Deadline: 17-Jun-22
The United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) has announced an open call to support digital financial service providers that are operating in Ethiopia, specifically in Somali region of Ethiopia, for the humanitarian interventions conducted by different organizations.
The project will be implemented mainly in partnership with World Food Programme (WFP) and its intervention localities in the region.
The scope will be in the areas of Distribution network implementation strategy design, capacity development on site training/s, on ground implementation of the strategy and development of research paper on distribution network in Ethiopia as a tool kit.
Areas of Interventions
- Strategy/toolkit for the network of distribution agents: Improved strategy or toolkit to onboard and manage agents in the intervention areas or similar settings.
- Challenge:
- Lack of fixed financial service access points due to the absence of detailed strategy for the delivery of digital financial services and the contextualization of humanitarian support both in urban and rural settings.
- Objectives:
- A tool kit/strategy to support the distribution network management in Ethiopia.
- Support humanitarian interventions with a strategy to tackle the challenge of expanding digital financial services access points.
- Training material for service providers on the strategy and or tool kit.
- Challenge:
- Capacity on distribution network management: Increased FSP ability to manage agent distribution network, monitor its growth and use by different services.
- Challenge:
- It is observed that there is lack of capacity for service providers in the Somali region to support the humanitarian intervention. Managing the distribution network for mobile money for other services in the other parts of the country is similar.
- Objectives:
- Design, adopt and publish training materials to support FSPs in achieving a better distribution network (Including articles with editorial support from UNCDF)
- Deliver on-site trainings to build the capacity of FSPs and their employees in building and managing distribution network agents.
- Support on the on-site execution of the strategy/toolkit use in the Somali region to recruit agents and its use for humanitarian cash disbursement.
- Challenge:
Funding Information
UNCDF’s grant will range from 140,000 to 190,000 USD depending on the proposed solutions and fund availability.
Project Duration: Project is expected to have a maximum of 12-month duration, assuming a start in July 2022.
Geographical Scope: The selected applicant will work with project financial institutions in the Somali region of Ethiopia while training will be conducted in Addis Abeba Ethiopia.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any type of legally registered educational organization (commercial for-profit firms, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, universities) is eligible to apply
- Demonstrated experience and capability of proposed staff members in designing and delivering courses, strategies, and papers on inclusive digital financial services
- Successfully delivered similar in person and online courses with proven excellent results
- Work experience in Africa
- Ability to work in English and preferably in one other local language
- Commitment and ability to provide resources (e.g., tutors, coaches) as needed and at the start of the project.
For more information, visit https://www.uncdf.org/article/7732/rfa—ethiopia-training-and-capacity-building-for-humanitarian-cash-and-voucher-assistance
