VACANCY : EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - ICT

ISEAN-Hivos – HIV/AIDS (MARPS) Round 10
EoI Number 1: ISEAN-Hivos -GF-R10-HIV/AIDS
Issuance Date: 29 July, 2011


ISEAN-Hivos-GF-R10-HIV/AIDS - Implementation of Objective 4 of the “Strengthening community systems to reduce vulnerability to and impact of HIV infection on MSM and TG in Insular Southeast Asia”

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

In 2010, the Insular Southeast Asian Network on MSM, TG, and HIV (ISEAN) and the Humanist Institute for Co-operation with Developing Countries (Hivos) jointly submitted a regional proposal to the Global Fund for AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis (GFATM) Round 10. The programme, entitled ‘Strengthening Community Systems to Reduce Vulnerability to and Impact of HIV infection on MSM and TG in Insular Southeast Asia’, was approved by GFATM and contract for the grant is expected to be signed by 1 September 2011. This grant has the main goal of reducing (a) the vulnerability and risks of MSM and TG to HIV infection and (b) the impact of HIV on their lives in Insular Southeast Asia. It intends to address critical gaps in supporting and scaling up activities that reduce HIV/AIDS among MSMs and TGs.

Hivos, as the Principal Recipient of the grant is looking for interested and capable organizations that could serve as Technical Assistant (TA) to provide the following services that address the Grant’s Objective 4 from a two-year the period between October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2013:

1. Develop regional capacity building strategy for the use of ICT for national level MSM, TG and HIV related CBOs
2. Develop tools and conduct training on the use of ICT tools to aid SRs and other CBOs in their national responses to MSM, TG and HIV
3. Develop ICT communication and networking training modules for MSM/TG CBOs
4. Conduct regional Training of Trainers for MSM/TG CBO ICT trainers
5. Provide operational support for ICT programmes & services
6. Develop ICT-based tools for small-research & documentation
7. Develop and conduct trainings on multi-country and small-scale ICT-based research tools
8. Establish and manage a regional knowledge hub on MSM, TG and HIV-related issues - Establish and manage web-based regional knowledge hub
9. Establish a taskforce to develop and implement regional ICT-based BCC interventions for MSM and TG
10. Provide s Support for regional ICT-based support networks for MSM & TG PLHIVs
11. Disseminate lessons the learned on the use of ICT in HIV responses for MSM & TG

An Expression of Interest (EoI) Letter, together with a company/organizational profile and track record must be received by August 8, 2011 to the emails below at 17:00 hrs. Jakarta Western Indonesia Time

l.norella@hivos.or.id and s.laksmi@hivos.or.id

Based on the initial set of EoIs, organizations will be formally invited to send in a full application. The invitation will be accompanied by the list required documents for completion of the application process.