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Creative Associates International provides outstanding, on-the-ground development services and forges partnerships to deliver sustainable solutions to global challenges. Its experts focus on building inclusive educational systems, transitioning communities from conflict to peace, developing sustainable economic growth, engaging youth, promoting transparen...
SCOPE OF WORK:
Environmental Monitoring Training Consultant
Project Summary:
The USAID-funded West Africa Trade and Investment Hub (the Trade Hub) is a five-year, $140 million trade and investment facilitation activity that seeks to improve private sector competitiveness in West Africa through market-based approaches. The Trade Hub is inspired by the Better Utilization of Investment Leading to Development (BUILD) Act passed by Congress in 2018 to leverage blended finance. The Trade Hub aims to achieve a 5:1 leverage ratio through co-investment grants, and investment and finance are key drivers for enterprise and economic growth and export competitiveness. An integral part of the Prosper Africa initiative, the Trade Hub partners with the U.S. and West African private sector firms and financial institutions to generate new private sector investment in key sectors to create jobs and increase trade between the U.S. and West Africa, including through increased utilization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).
The Trade Hub is also an important pathbreaking activity for USAID’s New Partnership Initiative (NPI). Private sector engagement through competitive solicitations and co-creation processes aim to create innovative partnerships with private companies. Given the size of $96M Co-Investment Fund, this may be USAID’s largest co-investment grant facility in the world. The Activity is a laboratory to innovate, experiment, and explore new methods of blended finance, PSE, co-creation, and NPI opportunities, in this new generation and unique model of Trade Hubs. Trade Hubs are complex as regional programs. This Trade Hub works through buy-ins with 8 bilateral missions, West Africa and Sahel regional missions, and Women’s Economic Empowerment (formerly W-GDP), Prosper Africa and up to 12 USG agencies through Prosper Africa.
This Activity comprises two main components:
The Trade Hub also focuses on co-investment partnerships that increase agricultural productivity and profitability of smallholder farmers in Nigeria under a Research and Development (R&D) Fund towards innovating and modernizing practices across five targeted value chains in seven States.
USAID requires that all grant applications are evaluated for environmental risks and as needed, mitigation measures integrated and budgeted to ensure adverse environmental impacts are minimized. Therefore, to assist the Trade Hub to evaluate a proposal’s effects on the environment, all applicants are required to complete the Environmental Review (ER) process before funding is approved. As of September 2021, several dozen Environmental Review Forms (ERF) have been completed by applicants and 33 grantees are now active in numerous countries across West Africa. Upon submission to USAID Activity Managers, the Mission Environmental Officer must approve the ERF included in the grant package. In addition to reporting on milestones and project indicators, each grantee is expected to report on their mitigation efforts related to activities deemed “Medium Risk” in their Environmental Mitigation & Monitoring Plan (EMMP).
As the project enters its third year of programming, the Trade Hub seeks a consultant that will assist the project team to effectively monitor awarded grantees in the field and review EMMPs and related documents. This effort will include travel to Nigeria to work with the Environmental Officer in Abuja, PPP and MEL teams to present best practices for environmental monitoring. The visit will also include a field visit to a grantee in a targeted Feed the Future state.
The purpose of this consultancy is to enhance environmental monitoring by Trade Hub staff and reporting by grantees. The analysis and recommendations to Creative aim to achieve optimal reporting and compliance to submitted EMMPs and USAID environmental regulations per 22 CFR 216.
RESULTS AND/OR DELIVERABLES
Deliverable |
Due Date |
Amount |
Develop a work plan and activity implementation timeline in consultation with the Project team |
Within one-week of signing of Contract |
10% |
Complete Nigeria field visit, including stakeholder consultations, grantee environmental monitoring visit and draft monitoring form |
TBD |
60% |
Final Trip Report: Should detail field visit, consultations, conclusions and recommendations related to environmental monitoring by Trade Hub staff
Final presentation of findings will be made via Zoom to Trade Hub team. |
One week before end of Contract |
30% |
TOTAL |
|
100% |
Estimated Period of Performance: September through early December 2021
The Consultant will work with the Trade Hub’s Environmental Officer and will report directly to the Chief of Party and DCOP, who will ensure access to necessary documentation. Creative will arrange briefings with the CO and COR and relevant USAID stakeholders.
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: Recruit@westafricatih.com using the position as subject of email.
Local candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
Only finalists will be contacted. No phone calls, please.
Creative Associates International Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer: Disability/Veteran.
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