<div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:ii_15658652d3c32e35" alt="Inline image 5" width="89" height="63" class="" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px">                                                      </span><img src="cid:ii_15658654fa771f59" alt="Inline image 6" width="197" height="67" class="" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size:12.8px">                                                     </span><img src="cid:ii_15658657dcf85f55" alt="Inline image 7" width="161" height="60" class="" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="font-size:12.8px"><div><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:12.84px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">This project is funded by EU</span><br></div><h1 align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:33.28px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:24.2667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">TERMS OF REFERENCE</span></h1><h1 align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">CONSULTANT TO DRAW PICTURES FOR ILLUSTRATION OF</span></h1><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">  IEC MATERIALS ON PARENTING SKILLS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:6pt 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Project </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">“</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Promoting inclusive and relevant early childhood care and education for ethnic minority and disadvantaged children in Vietnam” – funded by EU</span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                    </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">BACKGROUND</span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Aide et Action International (AEA) </span></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">is an international NGO, started working in Vietnam since 2003 to support the development of sustainable education projects with our belief in the universal right to a quality education. The approaches of AEA in Vietnam focus on early transformation during two time periods which are most critical in a child’s schooling, Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) to basic education. Over 10 years of experiences along with local communities, partner organizations, and governments, AEA has implemented a number of projects in various locations. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The Consultative Institute for Socio-Economic Development of Rural and Mountainous Areas (CISDOMA)</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"> is a Vietnamese NGO established in 2000. Since its establishment, CISDOMA has carried out various intervention projects both at grassroots level and central level, and researches and surveys on the topics relating to sustainable agriculture, climate change adaptive livelihoods, Disaster Risk Reduction, value chain, Community Education.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">II.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">RATIONALE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"><br>Aide et Action and CISDOMA are now implementing the project “</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Promoting inclusive and relevant early childhood care and education for ethnic minority and disadvantaged children in Vietnam”</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"> - funded by EU - with the aim to</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"><b>increase access to high quality, relevant pre-school and early primary education for ethnic minority children </b>living in 3 communes of Tam Duong district in Lai Chau Province<b> </b>(</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Ta Leng, Nung Nang, Khun Ha</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">)<b>through enhanced teaching pedagogies, participation of parents, and well-informed policymakers.</b></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Within the project framework, parents and caregivers of ethnic minority children will play key roles in the process of promoting the quality of care and education for the children. Parents will receive needs-specific training in nutrition, health and hygiene, among other topics to develop their capacities to more suitably care for their young children. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"> In order to achieve the project’s objective, an Information, Education and Communication (IEC) material package will be developed and applied in the project’s community. In order to this materials is used effectively, visualization of the contents of the materials by relevant pictures is very essential. </span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">III.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">OBJECTIVE</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"><br>The consultant (preferred artist) will help to draw pictures for illustration of IEC materials on Parenting Skills based on the content of the skills which was developed by relevant experts.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">IV.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">               </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">SCOPE OF WORK</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The consultant will familiarize her/himself with the project’s proposal, need assessment report on Parenting skills, and other documents relevant to the project.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The consultant will work closely with project team and experts who developed the content of the IEC materials  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The consultant will discuss and get approval from Project Steering Board (PSB) and Project Implementation Board (PIT) on the proposed ideas.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The consultant will develop the pictures based on the approval of PSB and PIT. The pictures must reflect the true content of the skills, easy to understand and remember, fit with local culture, custom and practice, and comply with the project expected outputs and donor’s requirements.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The consultant will modify (if any) and finalize the pictures after testing to familiarize with the project target beneficiaries and community</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The consultant will ensure the copy right of the pictures and such pictures after having integrated into the materials shall be the copy right of this project</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">V.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                 </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">DELIVERABLES</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The specific outputs will be: </span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">a)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">A package of pictures which illustrate the content of 7 topics on Parenting Skills including: </span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">health care for children</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">personal hygiene for children and environmental sanitation</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">nutrition and food safety</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">care for pregnant mothers</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">preventing and dealing with situations involving common accidents and injuries for children</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">children rights</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                     </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">physical development, cognitive development, language development, emotional development and social skills, aesthetic development</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">b)        A written document from the consultant to ensure no violation of copy rights of the pictures   </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">VI. CONSULTANT REQUIREMENTS</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">The consultant should preferably have:</span><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"></span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">a)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">ability of good drawing, graduated from University of Fine Art is an advantage</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">b)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">understanding the concepts of topics in IEC materials to develop the ideas for suitable pictures </span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">c)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">at least 2 years of experience in developing pictures for IEC materials, especially for education projects</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">d)<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">understanding on the culture, custom and practice of Mong tribe and Tam Duong district, Lai Chau province</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">VII.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                         </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">DURATION AND TIMING</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">                   The consultant is expected to start the service from the 3^rd week of August 2016 and complete the task no later than 31^st of August 2016 with agreed detail schedule.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 54pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">VIII.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                       </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">MANAGEMENT OF THE ASSIGNMENT</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">                    The contract will be signed in accordance with AEA regulations and guidelines for the contracting of consultant. The assignment will be directly managed by the Project Officer and Communication Officer in the planning, picture developing and finalizing the task assigned.</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">IX.<span style="font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                </span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">PROPOSAL CONTENTS</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Interested candidates must submit the following documents:</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">1.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Expression of interest</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">2.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Curriculum Vitae</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">3.<span style="font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">                  </span></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">3 relevant samples of previous work</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:16.64px"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">Interested candidates are invited to contact Ms. Nguyen Thu Trang (<a href="mailto:trang.nguyen@aide-et-action.org" target="_blank">trang.nguyen@aide-et-action.<wbr>org</a>) for additional details about the assignment. Please indicate clearly in your application subject: “Consultant to develop pictures of IEC material”. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Full proposal should be submitted electronically no later than 14^th August 2016 to the contact email address:  </span><a href="mailto:info-vietnam@aide-et-action.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">info-vietnam@aide-et-action.<wbr>org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:20.8px;color:black">Please note that only the selected consultant is contacted.</span></p></div></div>