Terms of Reference (ToR)

Hiring Consultant/Consultancy Firm to develop Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) policy for 2 Peer Humanitarian Partners NGOs name Palli Chetana and Uddipto Mohila Unnayan Sangstha (UMUS).

1. BACKGROUND:

Mukti Foundation is a local Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) started its journey in the southwest part of Bangladesh since 1996 and subsequently registered with the NGO Affairs Bureau vide registration No 1391 dated 08/06/1999, Registered with the Society Act. Vide registration no. Satkhira-124 dated 11.04.2005, Registered with the Micro Credit Regulatory vide registration No. 0000381 dated 23.02.2009 and Registered with the Social Welfare, Reg. No.  Satkhira-1092 dated on 10.11.2010. Mukti Foundation has been implementing a project name ToGETHER-2.0 Towards Greater Effectiveness and Timeliness in Humanitarian Emergency Response.

ToGETHER-2.0: “Towards Greater Effectiveness and Timeliness in Humanitarian Emergency Response “is funded by Malteser International, Germany. The goal of the ToGETHER-2.0 is to reduce the impact of disasters on local populations in countries of operation through localized, effective, rapid, and accountable humanitarian assistance. The vision of the project is to promote equal, complementary partnerships between local/national NGOs and international NGOs. The project objectives are to strengthen the leading role of local/national NGOs in the humanitarian system ("local leadership") and the localization agenda at an international level. The ToGETHER-2.0 program also aims to transcend organizational boundaries and enable all local and international partners involved to jointly develop approaches to humanitarian challenges that they would not have been able to realize on their own to this extent and with this added value.

 As part of the project capacity strengthening of the local Peer Humanitarian Partners (PHPs)-NGOs is a major activities of Mukti Foundation. Mukti Foundation on boarded 3 local Peer Humanitarian Partners-NGOs in 2025 and planned to develop PSEAH policy  for each of the 2 Peer Humanitarian Partners-NGOs. Activities of the PHPs are the objectives laid down in PHPs constitutions. The PHPs work with the collaboration of GO, NGO and INGO to empower and establish rights of the less privileged, marginalized vulnerable communities, person with disabilities, ethnic community and surrounding environment through multidimensional development interventions.

Thereafter, according to the peer mentoring plan, Mukti Foundation is looking for a qualified Consultant or Consultancy Firm to develop Sexual exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) policy including orientation on the policy. This policy will be used by Palli Chetana and Uddipto Mohila Unnayan Sangstha (UMUS).

Submission Deadline: 17 August 2026 at 5.00 PM Bangladesh time.

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