USAID/Jordan Economic Reform Activity (ERA) Task Order (TO) 1 Scope of Work
Activity: Supporting Inclusion Activities within the National Export Strategy Action Plan
TITLE: Export Analysis, STTA
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: August 1, 2024 (or when approval is received) – October 31, 2024
LEVEL OF EFFORT: 25 days
BACKGROUND
Banyan Global is an international development consulting firm headquartered in Washington, DC with staff working in a number of developing countries. Banyan Global operates seamlessly within six practices areas: health, finance and investment, enterprise development, gender, youth, and evaluation and learning. Banyan Global is a consortium partner on the Jordan Economic Reform Activity (ERA) Task Order One (TO1) led by Chemonics. ERA TO1 is a 5-year, $54 million program funded by USAID, which aims to support the Government of Jordan (GOJ) to prioritize and implement economic reforms. Through coordination with the GOJ, the Jordanian and international private sector, other donors, and Jordanian civil society, ERA TO 1 will (1) advance economic reforms, (2) strengthen the business enabling environment, (3) increase exports and local, regional, and international investments, and (4) respond to emerging priorities.
OBJECTIVE
The individual selection for this position will analyze opportunities to increase exports for sectors with high inclusion of women, youth, and/or persons with disabilities. This assignment contributes directly to USAID ERA’s support to the Jordan National Export Strategy (NES) Action Plan. The objective of this assignment is two-fold:
First: To build on the Economic Modernization Vision (EMV) priority sectors and conduct a gap analysis of sectors with high potential to employ and support inclusion of women, youth, and persons with disabilities.
Second: After the priority sectors with inclusion potential are identified, increase the capacity of businesses in these sectors to engage in trade.
Main tasks of this assignment:
Strengthen the capacity of selected businesses on available export opportunities by designing training content to be presented to companies. The training should demonstrate an emphasis on promoting inclusion of women, youth and people with disabilities in export.
DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES
The assignment consists of the following activities:
Activity 1: Inception phase, including identification of sectors that have more potential for employing women, youth, and persons with disabilities and consideration of legal barriers:
Task # | Task | Deliverables | LOE | Submission Timeline |
1.1 | Develop inception report to identify sectors that have more potential for employing women, youth, and persons with disabilities and consideration of legal barriers.
| 1. Draft inception report containing the following sections: -Context. -List of resources consulted -Guidelines for key informant interviews, and draft survey questions -List of documents to be analysed (including the NES action plan) and the tools that will be used to capture information (qualitative/ quantitative). - An implementation plan for identifying opportunities and gaps for these priority sectors
2. Final draft of the inception report, incorporating any feedback following an inception meeting. | 5 days | By the end of the second week of the assignment |
Activity 2: Identify opportunities and exporting gaps for the identified priority sectors and suggest ways to mitigate such gaps. The gap analysis will include legal barriers and other constraints to inclusion and how existing laws and regulations promote or inhibit the inclusion of women, youth, and persons with disabilities:
Task # | Task | Deliverables | LOE | Submission Timeline |
2.1 | Implement quantitative/qualitative research to identify exporting gaps, existing constraints, and legal barriers and opportunities for priorities sectors including how current laws and regulations are or are not inclusive to women, youth, and persons with disabilities; potential obstacles and opportunities to encourage and incentivise these sectors to increase exports; and emphasizing the impact of inclusion | · List of interviewees/ focus groups held · Minutes of meetings
| 3-6 days | By the end of the fourth week of the assignment |
2.2 | -Identify opportunities, legal barriers, and exporting gaps for the identified priority sectors and suggest ways to mitigate such gaps. -Meet with MOITS to present to them the findings | · Summary findings report (Word and PPT) for the opportunities, legal barriers, and exporting gaps for the identified priority sectors and ways to mitigate such gaps. | 2 days | By the end of the fourth week of the assignment |
Activity 3: Increase awareness and knowledge of NES members on priority sectors with the potential to employ more women, youth and persons with disabilities.
Task # | Task | Deliverables | LOE | Submission Timeline |
3.1 | Design training content to increase knowledge and awareness about sectors within NES that have strong potential to increase employment of youth, women and persons with disabilities | · Training agenda · Training material (including any Powerpoints, handouts)
| 5 days | By the end of the fifth week of the assignment |
3.2 | Conduct two-day training sessions for MOITS and private sector on the findings. | N/A | 2 days | By the end of the sixth week of the assignment |
3.3 | Report capturing lessons learned from the training followed by a presentation of the findings to ERA. The presentation should include a list of potential interventions for the future (to be implemented by ERA, the private sector, Ministries or other key stakeholders). | Report on lessons learned (Word document) not to exceed 15 pages addressing export opportunities within the identified sectors and opportunities for supporting inclusion and GESI within NES.
Power Point presentation summarizing the lessons learned and presenting potential interventions. | 5 days | By the end of the seventh week of the assignment
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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPI)
The SOW will contribute to meet the following USAID ERA indicators:
LOCATION OF ASSIGNMENT
This assignment will be conducted in Amman, while trainings may be held across all governorates in Jordan.
REPORTING
This assignment will report directly to the Trade and Export Team Lead with the direct support from the GESI Advisor.
Applicants must submit their resume through Banyan Global’s career portal. It is highly encouraged that applicants tailor their materials to highlight experiences in the above listed task. Please no phone calls.
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