Consultancy to Test and Validate the Agribusiness Learning Alliances (ABLA) Proof of Concept Based on Innovation Platforms of Six Third-Party Projects (TPPs)

Consulting Services:    Consultancy to Test and Validate the Agribusiness Learning Alliances (ABLA) 

                                     Proof of Concept Based on Innovation Platforms of Six Third-Party Projects                                                 (TTPs)

Name of Project:           AIRTEA

Project Duration:           60 Man days spread over 5 months

Submission Deadline:    Monday, October 14, 2024

The main goal of the AIRTEA project is to support sustainable agrarian livelihoods and rural transformation by fostering an inclusive innovation environment. Implemented through the Innovation to Impact Framework, the programme focuses on institutionalizing Innovation Platforms (IPs) to guide national prioritization, IP management, and multistakeholder collaboration. By facilitating partnerships and connecting stakeholders, the ABLA approach helps generate business development insights, create solutions, and build capacity to overcome business challenges and scale up ideas.



This request for expression of interest aims at engaging a consultant to carry out the following functions:

• Prepare and present a brief inception report detailing the process and methodology for the assignment including identifying an assistant scientist to work with to carry out this assignment.
• Validate the selected TPPs based on their representativeness within the AIRTEA project and opportunities within the respective value chains.
• Develop a template for assessing the status and situational position of IPs in selected TPPs across Kenya (TPP1, TPP8, TPP9), Uganda (TPP5, TPP6), and Rwanda (TPP2).
• Facilitate the development of detailed action plans for IPs, including timelines, to address gaps and enhance the capacity (skills, knowledge, and resources) of IP members.
• Define the criteria and identify a facilitator for capacity building in business planning, financing, youth and gender inclusion, policy advocacy and partnership building, as part of the ABLA concept validation.
• Create user-friendly and simplified training materials for IPs as a guide to improve their viability for private sector engagement.
• Develop an ABLA publication (a manual / handbook) that can be adopted across the ARD network as a support mechanism for IPs and MSPs.
• Develop a final consultancy report summarizing the activities, findings, and recommendations. 

1. The Executive Director of FARA invites interested consultants to express interest in carrying out this assignment.
2. Consultants interested in this call must provide an Expression of Interest no longer than 10 pages, outlining proposed methodologies, references related to the execution of similar assignments, experience in similar areas, or evidence of knowledge and a proposed timeline. Brochures, CVs, and other supplementary materials submitted shall not be accounted for as part of the 10-page limit.
3. The anticipated period of performance for this consultancy is 60 man-days spread over five months (November 2024 to March 2025).
4. The individual consultant shall be selected based on procedures defined in the Procurement Guidelines of FARA.
5. Interested consultants may obtain further information from the AIRTEA Coordinator, Kwaku Antwi [kantwi@farafrica.org], and copy [cachaab@faraafrica.org] during the following hours: 9h00 to 16h00 GMT.

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