Tender Description

FOR CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY
FOR SOS CHILDREN’S VILLAGES in SOMALILAND
FOR THE PROJECT “Dhalin-Kaab: Youth Empowerment”
Date: August 2026
A. Study background
1 Context
SOS-Kinderdörfer weltweit Hermann-Gmeiner Fonds Deutschland (CVW) and SOS Children’s Villages in
Somaliland (SOS SX) agreed upon the development of a joint application to the German Federal Ministry
for economic cooperation and development (BMZ) for public funding of a project aimed at improving the
well-being, protection, resilience, and socio-economic inclusion of vulnerable youth in Somaliland,
particularly young people with care experience and youth living in IDP settings.
According to the BMZ funding guidelines, local implementing organizations that are part of an
international NGO network (such as SOS Somaliland) should not act as exclusive implementing partners of
the German NGO (CVW). This means that, in addition to the planned cooperation with SOS Somaliland the
project should involve an additional local organisation thereby establishing an equal partnership.
The proposed project target groups are young people with care experience and youth living in IDP settings
in Somaliland, with particular attention to highly vulnerable young people facing psychosocial, protection,
social, and economic vulnerabilities. The project will also engage local authorities, local and national NGOs
(LNGOs), and community structures as key actors in strengthening protection systems, referral pathways,
and the sustainability of youth support services.
The project responds to a context in which vulnerable youth face multiple and interconnected barriers to
their well-being, protection, and socio-economic inclusion, including limited access to appropriate MHPSS
services, exposure to GBV and harmful practices such as FGM, harmful social norms, and limited access to
life skills, employability, TVET, mentorship, and socio-economic opportunities. These challenges are
particularly significant for young people with care experience and those living in IDP settings.

1. Rationale
   The project final participants are 1,220 vulnerable youth (50% female) with care experience and youth
   living in IDP settings in Somaliland, as principal beneficiaries. Of these, 300 highly vulnerable youth will
   receive tailored Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) services to strengthen emotional
   resilience, coping skills, and overall psychosocial well-being. In addition, 840 youth will benefit from life
   skills, employability skills, TVET skills, and mentorship opportunities aimed at strengthening their pathways
   towards socio-economic inclusion, employment, entrepreneurship, and greater self-reliance.
   The project will also address protection risks affecting vulnerable youth, including GBV and FGM, through
   prevention, awareness-raising, community engagement, and referral support for survivors. Community
   engagement activities will seek to challenge harmful social norms and promote positive attitudes towards
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   youth rights, protection, participation, and inclusion.
   In addition, 80 members of local authorities, LNGOs, and community structures will be engaged as
   secondary/indirect beneficiaries and key stakeholders. Their involvement will contribute to strengthening
   local capacities, referral mechanisms, coordination, and the sustainability of services available to
   vulnerable youth.
   The proposed project by SOS CV Somaliland and CVW to be presented to BMZ for funding aims at
   improving the well-being, protection, resilience, and socio-economic inclusion of vulnerable youth in
   Somaliland through a holistic, protection-centred approach. The intervention seeks to strengthen young
   people's psychosocial resilience and coping capacities, reduce their exposure to protection risks, increase
   their access to life skills, employability and TVET opportunities, and strengthen the systems and
   community structures that support their transition towards greater social and economic empowerment.
   The feasibility study will therefore assess the relevance, feasibility, sustainability, partnership
   arrangements, institutional capacities, and potential added value of the proposed intervention, as well as
   the extent to which the proposed approach responds to existing service gaps and priorities within the
   current humanitarian and development landscape in Somaliland.
   B. Study objectives

The overall objective of the study is to assess the feasibility, relevance, coherence, sustainability, and
potential effectiveness of the proposed project for improving the well-being, protection, resilience, and
socio-economic inclusion of 1,220 vulnerable youth with care experience and youth living in IDP settings
in Somaliland, and to provide evidence-based recommendations for the design, partnership
arrangements, implementation modalities, and potential submission of the project to BMZ for funding.
The purpose of a feasibility study is to provide a sound basis for developing a project concept, by
identifying project preconditions, opportunities and risks. This entails in particular an assessment of the
feasibility of a project and a systematic review of the extent to which the project approach can plausibly
achieve the planned changes under the existing conditions. This enhances project effectiveness and helps
avoid bad investment decisions from the start.
A feasibility study is to be carried out in Burao and Hargeisa locations to provide SOS CV Somaliland with
a basis for decision making on what type of interventions, services and activities are feasible within the
planned project, in the best interest of the target group.
The study will provide SOS CV Somaliland and CVW with sufficient information to justify acceptance,
modification or rejection of the proposed intervention for further formulation.
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Specific objectives
• Analyse the socio-economic situation of the target groups in Hargeisa and Burao, including
collection and validation of relevant baseline data.
• Analyse the macro, meso and micro context affecting vulnerable youth, including youth
unemployment, poverty, displacement/IDP conditions, protection risks, gender
inequality, disability inclusion, psychosocial well-being and irregular migration drivers.
• Analyse gaps in current response and implementation gaps of current policy framework,
standards, guidelines
• Analyse of the planned project and the target group concerning cross-cutting issues like
gender, MHPSS (Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support), ecology, diversity, equity, and
inclusion.
• Identify synergies with similar projects, interventions and initiatives on local, national or
regional level
• Assess the proposal project and the possible interventions against DAC Criteria
• Conduct risks and risks mitigation analysis
• Carry out Child Safeguarding Risks in the target locations

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