Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

This is a Prior Information Notice (PIN) only: Publication and Call for Competition will be Conducted Once Scope of Work is Fully Defined and Approved. The Technical Review and Monitoring Panel (TRAMP) is responsible for technical quality assurance and review of services delivered through Ethiopian Investment Advisory Facility (EIAF). This includes TA delivered through the main facility, which is managed by a service provider and delivered through the EIAF grant window. Delivery of services will be through 6-monthly technical review and monitoring reports scrutinising programme outputs. The TRAMP will also be responsible for delivering 2 more in-depth reviews: a mid-term review and an end of programme review. These reviews will have focus on learning lessons and improving programme performance. The Ethiopian Investment Advisory Facility (EIAF) is a technical assistance programme which provides consultancy services to government ministries and agencies who are involved in planning and implementing public investment activities. The technical assistance provided is flexible and based on demand from government; specific requests for technical assistance are considered on a rolling basis. Although the specific technical assistance delivered under EIAF will be demand-driven and therefore not known ex-ante, the sectoral scope has been defined. The major theme of EIAF is to support the Government of Ethiopia to strengthen the effectiveness of its public investment. At a sectoral level the programme will focus on 3 broad areas: trade logistics, energy and urban development. Technical assistance will be delivered within each of the 3 sectors as well as under the cross-cutting theme of public investment management, e.g. support to the Government on Public-Private Partnerships or project appraisal.