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Water For People India Terms of Reference – Empanelment of an agency/consultancy for long term assignments with Water For People India. About the Organization Water For People is a global nonprofit organization working across nine countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa to address the global water crisis and equip communities with lasting access to clean water and sanitation services – for Everyone, Forever. Water for People partners with local governments, businesses, and individuals, providing the support they need to bring clean water and sanitation systems to their own communities. Water For People India was established in 2008 in alignment with the global vision and mission to provide improved access to water and sanitation in rural areas and urban. Water For People India aims to provide universal access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and improved hygiene practices, sustained by local institutions, government, and private sector. Water For People India is an affiliate of Water For People, USA. Water for People India is operational in the state of West Bengal, Bihar, Maharashtra, and Odisha, and reached 2.6 million people through community drinking water, WASH in public institutions, and market-led approaches to sanitation. Over the past decade, Water For People India has emerged as a niche organization with focused water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs that cater to the most vulnerable and marginalized communities, inclusive of public institutions such as Anganwadi centers, schools, and health centres. Water For People India is a direct implementation agency supported by civil societies, local NGO partners, and entrepreneurs. Job Summary Position Title: Agency/Consultancy. Organization: Water For People India. Location: New Delhi, India Nature of contract: Retainership Water For People India is looking for a reputable agency/consultancy to conduct extensive research and impact evaluation work. This task entails meticulously analysing successfully implemented projects, as well as performing data analysis incorporating both primary and secondary data from project locations. The purpose of this engagement is to facilitate incisive insights, effective documentation, and competent dissemination of research findings. The scope of research includes both existing and new geographical areas. The focus of the research will be around WASH, Water Resources Development and Management, Agriculture and Livelihood integrating with Climate Change impacts. Research - Existing geography – Water For People's primary data, as well as data from other departments, will be used to create a comprehensive research recommendation. This recommendation seeks to improve the organisation's learning efforts by delving into existing challenges in the areas of WASH, Water Resources Management, and Climate Change within the specified geographical areas. New geography – research will be launched to investigate the effects of climate change on WASH, water resource development and management, agriculture, and livelihood in new geographical area. The primary goal of this research is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the challenges present in the area and then create necessary documentation to effectively address the challenges. The research documents will include a variety of recommendations for mitigating the identified challenges within the specified region. Using the research findings, the effective concept notes will be developed. Impact evaluation/lesion learnt study – using the data and reports of the successfully implemented projects, perform the data analysis, and develop the comprehensive documents to extract the learnings, challenges, and mitigation plans from the implemented project. Using the analysed and reviewing reports, develop the knowledge products to enhance the knowledge of the organization, develop new ideas to document a great concept note to share it with external agencies such as donors, and government departments. Research/study Components - WASH (Water Sanitation and Hygiene). Water Resources Management. Climate Change Impacts. Agriculture. Livelihood. Integrating WASH, WRM with Climate Change impact. Audience: Internal program team: The research will help in learning the program’s achievement, challenges and its mitigation plan, learning new ideas to develop the concept notes, new challenges to build the capacity of team by developing the knowledge products. External audience: The research and impact evaluation report can be used for new project development, donor interaction or can be repurpose for the social media content (articles, blogs, success stories, case studies, etc). Scope of Work The se |