Consultant - Launching Awareness Campaigns on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
About the Employer
Job Description
Search for Common Ground
Terms of Reference (TOR)
Consultancy Services for Launching Awareness Campaigns on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Introduction on Search for Common Ground
Search for Common Ground is a locally rooted global organization that works to end violent conflict and build healthy, safe, and just societies. It is the largest organization dedicated to peacebuilding, with offices in over 30 countries including places where conflict puts millions of people at risk. In Sri Lanka, Search has been operational since 2011 and is considered a deeply localized organization with a team of ethnically and religiously diverse staff. Search has been working with a range of local partners and stakeholders to promote a culture of tolerance and collaborative problem-solving.
Search has two key programmatic approaches:
- peace, social cohesion, and reconciliation
- inclusive local governance
In the recent past, Search has also worked on digital peacebuilding to promote the acknowledgement and protection of historical memories and prevent future conflict. Search has also supported post-war reconciliation through dialogue and memorialization.
British council and Search Partnership
British Council and Search for Common Ground (SFCG) in Sri Lanka have signed an agreement to work on Area 3 (inclusive local action forums to address shared problems and improve the resolution of community-level grievances under SEDR), and the contract period is July 2023 to December 2024. The overall goal of the SFCG project is to strengthen inclusive local dispute resolution mechanisms that peacefully manage conflict and prevent the escalation of violence in target six districts and twelve divisions in Sri Lanka.
Purpose of the consultancy:
The goal of our search is to spread awareness about Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) through campaign launches. We will collaborate with social media-savvy youth and citizen journalists, providing them with training. Together, we'll create content and ensure its wide dissemination across various social media platforms, targeting the selected six districts and beyond. Additionally, we'll align our campaign with the overarching goals of the SEDR project to maximize its impact.
The deliverables
- A planning meeting with the Search and SEDR project teams.
- Undertake the training program to develop a district-level ADR awareness campaign.
- Finalized the 6 Social Media Product and Developed the Dissemination Strategy.
- Coach the youth to implement the Dissemination Strategy and launch the 6 awareness campaigns.
Search for Common Ground (Search) Sri Lanka seeks a Consultant/Organization for "Awareness Campaigns on ADR" for SEDR Project. For the complete terms of reference and process please click https://shorturl.at/cac76 and send your duly completed application with required document to [email protected] on or before 10th July, 2024. Only short-listed service providers will be contacted.
