(TOR) Consultancy Service for Public-Private Partnership Project Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Development of Engagement Strategy, and Private Sector Mapping
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Page 1 of 7 RFP/2020/14166 Section II: Schedule of Requirements RFP: 2020/14166 Terms of Reference (TOR) Consultancy Service for Public-Private Partnership Project Feasibility Study, Gap Analysis, Development of Engagement Strategy, and Private Sector Mapping 1. BACKGROUND Founded in 1919, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) comprises 16 Regional and State Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 9 Border Trade Associations, 76 Affiliated Associations, 30,555 companies based in Myanmar, 1,879 enterprises, 259 cooperatives and 1,631 foreign companies. UMFCCI focuses on business and industry advocacy, and supports business communities by facilitating between the state and private sector, providing training, seminars, workshops, forum, business matching, study tours and information dissemination. It has been a member of the ASEAN Corporate Social Responsibility Network (ACN) since 2014. Through the UMFCCI-CSR Department, UMFCCI is a member of the ASEAN Corporate Social Responsibility Network (ACN); the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Network Myanmar; the Business for Peace (B4P) Initiative the Union Enterprise for Humanitarian Assistance, Resettlement and Development in Rakhine (UEHRD). MBCA is involved in the Myanmar Private Sector Disaster Management Network, promoting public-private partnerships for effective disaster preparation and management. It is also collaborating with Sprouts Foundation to support the Better English Supplementary Teaching (BEST) programme which aims to improve English language teaching to underprivileged students, and to augment English language teaching capacity across Myanmar. MHDC is currently collaborating with the Asia Pacific Leaders’ Malaria Alliance (APLMA) on malaria elimination, private sector engagement and health security issues in the Greater Mekong Sub-region, and is working with local private sector entities to explore electrification of off-grid health facilities in remote areas of Myanmar in support of Universal Health Coverage. It is also involved in the development of the Myanmar Health Financing Strategy. Programme Overview UMFCCI is a strategic hub for private sector engagement in Myanmar, with its mandate, reach, network and capacity to facilitate with other Chambers of Commerce within the region. As a key player in the government’s efforts to promote and implement public private partnerships (PPPs), UMFCCI assumed control of the Myanmar Business Forum – a PPP and forum established by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, in partnership with the governments of Myanmar, Australia, Britain and Japan to promote public-private dialogue in 2017. UMFCCI has a long history of private sector engagement and advocacy, including in malaria control and elimination. Some key events and activities are outlined below: In November 2013, UMFCCI organized the first-ever Public Private Partnership (PPP) Malaria Forum in Myanmar together with the Myanmar Business Coalition on Aid (MBCA), the Myanmar Health and Development Consortium (MHDC) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) with the goal of engaging the corporate sector to discuss malaria control activities for their workforce and to support the containment UNOPS Asia Region Tel: +66 288 1137 208 Wireless Road Bldg. Fax: +66 2 288 1013 16/F, Unit 1602 Email: [email protected] Lumpini, Pathumwan www.unops.org Bangkok 10330 Thailand Page 2 of 7 RFP/2020/14166 of artemisinin resistance. Over 170 representatives from the private sector attended, including business associations and coalitions, representatives from the oil & gas, agriculture, palm oil & rubber plantations, fisheries, pharmaceuticals, banking, infrastructure (including construction and Special Economic Zones), timber association, forestry, and hotel & tourism sectors along with civil society, government, multilateral and bilateral agencies, research departments and media. In September 2014, UMFCCI participated as a Speaker in the “Opportunities for Corporate Sector Engagement in Malaria Control in the Asia-Pacific” Forum which was co-hosted by the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, the Asia-Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance (APLMA) and the Global Business Coalition-Health (GBCHealth) in partnership with MHDC, Malaria No More and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria with support from Sanofi. A consortium led by UMFCCI’s CSR Department will engage the non-health corporate sector to support malaria control and elimination activities in Myanmar by leveraging technical and operational capabilities of the partner organizations as mentioned below. 