Germany - Foreign affairs and other services

Description

The Global Project ‘Rural Employment with focus on youth’, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by GIZ, aims to improve the employment situation in rural areas, especially for young people. It will be implemented in Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Malawi.The global project has four fields of action:1) demand-oriented qualification (including skills development and ATVET);2) strengthening the demand for labour (support to MSME, start-ups and smallholders);3) employment promoting framework conditions (including matching and support of youth organisations);4) innovation and knowledge management.
This tender is sub-divided into three tenders, one for each country. For each country, the contractor(s) is required to contribute to one or two specific fields of action. The suggested activities differ among the countries, deriving from the specific needs, requirements and conditions in the individual countries.In Kenya, the contractor will be active in the Field of Action 1 (Business environment and improved access to inputs, services and markets) and the Field of Action 2 (Strengthening the demand for labour). The contractor should focus on supporting the establishment of businesses in the input and service sector along specific value chains as innovative models linked to the supported MSME and start-ups and as well as on supporting private sector cooperation by providing training to smallholder farmers.More information on the main activities and the relevant indicators for whose achievement the contractor will be responsible can be found in the Terms of Reference (ToRs) for each country package.

Opportunity closing date

09 July 2020

Value of contract

to be confirmed