| Overview : UNCDF’s Making Access Possible (MAP) program is a multi-country initiative to support financial inclusion for individuals and micro and small businesses through a process of evidence-based country diagnostic and stakeholder dialogue, leading to the development of national financial inclusion roadmaps that identify key drivers of financial inclusion and recommended action. Through a dialogue and evidence-based process, MAP aligns a broad range of stakeholders from within government, private sector and the donor community to create a set of practical actions aimed at extending financial inclusion tailored to that country. Importantly, financial inclusion is pursued not as an objective in and of itself, but for its role in achieving the core public policy objective of enhancing household welfare, supporting livelihoods and contributing to economic growth and employment (the so-called “real economy”). MAP program has been implemented in 14 countries in Asia and Africa. The MAP framework creates the space to convene a wide range of stakeholders around a evidence-based country diagnostic and dialogue and leads to the development of a national financial inclusion roadmap. The roadmap identifies key drivers of financial inclusion and includes specific actions that will contribute to greater financial inclusion. The details of the MAP methodology are set out in an eight-part MAP toolkit series, which forms the basis for the consultants’ terms of reference and should in all instances guide the consultant in terms of the type of information and level of detail to be sourced, as well as the insights to be developed as part of the synthesis process. In addition, UNCDF will be partnering with UNDP’s Insurance, Risk and Resilience Facility in Mali. The diagnostic should therefore include information on Disaster risk finance and social protection, in addition to financial inclusion, as these components are intrinsically linked to insurance, particularly in the context of climate change and persisting poverty. The details for UNDP’s methodology for disaster risk finance and social protection in particular, are set out in UNDP’s IRFF methodology document, in addition to a component on inclusive insurance, which mirrors the methodology that MAP employs for insurance. We thank you for sending us your best offer in price excluding taxes for the supply of the equipment listed below. Your offer must reach us no later than 22/11/2022 at 17.00 hours (Bamako time) only by email to receptionoffres.mali@undp.org. |
