Project: Strengthening resilience in Conflict-Affected Communities and camps in West Bank: Improving Food Security, Livelihood, Health, Social Cohesion, and Disaster Preparedness with a Focus on Women’s Empowerment.

Project duration: October 2025 (tentatively) – run 3 years

Project Country and locations: Palestine, West Bank – locations will be selected among 40 rural communities in Area C and refugees camps. Potential areas could be Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tubas, Jordan Valley and Jericho.

PCA envisaged start and end dates: 01/06/2025 – 31/07/2025

Overview

WeltHungerHilfe (WHH), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH), International Orthodox Christian Charities and Juzoor as consortium seeks to enhance community resilience in Area C and refugees camps in West Bank, Palestine, through Transitional Development Assistance (TDA) funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Affected people and communities in these areas face multiple challenges due to violence, climate change impacts, and economic insecurity**. Integrated approaches to resilience focusing on livelihoods, food security, gender-based violence (GBV), health, social cohesion and disaster preparedness (DRR) have particular focus.** To develop a project that effectively strengthens existing resilience capacities at different levels, the consortium led by DKH, plans to carry out a project-designing resilience analysis. This analysis will contribute directly to the project design by identifying key areas where all the partners of the consortium can effectively support affected people and local structures in overcoming crises and strengthening their resilience in line with BMZ’s strategy on transitional development assistance (2020).

To further develop a project that effectively strengthens existing resilience capacities at different levels (individuals, households, and communities/local structures), while taking into account prevailing conflict dynamics, the consortium plans to carry out different studies, included a market and value chain assessment to identify and design transition aid (livelihood focused) programmes that, if implemented, increase employment / self-employment opportunities and improve the living conditions of the Palestinian population.

The proposed location will be selected among 40 communities in Area C and refugees camps. Potential areas Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tubas, Jordan Valley and Jericho.

2. Purpose of the Market Assessment and Value Chain Analysis

The overall purpose of the Market Assessment and Value Chain Analysis is to identify and design transition aid (livelihood focused) programmes that, if implemented, increase the employment opportunities (or in any case the income) and improve the living conditions of host communities and refugees.

The purpose of the Market Assessment is to assess the potential for growth, profitability and employment of local economic sectors. The market assessment will identify value chains with high potential.

The purpose of the Value Chain Analysis is to determine how the identified value chain(s) can be developed to include youth in the labour market, whether in self or wage employment. The value chain analysis will lead to value chain development strategies with practical action points.

Through a consultative and field-based process, the contractor will conduct the Market Assessment and Value Chain analysis, using a well-established and recognized methodology, to achieve the following specific objectives:

3. Geographic locations

The first phase of the Market Assessment and the Value Chain Analysis will identify municipalities and areas which have a (potential growing) labour market, employment opportunities.

These will include the major refugees and hosting locations and consider communities in Area C targeted the other consortium studies and assessments, within Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tubas the Jordan Valley and Jericho.

4. Scope of the work

Through a consultative and field-based process, the contractor will conduct the Market Assessment and Value Chain analysis, using a well-established and recognized methodology, to achieve the following specific objectives:

• Identify a range of areas / municipalities (at least 10 including rural, urban and UNRWA Camps) which fulfil with the agreed pre-selection criteria to carry out the market study.
• Identify market dynamics and opportunities and assess and map the supply and demand of services in targeted areas.
• Select key value chains with the highest potential for growth, sustainability, profitability and employment. Special emphasis should be placed on finding safe value chains for women and youth, with the identification of entry points into the labour market (self-employment or wage employment) and where international labour standards are generally respected.
• Assess the roles that youth and women currently have (or not) in the key value chains, what skills they possess, and which skills they would require to efficiently operate in these value chains for maximum benefits.
• Assess what economic (self-) employment opportunities exist for youth and women that have the potential to improve their income.
• Map the existing potential value chains.
• Analyse the supporting functions that are required to make the value chain work, including both existing and missing support functions (e.g. infrastructure, information, related services). Identify the current challenges and opportunities for youth and women that can be leveraged.
• Clarify the rules and regulations (e.g. standards, laws, informal rules and norms) related to the value chain. Outline any gaps that must be filled for refugees in Palestinian Camps (UNRWA) to sustainably gain employment through the value chain, and how the value chain can be developed.
• Assess the competitiveness of the value chain(s) and determine how to create competitive advantages for the targeted sectors in the context of local and regional trends, having in mind the context of the Palestine population.
• Assess the cost, profit, marketing, and supply and demand dynamics of the value chain.
• Recommend value chain development plan(s) that benefit both refugees and local communities and lead to improvement of living conditions and wage/self-employment.
• Order by priority potential development plans and interventions. In particular, the prioritization should take into account the potential of certain chains to promote the inclusion of women, youths and vulnerable groups.

4.1 Expected tasks

Market Assessment

Task 1: Desk review

Engage with key stakeholders, including but not limited to Universities, private sector actors, NGOs, community representatives, Chamber of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, and any other relevant Ministry (i.e Labor, economy etc)

Task 2: Mapping of identified municipalities / areas to apply the market study.

