Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

Primary Objective: The programme aims to increase sustainably the net economic returns to refugees and hosts communities through both increased gains and decreased losses. In doing so the programme has several secondary objectives. In increasing economic returns, SHARPE should mitigate, or at minimum avoid any increase, in conflict between refugees and host communities. The economic returns should be derived from a mixture or formal and informal employment, improved returns to agriculture, and reduced costs of consumption. This is also expected to yield dividends in improved nutrition and reduced vulnerability to shocks for households through increased asset stocks. Finally, the programme should seek to intervene in such a way that results in the gendered benefit of interventions reflecting the gender balance within the target group. Where possible interventions should also contribute to greater gender equity within the target group by increased opportunities for women and girls or reduction of gender-specific threats or disadvantages. We feel a making markets work for the poor approach to programme design would be the suggested design of the programme.