The purpose of this consultancy is to provide business development support to programme participants (targeting organised women and youth groups) who have been trained on economic empowerment initiatives under the SHG and Learn to earn model. The ultimate objective is to come up with clear recommendations on how to strengthen market linkages and financial inclusion for the target groups.
The consultant will work with selected target groups to analyse their business ideas /plans, identify Strength, weaknesses and opportunities plus any threats to further their businesses ventures without additional direct financial support from Concern Worldwide. As part of this assignment, the consultant is expected to recommend a set of interventions or initiatives for Concern to further support and strengthen the target group’s small scale businesses. These measures will support the phase-out of the Somali land Durable Solution Consortium (SDSC) project and be part of Concern’s exit strategy, as well as guide possible future scale up interventions.
To achieve this, the consultant is expected to:
This consultancy will further be part of a set of various consultancies on similar or related topics that Concern is commissioning through various grants, i.e. the development of a strategy for economic development for South West State under Danwadaag Durable Solutions Consortium. Thus the consultant will have access to or will be expected to refer to other outputs in the attainment of this piece of work.
The objective of the consultancy is to provide basic business development support to programme participants (SHGs and L2E students) of the SDSC programme; and make concrete recommendations plus action plans on how financial inclusion and market linkage can be improved among youth and women in IDPs and host community members in target locations/ areas. The consultant will recommend interventions and practical steps needed to support women and youth in developing their informal businesses further, without direct financial support from Concern.
Key tasks:
5. Outputs/deliverables
The following deliverables are requested from the Consultant:
NB: In addition to methodology, findings and discussion, the report should include a comprehensive executive summary and a section outlining clear and concise conclusions and recommendations.
A digital copy of all reports will be required by Concern at the end of the piece of work.
The Consultant is accountable to Concern WW Country Director – Somalia/Somali land or his designate for overall management of the consultancy plus any issues arising.
For the day-to-day activities during the consultancy, the Consultant will coordinate closely with the Area Coordinator Somaliland with a technical support by the Durable solutions Coordinator.
The task is expected to commence as soon as possible, latest mid-December 2019, and is expected to take ca. 21 working days, including document review, data collection/field visit, analysis and report writing. The timeframe for each phase of the consultancy will be outlined in the Consultant’s proposal and will be agreed with Concern; and the consultancy should be fully completed by latest 10th January 2020.
8. How to Apply
Application dossiers should be sent by email procurement.hargeisa@concern.net to by 18th November 2019, 5pm EAT (GMT+3). To be eligible for review, dossiers must include all of the following:
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