Overview : BACKGROUND / RATIONALE In line with its Private Sector Strategy, UNDP is becoming increasingly well positioned to support innovative approaches of inclusive market development (IMD) engaging the private sector and other stakeholders to improve opportunities for the poor to participate in markets as producers, employees or consumers. With Africa being a major focus of UNDP’s work, a strategic, regional Private Sector and Inclusive Market Development for Poverty Reduction in Africa project, the “African Facility for Inclusive Markets” (AFIM), commenced in November 2010 and its activities got integrated into the UNDP Regional Programme from Africa in January 2015. The UNDP private sector unit is based in the Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development Cluster of the UNDP’s Regional Service Center for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. OBJECTIVES OF THE SERVICE / WORK This assignment seeks to develop and roll-out a training programme to support the development and growth of inclusive business ecosystem-building initiatives at country level in Africa. It also includes a mapping study of the inclusive businesses ecosystem in 3 countries and sectors (one sector per country), which will include identifying key constraints and opportunities for inclusive businesses in that ecosystem. The countries and sectors of focus are: Uganda-Tourism, Lesotho-Mobile Banking, Senegal-renewable energy/solar. SCOPE OF THE SERVICE / WORK The tasks of the Assignment are the following: - Review existing literature, documentation, reports on inclusive business ecosystems and inclusive business ecosystem-building initiatives.
- Participate in an inception call with the UNDP Private Sector Unit.
. . . BID SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION: - Strictly follow the instructions indicated in the RFP Standard Bid Document (SBD) uploaded hereto
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED: The following proposals must be prepared as per the prescribed standard format indicated in the respective RFP Bid Document. The Proposals shall be submitted before application deadline September 24, 2015 via UNDP Ethiopia Secured mail address: procurement.et@undp.org - Technical Proposal in pdf
- Financial Proposal in pdf
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