Technical Follow-up Visits for Small-Scale Projects

G.CD.ACDF.052.2021

Technical Follow-up Visits for Small-Scale Projects

MA’AN, in partnership with ActionAid Palestine, is currently implementing the "Humanitarian Program funded by DANIDA" which aims to strengthen the resilience and protection of women and young women affected by the protracted crisis and disasters in the Gaza Strip in line with IHRL and IHL. As part of this program, MA'AN will undertake a set of activities that aim at strengthening the economic resilience of a group of vulnerable women through supporting their engagement in small-scale income-generation projects, mainly food production and animal husbandry. In addition, the target group will be provided with capacity building and technical support to enhance their technical capacity to run their businesses. 

MA'AN is looking for a qualified consultant to implement Technical follow-up visits (on-site coaching) for 50 under-performing and middle-performing small-scale projects to address the difficulties they face and enhance the capacities of the targeted woman to run projects better. The visits are intended to follow up the progress of the small-scale projects and provide them with the technical support they need to foster their productivity and sustainability. Each small-scale business will receive a total of 5 coaching visits, and the time space between each two visits will be between 1-2 months based on recommendations provided jointly by the consultant and the economic support Specialist of MA’AN. The small-scale businesses were established in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and are ran by GBV survivors who are based in Rafah and Khan Younis. Before starting the implementation of the visits, the consultant is required to conduct an in-depth assessment for almost 100 small-scale projects implemented in 2018, 2019, and 2020 to evaluate their performance (Technical and administrative) and identify the projects that will be targeted by the on-site coaching services. The assessment should analyze the barriers facing those projects and identify the areas of technical support needed to advance their technical and financial performance

Only individual consultants or groups are eligible to apply for this consultancy service. The consultancy group should consist of at least 3 consultants who have prior demonstrated experience in implementing on-site coaching visits for small-scale projects related to animal-husbandry and food production in addition to small enterprises. 

 The consultant, should have the following qualifications: 

• Academic qualification in business administration, business planning, economy or any relevant field. Master's degree and above is a credit. 
• At least 5 years of experience in conducting training on business planning and managing small enterprises, especially for women. 
• At least 3 years of experience in working with NGOs in the field of economic empowerment. 
• Demonstrated experience in providing coaching for small-scale businesses.  
• Good reporting, writing, and communication skills, with specific reference to analytical reports and studies. 
• Ability to develop concrete methodology and timeframe for delivering the required consultancy service within the specified duration.

Interested consultant (individual consultants or groups ) should review the full ToR for this consultancy and can get a copy from it from MAAN-Gaza Gaza strip  from 8th February 2021 –15th February 2021  and submit offer in two sealed envelopes; one for the technical offer and another one for the financial offer by 16th February 2021   (before 12:00 pm) at MAAN Office Gaza-Haidar Abd Al Shafi Square- Al Motaz 2 Building –Ground Floor- Next to Blood Bank Building Tele 08- 2823712 

•  The awarded consultant of this offer will be required to pay for the cost of this advertisement.
• Financial Offer must be in USD