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National Biogas Programme of Ethiopia (NBPE) has been under implementation since 2009 in 4 large regional states of Ethiopia, namely Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray, funded by DGIS through the Africa Biogas Partnership Programme (ABPP). The Government of Ethiopia also provides funding in it phase II for the investment incentive (subsidy) for end-users. NBPE Phase II will run until March 2019. Hivos is the fund manager and SNV provides technical assistance.
A new programme funded by EU and Government of Ethiopia was designed and it came to implementation phase from April 12, 2018. The new programme is called Biogas Dissemination Scale-Up Programme (NBPE+). It is expanding to additional 4 new regions (Afar, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambella and Somali) with overall target of 36,000 installations of household size and 40 larger size digesters with 63 months implementation period.
The assignment is to design and conduct a tailor-made project management training programme for the senior and relevant programme staff under the 8 RBPCUs, NBPCU as well as SNV NBPE team.
a) Pre-requisite for Bid Application
The following are pre-requisite for interest applicants (if not met, such an application will not be evaluated):
a) Must be a legally registered consulting firm in Ethiopia with minimum 3 years of operation completed (validated by audit reports or tax clearance reports).
b) If it is a consulting team of individuals, there will be a 30% tax deduction on the professional fee rate provided by the consultant.
c) Team composition as per the qualification and experiences, mentioned earlier.
b) Consultant’s Team Composition
The team members must have the following qualification and field of expertise:
a) Team Leader – with minimum a master degree in business administration/management or project management and at least 7 years relevant experience in design and conducting project management training and coaching in project management in Ethiopia; and
b) Project Management Expert - with minimum a master degree in business administration/management or project management and at least 3 years relevant experience in design and conducting project management training and coaching in project management in Ethiopia.