INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION
Senior Research Consultant

Deadline: May 30, 2010

Terms of Reference

Assessment of Migrants’ Population and Needs and Vulnerabilities in the Gauteng Province, South Africa

Background information

The Gauteng Province attracts a large number of both international and internal migrants who enter Gauteng Province for various reasons. While there are some categories of migrants, such as refugees, asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors and victims of trafficking/smuggling in persons that have special protection needs, interviews conducted by IOM in the Limpopo Province and in Central Johannesburg in 2009 indicated that the
majority of migrants had come to South Africa for “economic reasons.” (Migrants’ Needs and Vulnerabilities in the Limpopo Province, RSA, IOM 2009)  Regardless of their reasons for migrating, migrants have various rights enshrined in the South African Constitution and stipulated by other national and international legislation (e.g. rights to basic and emergency health care, rights to be free from violence, discrimination and exploitations) ,which need to be respected and actively promoted.

Currently there is serious lack of reliable data on migration trends, including information on the numbers of migrants crossing into South Africa and specifically entering the Gauteng Province. This is largely due to the fact that much of the current migration takes place in an irregular manner. From the Government’s perspective, this unprecedented influx of migrants has a serious impact on service delivery and planning, in the Province and beyond. In order to effectively and efficiently plan and allocate resources for service delivery to migrants and
South Africans, the Government requires reliable information on, inter alia, the number of migrants in the Gauteng Province and their particular needs and vulnerabilities.

To this end, IOM, in collaboration with the DSD will develop information collection and monitoring tools to gather and analyse data, with the purpose of reporting on migration trends to key stakeholders and to inform programming in the area.

Assessment Partners

Established in 1951, IOM is an intergovernmental organization committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. IOM currently has 127 member states, including the Republic of South Africa and seeks to assist governments to improve its migration management capacity around the world.

This assessment forms part of a larger IOM programme entitled "Providing Protection Assistance to Zimbabwean Migrants in South Africa” which aims to address migration challenges faced by Zimbabwean migrants and other stakeholders, particularly in the Limpopo Province including government departments and civil society. Under the programme, IOM seeks to develop and implement a coordinated response to the current migration challenges and vulnerabilities of Zimbabwean migrants in South Africa with a particular focus on vulnerable irregular migrants, informal cross-border traders, unaccompanied minors, victims of human trafficking/smuggling, asylum seekers and migrant workers on commercial farms and mines. The project is built on the two Needs and Vulnerabilities Assessments that IOM conducted in 2009 in the Limpopo Province under the same Programme.

The Project is a collaborative effort between IOM and the Gauteng Department of Social Development’s (DSD) Population Unit. The mandate of DSD is: “to make available reliable and up-to-date information on the population and human development situation in the country in order to inform policy making and programme design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation at all levels and in all sectors (Population Policy for South Africa, 1998)”, among others. The Population Policy for South Africa (1998) furthermore identifies “the inadequate analysis of the nature and impact of immigration for policy development purposes” as one of the major information gaps that the Government is facing today.

Under the current research, IOM and Gauteng DSD will jointly manage and monitor the progress of the research and provide technical inputs to the Research Consultant.

Objective

To improve the understanding of migration trends, demography and international migrants’ needs and vulnerabilities in the Gauteng Province

Purposes

To establish the estimated figures of migrants and mapping of the populations in the Gauteng Province in order to assist the Government department to plan and deliver services effectively

 To establish typologies and trends, including their profiles and reasons for coming to South Africa
 Identify needs & vulnerabilities of migrants (i.e. concerns related to safety and security, access to basic service such as health, employment, level of income, hygiene standard, other health concerns, including mental and productive health, as well as their interest for return etc.)

Subject to further discussions, the research will employ a combination of data collection methods, including but not exclusively:

1. Individual interviews in selected locations, including townships/towns, farms and central business districts in the Gauteng Province
2. Focus group discussions in selected locations to compliment the survey findings.
3. Desk review of existing studies, assessments

Target Group

International/non-South African migrants currently staying in the Gauteng Province

Research Team

The research team will consist of 1) Project Coordination Task Force (IOM and the Gauteng Department of Social Development, Population Unit); 2) 1 Lead Researcher (Consultant); 3) Local Research Assistants

Project Coordination Task Force (IOM and Gauteng DSD, Population Unit)
The Project Coordination Task Force will be responsible for overall management of the project and overseeing the implementation of the project.

Lead Researcher (1)
The Lead Researcher will assist the Project Coordination Task Force’s work and provide information and technical assistance to all parties involved regarding various aspects of research.

Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Project Coordination Task Force, the Lead Researcher will be directly responsible for the following activities:
1. Methodology, survey tool refinement and finalization (sampling techniques)
2. Development of Survey guideline
3. Provision of survey trainings to local research assistants
4. Pre-testing of the survey tools
5. Preparation and conducting of focus group interviews
6. Supervision of focus group discussions (what is the difference with no 6?)
7. Train and supervise research assistants to perform data entry and verification,
8. Coding of the data, compilation of database with full variable and value labels are correctly done (database to be readable in SPSS, data entry be done through the double entry method)
9. Based on the complete data set, perform data analysis/interpretation and draft report writing
10. Finalization of the draft report, incorporating the feedback from the members of Project Coordination Task Force by an agreed upon date
11. Submission and presentation of the final report (English) by the agreed date with the Project Coordination Task Force members.
12. Close communication with the programme coordination task force and regular feedback

Required Qualifications

The candidate for the Lead Researcher position should fulfil the following qualifications:
 Abilities and adequate experience of conducting sociological surveys, econometric models constructing and large-scale research projects
 MA degrees in Development Studies, Economics, Statistics or other relevant field
 General adequate knowledge in South African migration issues/realities, population development, and economy
 Excellent understanding of both qualitative and quantitative survey and data collection methods
 Thorough knowledge of SPSS manipulation or other relevant software
 Excellent knowledge of English, both written and spoken,
 Experience in collaborating with Governments departments
Deliverables
 Establishment of an estimated number of migrants and mapping of the populations currently in the Gauteng Province;
 In-depth assessments on immediate humanitarian needs of migrants in the Gauteng;
 Province Collection of quantitative and qualitative data on migration trends and typology of migrants in the Gauteng Province (e.g. profiles of migrants, reason for coming to South Africa, survival/livelihood strategies, hygiene standards, safe and security, level of income, health concerns, interest for return, gaps between their needs vis-à-vis government’s service delivery, their future plans etc.);
 Assessments of the challenges that migrants face during their stay in the Gauteng Province, including aspects of safety, protection (physical and sexual assault, violation of immigration and other laws etc.) and health;
 Assessments of the extent of irregular migration include trafficking, smuggling and border jumping.
 Recommendations for policy development and programme implementation purposes.
 Dissemination workshops including stakeholders in the Gauteng Province
 Database/data sets in English completed by an agreed-upon date

Application Process

For parties that are interested in applying for this assignment please submit the following:

1) Information on the organization including:
a. Details of similar work undertaken
b. CVs of key staff that will be involved in the assignment
c. A minimum of 2 references of former clients/donors that can be contacted

2) Research plan (5 pages maximum) outlining the approach to such an assessment
d. Demonstrate the organization’s understanding of migrant’s issues
e. Outline quality assurance measures
f. Research methodologies proposed
g. Include a work plan of key activities and time frames
h. Identify key challenges and proposed solutions
i. Provide a detailed budget which includes: Staff costs; Communication costs; Transport costs; and other costs

Contact

Interested persons/organizations should send their proposed research plan including CV(s) to
pretoriacvs@iom.int no later than 30 May 2010.