Organization: ECPAT International
Country: France
Closing date:
07 Oct 2015Title:“Don’t look away, be aware & report the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism!”
Project duration: 3 years (from 23rd October 2012 until 22 October 2015).
Donors: The European Union (75%), some European governments and other private donors.
Partners: ECPAT France (the applicant), ECPAT Luxembourg, ECPAT Germany, ECPAT Austria, ECPAT Netherlands and Nobody’s Children Foundation (NCF/ECPAT Poland).
I.Presentation of ECPAT France
ECPAT France was established in 1997 and is a non-profit association registered as a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Our mission is to combat all forms of commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) as well as to raise public awareness on this issue.
ECPAT France is a member of the global network ECPAT (**E**nd Child Prostitution, Child Pornography And Trafficking of children for sexual purposes), which is recognised as the international authority on issues relative to CSEC. One of the main priorities of the network is to raise public awareness on the CSEC in order to mobilise a strong response against this phenomenon, which is estimated by UNICEF to affect 2 million children every year.
II.Context and justification of the project
Few European child sex offenders are reported and convicted despite the introduction of extra-territorial legislation in most European countries as well as various political and tourism industry commitments made at the European level over the past years. One important industry initiative is the international Code of Conduct for the protection of children from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism which exists since 1998.[1]
In order to respond to this situation, a consortium of six members of the ECPAT network in Europe (ECPAT France, ECPAT Luxembourg, ECPAT Germany, ECPAT Austria, ECPAT Netherlands and Nobody’s Children Foundation (NCF/ECPAT Coalition in Poland)) have developed a project with the aim of strengthening the protection of children and young people in developing countries from the sexual exploitation of tourists and travellers: “*Don’t look away! – Be aware and report the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism”*, supported by the European Union (Contract DCI NSA-ED/2012/280-007 lot3 EuropeAid/131141/C/ACT/Multi). A number of other ECPAT members and stakeholders such as members of the tourism industry and the Police are associate partners in the project.
The project is an extension of the “*Trilateral campaign to protect children and adolescents against sexual exploitation within tourism*” initially developed by ECPAT Austria, ECPAT Germany and ECPAT Switzerland in collaboration with their respective national governments, law enforcement agencies and tourism industries.
III.Objectives and description of the project
The Project “Don’t look away – be aware &report the sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourism!”*is a 3 years project (from 23rd October 2012 until 22 October 2015) co-financed by the European Union.The project aims to reduce the tolerance of this child rights violation at three distinct levels: the level of the **individual*, the level of the private sector (through promoting corporate social responsibility) and at the policy level(through targeting local, national and European institutions).
Overall objective: To increase the protection of children in developing countries from sexual exploitation at the hands of travelers through reducing the social tolerance of this child rights violation.
Specific objective: To stimulate positive changes in the attitudes and behaviour of European citizens through raising their awareness and critical understanding in order to mobilise them, as well as key institutional and private sector actors, to assume their responsibilities in taking action to combat the sexual exploitation of children in travel & tourism
Target groups: The general public, travellers (holiday, business, sporting events, voluntary work, etc.), the tourism industry (hotels, tour operators, associations, tourism students), the media, governments, local authorities, law enforcement agencies and NGOs in destination countries
Final beneficiaries: (Potential) child victims of sexual exploitation in travel and tourism
Estimated results:
1) Public awareness is raised on the factors contributing to child sex tourism (CST), including the impact of international sporting events, and its legal consequences
2) The understanding of the dynamics of sexual exploitation of children in travel and tourist destinations as well as the capacity to develop appropriate responses is strengthened
3) Reporting mechanisms are strengthened through the creation, replication, dissemination and communication of reporting tools
4) The capacity and support of key stakeholders such as the tourism industry, law enforcement agencies, governments and local authorities is strengthened and mobilised.
