Consultancy firm for the Development of Gender inclusion Strategy to increase Women’s Participation in ICT Policy Making and Governance.

Request for expressions of interest for the recruitment of a Consultancy Firm for the Development of a Gender Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan to Increase Women’s Participation in ICT Policy Making and Governance Country: Rwanda Grant No.: IDA-E2670 Tender reference No.: RW-SAA-556292-CS-QCBS Assignment Title: Consulting firm for the Development of a Gender Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan to Increase Women’s Participation in ICT Policy Making and Governance The Smart Africa alliance has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Digital Transformation for Africa /Western Africa Regional Digital Integration Program - WARDIP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services to hire consulting firm for the development of a Gender Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan to Increase Women’s Participation in ICT Policy Making and Governance. The consulting services (“the Services”) includes to generate empirical evidence on the current levels, barriers, drivers, and opportunities for women’s representation in ICT policymaking and governance across Africa, and to develop a comprehensive Gender Inclusion Strategy and Implementation Plan to increase women’s meaningful participation Specific Objectives: Conduct comprehensive mapping and gender assessment; Develop an evidence-based Gender Inclusion Strategy and Implementation Plan for SADA-WARDIP; aligned with the SADA Capacity Building Framework, including prioritized actions to increase women’s meaningful participation The detailed request for proposal document for this assignment can be downloaded from this link : https://smartafrica.org/job/request-for-expressions-of-interest-recruitment-of-a-consultancy-firm-for-the-development-of-a-gender-inclusion-strategy-and-action-plan-to-increase-womens-participation-in-ict-policy-making/ The Smart Africa alliance now invites eligible consulting firms (“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the Services. Interested Consultants shou