ASEAN Economic Integration Programme (AEIP) Financial Services Pillar

Tender description

The AEIP Financial Services pillar aims to support wider availability and use of quality financial services in Asean member states to enable greater financial resilience and economic opportunities, particularly for MSMEs and women. The intended outcome of the FSp is that AMS adopt and implement ASEAN-led policy recommendations and reforms that promote financial inclusion in the region. The programme will achieve this through technical assistance, capacity building and knowledge-transfer partnerships (“expert support”) for the ASEAN Secretariat, AMS, and Timor-Leste, drawing on expertise in UK institutions. Lot 1: The supplier will: i) Design, plan and agree with FCDO and ASEAN a pipeline of projects that fit with the FSp Theory of Change and achieve its objectives. The pipeline will be developed during an initial three-month inception phase in FY2023/24 and formally updated once each year. ii) Deploy and manage subject matter experts to deliver the agreed projects for AMS in financial years 2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27 and 2027/28. This will include risk and financial management functions. iii) Embed robust monitoring, evaluation and learning practices into delivery and report results to FCDO.