Consultant: Analysis of Policy Environment for Women Economic Empowerment at SNV Netherlands Development Organisation

CONSULTANCY SERVICE DESCRIPTION:

1.    Objective:

The overall purpose of this study is to examine the policy and legal frameworks that are relevant to women economic empowerment at national and county government levels. The analysis aims at identifying opportunities, gaps and constraints in order to inform EOWE’s policy advocacy strategy towards strengthening enabling environment for growth and prosperity of women entrepreneurship. 

2.    Scope of work 

Specifically the scope of work is as follows; 

a)    Identify relevant policies, legislations and programmes that support women enterprises at national and county governments’ levels

b)    Identify policies, legislations that supporting gender equality including but not limited to women’s equal rights to property ownership, credit and other resources needed for successful entrepreneurial activities in agriculture nad renewable energy sectors.  

c)    Review and examine the extent to which these institutional and legal frameworks policies, legislations and programmes are supportive to women enterprises and give indication of their effectiveness. 

d)    Identify the opportunities and constraints presented by these policies and legislations in regard to supporting women and women- led SMEs in agriculture and renewable energy.

e)    Identify and assess the institutional mechanisms put in place for implementation of these policies both at national and county government level.

f)    The extent and effectiveness of representation of women on relevant government committees in county and national level.

a)    Provide recommendations for policy advocacy relevant to the EOWE project

b)    Using the findings from this analysis, develop an advocacy and communication strategy. 

3.    Methodology - is to be developed and specified by the consultants and will cover  the following:

1. Inception meeting and report; select and detail the approach and tools for collecting the information and undertaking analysis. Indicate the rationale and expected results
2. Desk/literature review
3. Field work covering six County visits information gathering among selected women enterprises and other key informant interviews
4. Analyse the data / information, synthesis, derive the recommendations and conclusions; And Document in a concise report
5. Development of advocacy and communication strategy

4.    Deliverables

• A comprehensive report (in soft copy) addressing the scope of work above.  
• An advocacy and communication strategy addressing the four policies of interest any other arising from this assignment and is relevant to the EOWE Project.

 5.    Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• Firm understanding of Kenya’s’ policy environment with specific focus on gender and women economic empowerment.
• Extensive understanding of gender and development issues
•  The consultant should have more than 7 years of experience in policy analysis and advocacy in gender equality and women's economic  empowerment
• Experience in undertaking similar work both at county and at national level

6.    Requirements

Interested consultants are requested to submit their proposals which should contain the following:

• Technical Proposal;
  • Interpretation and understanding of the terms of reference
  • Capability statement (Profiles of the team members demonstrating their academic and professional qualifications and experiences in similar work profiles of the team members are to be included).
  • Methodology and approaches
  • References from previous clients
  • Gantt chart with a fixed delivery time
  • Financial proposal – fixed budget
    • Professional fees
    • Disbursements (Please note that, in line with SNV policy, all activity costs (e.g. workshops, meetings) including travel/DSA costs will be paid directly by SNV)

7.    How to apply

Interested consultants to submit their technical and financial proposals demonstrating their ability to deliver on this assignment based on their qualifications and experience. Detailed proposals should be emailed to kenya@snvworld.org citing ‘EOWE Policy Analysis & Advocacy Strategy; on the subject line of the email by 2nd December, 2016.

8.    Assignment duration

This assignment is expected to take no more than 30 man days 10th Dec 2016 to 30th Jan 2017

[1] International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)

[2] FAO, (2011). Women in Agriculture: Closing the gender gap in development