Deadline: 22-Aug-22
UNDP is seeking proposals for its program entitled “Markets for Change – Phase I in Samoa”.
The Markets for Change (M4C) is a UN Women project in partnership with the UNDP and the governments of Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Funded by the Governments of New Zealand, Australia, and Canada, it is a 5-year initiative aimed at ensuring that marketplaces in rural and urban areas in the four countries are safe, inclusive, and non-discriminatory environments, promoting gender equality and women’s socio-economic empowerment.
Objectives
The Markets for Change Project focuses on four main project objectives of:
- Outcome 1: Inclusive, effective and representative marketplace groups are created and grow, further enabled and recognized;
- Outcome 2: The socioeconomic security of women market vendors is improved;
- Outcome 3: Local governments, market management and other decision-makers are gender-responsive, effective and accountable to women market vendors; and
- Outcome 4: Physical infrastructure and operating systems are improved to make markets more gender-responsive, safer, more accessible and resilient to disaster risks and climate change.
Scope
- Informed by the findings of the Needs Assessment Survey, the RP is expected to develop and customize training modules, and effectively deliver relevant capacity building training for Women Market Vendors on financial management to include financial technology solutions or fintech as well as digital business skills, and on the priority, needs identified through the assessment, targeting a minimum number of 100 Vendors trained with 80% are women.
- The Responsible party will also monitor and evaluate how the acquired knowledge and skills of the vendors are utilized to improve their vending business and report on the results. The Responsible Party is expected to have an existing service for business support and most importantly a strong network across private sector organizations, civil society, government ministries and international partners.
Duration of work: The duration of the assignment is approximately 80 Days.
Evaluation Criteria
The Responsible Party will be selected according to the Collaborative Advantage Criteria listed below:
- Geographical access to Beneficiaries
- Prominent player in the Development Community
- Track record in Developing Solutions and methodologies aligned with UN Values and Approaches (e.g., Innovation, Human Rights)
- Key Leadership role in resolving development issues.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=94322