Call for Consultancy

Introduction

The Pestalozzi Children's Foundation (PCF) is a Swiss non-profit organization, which works worldwide. Our vision is to create a world as a global village of peace through education. PCF seeks to enhance inclusive and equitable quality education to promote sustainable development and living peacefully together in 12 different countries in Central America, Southeast Asia, East Africa and Southeast Europe. To get more information about PCF, please have a look on the following website: http://www.pestalozzi.ch/en/

PCF implements projects through local and experienced partner organizations, which are responsible for the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the joint projects. PCF aims at strengthening their staff capacities and skills to achieve the programme outcomes.

In Ethiopia, PCF is implementing projects improving access to inclusive, equitable quality primary education in 39 target schools in Addis Ababa and South Ethiopia regional states. The PCF country office aims to create and integrate green school activities in the existing project as a pilot activity. Through the projects, primary school children have the opportunity to increase their knowledge and understanding regarding environmental issues (in the context of education), can participate in practical school project activities which foster sustainable lifestyles, and are being taught by teachers in environmental education and environmental conservation. This training will be a first step in this direction of integrating climate change into the education projects by raising awareness for the participating partnerorganisations.

Objective of the Training

PCF provides funding to local organizations and aims at strengthening their staff capacities and skills to achieve the programmeoutcomes. To support local partner organizations, we would like to offer training for project managers and education supervisors. As this topic is relatively new to the partner organizations, the primary focus should be on what climate change is and how it affects the daily lives of Ethiopians/teachers/students. In the shorter second part, participants will learn how the knowledge can be applied in everyday educational practice. The training shall be tailored to the specific needs and knowledge of the PCF Partner Organizations. The training shall enable participants

• to gain knowledge and increase awareness of what climate change is and what the causes are for Ethiopia;
• to understand how our lifestyle and consumption is contributing to climate change;
• what its consequences are for Ethiopia and how its implications can be put in context of (environmental education);
• how PCF project schools can be part of climate change adaption/ mitigation
• how to teach children sustainable lifestyles (e.g. recycling, organic farming, water saving techniques) showing concrete actions on how to strive towards change;
• to describe methods and practical approach to integrate coping strategies in the context of the project schools (environmental protection club)

To identify potential areas and implement climate change mitigation activities in the school context

Participants

Participants will be selected from PCF partner organizations of PCF Ethiopia as identified per the organization's climate change & education capacity needs. At present, the PCF Country office is working with two operational partners, which are local NGOs of medium size. Please note that the participants and their organizations have a lot of expertise in the field of education but are still relatively new to the topic of climate change. The training shall be conducted for a minimum of 10 and maximum of 12 participants. The main participants are going to be operational partners project managers, education supervisors, and the PCF education officer.

Tentative Schedule

The training agenda shall be developed in close cooperation with PCF and the external service provider. The main topics will be:

• General understanding of what climate change/ global warming is in the context of sustainable development and raising awareness of the topic
• Understanding of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and disaster risk reduction and its impacts on the country & inhabitants
• Integration of climate change discourse into education Contribution of education projects to climate change adaption and mitigation as part of environmental education
• Understanding climate change in the context of PCF school projects Adapting and creating simple educational materials and activities that promote climate resilience and adaptation/ mitigation
• Connection and integrating gender equality and gender-sensitive approaches into climate education initiatives
• In order to determine the current knowledge and exact needs of the participants, an assessment questionnaire shall be developed and circulated by the trainer upon provision of participants' contacts. The results will inform the detailed planning and agenda of the training.
• A follow-up exercise for the participants shall be part of the training package (participants go back to their respective work and apply their learning), the exact format is to be identified and agreed with the trainer.

Dates and Place

The training shall be conducted within one week (5 days). Preferred dates for the training are between 27 31 May 2024. The duration of the training should not exceed 5 days excluding arrival and departure of participants and trainers. The training shall take place Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (training venue will be selected and announced in future.

Expected Deliverables:

• Comprehensive inception report
• Comprehensive training plan with responsible persons
• Final version of the training handout and PowerPoint presentations and sample videos
• Final report including the pre and post test results and possible recommendations.

Required professional, qualification, skills and experiences.

• MA/BSC in climate Change and Adaptation, Environmental studies, and related field with extensive experience in climate change and education
• 5 years and above work experience in training and consultancy services
• Prior experiences in training on climate change and education has an advantage
• Provide at least three testimonies or certificates in facilitation of climate change and education trainings
• Have practical experiences mainstreaming climate change and mitigation in educational institutions
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills

• Able to present renewed licence and TIN