Main activities:
§ 1.1.Awareness-raising campaigns in each partner and associate country in the EU and Brazil, focusing on international sporting events in particular
§ 1.2.Awareness-raising during tourism fairs in the partner countries
§ 1.3.Sharing experiences on developing and implementing awareness-raising campaigns through an International Expert meeting
§ 2.1.Establishing quality information on CST & the feasibility of implementing or strengthening reporting structures through country assessments in 5 destination countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
§ 3.1.Development and dissemination of material on reporting procedures and structures in all partner and associate country languages
§ 3.2.Cooperation on developing and strengthening national (online) reporting mechanisms in partner and associate countries (involving sub-granting) and linking them to an EU-wide platform for reporting
§ 4.1.Training for tourism professionals, educators and students in the partner countries
§ 4.2. Lobbying activities in partner countries and at the European level (EU institutions)
§ 4.3.Sharing experiences and best practice on reporting structures and their implementation
IV.Partners and countries involved
The project “Don’t Look Away” is coordinated by ECPAT France in collaboration with five partners from ECPAT groups that form the project consortium: ECPAT Luxembourg, ECPAT Germany, ECPAT Austria, ECPAT Netherlands and ECPAT Poland/NCF.
The project is supported by the following associated partners (mostly European affiliate members of ECPAT): ECPAT Belgium, ECPAT Italy, ECPAT Switzerland, ECPAT United Kingdom, La Strada (Ukraine), Organizatia Salvati Copiii (Romania), Karo (Czech Republic), Tartu Child Support Center (Estonia), Neglected Children Society (Bulgaria), ECPAT International, FUNDESO (replaced by ECPAT Spain), Child Protection Alliance (Gambia), Fair Trade in Tourism (South Africa), SESI Conselho Nacional (SESI).
The project has been mainly located in 6 European countries (France, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and Poland) where all the activities were implemented. Some of the activities benefited to 16 other countries: 10 European countries (Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Romania, Ukraine, United Kingdom) as well as 5 African countries (Gambia, Madagascar, Kenya, South Africa, Senegal) as well as Brazil.
The applicant and each partner are responsible for the development of the activities in their country and in their associated country according to this role chart:
PartnersAssociates ECPAT France Fundeso (Spain)/ECPAT Spain ECPAT International ECPAT France (Madagascar) SESI (Brazil) ECPAT Netherlands ECPAT Belgium Neglected Children Society (Bulgaria) Child Protection Alliance (Gambia) ECPAT Luxembourg ECPAT Italy ECPAT Switzerland Senegal (partner to be found) ECPAT Poland La Strada (Ukraine) ECPAT Austria Organizatia Salvati Copiii (Romania) Karo (Czech Republic) Kenya (partner to be found) ECPAT Germany Tartu Child Support Center (Estonia) ECPAT UK Fair Trade in Tourism (South Africa)
Many tourism companies and associations have been involved in the implementation of the project (dissemination of the two campaigns to their customers, dissemination of the trainings for their staff members, etc.) including Accor, Thomas Cook, TUI Group, Air France, Luxair, Corsair, Selectour Afat, Transat, Carrefour Voyages, Le Petit Futé, Club Med, Opodo, Sales-Lentz, Emile Weber, PDM Travel, XL Airways, Air Austral, etc. Some European governments (national Police and ministry of Justice) have also actively participated in the development of the project, in particular in the development of reporting online mechanism and dissemination of both campaigns. The European platform is supported by Europol.
V.Aim and scale of the evaluation
The aim of the external evaluation is to analyse the inputs, outcomes and the impact of the project in response to the projects objectives. The evaluation should be able to offer an overall impression of the project with respect to:
§ Relevanceof the project: is the strategy adopted relevant to fight against child sexual exploitation and increase child protection in destination countries? In particular, is it relevant to develop and strengthen reporting mechanisms in the European countries?
§ Effectiveness and performance: what have been the outputs and the outcomes of the project with respect to the log frame? Do the outputs and outcomes have reduced the social tolerance and stimulate positive changes in the attitudes and behaviour of European citizens and institutional and private sector actors?
