Foreign economic-aid-related services

Tender description

The, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) seeks a supplier to implement the Land Investment for Transformation, Phase 2 (LIFT UP) programme. LIFT UP seeks to bring transformative, systemic and sustainable change in Ethiopia’s land certification and rural market system, in the four programme regions — Amhara, Oromia, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and Tigray. The objective of the programme is sustainable and inclusive growth derived from effective land governance and markets. The programme will focus on three main pillars, Pillar 1 (Land and Policy Planning), Pillar 2 (Sustainable Land Administration) and Pillar 3 (Social Inclusion, Dispute Resolution and Income). The successful service provider will be required to deliver the following under each pillar: Pillar 1: Land policy and planning will focus on assisting the Government of Ethiopia to reform and implement inclusive, transparent and fair land proclamations, policies, regulations and procedures. This will include work at both federal and regional levels for consistency as well as recognising regional autonomy . It will enable the government to think through land holistically including developing a clear and inclusive urban land policy. Pillar 2: Sustainable land administration will embed the work of LIFT. FCDO’s contribution will be provided based on the achievement of pre-agreed commitments from Government on finance and human resource allocation on a yearly basis. It will have two main sub-pillars: Sub-Pillar 2.1: Provide second level certification by expanding the second level land certification started under LIFT to new woredas in the four regions namely Amhara, Tigray, Oromia and SNNPR. Sub-Pillar 2.2: Strengthening the land administration system: to ensure that the land certification process is effective, this will support the rollout, maintenance and sustainability of the developed system under LIFT. Pillar 3: Social inclusion, dispute resolution and income: for farmers and particularly women and vulnerable groups to translate their land tenure security into higher productivity, empowerment and wellbeing, support will be provided to the full cycle of social and legal empowerment with targeted interventions to support enhanced incomes.