An expert in remote data collection

Published  : 06/08/2021
Deadline : 05/09/2021

Objective of the consultancy

The Food Security and Livelihoods sector is looking for an expert to develop operational guidelines on remote primary data collection. To date, Action Contre la Faim has rarely used remote data collection tools in its interventions, and does not have the necessary tools to promote their use among field teams.  Action Contre la Faim still relies mainly on the frequent travels of teams to communities to collect data on the evolution of socio-economic and health situations, as well as on the implementation of humanitarian assistance and development interventions.

Terms of reference of the consultancy

To this end, the Food Security and Livelihoods sector of Action Contre la Faim (ACF) is seeking expertise to develop a technical guideline to support the development of the use of remote data collection mechanisms. The main users of the technical guideline will be ACF’s teams in its usual fields of intervention in about 50 countries located in Asia, the Middle East, East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa and Latin America. The guideline should greatly facilitate the deployment of the devices, by remaining concrete, practical and operational.

1. Support the management of interventions at different stages of the project cycle, from programming to evaluation. The practices will obviously have to cover multiple aspects, such as support for the targeting of program participants, program monitoring, complaints mechanisms, etc. The consultant should make proposals for possible uses, including potential uses in terms of awareness raising and referrals;
2. Better understand the evolution of the food security and livelihoods situation at the level of a rural district or urban neighborhood; and this, by collecting data from economic actors, consumers, etc.

Practical and operational, the technical proposals of the technical guideline will take into account the diversity of the contexts of intervention of Action Contre la Faim, as well as the varied characteristics of the program. The different implementation models, i.e. in-house, outsourced and mixed models, will also be addressed, presenting the issues, costs and references of service providers. The technical guide will cover both the models for collecting – or exchanging in the context of awareness raising and referencing, for example – remote data, as well as the processing and storage of the data collected. The different solutions will take into account the personal data protection aspects of responsible remote data collection.