Expression of Interest For Consulting Services To Develop The Business Development Advisory Services

Expression Of Interest Are Invited For Consulting Services To Develop The Business Development Advisory Services: Mechanisms For Replenishible Trust And Emergency Relief Funds In The Fisheries Sector In Sadc Region. Objectives Of The Assignment The Specific Objectives Of The Consultancy Are: To Create A Regional Sustainable Engagement Platform/Hub For Women And Youths In The Fisheries And Aquaculture Sector At National And Regional Level In The Sadc Member States With Special Reference To Comoros, Democratic Republic Of Congo (Drc), Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, United Republic Of Tanzania And Zimbabwe. To Develop An Implementation Framework For The Trust Fund, That Targets Emergency And Business Advisory Services To Be Established By Sadc. To Devise The Mechanism And Criteria Of The Business Development Institutions (Bdis) Or Entrepreneurs Involved In Fish Trade And Eco-Tourism For Them To Undergo The Business Development Training/Incubation Programme Targeting Enterprises Development, Fish Product Development, Branding And Marketing With Support From Worldfish, Unido And Arso, As Well As Support To Start-Ups And Enterprise Promotion. To Provide The Business Development Training/Incubation To Bdis In The Sadc Member States With Special Reference To Comoros, Democratic Republic Of Congo (Drc), Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique, United Republic Of Tanzania And Zimbabwe. This Should Be Leveraged On The Work Being Conducted By Project Partners To Devise The Mechanisms (Criteria, Eligibility, Size Of The Financial Support Etc) To Access The Trust Fund, Emergency Relief Towards Loss And Damage And Other Business Promotion Services By The Capacitated Bdis. To Develop A Technical And Financial Sustainability Plan Including Modalities On Resource Mobilization To Ensure Sustainable Fund Growth Linking Them To The Already Established Or Pipelined Initiatives At Sadc Secretariat As Well As National Trust Funds, Multilateral Development Bank (Mdb) Trust Funds, Climate Financing Mechanisms And Others. To Identify Mechanisms For The Funds To The Administered To Selected Beneficiaries In The Targeted Countries Within The Sadc Region To Provide Advisory Services On The Monitoring Of The Utilizations Of The Funds And Implementation Of The Activities In Participating Institutions Tender Link :