Terms of
reference for trainer in biodiversity enterprise
development in Garba Tula, Kenya
Introduction
The
consultant will be responsible for providing training on development of bio
enterprise, including strategy development, business planning and how to
integrate into the value‐chain identified during market chain
analysis.
This
training will prepare the community groups and individuals to gainfully
participate in biodiversity related business opportunities.
Background
and rationale of the training
The lives
and livelihoods of Garba Tula’s pastoralists and small hold farmers are
inextricably intertwined with the health and well‐being
of the area’s abundant natural resources.
Harnessing
benefits from those rich resources while sustaining the area’s extraordinary
biodiversity is among Garba Tula’s biggest challenges.
In
partnership with the Resource Advocacy Program (RAP), IUCN is implementing a
project titled; “Strengthening Natural Resource Governance in the Pastoral
Areas of Eastern Africa”, an initiative that aims to support better
environmental governance, including fair and equitable access to natural
resources, a better distribution of benefits, and more participatory and
transparent decision‐making processes.
In line
with one of the key result areas, this project is to support local governance
for greater community benefits and livelihood security, with an activity to
help community and community groups to develop environmentally sound and sustainable
conservation‐based enterprises.
The
Training Assignment
The
training will build upon findings of an economic and market chain study for
natural resource products in Garba Tula and will be conducted in multiple
interrelated modules.
This includes
1) review
of existing natural resource (NR) products, enterprises and market supply
chains,
2) business
strategy development
3) business
planning, and
4) options
for financial support and link to micro finance institution etc.
Objectives
of the assignment
In light of
above, under the overall supervision of IUCN drylands team, the trainer will:
- Develop, customize and adjust
the training contents and schedule as agreed.
- Deliver training on the agreed
upon modules.
- Based on experience and previous
case studies, provide guidance to potential entrepreneurs as they
formulate their business development and management plans.
- Draft a report on the training
process, with recommendations of areas for further improvement of the
process.
Expected Outputs
- 5 training modules.
- Other training materials and
required handouts.
- Deliver training and mentorship
on above subjects.
- A succinct report on training
results and recommendations on areas of improvement. The report will
include the training material and handouts. The report will be handed in a
softcopy.
Time frame
The
assignment (preparation, production of relevant materials, delivery of the
training, and the final report) is expected to take a maximum of fifteen
working days and should be completed within 20 days from the signing of the
contract.
This period
includes preparation for the training, the actual training, and
mentorship/guidance activities.
IUCN and a
local partner Resource Advocacy Programme (RAP) will be available to assist in
the field whenever needed.
The
consultant
The
consultant will be a bio‐enterprise
expert with at least a master’s degree in the relevant field with over 10 years
progressive working experience with proven skills in conducting capacity
building in conservation enterprise, business planning and development.
his
includes a proven track record in designing and delivering trainings.
How to
apply
Interested
persons should submit the following documents:
(i)
CV
(ii) a
brief write‐up on his/her interpretation of the TORs,
(iii) a
work plan for the activity, and
(iv)
financial proposal,
to Akshay
Vishwanath at akshay.vishwanath@iucn.org
on or
before 12th July, 2013.
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