Recruitment of a Firm for Impact Assessment of Interventions in ILM Areas

CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

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Recruitment of a firm/group of consultants to conduct an outcome assessment of Climate-Smart, Gender and Nutrition-Sensitive technologies deployed in Integrated Landscape Management areas

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Opening of the call: 25/07/2025

Closure of the call: 12/08/2025

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CEI N° 011-2025

The Executive Secretariat of CORAF (West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development) is based in Dakar, Senegal. It received financial support from the World Bank through the Food System Resilience Program (FSRP/PRSA), which is a flagship regional investment program aimed at strengthening the resilience of the food system in West Africa through a strategic regional approach. This programme will finance investments in three thematic areas that are interdependent: (1) Digital advisory services for the prevention and management of agricultural and food crises; (2) Sustainability and adaptability of the productive base of the food system (sustainable land and watershed management, agroecological approaches); and (3) Market integration and trade (development of the value chain of regional staple foods). Each domain is led by one of the following mandated regional institutions: AGRHYMET, CORAF, and ECOWAS) to ensure coordination and build sustainable capacity.

Sub-component 2.2 of the program is to bring into integrated landscape management identified areas in each of the implementing countries through the deployment of various climate-smart, gender and nutrition sensitive agricultural innovations and technologies.

After 2 to 3 years of intervention according to the phase of the programmes, it is necessary to carry out an assessment of the outcomes coming out of the interventions in the target areas of the Program. It is in this context that CORAF propose to hire a firm to carry out this evaluation

The main objective of this assignment is to evaluate the outcomes coming out of the deployment of climate-smart, gender and nutrition sensitive agricultural technologies and innovations by the FSRP implementing countries, specifically as financed through the FSRP program in each country.

The Executive Director of CORAF invites firms or groups of consultants meeting the qualification criteria as indicated in the terms of reference, to express their interests for this call.

Firms/group of consultants interested in this call must submit an expression of interest indicating that they are qualified to perform such services (Understanding of terms of reference, Methodology, Execution references of similar contracts over the last 10 years, CV of proposed key experts, etc.).

Firms/group of consultants will be selected according to the selection method based on the qualification of the consultant in accordance with the rules set out in the Administrative Procedures Manual, financial and accounting of CORAF according to the selection criteria contained in the attached terms of reference.

Interested firms/ group of consultants can obtain additional information from the CORAF Executive Secretariat by sending correspondence to Mr. Niéyidouba LAMIEN, [email protected] and copy to [email protected].

Expressions of interest must be addressed to the Executive Director of CORAF and submitted by e-mail to the address [email protected] no later than August 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM GMT.

Dr Moumini SAVADOGO

Executive Director of CORAF