Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

The Mozambique country office of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new gender programme, Ligada, with a 2-fold purpose: i. Economic empowerment of urban adolescent girls and young women (AG&W); and ii. Concrete improvements in policy, programming and budgets in relation to gender (including among donors, government of Mozambique and private sector). The programme aligns with DFID's central gender strategy, which aims to significantly improve and sustainably transform the lives of women and girls in developing contexts. As part of this strategy, DFID Mozambique is committed to improving key socio-economic development outcomes for girls and women to create an enabling environment for making informed decisions and reducing obstacles to economic empowerment (such as early pregnancy, high levels of violence, access to health and education). Ligada (meaning ‘connected’) takes a multidimensional approach (at programme, policy and organisational levels) to improving the situation of women and girls in Mozambique, with a particular focus on urban female economic empowerment. The programme will test a new approach in Mozambique, similar to 1 being tested in DFID DRC, for the management of multiple components. It will establish a joint project office (a ‘hub’) which will house implementing partners and the Programme Team, including a member of DFID staff who will be ‘embedded’ in the team as Programme Manager. This approach is an attempt to overcome coordination and communication issues that have arisen in other similar programmes with multiple partners and interconnected components. Interested suppliers should make it clear in their proposals how they will contribute effectively to this innovation, and what learning they could bring from other similar experiences. The Ligada Business Case was approved in December 2014, and DFID Mozambique is now seeking a supplier through an open competitive process to partner with DFID in delivering the main components of the programme. This procurement is to secure capacity to deliver the programme's four work-streams: Innovate, Broker, Learn and Brand: — Innovate: identify, fund and monitor locally-led projects/innovations, especially for poorer women and girls in the informal economy, building local organisation capacity in the process — Broker: identify and build partnerships between stakeholders, especially private sector and other actors, and support technical assistance/activities to develop, and test sustainable solutions for recruitment and retention of women at work — Learn: strategically build and disseminate the evidence base on girls and women to ensure great impact of investment; — Brand: Design and roll out a brand platform addressing gender norms related to work in urban areas, targeted at communities, including men and.