1) Myanmar Business Coalition on Aid (MBCA): MBCA promotes private sector sustainability through health, responsible business practices and CSR projects. Since MBCA was founded in 2002, it has reached over 210,000 people through community projects and workplace awareness sessions including in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. MBCA has also assisted UMFCCI to promote CSR activities including UNGC. MBCA works through its own “Board of Governors” in eight regions to guide local offices and advocate with local leaders and government agencies. 2) Myanmar Health and Development Consortium (MHDC): MHDC was founded in 2012 comprising local and international health experts and is one of the main partners in co-organizing several key malaria meetings and forums with UMFCCI and partners to identify opportunities for private sector engagement in support of regional malaria elimination. MHDC has worked for public-private partnership (PPP) in health in Myanmar through expansion of private sector engagement (e.g. a total of 104 companies have signed up to a voluntary malaria accreditation scheme in 4 states and regions), business and workforce mapping in 3 cities in southern Myanmar, and building evidence for a strong business case for malaria control and elimination in Myanmar and the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) region (e.g. development of investment and business case studies for private sector engagement in the GMS, Regional Malaria Advocacy Strategy, etc.). MHDC also conducted Stakeholder Consultations and Country level Dissemination of Actions and Investment to defeat Malaria (AIM) for the RBM Partnership. Project Overview The UMFCCI-CSR Department is serving as the sub-recipient of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria’s RAI2E Grant Package #6.3, with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as principal recipient. Under the grant, UMFCCI-CSR Department will implement the project “Engaging the Non-Health Corporate Sector to Support Malaria Control and Elimination Activities in Myanmar”. The project has two phases: ● The first phase is to conduct corporate sector gap analysis and development of corporate sector engagement strategy. ● Based on the findings and analyses, the second phase (“Implementation phase”) will implement the following six components: UNOPS Asia Region Tel: +66 288 1137 208 Wireless Road Bldg. Fax: +66 2 288 1013 16/F, Unit 1602 Email: [email protected] Lumpini, Pathumwan www.unops.org Bangkok 10330 Thailand Page 3 of 7 RFP/2020/14166 (i) Utilizing the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Supply Chain for Malaria Elimination; (ii) Mobiles for Malaria; (iii) Digital Wallets and Mobile Money System; (iv) Forums to Support Dialogue and Innovation; (v) Engage Corporates with large workforces affected by malaria; and (vi) Public-private partnerships to support elimination. 2. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF SERVICES The main objective of the consultancy is to better understand the private sector situation in the project implementation areas in order to implement a public-private partnership for malaria elimination. These activities will be done through a mixed methods approach collecting relevant primary data and qualitative information on the malaria situation, the private sector situation and the public health infrastructure that will be relevant to the project components. The entire exercise will require to take into context the specific national, regional and local business and public health situations along with relevant human and health geographies of the project implementation areas. ● Developing a detailed data collection plan that includes the data collection team, sampling frame, no. of respondents for each target audience, and data collection techniques (mix of qualitative and quantitative methods). ● Co-developing the questionnaires with UMFCCI-CSR Department RAI2E project team for data collection, pre-testing these questionnaires and revising them accordingly for information collection. ● Ensuring quality data collection ● Conducting a qualitative assessment and mapping of project-relevant public health situation and public health infrastructure in the project implementation areas including the malaria situation (including the risk of imported malaria), and the Rural Health Centers – their catchment areas and transport situation from the township hospital to the RHCs. ● Conducting desk review of townships’ business and non-health private sector landscape and then verifying the establishments at the townships; ● Mapping business establishments, their logistic distribution networks and private sector situation in the project implementation areas (and relevant state/regional administrative and logistics hubs); ● Identifying sectors and enterprises with high potential for outreach and cooperation for the project; ● Undertaking a corporate sector gap analysis to prioritize business sectors