REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GROUP
Immeuble du Centre de commerce International d’Abidjan CCIA
Avenue Jean-Paul II
01 BP 1387
Abidjan 01, Côte d’Ivoire
Management Mid-Term Review of the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy 2016-2025 Human Capital, Youth and Skills Development Department
- In 2016, the African Development Bank adopted the Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy 2016-2025 with the aim to create 25 million jobs for young Africans and equip 50 million youths with relevant skills. The strategy contributes to inclusive growth across the continent and equips Africa’s youth to realize their economic potential. The goals of the strategy are to be achieved through its three intervention areas of Integration, Innovation and Investments with special emphasis to gender and countries of fragility. The implementation of the strategy is at its mid-term phase. Within this context, the African Development Bank, hereby invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in the following Assignment: Consulting Firm to Conduct the Management Mid-Term Review of the Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy 2016-2025 and its implementation instruments. The Implementation instruments include the Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi Donor Trust Fund and the Entrepreneurship Innovation lab which supports the development of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Africa ;
- The services to be provided under the assignment is an evaluation/review of the Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy 2016-2025 to take stock of the implementation status and results of the JfYA strategy to highlight areas of progress or the lack thereof, identify challenges and opportunities and where improvements are needed to foster the achievement of its specific goals. It will also include a standalone Mi- term evaluation of the Youth Entrepreneurship and Innovation Multi Donor Fund which is a grant vehicle that supports the implementation of the strategy ;
- The management review will follow general good practice principles. It will aim to objectively review performance of the Strategy to date, with a view to establishing its relevance and coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability, good practices, and draw lessons of experience taking into consideration prevailing conditions including the socioeconomic impact of COVID 19 and its implications on the strategy. The review is expected to provide credible quantitative and qualitative data and evidence-based conclusions and recommendations across an array of multi-stakeholders ;
- The consulting firm will be expected to deeply engage with different departments of the Bank, Regional Member Countries and external partners ;
- The estimated duration of services is 4 months and the estimated starting date is end January 2021. The Consultant is expected to finalize all deliverables and reports by end May 2021 ;
- The African Development Bank Human Capital Development Department invites Consulting Firms to indicate their interest in providing the above-described services. To apply, interested eligible Consulting Firms or associations of Consulting Firms shall provide information on their qualifications and experience demonstrating their ability to provide the services. It should include a profile of the consulting firm, CVs of key qualified staff and consultants, a description of similar assignments and a list of references to similar work undertaken by the firm ;
- The eligibility criteria, the establishment of a short list and the selection procedure shall be in conformity with the Bank Procurement Policy and Procedures for the Recruitment of Corporate Consultants. Please, note that interest expressed by a Consulting Firm does not imply any obligation on the part of the Bank to include it in the shortlist. Only the shortlisted consulting firms will be contacted. The eligibility criteria that will be applied to generate the short list is presented below :
| Criteria | Weight |
| Consultant’s experience relevant to the | 40 % |
| Assignment | |
| Key personnel experience in the area of | 40% |
| expertise of the assignment described in the | |
| Terms of Reference | |
| Experience with the Bank and International | 10 % |
| Donors | |
| Knowledge of Africa Region | 10% |
- Interested Consulting Firms may obtain further information at the address below during the Bank’s working hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM GMT ;
- Expressions of interest must be received at the address below no later than 8 January 2021 at 5 PM GMT and specifically mentioning Management Mid-Term Review of the Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy 2016-2025 and its implementation instruments.
- All documents must be transmitted in ONE FILE ONLY. Transmissions involving multiple files will be rejected! The PDF format is preferred.
For the attention of :
E-mail : To : T.MUZIRA@AFDB.ORG