Background
Armenian Caritas (AC) sees itself as the expression and instrument of charity of the Armenian Catholic Church. Accordingly, Armenian Caritas seeks to organize and implement humanitarian and charitable actions in favor of persons and social groups living under difficult conditions without religious, national or racial discriminations. Moreover, Armenian Caritas views itself as an important force in actively promoting the democratic and developmental changes in Armenia.
Armenian Caritas is currently operating in 4 Marzes of Armenia (Shirak, Lori, Gegharkounick, Ararat) and the capital city Yerevan in the 6 following Strategic Directions:
- Social Protection of vulnerable groups (children, elderly, people with disabilities);
- Community Development;
- Public Health;
- Migration, Integration and Prevention of Trafficking;
- Advocacy, Communication and Network collaboration;
- Emergency Preparedness and Response.
Objectives of the Assignment
The overall objective of the consultancy will be the elaboration of Armenian Caritas Strategy for 2017-2019. In particular,
- Assess and analyze AC’s internal environment;
- Assess and analyze AC’s external environment and stakeholders;
- Synthesize the results and identify strategic opportunities;
- Plan and facilitate a day-long workshop with Board members, staff and other stakeholders to prioritize the strategic directions;
- Draft and finalize AC’s strategic plan for 2017-2019;
- Draft and finalize AC’s Fundraising and Risk Management Strategies, annexed to the main Strategy;
- Facilitate elaboration of AC’s Complains’ procedure and Environmental Ethics Papers on the basis of the documents, adopted by Caritas Internationalis (CI).
Note: The new Strategy should not contradict to the “Advocacy and Communication”, as well as the “Disaster Risk Management” Strategies of Armenian Caritas, which have been elaborated to be followed and implemented during 2016-2018.