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At 08:40 AM 6/21/2011, ETAN wrote:

Terms of reference: Consultant for Capacity Building Support and development of legal resources – August to December 2011

Background

The Asia Foundation (TAF) Access to Justice (ATJ) program, which is funded by USAID, started in 2002. The largest component of the program is the provision of free legal aid for legal assistance in particular to those who are vulnerable within the community. Currently the Foundation supports the following four legal aid service providers:

• Fundasaun Edukasaun Comunidade Matebian (ECM) – is based in Bacau and covers the Baucau District Court jurisdiction of Baucau, Lautem, Viqueque and Manatuto Districts.
• Fundasaun Fatu Sinai Oecusse (FFSO) – is based in Pante Makassar, Oecusse and covers the Oecusse District Court jurisdiction – which includes Oecusse Disrict only.
• LBH-Liberta – is based in Dili and covers the Dili District Court jurisdiction of Dili, Ermera, Aileu and Liquisa.

• Victim Support Service (VSS) of the Justice System Monitoring Programme (JSMP) – is based in Dili and provides legal assistance to women and children victims of gender-based violence. VSS is based in Dili but has one lawyer based in Suai and one in Oecusse.

The Foundation is currently requesting proposals for a fifth legal aid provider to serve the four districts covered by the Suai Court. In addition, the Foundation supports the Legal Research Unit (LRU) of JSMP which conducts court monitoring and legislative analysis.

Activity

The Foundation is seeking a consultant who will assess training needs of the legal aid partners and working with ATJ, develop a program of training support for FY 2012. The assessment and support will include case management implementation by the partners and support to the Women Lawyers’ Group facilitated by the Foundation and its initiative to develop a women’s legal aid organization for women only clients. The consultant will ensure that training support by the Foundation is institutionalized within each legal aid organization. The consultant will assist the ATJ in orienting the legal aid partners in two key tools for the partners’ work – a new lawyers’ kit and a manual on providing legal assistance in cases of gender-based violence and ensure that the kit and manual are institutionalized. The consultant will also undertake a scoping exercise to develop a Tetum legal glossary for the partners, determining what other similar initiatives are currently underway. Finally the consultant will work with ATJ to develop training materials for the partners for use in community legal education.

Responsibilities and deliverables

The consultant will be responsible for the activities and deliverables outlined below:

Task
Deliverables
Timeline
Lawyer’s Kit
Finalize the new lawyers’ kit, and conduct an orientation session or LBH Directors in using the kit.
Finalisation and launch of the lawyers’ kit and ensuring development of orientation training programs for each LBH.
August 2011

GBV Manual
Finalise the gender-based violence training manual, including ensuring all technical feedback is reviewed and incorporated as appropriate
Finalisation of the gender-based violence training manual for VSS and the legal aid partners.
August 2011




Work with the partners to identify how they will use the gender-based violence manual in their legal aid programs
Implementation plans from each of the legal aid organizations in assisting the staff to use the GBV manual
November 2011
Legal Glossary
Review the scope for TAF to produce a Tetum legal glossary for the legal aid partners and provide a recommendation for TAF on feasibility and scope of possible production of a glossary. Consider production of other pertinent materials to support the partners in providing legal assistance including an annotated version of the Civil Procedures Code.
Scoping for Tetum legal glossary with recommendation to TAF on feasibility of TAF producing a glossary
August 2011
Litigation and Non-Litigation skills training
Evaluate the impact of the litigation and non-litigation skills training for FY 2011 and identify training needs for FY 2012
A technical evaluation of the litigation and non-litigation skills training conducted during FY 2011 and identification of the litigation and non-litigation training needs for FY 2012
September 2011
Develop a training plan for FY 2012 for litigation and non-litigation skills for the legal aid lawyers. Ensure that the plan builds on the learning outcomes from the FY 2011 training plan and that it is based on training needs identified following the identification of the training needs.

Ensure delivery of at least three trainings for the partners.
Development of the training program for FY 2012.









Ensure delivery of at least two trainings for the partners.
October 2011









December 2011
Case management capacity building
Develop a case management support program for the partners for FY 2012. Ensure the delivery of case management support to the partners for FY 2012.

Support ATJ in ongoing monitoring of the case management implementation.

September 2011

Working with ATJ program staff, identify one specific case management training need based on ATJ’s regular monitoring of the partners. Ensure the delivery of the training.
Delivery of at least one national level specific case management training for the legal aid partners
December 2011
Develop obligatory case management requirements for the partners in their regular reporting to TAF.

Socialize the requirements to the TAF partners.
Design obligatory case management reporting requirements for the partners to TAF and ensure socialization of the requirements with the partners
October 2011
Women Lawyers’ capacity building
Working with the women lawyers group and JSMP, provide technical input to the development of the strategic plan for developing LBH-Feto, in particular to review the plan for technical capacity building based on capacity needs assessment of Women Lawyers Group by the JSMP/VSS Consultant.
A technical capacity building plan for the proposed LBH-Feto
December 2011
Monitor ongoing developments in relation to establishment of LBH-Feto.

Conduct a mid-term technical evaluation of the progress to date for the establishment of LBH-Feto and prepare a written report containing pertinent recommendations to TAF regarding progress to date
A technical evaluation of the progress to date for the establishment of LBH-Feto and written report and recommendations to TAF regarding the progress to date
December 2011
Suco council materials
Working with ATJ staff, provide technical input into the development of training materials for Suco Councils on their role in relation to resolution of disputes.
Ensure the development of TAF’s materials for training Suco Councils on their role in relation to resolution of disputes
September 2011
Domestic violence law
Working with ATJ staff, provide technical input into the development of training materials for Suco Councils on the Domestic Violence law.
Ensure the development of TAF training materials on the Domestic Violence law.
September 2011
Total number of days
120


Please send expressions of interest and an updated CV by 1 July 2011, to Asia Foundation, Rua de Nu Laran No 20, Bairro dos Grillos,
Dili, Timor-Leste, or by email to kbrogan@asiafound.org.