OPEN CALL: National and Sub-National Actors for NGO ADVISORY GROUP |
Humanitarian Mortality Estimation and Surveillance Initiative
Open Rolling Applications: First Review Period is Jan 19, 2025
The new USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) funded ‘Humanitarian Mortality Estimation and Surveillance Initiative’ is seeking national and sub-national humanitarian health Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) interested in serving as members of the global NGO Advisory Group (NAG) led by Save the Children.
This “Open Call’ provides information about the NGO advisory group, the organizational profiles being sought, the process to express interest, and the process of selection.
Background
Accurate mortality estimation in humanitarian contexts is crucial for assessing the scale of a crisis, guiding resource allocation, and informing timely interventions to save lives and reduce suffering. The Humanitarian Mortality Estimation and Surveillance Initiative is a renewed global effort aimed at operationalizing mortality estimation and surveillance in humanitarian settings. The initiative aims to strengthen the capacity of public health actors in estimating mortality, including through prospective surveillance, to better inform and enhance health programming in humanitarian settings.
In August 2024, Save the Children became the institutional home for the initiative, a key decision to drive the vision forward. As the NGO home, Save the Children will champion the initiative, ensuring its activities, direction, and products are fit for purpose while promoting collaboration within the humanitarian public health community. Save the Children will bring together technical and operational stakeholders under a unified governance structure to develop and pilot a global toolkit for mortality estimation and surveillance. The initiative will also facilitate complementary activities focused on capacity building, raising awareness, and providing real-time support to humanitarian public health actors and their programs.
NGO Advisory Group
The NAG plays a critical role in ensuring the initiative’s direction and outputs are aligned with its objectives. Members of the NAG are responsible for providing timely feedback on initiative outputs, validating their relevance, and ensuring the feasibility and usability of any tools and guidelines. As the intended users of the initiative's capacity-strengthening activities and future global support unit, the organizations represented within the NAG may also be involved in user testing of tools and piloting training packages. Ultimately, they will form a community of practice to support ongoing collaboration and knowledge sharing.
Membership
· Membership will be determined based on technical expertise and operational experience in humanitarian health programming, as well as the candidate's commitment and willingness to dedicate the necessary time and effort.
· NAG members will participate in a professional capacity, representing their organizations at both global and national levels.
· The NAG membership will strive to be representative of organizations from global, national, and sub-national levels, encompassing a diverse range of regions, countries, and humanitarian contexts.
Selection Process
Applicants will be assessed for best fit to meet the TOR for the NAG by the initiative’s steering committee together with Save the Children as the initiative’s NGO home. This will be communicated in January 2025.