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Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) to develop a Strategic Plan for Mburugu Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society in Embu
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Call for Expression of Interest (EOI) to develop a Strategic Plan for Mburugu Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society in Embu
The Climate Justice component focuses
on climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation while the Gender
Justice component focusses on gender-based violence and women in governance,
with gender mainstreaming as a cross-cutting concern.
2. About NCA Embu Project: The focus area of Norwegian Church Aid in Embu is
River Kapingazi ecosystem.
In order to address the climate risks
and vulnerabilities, Norwegian Church Aid has been working with groups of
farmers and schools to initiate climate change adaptation and mitigation
projects.
The focus has been on the following:
- Promote Climate Adaptive agricultural
practices that improve productivity, soil fertility and are resilient to
climate change
- Enhance water catchment and riparian area
protection through strengthening of local institutions to sustainably
manage natural resources including protection of Mt. Kenya as a water
tower
- Livelihood enhancement through diversification
of livelihood sources to reduce over dependence on tea production
- Enhance rainwater harvesting and use among
vulnerable households and schools through roof, and surface runoff water
harvesting and storage for domestic and agricultural use
- Capacity building through activities such as
training, exposure tours and establishment of demonstration farms
- Mitigating deforestation and land degradation
through promoting sustainable supply of renewable energy through support
to vulnerable households and schools to meet their energy needs
From the initial mobilization of
farmers, NCA facilitated the formation of Mburugu Farmers’ Dairy Cooperative
Society.
The Society now has a membership of
over 500 dairy farmers producing over 3,000 litres of milk daily and has
received support from the government to construct a milk cooling plant.
3. Scope and Objectives of the Work
3. Scope and Objectives of the Work
As part of strengthening the capacity
of Mburugu Farmers’ Cooperative Society, NCA would like to support the
development of Strategic Plan for the Society.
The objective of the work is to
develop a five year strategic plan complete with financial projections.
The work will entail the following:
a) Facilitate a consultative
strategic planning workshop to collect information and identify the strategic
direction for the society from the Board and other stakeholders
b) Review available relevant
information for use in development of the strategic plan
c) Develop a five year strategic plan
for Mburugu Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society complete with financial
projections and operational plans
d) Present the draft strategic plan
for validation by the stakeholders
e) Consolidate feedback from
stakeholders and finalize the Strategic Plan
4. Deliverables
a) Strategic planning workshop report
b) Draft 5-year Strategic Plan for
Mburugu Farmers’ Cooperative Society
c) Report of validation meeting with
feedback from stakeholders
d) Final draft of the Strategic plan
complete with financial projections and operational plans
5. Procedure for application
NCA is seeking the services of a
qualified and experienced consultant (either a qualified individual or a
consulting firm) to develop the strategic plan for Mburugu Dairy Farmers
Cooperative Society.
The Expression of Interest (EOI) should indicate the following;
- A brief description of your understanding of
the TORs
- The proposed methodology of carrying out the
assignment
- The amount of time that it will take to
prepare and deliver on the work
- Itemised cost of the deliverables
- Cost of facilitation (fee) per day that will
be paid to the consulting firm/person.
- Qualifications and experience of the
individual or technical team
Qualified consultants should submit
their Expression of Interest (EOI) on or before Monday 12th October 2015 Close
of Business (COB).
The EOI should be submitted to Reuben
Chepkonga reuben.chepkonga@nca.no and copied to Wasye Musyoni on
w.musyoni@nca.no
Call for Expression of Interest - TOR Training of Small Holder Coffee Farmers in Murang’a County on
Village Community Bank (VICOBA) and Agri-Business
1. Background information
NCA Kenya has since 2006 been working
with small-holder coffee farmers in Kenya towards their mobilisation and
capacity building to improve their coffee-based livelihoods and enable their
effective engagement with the sector especially in relation to advocacy.