Task 3: Inception workshop with staff and selected partners (including the evaluation matrix, methodology, and data collection tools, in consultation with the evaluation team)

Validation of data collection tools

Task 4: Field data collection

Present preliminary findings

Task 5: Validation workshop with staff and selected partners

Provide a final report with findings, recommendations, and action points

Value Chain Analysis

Task 1: Planning, training and inception workshop with staff and selected partners

Validation of data collection tools

Task 2: Field data collection

Task 3: Thematic/sectorial workshops

Task 4: Data analysis workshop(s) & presentation of preliminary findings

Task 5: Validation workshop with staff, selected partners

Task 6: Submission of first draft

Task 7: Finalization of the report

4.2 Data collection Methodology

Mixed approach (quantitative and qualitative) including secondary data review, KII, FGDs

5. Supervision/Reporting line and Duty Stations

The contractor will report directly to the WHH Market Advisor in Bonn and coordinate with the Head of Programme in Amman.

6. Logistics

The consultant(s) will be responsible to handle all the logistics for the data collection at the field level. The consortium members’ teams may be able to provide support if needed.

7. Consultancy Deliverables

The deliverables of the consultancy will be two reports:

1. Mapping of identified municipalities to carry out the market studies
2. Labour market studies and value chain assessment report. The draft report will be reviewed by WHH and the Evaluation committee composed of all the partners of the project, and the final report will be produced by the contractor based on the feedback.

The market assessment and value chain analysis report should include at least:

1. Executive summary
2. Background
3. Methodology and documentation of the process
4. Limitations and challenges
5. Findings of market assessment:

• SWOT analysis, potential for growth, profitability and employment of each sector.
• Market System Map that describes the products-services movement and availability. This map should also explain the market integration and segmentation)

1. Conclusion of market assessment: list of value chains that should be targeted to boost the employment
2. Findings chapter for each selected value chain (market players, rules, policies and regulations, supporting functions in addition to sourcing, production and marketing mechanisms)
3. Recommendations (intervention matrix)

The Contractor will submit to WHH the following materials:

1. Electronic copies of all data sets
2. All quantitative and qualitative data (completed questionnaires, recorded interviews, focus groups, etc)
3. Any other documents that will be used or collected during the consultancy.

8. Proposed Timeframe

• Inception report
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 8 days
• Responsible: Consultant(s)
• Inception Workshop (present and discuss desk review findings, proposed methodology and tools); approval by the consortium organizations
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 1 day
• Responsible: Consultant(s), WHH Amman, WHH HQ, IOCC, Juzoor, DKH
• Train local researchers and/or enumerators, if needed
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 2–3 days
• Responsible: Consultant(s)
• Data collection
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 1–2 weeks
• Responsible: Consultant(s)
• Data cleaning, analysis and prepare draft report
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 1 week
• Responsible: Consultant(s)
• Consultation process with local stakeholders (e.g. validation workshop)
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 5 days
• Responsible: Consultant(s)
• Submission of preliminary report to WHH
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: Mid/End of June
• Responsible: Consultant(s)
• Review of draft report
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 1–2 weeks
• Responsible: Consultant(s), WHH Amman, WHH HQ, IOCC, Juzoor, DKH
• Validation Workshop with consortium organizations
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: 1 day
• Responsible: Consultant(s), WHH Amman, WHH HQ, IOCC, Juzoor, DKH
• Final Report submitted
• Tentative timeframe / Deadline: Mid July
• Responsible: Consultant(s)

9. Payment milestones

25% at the agreement signature.

25% at the conclusion of field data collections.

25% at the submission of the first drafts.

25% at the reception of the final reports.

10. Safeguarding and Data Confidentiality

The consultant(s), along with any local researchers, enumerators and sub-contractors, will be required to sign and follow WHH’s Code of Conduct (Annex 1).

All primary data collected during the research process is to remain confidential and is not to be shared with third parties.

11. Conflict of Interest

The consultant(s) must declare any potential or perceived conflicts of interest linked to any aspect of this study. Such conflicts of interest may include, but are not limited to:

• Business interests in a community included in the study
• Financial, family, political or business affiliation with any partner’s consortium staff, or local authorities included in the PCA.

Declaration of a conflict of interest will not be viewed negatively and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Failure to declare a potential conflict of interest may lead to the disqualification of the consultant’s application or, if selected, the termination of the consultant’s contract

12. Qualifications

Academic: advanced university degree in marketing, economics, socio-economic development, development planning, financial management or other related fields.

Professional Experience:

a) Minimum of 5-10 years of relevant professional job experience (market assessments, local economic development, value chain development, strategic planning, etc.);

b) Proven experience in planning, implementing, and monitoring livelihoods programmes (and managing multiple projects);

c) Previous experiences in conducting comprehensive market and value chain assessment, qualitative and quantitative studies

c) Experience in working with international and national NGOs and UN organisations, or with government authorities at national level;

Language: fluency in English, Arabic

Access to the field locations is a mandatory requirement

How to Apply:

Application

Consultants/consultancy firms are invited to submit:

• Technical Proposal: Detailing the approach, methodology, and timeline for the assignment
• Capacity statement: Demonstrating experience and ability to deliver on the ToR
• Sample of previous work: At least a relevant report, including at least one study that was 100% led by the lead consultant
• Financial proposal: Budget breakdown including consultancy fees, logistics, and any related costs, VAT
• CVs of key personnel: Detailing qualifications and experience
• References: Contact details for two references for similar assignments done not more than two years ago
• Supplier Declaration: Filled and signed

Applications should be submitted to pia.hirsemann@welthungerhilfe.de by 1st of May 2025.

Working languages are English and Arabic. All written outputs must be provided in English

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Annexes

Annex 1: Code of conduct