1. Background
The USAID Water and Sanitation Project (Project) is a $41.8-million, 4.5-year activity implemented in collaboration with Haiti’s National Directorate of Potable Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) with the overall goal of improving sanitation and water services for all Haitians. The Project is focused on five geographic areas: three areas hard hit by the 2010 cholera outbreak (Cap-Haïtien, Mirebalais, and Canaan) and two areas hard hit in 2016 by Hurricane Mathew (Les Cayes and Jérémie).

The Project’s three primary goals are to support:
• 250,000 people achieve basic or improved access to water services
• 75,000 people achieve basic or improved access to sanitation services
• DINEPA in building the foundation for sustained service delivery across Haiti through a focus on self-reliance, resilience, financial viability, and a private sector-driven approach.
The Project is USAID/Haiti’s first dedicated water and sanitation (WASH) project – it is funded with USAID WASH directive funding, mandated by the US Congress to be used specifically to achieve improved WASH results in priority countries. USAID/Haiti can expect to receive additional WASH directive funding in the future and is likely to design a new WASH program to follow on from this one.

USAID’s WASH team highly values research and learning across its projects. It has several projects (WASHPals, SWS), dedicated entirely to WASH research and learning while other projects, such as the Haiti Project, are encouraged to conduct their own learning. Examples of USAID Water Center research and learning can be found here.

2. Objective of assignment
The purpose of the Learning from Implementation analysis would be to capture insights from the Haiti Project that could be used to:
• broadly inform USAID/Haiti in its thinking about future programming;
• contribute to DAI’s understanding of how to successfully implement WASH programs; and
• support broader WASH sector learning, both within Haiti and within USAID.

The Learning from Implementation analysis is not intended to be a technical evaluation, a “success story”, or a conventional research study. It is intended to be a thoughtful assessment of Project experience in five key learning areas (topics):
• Use of Adaptive Management
• Identifying and leveraging known tools
• Focusing on system-strengthening rather than infrastructure
• Applying standard USAID WASH indicators
• Donor coordination

In each case, we are interested to know why the topic was important to the Haiti Project; how it was applied; the impact on Project scope, activities, and potentially, results; and the possible lessons for DAI and USAID in future programming. Under each topic, we anticipate writing one or two mini case-studies which illustrate how the topic affected the Project.

3. Scope of Work
The Consultant will support the Haiti Project COP and DAI Home Office WASH Specialist Heather Skilling to develop the report by collecting data and information, and by conducting a series of semi-structured interviews. The Consultant will participate in discussions with DAI to develop the guiding interview questions, the report outline, and the final report as needed.

1. Read Project Background: Contract, Annual reports , Draft outline of Learning from Implementation Report

2. Conduct brainstorming meeting(s) with the COP, and other project staff. Meetings will help explain the report topics, finalize core questions, and brainstorm information to collect, and individuals to interview.

3. Develop Inception Report: Based on a review of the project documents and interviews with Project staff, produce an inception report that includes:
• an updated outline of the report
• list of questions
• initial list of the people to be interviewed
• interview schedule
• Sshedule for development of the remaining deliverables.

4. Conduct and document interviews with Project and Sector specialists. The core questions (organized by topic) will be used to conduct qualitative interviews with:
• Project Staff
• USAID staff including the COR and alternate COR
• DINEPA and ONEPA staff including the Coordinateur Générale, the Director of ONEPA, the Director for Water and the Director for Sanitation
• CTE Directors and staff
• SMEs strengthened through the Project
• Staff at the fecal sludge management facilities
Complete interview notes will be written in English.

5. Collect information including project reports, meeting notes, sector data and information, and other information TBD.

6. Develop updated, annotated Report outline with the inclusion of notes and details from interviews and information.

The required qualifications are as follows:

• At least three years of full time post-secondary study at a college or a university in Information and Communication or research is required
• Based in Haiti and willing to travel to the secondary cities
• Fluent in Haitian creole and written English
• Experience developing publications for international donors
• Strong interview and writing skills
• A technical engineering, environmental, or water background is an advantage

1- Cover letter,
2- Updated cv
3- Diplomas
4- The most recent contracts of work experiences
5- The completed EBD form (the EBD form can be downloaded via the following link: https://www.usaid.gov/forms/aid-1420-17)