Deadline: 17-Jul-20
The West Africa Competitiveness Programme (WACOMP) is a partnership initiative between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the European Union (EU). It has a bearing on regional economic integration and highlights a commitment to the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and West Africa.
The purpose of this call is to identify and select business support organisations, which are interested in collaborating with the WACOMP programme to provide business training and coaching to potential entrepreneurs and SMEs in their country. For the purpose of this call for proposals, they consider a BSO to be any public or private organisation legally registered in an ECOWAS country or Mauritania and providing business support services, e.g. SME development agencies, employer’s organisations, business development services providers and training institutions.
Additionally, as part of the WACOMP programme, selected BSO may have the opportunity to participate in other activities related to the promotion of business development and entrepreneurship as for instance:
- Organisation of entrepreneurship awareness activities in the country (Business plan competitions, networking activities, business exchanges programmes, etc.)
- Participation in WACOMP programme activities, such us training workshops, study tours, coordination meetings, including outside their country.
- Participation of selected BSOs institutions in the ToT will be financed by the WACOMP programme. BSOs are expected however to contribute on the logistic expenses resulting from the roll out of the training of entrepreneurs ToE in their respective countries, ( such them venue facilities, trainings equipment’s or refreshments provided to participants).
Eligibility Criteria
Institutions willing to collaborate with the WACOMP programme must meet the following conditions:
- Be a legal person whose headquarters are established in an ECOWAS Member State or Mauritania as defined in its legal statutes; and
- Have as one of its principle activities the provision of business support services to small-scale entrepreneurs (including those operated by youth and women).
For more information, visit https://www.ecowas.int/event/call-for-expressions-of-interest-for-partner-training-institutions/