Beschreibung der Beschaffung
The contractor supports the E4D programme in the following areas: 1. Strategic advice, organisational development & steering multi-stakeholder processes; 2. Team development and leadership coaching; 3. Knowledge transfer & learning processes and 4. Advisory services on technical-strategic topics. As already mentioned in chapter 1.2, main target group for all services is internal E4D staff.
As the assignment refers to cross-cutting topics and contains mainly E4D internal advisory processes, the contractor contributes with its services to the achievement of module indicators, outputs and output indicators (described in chapter 1.1. and in the attached results matrix) rather in an indirect way. A direct contribution to the achievement of output indicators of output 5 "Upscaling of successful approaches" is described under work package 3 (Knowledge transfer and learning).
The contractor is responsible for providing the following work packages and the accompanying milestones:
Work package 1: Strategic advice, organisational development & steering multi-stakeholder processes
The contractor accompanies the programme, particularly the E4D management team and technical staff, from a strategic perspective throughout the whole implementation period to translate the ambitious conceptual approach "employment promotion for women for the green transformation" successfully into practice. This contains organisational development and strategic advisory services with the following activities:
- Conducting an organisational diagnosis to analyse needs of internal and external stakeholders, identify core processes and setting up an efficient process- and workflow organisation and suitable internal steering structures
- facilitation of (kick off-) and regular strategic workshops with E4D management team and E4D country teams (on demand basis) including a reflection on the implementation progress but also on established steering- and organisational structures and possible needed adaptations
- Application of Capacity WORKS - including the development of Capacity WORKS-tools according to GIZs internal quality standards ("Quality in line") for the management of complex programmes both at programme and at country level. This includes also the compulsory minimum standards such as operational planning, actors" map, steering structures and capacity development strategies - but also goes beyond these.
The milestones are:
- Conducting an organisational diagnosis
- Preparation, facilitation, documentation of strategic workshops (1-2 per year)
- Development of Capacity WORKS tools (overall programme/ for all country teams)
- Preparation, facilitation, documentation of annual-/ midterm operational planning workshops (for HQ-team and for country teams) (1-2 per year)
- Preparation, facilitation, documentation of steering committee meetings with external (co-financing-) partners (1-2 per year)
Work package 2: Team development and leadership coaching
This work package is mainly directed towards E4D internal team development- and leadership processes. Thus, target group is on one hand the E4D management team (AV and teamleaders) but on the other hand staff members from all country teams and from the HQ team.
The milestones are:
- Preparation, facilitation, documentation of onboarding-/ team development workshops for HQ- and country teams (1 per year)
- Advisory services on teambuilding issues; team coaching / conflict mediation (on demand)
- Individual leadership coaching sessions (on demand)
Work package 3: Knowledge transfer and learning processes
This work package is addressed towards external and internal knowledge transfer activities. It consists of three main stages: 1. Gathering knowledge through exchange; 2. Deciding on relevant criteria and formats for upscaling and selecting approaches accordingly and 3. Upscaling and dissemination of successful and transferable approaches and experiences of the E4D programme.
The milestones comprise:
- Needs analysis and critical reflection of existing formats
- Development of internal knowledge sharing/ learning concept incl. communication formats
- Facilitating joint learning- and reflection processes to identify successful approaches (throughout implementation period)
- Support with upscaling and dissemination of approaches (e.g. preparation of inputs etc.) (throughout implementation period)
Work package 4: Advisory services on technical-strategic topics
This work package is focused on technical advice on the project"s overall approach: Improving employment and the economic situation of women, especially in companies driving the green transformation. Main intervention fields of the project are the following:
- expanding the range of vocational training and further education measures, especially for women and for jobs that contribute to the ecological transformation, and make them labour market-oriented (output 1)
- creating the conditions for a better transition for graduates and job seekers into the labour market, especially for women (output 2)
- improving employment opportunities in green value chains, especially for women. (output 3)
- increasing the competitiveness of start-ups and MSMEs, especially women-owned enterprises that contribute to green transformation (output 4)
- Output 5 is focused on scalability and dissemination of successful approaches to promoting women's employment and promoting the green transformation. However, this will be addressed within work package 3 and is not a main intervention field of this work package.
Milestones are:
- Technical advisory services on selected topics (on demand)
- Supporting acquisition processes of new co-financing partners (e.g. proposal writing; topical analysis) (throughout implementation period)