Job Description

Part of the programme

ESTRIDE

Funded by the European Union

Implemented by

Search for

BRITISH COUNCIL

Common Ground

Terms of Reference:

Consultant/Organization for Capacity Building Training in "Alternative Dispute Resolution"

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: 1) peace, social cohesion, and reconciliation; 2) inclusive local governance; and in the recent past, Search has also worked on digital peacebuilding to promote the acknowledgment 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.

The objective of the consultancy

  • Develop the training session plan for ADR forums in collaboration with the SFCG program team.
  • Implementation of the series of training program based on the mutually-agreed-upon Training session plan (The expectation is to be innovative and interactive in the conducting of training without it being restricted to class-room sessions)

DELIVERABLES

  • Task 1: Develop a session plan and pre and post-test for two days of training on Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • TASK 2: Undertake the six training sessions - each training program will be 2 days for 30 persons.

Search for Common Ground (Search) Sri Lanka seeks a Consultant/Organization for Capacity Building Training in "Alternative Dispute Resolution" for SEDR Project. For the complete terms of reference and process please click here and send your duly completed application with required document to [email protected] on or before 16th May, 2024. Only short-listed service providers will be contacted.