Development of Two E-Learning Courses On Health, Mobility & Border Management

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), an organization part of the United Nations system, is looking for a firm to develop two separate, yet inter-linked e-learning courses to support IOM staff across HQs, regional, and country offices, alongside external stakeholders.

Background

Established in 1951, IOM is the leading agency in the field of migration. IOM works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners. IOM is dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration for the benefit of all.

As people across the world become more and more mobile, the link between human mobility and health has become increasingly relevant, dynamic and complex. Not only is the health of migrants affected by the circumstances of their migration process along the mobility continuum – at origin, transit, destination and return locations – but movements also impact public health as people on the move and the communities hosting them interact within and across borders.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) supports an understanding of the implications of mobility for communicable disease preparedness and response; contributes to the surveillance and management of outbreaks as part of a unified health and mobility management approach; and contributes to strengthening mobility-sensitive health systems durably. These interventions have been implemented in recent public health emergencies of international concern, including the COVID-19 pandemic, where IOM has and continues to support preparedness and response as a leading technical agency in the area of border management and health security – central to delivering universal health coverage for all, including migrants.

IOM’s Health Border and Mobility Management (HBMM) Framework articulates IOM’s strategic role and objectives in the prevention, detection and response to communicable diseases in the context of widespread and multi-directional human mobility. It provides an action framework for IOM to undertake activities related to health, border and mobility management, and serves as a reference for IOM Member States and partners to understand the Organization’s role and contributions in this area of work.

The overarching aim of the HBMM Framework is to ensure that: 1) Governments and communities have the capacity to address the mobility dimensions of public health threats. 2) Affected and at-risk populations benefit from appropriate and timely support, through inclusive and rights-based approaches that leave no

one behind. The HBMM Framework is organized around five strategic objectives that are operationalized through a set of interrelated and mutually supportive core activities. More information may be found here:https://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/our_work/DMM/Migration- Health/mhd_infosheet_hbmm_25.09.2020_en.pdf

IOM is committed to ensuring enhanced capacity in the application of this framework at a global scale.

Scope

This consultancy will serve to contribute to two distinct, yet complementary projects aimed to improve understanding and application of IOM’s HBMM framework. The first project, namely, Health, Border and Mobility Management (HBMM) Capacity Building, has the overall goal to further IOM’s capacity to support Member States to strengthen health systems and meet their commitments for the International Health Regulations (IHR) through IOM’s HBMM framework, with a particular focus on improving internal staff capacity and health information systems and management.

The second project rather focuses on bolstering the capacity of external persons and government stakeholders regarding HBMMs application, namely: Strengthening Public Health Response Capacity on COVID-19 and other Diseases in High-Risk Communities along the Mobility Continuum through a Capacity Development Toolbox.

Recognizing the importance of strengthening both (1) staff skills through enhanced capacity building on HBMM, and (2) external stakeholders’ capacity understanding and capacity to implement activities , IOM would like to develop two e-learning online courses to address these distinct, yet inter-linked needs to enhance knowledge about health, border and mobility management.

Deliverables

In support of developing two e-learning courses that incorporates innovative approaches to learning and transforms curriculum in a visually appealing manner, IOM will engage a firm to:

1. Work closely with the IOM project team, and lead Course and Script Content Consultant to translate the pre-designed trainings into transferable and interactive e-learning formats (30%).

2. Develop and produce two (approximate time lengths (1): 360 mins – 5x60min modules approx.; (2): 150 mins – 5x30min modules approx.) interactive module-based e-learning courses based off provided scripts and content which (65%)

• Reflect an overall learning strategy and storyboard to achieve the learning needs and objectives based on pedagogical principles.
• Implements interactive learning formats to deliver key messages such as, multi-media, videos, and interactive tools that align with identified training objectives.
• Implements learning modalities that engage audio and visual based learning exercises, including voiceovers

It is envisaged that the first draft of script and course 1 will be made available at end of January 2021 (by 31 Jan). The second course will be made available in the beginning of February 2021 (by 15 February 2021).

3. Implement user validation and acceptance (content, technical, visual) of e-learning courses among small test group (5%)

The two courses must be two final SCORM packages that are compatible with and can be deployed in the IOM Learning Management System based on Cornerstone.

N.B. All Source files must be provided to IOM. Both courses must be aligned with IOM brand guidelines and IOM’s Staff Development and Learning Units (SDL’s) Quality and Assurance Check list.

Timeframe

The foreseen start of this project is 18 January 2021, for a period of five (5) months maximum.

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