DFID 6880 Innovations Knowledge Exchange Facility (IKEF) - Design and Implementation of Innovations Knowledge Exchange Facility in the Agri-Food and Health Sectors between India and Low Income Countries

Tender description

Actual CPV code is ‘75211200 Foreign Economic-Aid Related Services’. The objectives of the Innovations Knowledge Exchange Facility are to: - Build partnerships to facilitate diffusion of Indian innovations in select low-income countries (LICs) in Ethiopia, East Africa, and South Asia based on demand identified in the health and agri/food sectors for impact on those at the bottom of the pyramid in the LICs, - Establish a baseline on the impact of such diffusion under INVENT in the two sectors and monitor and assess the performance of the IKEF over the programme period, - Build evidence base through support to evaluation studies to be carried out separately and case studies to demonstrate what works and under what conditions; documenting best practices from existing partnerships as well as gaps and emerging areas of demand; identifying successful business models for exchanging innovative ideas in the two sectors between India and LICs.