Beschreibung der Beschaffung
The project SIAB is aligned with Rwanda's key development strategies and contributes to their achievement. The National Strategy for Transformation 2017-2024 (NST 1) and Rwanda's vision 2050, to which further sectoral strategies are subordinated, form the framework for the national implementation of Agenda 2030 and Agenda 2063 of the African Union. A key objective of NST 1 is to create 1 500.000 decent and productive jobs, i.e. an average of 214.000 jobs per year. In addition to prioritising selected economic sectors, the government is also pushing the expansion of special economic zones (SEZ) and industrial parks (IPs) in the country. These are supposed to develop into centres of economic activity and thus make a significant contribution to Rwanda's development goals.
All a.m. three outputs shall lead to the achievement of the following objective indicators (module level):
— module objective indicator 1: 260 companies supported by the project hired 2 200 new employees, of whom 50 % are women and 40 % young people (up to 35 years of age),
— base value: 0,
Target value: 2 200 employees, of whom 1 100 are women and 880 young people, in 260 companies.
— Module objective indicator 2: 4,500 employees (50 % of whom are women) of the companies supported by the project benefit from improved working conditions in two of the following areas:
(i) Increase in income;
(ii) Access to human resources development programmes (e.g. training, further training, career development, career guidance, other qualification);
(iii) Improved safety at work;
(iv) Improved social security (e.g. in-company pension or health insurance);
(v) Access to the company employee welfare programmes (e.g. health programmes, childcare, adapted working time arrangements, employee loans);
— base value: 0;
— target value: 4 500 employees, of which 2 250 women, improvement in two categories.
Module objective indicator 3: 25 % of the 260 companies supported by the project improved in two of the following areas:
(i) Expansion of the customer base;
(ii) Increase in new, improved or diversified products or services;;
(iii) Increase in the volume of domestic and/or foreign orders
(iv) Increase in turnover and/or profit;
(v) Increase in investments.
— base value: 0,
— target value: 65 out of 260 companies; improvement in two of five categories.
The contractor is responsible for achieving the goal of output 3, complying with the associated indicators, contributing to all three module objective indicators and implementing the activities described below.
Goal of output 3: the entrepreneurial ecosystem in selected industrial zones has been strengthened.
Key activities of output 3:
— development of a business model for the park operator PEZ, which includes relevant services for companies in the SEZ Kigali (based on the assessment of the situation and the involvement of the local companies),
— development of business-related services for companies in the SEZ Kigali in cooperation with the park"s operator (PEZ),
— advising providers of vocational qualification measures on the development, adaptation and implementation of services tailored to business needs. Among other things, also vocational internship programmes in cooperation with the national youth employment agency and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB),
— demand-oriented expansion and/or improvement of the range of consulting services and provision of services offered for selected clusters, in particular with regard to sustainability management,
— development of PPP models for the development and management of new industrial parks in secondary cities, reflecting the experience gained in the Kigali SEZ, with the goal to provide RDB with feasible options. In the process, models with international investors will also be taken into account.
Overall, the support aims to improve the provision of market and demand-oriented services for companies in the SEZ and to strengthen the responsible authorities, namely the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MINICOM) and the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) as well as the operator PEZ through professional stakeholder management and a sustainable business model. Services for companies in the SEZ shall cover the entire range of economic, social and environmental sustainability (e.g. information and exchange formats, transport & logistics, training, energy efficiency, services of daily life for employees, waste management, etc.) and are prioritised together with the companies. The development of PPP models for the development and management of future industrial parks draws on the experience of SEZ Kigali. It enables MINICOM and RDB to acquire the necessary capital and know-how for the construction and management of new industrial parks and to enter into negotiations with potential partners with clear ideas.
The measures will ensure that site-specific and industry-specific challenges in the area of sustainability are addressed (e.g. careful use of resources, reduction of emissions, etc.). The improvement of the entrepreneurial ecosystem for the business success of women-led companies is also particularly emphasised in output 3.
For the time being, output 3 will focus on SEZ Kigali as a cluster. In the future, the Bugesera Industrial Park is foreseen to be included in the module and its objectives in 2020.
For further details, please see the terms of reference.