Study of SOS Children's Villages' Humanitarian Response Capacity

Objectives: To carry out a capacity study with regard to both the internal structures of the organisation and its capacity to implement humanitarian programmes in accordance with the Swedish policy on humanitarian assistance. The capacity study of SOS Children Villages shall facilitate the possibilities for Sida to assess the organisation in view of possible future funding for humanitarian projects. The assignment shall comprise the whole of SOS's organisational setup in Sweden (the board and the secretariat) as well as selected activities in the field with a particular focus on the recent humanitarian emergency programmes in Malawi; to map and document the organisations regarding the following five areas: Organisational structure, Management of activities, Administrative systems and routines; Personnel administration, Financial control; to perform an analysis with clear recommendations mainly within the five areas presented above.