Consultant to Support Strategic Plan Development at International Labour Organization

Scope of the work

The consultant(s) are expected to undertake the following:

Review relevant background documents: The consultant(s) will conduct an initial review of the existing GCSP 2014-2016, other relevant reports from the GCCI, and reports related to private sector and SME development in Garissa produced by the ILO and other relevant partners to gather an understanding of the role of the GCSP, the business environment (including for MSMEs and cooperatives) and context in Garissa County, including in the Dadaab Refugee Camp. **

Deliver a market and institutional assessment report: Based on the initial document review, the consultants will deliver a maximum 10-page summary report describing the businesses in Garissa and the environment in which they operate. The report should identify the main challenges and opportunities for inclusive private sector development in Garissa County. The report should also highlight specific challenges and opportunities available for refugees and for women owned businesses in refugee and hosting communities. The report should also include an institutional assessment showing the strengths and weaknesses of the Garissa Chamber of Commerce.**

Design a strategy and business plan for GCCI The consultant will consultatively design a strategy to develop the private sector actors in Garissa based on the strengths and addressing weaknesses of GCCI, maximizing identified opportunities while mitigating the challenges for private sector development in Garissa County. The strategy should follow a market-based logic that envisions both push and pull dynamics. In this sense, push interventions are those that focus on building the necessary capacities of entrepreneurs, SMEs (including cooperatives) and larger enterprises to access market opportunities and include things like business management competencies, technical skills and soft skills such as communication, risk management and negotiation. Pull interventions are those that focus on establishing business linkages and creating inclusive growth in economic sectors of importance in Garissa County. **

The strategy and business plan is expected to deliver a clear plan on what will be delivered by who, when and the expected results, including a complete list of stakeholders to be consulted for the development of the strategy, the ways in which stakeholder dialogues and consultations will take place, a revised timeline for the development of the GCSP and any other additional methodological considerations, including key knowledge gaps. The methodological note should outline the steps that consultants will take to ensure inclusion and representation of SMEs, women and members of refugee communities in consultation processes.

In order to ensure the ownership of the GCSP remains with the GCCI and reflects the interests of the private sector of Garissa County, the consultant will engage key stakeholders including sector representatives in the KNNC-Garissa in a series of dialogues throughout the drafting process. During these dialogues, consultants will capture key messages and priorities to be included in the strategy. **

• Deliver a draft GCSP: Consultant will deliver a draft GCSP to be reviewed by the ILO and relevant stakeholders, including the GCCI. The draft GCSDP should not exceed 30 pages and should include clear strategic points for the development of SMEs and Cooperatives, including those led by women and men in refugee and host communities. The draft GCSP should be clearly informed by the document review and stakeholder dialogues and consultations. It should also align to the National Chamber’s strategy, and Kenya’s economic blueprint as described in the Vision 2030.

The draft GCSP should propose both push and pull strategies to support private sector development in Garissa, where push strategies aim to build the capacities of enterprises, and pull strategies aim to attractive investment and create inclusive economic growth.

Validate the GCSP and prioritize key interventions: Once the consultant has integrated key inputs into the draft GCSP, they will facilitate a validation workshop with the GCCI and key stakeholders to present and validate the GCSP and to start discussing a concrete roadmap for its implementation.

Deliver final GCSP: Following the validation workshop, the consultant(s) will integrate final inputs received during the validation workshop and deliver a final GCSP.

Deliver roadmap for implementation of the GCSP: Based on the inputs received during the validation workshop and additional consultations as needed, the consultant(s) will propose a concrete roadmap for the implementation of the GCSP over a five-year period, with clear activities outlined for years 1 and 2 of implementation.

Required competencies

• Consultant should have a masters level degree and demonstrated experience in private sector development.
• Very good knowledge of the role of the Chamber of Commerce, and membership business support institutions.,
• Demonstrated capacity to liaise and communicate efficiently
• Experience in strategy development
• Understanding of Garissa County context, and role of the refugee population in the Garissa business ecosystem will be an added advantage.