RESEARCH ON YOUTH ECONOMIC EMPOWEREMENT IN AFRICA

Plan is an international, humanitarian, child-centred development organisation which works in over 60 countries to realise its vision of a world where all children realise their potential in societies that respect rights and dignities.

Plan Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa (RESA) invites tenders from qualified research firms for consultancy services to conduct a study, to investigate the Situation of Improved Skills Training for Youth in Africa, within four countries namely; Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.

QUALIFICATIONS AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

The study implementation requires the study partners (or consulting firm) to have partners and/or consultants in the four countries and can carry out simultaneous data collection. The firm should provide 2-3 senior researchers who need to comply with the following profile:

• Masters degree and/or proven expertise in economics and social development with a specific focus on youth economic empowerment programming
• At least 8 years of research experience in Sub-Saharan Africa and a solid understanding on child rights and child development issues in Africa;
• Excellent experience in working in economic empowerment programs with youth and adults at community level and a commitment to youth participation in programming;
• Solid experience in participatory methodologies and workshop facilitation;
• A track record of published research work in the areas of economic empowerment, and employability and gender
• Excellent scientific writing skills in both French and English.

How to apply:

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

Interested consulting firms should prepare and submit by December 14th, 2012, Expressions of interested detailing technical and financial proposal including:

• a description of the proposed research methodology
• a proposed work calendar; for research process and reporting concluded by end of May 2013
• a detailed budget outline
• Curriculum Vitae of Key consultants/researchers proposed for the research study
• Two references of previous clients

All proposals submitted must be clearly marked with a heading ‘RESA PAGES YOUTH ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT STUDY 1/2013’ to be submitted as electronic files (in PDF format preferably) to the following:

Plan international email address; resa.procurement@plan-international.org no later than December 14th December 2012, 17:00hrs Nairobi time. Consultants can in addition to the electronic email deliver their sealed bids and proposals to:

The Procurement Committee,
Plan RESA Regional Office offices at
Methodist Ministries Centre, Block C, 2nd Floor,
Oloitokitok Road, Lavington
Nairobi, Kenya

NB: The complete terms of reference can be downloaded from the following link: http://plan-international.org/files/Africa/RESA/tors/yeep-study-tor