Deadline: 28 August 2018
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) is seeking applications for its Strengthening Host and Refugee Populations in Ethiopia (SHARPE) with an aim to strengthen the economies of refugee hosting populations in Ethiopia via long-term interventions to promote refugee self-reliance in protracted crises.
The objectives of this approach are to deliver large-scale, sustained improvements in people’s lives by utilising local systems and facilitating change in those systems to improve outcomes.
The multi-year programme is expected to improve the quality of life and reduce vulnerability of refugees, host communities and migrants in underdeveloped, peripheral regions of Ethiopia. The Supplier is to deliver large scale improvements to peoples’ lives by utilising local systems and facilitating improvements in those systems, working in co-operation with existing local actors including firms, government, NGOs and potentially others.
The expected result includes increased self-reliance, gradually reduced dependency on external support, and enhanced sustainability of the response provision through livelihoods and vocational training linked to the market economy, and through increasing local government capacity to provide basic services.
Funding Information
The contract will be awarded for up to £24m (inclusive of VAT if applicable) for a period of 3.5 years. DFID may, in agreement with the supplier, extend the contract beyond 3.5 years for up to an additional 2 years (24 months) and up to a further £12,000,000 subject to programme and supplier performance, the need and situation on the ground.
Characteristics
The approach is characterized by:
- Focus on the supporting functions and rules which determine the terms of a transaction within a market system as the key area for intervention.
- Working with and through existing actors to change behaviour.
- A facilitative approach leveraging the capacities and incentives of partners rather than providing the incentive as a development actor, seeking to ensure sustainable change.
- A focus on the utilisation of data for adaptive management resulting in iterative and flexible intervention design.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply using DFID supplier portal.
For more information, please visit DFID.