Consultancy to Prepare an Issue Paper on “the Demographic Dividend (DD) and the... Tender

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Country : Cote d'Ivoire

Summary : Consultancy to Prepare an Issue Paper on “the Demographic Dividend (DD) and the Return on Investments (ROI) in Girls and Young Women’s Empowerment and Rights”

Deadline : 14 Dec 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 29050895

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Competition : ICB

Financier : African Development Bank (AfDB)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

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Purchaser : AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
Attn Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou, Principal Statistician-Economist on Gender, Agriculture & Human Development Complex Immeuble du Centre de commerce International d'Abidjan CCIA Avenue Jean-Paul II, 01 BP 1387 Tel : +225 20268239/20264246
Cote d'Ivoire
Email :i.konan@afdb.org / m.koffi@afdb.org / s.rabier@afdb.org

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy to Prepare an Issue Paper on “the Demographic Dividend (DD) and the Return on Investments (ROI) in Girls and Young Women’s Empowerment and Rights in the G5 Sahel Countries”.

1. The services to be provided under the Assignment include: advance efforts on Demographic Dividend and gender equality through Return On Investments (ROI) in girls and young women’s empowerment and rights in the G5 Sahel countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger).

2. The Issue Paper should stress the importance of articulating a right’s based approach with an economic focus on efficiency, profit and return on investments analyses. It should also elaborate on the rationale for a full fledge study in G5 Sahel countries and the potential gains if smart investments are delivered now both in the short and long term in girls and young women’s empowerment and rights.

3. This mission will be undertaken in the first quarter of 2019. Specifically, the key objectives are:

i. To clearly articulate three policy requirements for harnessing the Demographic Dividend: economic policies (job creation, market access, governance etc.), population policies (migration and rural-urban investments) and social policies (improved access to education, health, gender equality and women’s empowerment) demonstrating how the achievement of the Demographic Dividend encompasses the three of them;

ii. To conduct a thorough systematic review of published and grey literature;

iii. To focus on the economic rationale to invest in interventions address gender inequality and discrimination;

iv. To analyze secondary data and develop scenarios for various research approaches (the review will include a literature assessment and different scenarios of methodological approaches to analyze the economic costs of adolescent pregnancies and child marriage);

v. To define what can be measured and how it can be measured in the study;

vi. To ensure that the compilation and analysis of available evidence are articulated of future required in depth research and will be reflected in the issue paper;

vii. To write an Issue Paper jointly prepared with the Technical Team;

viii. Jointly present findings at the Gender Global Summit in 2019 with the Technical Team.

4. The Gender, Women and Civil Society Department (AHGC) invites Individual Consultants to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. Interested eligible consultants shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to provide the services (documentation, references for similar services, experience in comparable Assignments, etc.).

5. The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Rules and Procedure for the Selection of Corporate Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a consultant does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include it in the shortlist.

6. The estimated duration of services is 40 working days (over a maximum period of 03 calendar months) starting date is January 2018.

7. Interested individuals may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: (9h00. – 17h00 GMT).

8. Expressions of interest must be received at the address below no later than Friday 14th December 2018 at 17h30 GMT local time and specifically mentioning “Individual consultancy to prepare an issue paper on the Demographic Dividend”

For the attention of:
Mr. Koffi Marc Kouakou
Principal Statistician-Economist on Gender, African Development Bank Group
Agriculture & Human Development Complex
Immeuble du Centre de commerce International d'Abidjan CCIA
Avenue Jean-Paul II, 01 BP 1387
Tel : +225 20268239/20264246
E-mail: i.konan@afdb.org and copy m.koffi@afdb.org and s.rabier@afdb.org

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE SHORTLIST

9. The shortlist of three to six individual consultants will be established at the end of the request of expression of interest. The consultants in the shortlist will be evaluated on the following criteria on the basis of the CVs and other documents received.
General Qualifications and suitability to the Tasks 40
Experience in the specific assignment described in the ToRs 40
Experience with International Institutions 10
Written/Verbal Language Capacity 5
Working knowledge of the Africa Region 5

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