: every child belongs to a family and grow with love, respect and security. SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland is part of SOS Children’s Villages International, the umbrella organization to which all SOS Children’s Villages including SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland Association is affiliated. SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) not-for-profit, non-sectarian and non-partisan and has existed since 1999. SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland is committed to the welfare of children who lost parental care or at risk of losing parental care – often ensuring that children grow up in a loving family environment, and to strengthening families and communities as a preventive measure in the fight against child abandonment and social neglect, and upholds child protection policy as part of their commitment to the protection of children and youth from abuse. Uniquely, we provide long-term, family-like care for children who have lost parental care (alternative care service), and we work with vulnerable families and communities to help strengthen them and prevent family separation (family strengthening service, FS) and other community empowerment programs (The Next Economy (Youth), Urban and Smart Farming Humanitarian Action).

SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES in Somaliland is implementing a three-year green project that empowers youth and smallholder farmers in Maroodijeh and Awdal Regions. The project will equip young people and smallholder farmers with agri-entrepreneurship skills and climate-smart urban farming technologies and strengthen the agribusiness sector’s market value chain. To achieve this, SOS Children’s Villages in Somaliland works with stakeholders, including Harhub, the Ministry of Agriculture Developments, and regional authorities, to increase the capacity of youth and small-holder farmers on climate-smart farming techniques (crops and animal fodder), entrepreneurship skills, and understanding local market value chain opportunities.

SOS Somaliland is seeking to hire a consultant firm or agro-innovation hub to conduct customized training on climate-smart farming technology and agro-entrepreneurship skills for youth entrepreneurs and SOS staff

Training Objective

The overall objective is to build the capacity of Youth and SOS staff on modern climate farming techniques including Organic disease prevention mechanisms, introduce innovative urban farming techniques and introduce organic fertilizers for demotivating chemicals.

Specific Objectives

At the end of the training the participants will be able to:-

– Understand the concept of urban and climate-smart farming (i.e., types of urban farming (hydroponic, kitchen gardening, and other forms),

– Have the knowledge and skills for identifying different types of plant diseases and use suitable organic and inorganic treatments (pesticides, fertilizers, and other nutrients).

– Understand the common signs and symptoms of pests and diseases.

– Practically showcase formulation and production for organic fertilizers and Pest sides

– Introduce different urban farming and innovation models

– Support young people to prepare a detailed business plan for Cosob Corporative Farm

– Support the participants in understanding the supply chain management of green products.

– Help participants visualize potential opportunities in the Agri-Enterprise sector.

– Understand modern water management systems

– Help the identification of Seed quality and seed germinations

– Understand the techniques for marketing the product and market trends

2. Deliverable

The consultant farm/individual is expected to facilitate Youth and Staff training on Scaling up Urban/Climate Smart Farming training with the following deliverables.

– Facilitate climate-smart farming for Youth entrepreneurs and SOS Staff

– Develop interactive training material on design thinking/human-centered approach and modern urban farming techniques (Different models)

– Develop a well-structured workshop training schedule for six days and indicate training exercises with their materials.

– Final training report (pretest and post-testing, photos and list participants) plus training materials (PowerPoint and handouts)

3. Training methodology

The consult will employ interactive and participatory methods, which include but are not limited to: –

· Participatory and interactive

· Use mini-lecturing/ participant-centered method

· Use demonstration and simulation materials

· Group work/discussion and individual activities

· Brainstorming, individual reflection

· Experiential sharing (Active participation from the participant on pragmatic experience sharing)

· Video demonstration, group discussion, presentation, ,

· Role play and world café methods.

· Exposure visits

Skills and Qualifications
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How to apply
Interesting consultant/innovation hub should submit technical and financial proposals electronically in PDF format and send hr@sos-somaliland.org. Before 25th August 2024. Only Electronic submissions will be accepted. The titles of submitted documents should clearly state “Technical and Financial proposal for climate-smart farming training.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting children in our programmes by having a zero-tolerance policy in this regard. We are further committed to providing a safe environment for staff and children, young people and adults with whom we work, where human rights are respected and upheld, and healthy relations are fostered by building organizational systems, capacity, and awareness on PSHEA (prevention and protection against sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse) guidelines. All our co-workers are obliged to follow our policy on Child Safeguarding and Protection, PSHEA and Code of Conduct.