German Society for International Cooperation GIZ GmbH Tender Result

The overall objective (outome) of the GIZ "Employment promotion for women for the green transformation in Africa (E4D)" is that the employment and economic situation of women, especially in companies driving the green transformation, has improved. Key outputs are: 1.) Labour market-oriented education and training, 2.) Transition to the labour market, 3.) Employment in value chains, 4.) Competitiveness of start-ups and MSMEs and 5.) Regional scaling of the approaches. E4D"s strategy is to establish partnerships with stakeholders from the public and private sector and civil society that will improve the employment opportunities of women in companies and value chains that are driving the economic transition to an ecologically sustainable and climate-friendly business model. Opportunity-driven and demand-oriented measures will be conducted with individual partner organisation and multi-actor partnerships in the implementation countries Kenya, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa with the aim of achieving quantitative employment effects and qualitative, transformative results. The capacity development measures at micro and meso level of implementation- and employment-oriented country measures supplement reform-oriented advisory approaches of bilateral DC projects. E4D focuses on sectors that offer the greatest possible employment effects for women and in which companies, with their products, technologies and/or services, are actively shaping the transition of the economy to an ecologically sustainable, climate-friendly business model (1. Sustainable agriculture and agricultural processing, 2. Blue economy and aquaculture, 3. Renewable energy, 4. Circular economy and waste management, including biomass, 5. Eco-tourism) and on two further sectors in which companies are developing more environmentally-friendly or resource-saving business models (6. Transport/Logistics, 7. Construction). Up to now, E4D incorporates a co-financing agreement with the EU Team Europe Initiative "Investing in Young Businesses in Africa" (TEI IYBA). This initiative supports the business ecosystem and promotes a supportive business and investment climate and business culture, in particular for companies managed by young people and women. It will be implemented by the E4D programme in Kenya and South Africa together with other European partners. The personnel concept of the overall E4D programme comprises one international long-term expert that has the responsibility for the commission of the project. In each of the five E4D implementation countries, 2 international and 4 national long-term experts will be responsible for developing and implementing the country measures in partnership with the private sector and other partner organisations (output 1-4). Four international long-term experts are part of the central steering unit of the regional project and are responsible for the financial and administrative processing and control as well as coordination of the commissioning parties of the multi-donor initiative. Furthermore, four international long-term experts will advise the project teams in the implementation countries on technical matters concerning standardised approaches for employment promotion, gender equality, the green transformation and regional scaling. Two further international long-term experts have overarching responsibility for communication, monitoring and evaluation. Three international and four national long-term experts are already deployed to implement the regional TEI IYBA. There will also be two national long-term experts responsible for implementing the TEI in Kenya and South Africa, and one international long-term expert who will be part of the centrally controlled TEI advisory team.