Framework agreement - consultancy services for health and SRHR in development context

Topics: Universal health coverage (UHC) with special emphasis on Primary Health Care (PHC) o Health system strengthening; universal health coverage; health financing; domestic resource mobilization and utilization; integration and transition from global health initiatives and funding mechanisms; public financial management and anti-corruption; health systems in humanitarian settings and crisis o Vaccination programmes and systems o Local production of vaccines and pharmaceuticals; market mechanisms; procurement mechanisms; logistics and supply systems o Communicable diseases; integration of programs such as HIV; tuberculosis and malaria; and new and emerging diseases o Equitable/progressive integration of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in primary health care and wider health systems. o Human resources for health, including planning, recruitment, deployment, incentives and remuneration of personnel, and broader policy and implementation o Digitalisation and health including HMIS; innovative digital solutions; Artificial Intelligence (AI) o Maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (MNCAH), including sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) with special emphasis on access to full range of commodities and health systems strengthening o Interface between development assistance for health and health related humanitarian aid. Public health intervention – prevention, promotion, and treatment o Social, environmental, and political determinants of health o Prevention of non-communicable diseases, including mental health o Climate, environment, and health; climate adaptation and resilience o Institutional capacity to promote population health and reduce risk factor exposure within health and across other sectors; legislative, regulatory and tax action; focus on clean air, sugar, tobacco, and alcohol Pandemic preparedness and response o Global health security and International Health Regulations (IHR), including prevent, protect, detect and respond o Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) Norad will need the following types of consultancy services related to Area A: General deliveries: – Development of technical and analytical programme related documents such as studies, briefs, concept notes and reviews – Systematic review of knowledge/research – Appraisal of project proposals from partners including multilateral agencies, INGOs and NGOs, including assessments of results framework and budgets, – Desk reviews with sound analysis of programmes and initiatives and activities of other actors including multilateral agencies, NGOs and private sector, – Midterm- and final reviews, and evaluations of projects and programmes – Rapid evidence assessments – Background documents for health and SRHR policy development as well as developing technical reports for regional and global use, – Assist in preparation of briefs and documents relevant to international meetings, UN negotiations etc., – Assistance in production of digital materials – Other consultancy services related to the areas. Technical advice regarding country programme implementation including: Provide technical advice to country programming processes. – Develop/review country-and project specific results frameworks, – Review and assessment of health and other sector plans, – Review and assessment financial reports, budgets, and value for money related to health, – Development/review of country specific concept notes and briefs, Reporting on results relevant for Norwegian global health and SRHR efforts: – Reporting on results from county specific programs and initiatives, – Develop methods on how to measure aggregated results on the prioritized thematic areas, – Consolidation of information from different initiatives into aggregated reporting on results, – Development of information summaries, briefs and updates on global health processes, – Contribute to reporting on Norwegian strategies and white papers, The above-mentioned tasks may include fieldwork and desk studies. The assignments will require reporting either in English or Norwegian, Norad will inform about it in each call-off.

Topics: Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) o Comprehensive SRHR according to the Guttmacher- Lancet Commission’s definition in 2018 o Expertise in Norway’s priority topics: Safe abortion, Comprehensive Sexuality Education in and out of school, family planning and contraceptives o SRHR services and knowledge for LGBT+ people, adolescents, people with disabilities and other marginalized groups o Digital service delivery and teaching platforms (SRHR and CSE) o International agreed SRHR language in the normative space Harmful practices o Gender-based violence o Sexual gender-based violence (gender-based violence as a weapon in war) o Female genital mutilation o Early, forced and child marriage Anti-gender backlash and its pushback o Relevant groups, their tactics and effects on the backlash and its pushback o Monitoring, mitigation, prevention and protection in backlash and its pushback o LGBT+ people and their organizations are especially targeted by the opposition o The interlinkages between SRHR, SGBV and harmful practices, and the broader gender equality agenda, and its interlinkages with the anti-gender backlash Nexus across conflict, peace, humanitarian and long-term development o Operational SRHR, GBV, SGBV, harmful practices and LGBT+ across the humanitarian, development and peace nexus o The Youth Peace and Security agenda o The Women Peace and Security agenda Approaches and linked topics o Human right based approaches o Leaving no-one behind, gender equality and intersectionality o SRHR links to demographic issues, such as demographic dividend o SRHR links to climate and environment including in crisis o The localization agenda in development related to the areas above o Justice /legal sector, reproductive justice, litigation strategies etc o Advocacy and communication related to the topics above o Digitalization, data and the use of AI o Mapping of international funding trends in SRHR, including domestic resource mobilization Other relevant topics related to area B might also be required. Norad will need the following types of consultancy services related to Area B: General deliveries: – Development of technical and analytical programme related documents such as studies, briefs, concept notes and reviews – Systematic review of knowledge/research – Appraisal of project proposals from partners including multilateral agencies, INGOs and NGOs, including assessments of results framework and budgets, – Desk reviews with sound analysis of programmes and initiatives and activities of other actors including multilateral agencies, NGOs and private sector, – Midterm- and final reviews, and evaluations of projects and programmes – Rapid evidence assessments – Background documents for health and SRHR policy development as well as developing technical reports for regional and global use, – Assist in preparation of briefs and documents relevant to international meetings, UN negotiations etc., – Assistance in production of digital materials – Other consultancy services related to the areas. Technical advice regarding country programme implementation including: - Provide technical advice to country programming processes. – Develop/review country-and project specific results frameworks, – Review and assessment of health and other sector plans, – Review and assessment financial reports, budgets, and value for money related to health, – Development/review of country specific concept notes and briefs, Reporting on results relevant for Norwegian global health and SRHR efforts: – Reporting on results from county specific programs and initiatives, – Develop methods on how to measure aggregated results on the prioritized thematic areas, – Consolidation of information from different initiatives into aggregated reporting on results, – Development of information summaries, briefs and updates on global health processes, – Contribute to reporting on Norwegian strategies and white papers, The above-mentioned tasks may include fieldwork and desk studies. The assignments will require reporting either in English or Norwegian, Norad will inform about it in each call-off.