Terms of Reference for a consultancy task to develop digital M&E and information exchange platforms for MOYESH Program
Background
The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) is embarking on the implementation of the MOre Young Entrepreneurs in Silk and Honey (MOYESH) program in Ethiopia. The program aims to create jobs for 100,000 male and female youth in the Tigray, Amhara, Oromia, and SNNP Regions. The programs is supported by Mastercard Foundation (MCF).
Reaching 100,000 youth effectively and tracking their activities and other stakeholders requires establishing a robust digital M&E system. Such a system will enable the program team to systematically collect, manage, and process raw data and disseminate program outputs at reduced transaction costs, and have real-time and two-ways information exchange of MOYESH program activities and lessons learned for broadening and improving effectiveness of the program. The consultancy is therefore to establish the MOYESH Information platform, which shall be used to register and profile the 100,000 youth and other beneficiary stakeholders, provide real-time technical and market information, and serve as platform for stakeholders’ interaction, and collect performance data for measuring the program impact in real time.
Objective of the consultancy:
The overall objective of the consultancy is to establish digital data collection, management and information dissemination platforms. The platforms will help to map targeted youth, and certified input suppliers and outputs buyers, facilitate exchange of information among actors along the value chains, monitor and evaluate progress of the program implementation and lay foundation for assessing the performance of the program against the goal of creating jobs for 100, 000 youth in beekeeping, sericulture and associated businesses. Specifically, the consultant will:
The major tasks of the consultant
The consultant is expected to accomplish the following tasks:
Qualification
The Consultant should be a well-established ICT company with the know how in system, platform, Portal and mobile phone application development that meets the following key criteria: