Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, COMESA,African Union
19-06-2020
Work Detail
Expression of Interest are invited for Consultancy Services to Provide Media Publicity and Marketing Support for the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform in the named COMESA Member States COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICAREQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST CONSULTING SERVICES ZAMBIA 50 MILLION AFRICAN WOMEN SPEAK PROJECT GENDER ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTFinancing Agreement reference 2100155032768Project ID No P Z1 G00 14The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMESA 50 Million Women African Women Speak Project has received financing from the African Development Fund in the form of a financing Grant toward the cost of implementation of the 50 Million African Women Speak Networking Platform 50MAWSP project COMESA intends to apply a portion of the agreed amount for this grant to eligible payments under the contract for Consultancy Services to Provide Media Publicity and Marketing Support for the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform in the COMESA Member States COMESA implements the project jointly with the East African Community EAC and Economic Community for West African States ECOWAS in 38 countries belonging to the three Regional Economic Communities RECs The project is expected to attract 50 million women to the platform as users or beneficiaries of the services and opportunities availed by the platform The Project aims at increasing access to markets and use of financial services by women entrepreneurs increased participation of women entrepreneurs in business networks increased availability of statistics on women in business and increased access to national and regional markets Ultimately the 50 Million African Women Speak initiative is expected to contribute to the economic empowerment of women in Africa in general and in the Member Partner States of COMESA EAC and ECOWAS COMESA implements the project in 17 Member States namely Comoros Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Seychelles Somalia Sudan Eswatini Tunisia Zambia and Zimbabwe The other member States of COMESA namely Burundi Kenya Rwanda Uganda are covered by EAC COMESA now invites eligible consultant firms to indicate their interest in providing these services Interested consultants must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services by submitting brochures description of similar assignments experience in similar conditions availability of appropriate skills among staff etc Consultant firms may constitute joint ventures to enhance their chances of qualification All interested firms must indicate capacity presence and visibility within the following 17 COMESA Member States or have capacity to create local partnerships in countries where they do not have physical presence These Countries are Comoros Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Seychelles Somalia Sudan Eswatini Tunisia Zambia and Zimbabwe Eligibility criteria establishment of the short list and the selection procedure shall be in accordance with the African Development Bank s Procurement Policy for the Bank Group funded Operations dated October 2015 which is available on the Bank s website at http www afdb org Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours Monday to Friday from 08 00 17 30 hours Lusaka local time Expressions of interest must be delivered through e mail or physical submission to the address below by 19th June 2020 at 16 00 hours Lusaka local time and mention Consultancy Services to Provide Media Publicity and Marketing Support for the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform in the named COMESA Member States Attention Procurement and General Services UnitStreet Address Ben Bella Road LusakaFloor Room number Procurement and General Services OfficeCity LusakaZIP Code P O Box 30051 Lusaka ZambiaCountry ZambiaTel 260 211 229726 29Facsimile fax 260 211 227318E mail procurement comesa int
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