USAID/SOL-165-12-003/REQUEST FOR QUOTATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Objective:

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Macedonia seeks the services of a consultant to design and facilitate a sustainability workshop for local organizations that have been or are scheduled to be awarded USAID grants.

The workshop must include:

   - Rapid sustainability assessments of five to seven local non-profit organizations
   - A three to four day training program for 10 to 15 participants representing five to seven local non-profit organizations.
   - Site visit to five to seven local non-profit organizations
   - Total of 40 hours of individualized technical assistance divided among five to seven local non-profit organizations, up to 6-8 hours per
     organization.

Background

The following is a list  of local organizations that will participate in the sustainability workshop:

   1. Business Start-Up Center in Bitola – was awarded a USAID grant in 2011 to implement the Business Without Borders Project.
   2. Center for Entrepreneurship and Executive Development (CEED) – was awarded a USAID grant in 2011 to implement the Micro and
       Small Enterprise Project.
   3. Rural Development Network – was awarded a USAID grant in 2012 to implement the Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture
       Project
   4. My Career in a non-profit organization established and supported by the USAID Macedonia Competitiveness Project in 2010.
   5. Innovation Center is a non-profit organization established and supported by the USAID Macedonia Competitiveness Project in 2010.
   6. Center for Civil Communication was awarded a USAID grant in 2012 to implement the Public Procurement Market Access for
       Microenterprisees Project.

Qualifications:

The consultant should represent an organization with an overall mission focusing on capacity development of small to medium sized non-profit organizations. Experience working with organizations to help them implement sustainability strategies to lessen their dependence on donor funds is a must. However, preference will be given to consultants that, while in actual management positions with non-profits, led their organizations through the implementation of substantive sustainability strategies (e.g. creation of a social enterprise, development of earned income strategies, transformational changes to more entrepreneurial thinking, etc. ) that led to significantly improved income diversification and less dependence on traditional donor funding while maintaing the integrity of the orgzanization's core mission.

Eligibility:

This opportunity is open to all bidders, local and international.

Deadline: 25 July 2012

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