§ Collaboration andNetworking: does the project have encouraged networking and strengthen partnerships? How strong are the relationship and cooperation between partners and stakeholders (Tourism industry, Government partners, Police, etc.)?
§ Visibility: does the dissemination plan of the two awareness-raising campaigns have permitted to reach the target groups and to spread the messages? Does the visibility of the EU contribution have been ensured in the project?
§ Efficiency in implementation (planning, monitoring, budgeting, resources management, reporting, documentation and evidence building, coordination) and cost effectiveness.
§ Sustainability:what aspects of the project are likely to be sustainable and which of the aspects of programming would require continued external support?
§ The impact:does the project have permitted to reach the global objective? Does the project will contribute to increase the protection of children in developing countries from sexual exploitation in travel and tourism?
VI.Methodology
The evaluation should include desk research, interviews and writing of draft and final report:
§ Desk research:should include the review of all the developed materials and documentations (the communication supports of the 2 awareness raising campaigns and for Tourism fairs, the 5 country assessments on reporting mechanisms in Gambia, Madagascar, South Africa, Kenya and Senegal, the global assessment, etc.) the reports of the events organized (the 3 International experts meetings, the European training of trainer and national conferences, etc.), the tools created or adapted, including web-tools (the Serious Game, the E-learning, the European Platform, the national reporting websites, the modules of Tourism trainings, etc.) and other relevant reports of activities (the report on Sport event campaign, evaluation grids on Tourism training, the annual activity reports of the project), etc.
The consultant should collect all quantitative data from the log frame (list of activities, number of participants, number of supports, etc.).
§ Interviews: At least 5 interviews should be conducted at national level (Luxembourg, Poland, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and France) with the project manager, a professional of Tourism, a trainer (if different from the project manager), a Police member and a member of the government.
For the overall evaluation skype discussion will be organized with experts, partners and associates.
Interviews of stakeholders from destination countries may be conducted via the associate partners from South country, according to availability and access (via skype discussion or written questionnaires).
§ Reporting on the evaluation:The consultant is requested to produce an evaluation report in English between 20 and 30 pages, including table of contents, brief introduction, objectives and methodology, observations and inferences, separately and corresponding recommendations, executive summary: overall lessons learned and recommendations, annexes (appropriate: acronyms, list of persons met, TOR, methodology, calendar, etc.).
All research activities should be listed so it is transparent what was evaluated. National differences should of course be taken into account.
VII.Location
The evaluation will start with a general briefing of the consultant in France (the coordinator of the project). There will be an evaluation on the national level in Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, The Netherland, Poland and in France, (2 days per country) and an overall evaluation (mainly in France) and through discussion via Skype with all partners and some associated partners.
VIII.Work schedule and budget
§ The Desk research and interviews would have to be done between Mid-October 2015 and end of November 2015.
§ A closing meeting of the project is already settled on Wednesday 15th of October 2015 in Paris. According to the availability of the consultant, his/her presence will be important to gather all information and feedbacks from partners and associates of the project.
§ The first draft of the evaluation report with preliminary findings would have to be submitted to ECPAT France before 31st of December 2015.
§ The final evaluation report would have to be submitted before 31st of January 2016.
A budget between 15,000 and 20,000 EURis available for the evaluation of this project, including travels.
IX.Detail proposal (technical and financial)
The applicant should submit:
§ A detailed proposal which includes: description of the proposed methodology to achieve the objectives of the evaluation, a time frame, and details on indicators to be used.
§ A quotation including consultant fees, travel costs (in Europe) and accommodations.
[1]www.thecode.org
How to apply:The consultant will be selected by ECPAT France on the basis of the following criteria: his/her experience, his/her expertise in the field of child protection, his/her knowledge of the issue of commercial child sexual exploitation, the quality of the proposal, the proposed time table (respect of the deadlines proposed in the present terms of reference), the financial proposal (cost of services).
Applications shall be sent by**7thof October 2015**to ECPAT France, Guillemette Vuillard (Project Coordinator):g.vuillard@ecpat-france.org . If required, ECPAT France may seek clarifications to the proposal with the candidate.