REQUEST FOR APPLICATION (RFA) CALL FOR APPLICATION TO PARTICIPATE IN TECHNICAL AND SOFT SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, WOMEN, AND PERSONS WITH…

Request For Application (RFA)

Call for Application to Participate in Technical and Soft Skills Training Program for Youth, Women, and Persons with Disabilities in Professional Dairy Farm Management and Animal Feeding.

Feed the Future Rwanda Hanga Akazi (HA) Activity is a 5-year activity designed to facilitate growth leading to inclusive job creation and entrepreneurship in Rwanda’s agri-food system. Using a market systems approach, the Activity aims to support access to productive resources for enterprises and entrepreneurs in the agri-food system that are poised to grow and hire. The Activity will also work on the labor supply side through a workforce development component, linking demand from growing enterprises to curriculum development and training so that job seekers bring the skills employers need. The Activity will support increased entrepreneurship in the agri-food system, helping to identify areas of opportunities for entrepreneurs and connecting them with the supporting services—such as business development, access to finance, and market linkages— they need to succeed.

The Activity wishes to partner with existing and new businesses, training providers, and other private sectors operating in the agri-food system in Rwanda to build technical and employability skills for youth, women, and persons with disabilities in Professional Dairy Farm Management and Animal Feeding. The Activity has no geographic restriction and is therefore looking for partners throughout the country.

Final funding levels will depend on quality of applications received, number of fundable applications received, market needs, availability of funding, suitability of the application in line with HA’s scope of work and competing priorities. Grants will be awarded competitively in amounts commensurate with their impact but shall not exceed the maximum amount of 36,000,000 million.

Title

Feed the Future Rwanda Hanga Akazi Call for Partners

RFA No

RFA-HA-2025-006

To download the RFA Application form

RFA Application Forms are posted in: www.rti.org/rfp

RFA Application Forms can also be requested at CGF-Grants@Hanga-Akazi.org

Any questions please email

CGF-Grants@Hanga-Akazi.org

Submit Concept Note to

CGF-Grants@Hanga-Akazi.org

Date of Issue

January 14, 2025

Deadline to Submit Questions

January 20, 2025

Response to Questions published

Responses to questions will be published at www.rti.org/rfp on the dates indicated below and will be sent via email too.

January 24, 2025

Date of Application Closing

January 30, 2025

Key Activities to be undertaken

Under this RFA, Hanga Akazi seeks to channel resources to training service providers to enhance technical and employability skills for women, youth, and people with disabilities to support commercial farmers to improve their farm management and feeding practices and job creation. Key project activities will include but not limited to:

Identify and select the candidates with basic skills and entrepreneurial capability.Develop the training curriculum.Provide monitoring and evaluation services.Provide training materials, equipment and uniform required for the learners.Deliver the Dairy Farm Management and Animal Feeding skills training program.Develop and submit progress report of the achieved milestone/deliverable.Facilitate internship for the learners.Facilitate job placement for the trained youth.Develop and submit the final project report.

NB: The service provider with the best technical approach (methodology and project implementation plan) and conducive training venues will be selected. Applicants are requested to clearly indicate the number of trainees to be trained, the period of both the training and internship. Hanga Akazi reserve the right to conduct site visits to verify the existence and suitability of the training venues.

Eligible Applicants

Applicants must either be private, public or NGOs registered in Rwanda with experience in building skills in the agri-food system of Rwanda for individuals or system actors such as Technical and Vocational Education and Trainings (TVETs) and Integrated Polytechnic Regional Colleges (IPRCs) in Rwanda. All applicants should:

Be legally and formally constituted at the time of grant proposal.Be compliant to government of Rwanda regulations (submit tax compliance certificate, registration certificate).The activities under the grants must primarily take place in Rwanda.Applications must demonstrate how partnership with HA will result in inclusive jobs and/or entrepreneurial opportunities.

Application Process

To apply, complete the attached application package. Below is an overview of the application and evaluation process.

Step 1: Interested applicants review RFA and associated requirements.Step 2: Interested applicants submit questions regarding the process or activity before stated deadline.Step 3: Eligible and interested applicants submit their detailed application using the RFA application package.Step 4: Hanga Akazi evaluates applications in response to a request for applications (RFA).Step 5: Awards are made to successful applicants.

Please note that applying to this RFA or being selected as an eligible applicant does not mean any type of assistance is being awarded.

Selection Criteria

Factors that will be considered in selecting partnership include feasibility, impact, sustainability and scale, inclusivity, past performance and contribution (leverage). See details of criteria in section III: Applications Review. Leverage is encouraged under this RFA. See Section II: Leverage.

Request For Application Package

Call for Application to Participate in Technical and Soft Skills Training Program for Youth, Women, and Persons with Disabilities in Professional Dairy Farm Management and Animal Feeding.

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Feed the Future Rwanda Hanga Akazi (HA) Activity is a 5-year development project designed…