Expected Outputs

1. A social baseline study of the selected project areas
2. A community entry/outreach strategy for the selected project areas
3. Community engagement indicators
4. Stakeholder meetings/workshops in project areas
5. Stakeholder capacity needs assessment report.

Main Tasks

The main duties and responsibilities of the Specialist will be to undertake a social baseline study of local communities in selected areas to identify stakeholder groups and their relationships across the project site areas. The main activities of the Specialist will include:

• Design a community entry / outreach strategy based on lessons-learned from other similar projects (e.g. Milne Bay and Lak, Bismarck-Ramu Projects)
• Develop community engagement indicators for use in M&E
• Conduct meetings/workshops with leaders of stakeholder groups and/or interviews with representatives to better understand the social context within which the project will be implemented and identify any potential conflicts that may arise.
• Document capacity issues identified during the social baseline study and other stakeholder consultations (e.g. Provincial, Local Level Government) which need to be taken into account in the project design.