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Background:
The Operational Environment for Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria is inundated with several regulatory requirements. These regulatory requirements are usually the product of statutes and have the attendant effect of subjecting the operations of these CSOs to the whims and caprices of the bureaucracy of Government MDAs. This multiplicity of these regulations and the sheer volume of these requirements affect the CSO operational environment as most CSOs cannot keep up with the demands of compliance. The longterm effect is the shrinking of the Civic Space as fewer Nigerians will be willing to band together and exercise their fundamental right of freedom to associate.
To further contextualize the issue of multiple regulations leading to a shrinking civic space the Federal system of governance that Nigeria currently operates presents a challenge for CSOs that seek to operate at both the National and subnational level. This is because the statutory regulatory environment is different at the National/Federal level than at the subnational/State level. The import of this difference in regulatory requirements is that those who are registered at the National level are often impeded operationally when they seek to operate at the State level because they are told that they have to seek a fresh registration at State level.
Meanwhile organizations that are registered at the State level are often compelled to go through the process of registering with several Government MDAs in the State which supervise the thematic area within which they desire to operate. Global Rights has tracked the extent and impact of the issue of multiple registrations across several states and has found that it is widespread. In most States CSOs irrespective of their size are registered with more than One Government MDA. The extra financial and time burden of this process has had a detrimental effect on the Civic Space at the subnational level where the effects of CSOs in holding both the Government accountable and supporting its efforts is most needed.
Global Rights in furtherance of its mandate to protect the Nigerian Civic Space has with support from the EU Delegation to Nigeria and the ECOWAS (EU Commission) facilitated the establishment of the Community of Practice on Civic Space Strengthening under its initiative to improve the CSOs Regulatory Environment in Nigeria. The specific objective of this Initiative is to build platforms for structured multistakeholder engagements for an improved and effective civil society regulatory environment in Nigeria.
With this in perspective Global Rights wishes to commission a consultant to produce a model policy that recommends limiting the registration requirements for CSOs operating at the subnational level. The draft Policy will be an instrument policymakers can adopt and adapt to ensure that CSOs who wish to operate at the State level are relieved of the extra financial and operational compliance burden of multiple set of regulatory requirements. The model policy will also seek to remedy the issues that impact the ability of CSOs with Federal registration being able to freely operate at the State level without undergoing a fresh registration.
Objectives:
Scope of Work:
The consultancy will involve the following tasks:
The consultancy will deliver the following outputs:
Timeline: The consultancy will be conducted over a period of 3 weeks.
Intellectual Property Rights:
All intellectual property rights arising from the consultancy will be the property of Global Rights. The consultant will not disclose or use any confidential information obtained during the consultancy for any other purpose without the written consent of Global Rights.
Confidentiality and Ethical Considerations:
The consultant will ensure that all data collected during the consultancy is treated with the utmost confidentiality and in accordance with ethical principles. In particular the consultant will obtain informed consent from all participants before collecting any data and will ensure that data is stored securely and only accessible to authorized personnel. The team will also comply with relevant legal and ethical standards and report any ethical concerns or violations to Global Rights immediately.
The Consultant will report to the team at Global Rights particularly the Executive Director Program Manager and Program Officer on Civic Space Strengthening.
Expected Qualifications:
Proposal Submission:
Interested qualified consultants are invited to submit a proposal that includes the following:
Full Time