To achieve this, NCAK has been
working in partnership with Building Eastern Africa Community Network (BEACON)
and Kenya Smallholder Coffee Growers Association (KESCOGA).
KESCOGA has mobilized farmers and established a strong presence in five (5) coffee growing Counties.
In addition, it has laso estbalished
linkages with the Coffee Board of Kenya, Coffee Research Foundation and Kenya
Planters Cooperative Union (KPCU).
In order to enhance sustainability of
the coffee engagement work beyond NCA funding, NCA has developed a wider Coffee
Exit and Sustainability Plan which focus on the following strategic outcomes:
a) Strengthen KESCOGA ongoing County
level engagements and secure effective membership recruitment and institutional
viability
b) Through capacity building in
coffee husbandry and livelihoods diversification promote better returns to
smallholder coffee growers
2. About the Project
NCA Kenya Received a grant from the NCA Global Economic Justice Programme to undertake a Pilot Project in partnership with Coffee Directorate, Murang’a County and KESCOGA. The intervention primarily focuses on the following:
a) Improved coffee productivity
(quality and quantity) through implementation of Good Agricultural Practices
and Good Management/Processing Practices
b) Refining and piloting KESCOGA
Mashinani {Grassroots engagement} engagement structure in Muranga County as a
model to be adopted in the upscale / roll-out to other Cooperatives / Coffee
growing Counties
c) Livelihoods of smallholder coffee
growers strengthened through diversification with a focus on Village Community
Bank (VICOBA) and agri-business.
3. Purpose and Scope of work
3. Purpose and Scope of work
In order to achieve the objective on
strengthening the livelihoods of small holder coffee farmers, NCA will
undertake a training of select ToTs and lead farmers (Farmer Facilitators)
drawn from two coffee farmers’ cooperative societies in Muranga County on
VICOBA and agri-business.
The main objective is to provide
trainees with knowledge and practical skills on how the VICOBA concept
works.
It is expected that after the
training, the ToTs will have the capacity to establish VICOBA Groups targeting
smallholder farmers.
The work will entail the following:
a) Development of training materials for distribution to participants (Handouts, presentations, VICOBA guides, including sourcing sample VOCOBA stationery and equipment for use during training)
b) Awareness creation on the model
and mobilization of groups drawn from two pilot cooperative societies
c) Facilitate an intensive training
for ToTs and Farmer Facilitators drawn from two pilot Cooperative Societies in
Muranga County
d) Provide technical support and
follow up the ToTs as they embark on establishing VICOBAs and businesses
targeting smallholder coffee farmers in Muranga County
4. Deliverables
a) Training materials for
distribution to participants prepared
b) Awareness created and groups mobilized with a report of the same
c) 10 (ToTs) and 60 FFS trained on the model and training reports developed
d) Mobilized and trained groups provided with
e) Produce a detailed report of the follow-up trainings
b) Awareness created and groups mobilized with a report of the same
c) 10 (ToTs) and 60 FFS trained on the model and training reports developed
d) Mobilized and trained groups provided with
e) Produce a detailed report of the follow-up trainings
NCA is seeking the services of a
qualified and experienced facilitator (either a qualified individual or a
consulting firm) to conduct the VICOBA and agribusiness training for small
holder coffee farmers.
The Expression of Interest (EOI)
should indicate the following;
- A brief description of your understanding of
the TORs
- The proposed methodology of carrying out the
assignment
- The amount of time that it will take to
prepare and deliver on the work
- Itemised cost of the deliverables
- Cost of facilitation (fee) per day that will
be paid to the consulting firm/person.
- Qualifications and experience of the
individual or technical team that will carry out the training
5. Procedure for Application
Qualified consultants should submit
their Expression of Interest (EOI) on or before Monday 12th October 2015 Close
of Business (COB).
The EOI should be submitted to Reuben
Chepkonga reuben.chepkonga@nca.no and copied to Wasye Musyoni on
w.musyoni@nca.no and Paul Mbole on paul.mbole@nca.no
