Call for Proposals: Consultancy Services for Baseline Studies & Selection of Value Chains

With the support of AECID, ECREEE is developing the project “Regional Pilot Project on Circular Economy. Transition to a clean energy circular economy through the optimization of energy-intensive value-chains in the high-impact sectors” in four countries, being them Benin, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal. As preparatory phase of the project, baseline studies shall be conducted in these countries in order to target value chains and communities in which the project will be developed.

General Objective of the Project

In order to attain this objective, they have set a holistic approach where they would act on the following main and crosscutting axis:

• Economic: improve the energy efficiency in selected value chains to avoid losses and optimize the performance and revenues.
• Social: strengthen the capacities of stakeholders and create employment.
• Environmental: move towards clean energy and reuse waste to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Community Development: improve the livelihood of people by providing access for productive purposes.
• Gender and Youth: women and young people must be well represented in the selected value chains.

Specific Objectives of the Project

The outcomes of the project will be the following:

• Outcome 1: Energy efficiency improved in 4 energy-intensive agribusiness/livestock/fishery sectors.
• Outcome 2: Employment created in energy intensive agribusiness sectors in targeted communities.
• Outcome 3: Technological innovations in circular economy adopted in the promoted value-chains where women are well-represented.

Planned Activities of the Project

• A summary of the main activities that are planned for the project is:
• Regional Virtual Workshop with the National Focal Institutions to launch the project.
• Baseline studies and selection of value chains: Desk research, will be conducted leading to the selection of value chains.
• Stake holder’s Engagement: National meetings will be organized engaging all relevant stakeholders of the sector in order to provide input into the baseline study and relevant information for the design of the site interventions and site selection.
• Site interventions:
  • Provision of clean energy solutions, i. e. institutional stoves for smoking fish, processing and storing units of milk; conservation/processing unit for horticulture/agriculture products (tomato, onion, potato, mango, cashew, sesame, banana, yam, rice, sorghum, etc.).
  • Provision of clean energy technology production units from waste such as briquettes and biogas i.e. 1 briquette manufacturing factory, biogas units.
  • Capacity building and training for the use of the technologies and fuels adopted.
  • Awareness-raising on alternative energy, energy efficiency.
• Production of communication materials for scale-up and replication. Ongoing projects under the Water, Energy and Food Programme intend to become flagship initiatives and therefore, that its activities can be expanded and replicated. 6. External Evaluation.
• External final evaluation of the project to determine the extent of technologies adoption, and its impact on users.

Language: The language of the mission will be English and French.

Location and Duration

• Location: The work will be home-based.
• Duration: The total duration of the assignment will be around 50 working days, brokendown as follows.
  • Expert 1: Home based work – 35
  • Expert 2: Home based work – 15

Experts Profile

• Expert 1: Team Leader/Energy Expert
  • Qualification and skills
    • University degree (or equivalent) in engineering, physics, energy law, agriculture, environmental sciences, socioeconomics, or relevant areas;
    • Fluent in English and French spoken and written
    • Excellent reporting, structuration, and communication skills;
  • Professional Experience
    • Over 20 years of general professional experience;
    • Experience in project management, scoping studies, and analysis of multidimensional information.
  • Specific professional experience
    • Minimum 10 years of experience with sustainable energy;
    • Work experience in SSA countries. Knowledge of West African institutions will be an advantage.
    • Familiar with climate change issues;
    • Previous experience in projects related to the following topics:
      • Productive uses of energy
      • Energy efficiency
      • Water Energy and Food Nexus
• Expert 2: Environmental expert
  • Qualification and skills
    • University degree (or equivalent) in engineering, physics, energy law, agriculture, environmental sciences, socioeconomics, or relevant areas;
    • Fluent in English and French spoken and written
    • Excellent reporting and communication skills;
  • Professional Experience
    • Minimum 10 years of general professional experience;
    • Experience in scoping studies, analysis of multidimensional information.
  • Specific professional experience
    • Minimum 5 years of experience with sustainable energy;
    • Experience in sustainable energy/climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa;
    • Previous experience in projects related to the following topics:
      • Productive uses of energy
      • GHG calculation.
      • Environmental, gender and social impact assessment.

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