Training of PYTHON

SADC SECRETARIAT REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (CONSULTANT QUALIFICATIONS-BASED SELECTION- CQS) SHORTLISTING COUNTRY: Botswana NAME OF PROJECT: REGIONAL STATISTICS PROJECT (RSP) PROJECT ID: P175731 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: CONSULTANCY TO HIRE A FIRM FOR UNDERTAKING OF NATIONAL TRAININGS ON PYTHON IN TEN (10) SADC MEMBER STATES REFERENCE NUMBER: SADC/3/5/2/462 DATE OF ISSUE: 10th September 2026 Background The SADC Secretariat through the SADC Regional Statistics Project has received a grant. The aim of this grant is to strengthen the institutional capacity of SADC and participating countries to produce, disseminate and use quality statistics while increasing regional harmonization and collaboration. The main guiding frameworks are SADC Vision 20250 and the SADC Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan 2020-2030 (RISDP 2020-2030). The Regional Infrastructure Development Master Plan (RIDMP), the SADC Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP), the Industrialisation Strategy and the Roadmap, among others, are complementary guiding frameworks for achieving the regional integration agenda. SADC has also developed various Protocols for domestication and implementation by Member States including the most recent one, the Protocol on Statistics, to enhance harmonization of statistics. The operating framework for implementing statistical activities as priorities for the region is the Regional Strategy for Development of Statistics (RSDS) and is aligned to SADC Vision 2050 and RISDP 2020-30. Demand for quality and harmonized statistics has been on the rise to monitor progress in developmental agendas at national, regional, continental, and global level. The scope of data demand cuts across economic, social, and on emerging issues such as climate change, disaster-risk, environment and others related. The SADC Secretariate intends to apply part of the proceeds of this financing to eligible payments under the contract for hiring a FIRM FOR UNDERTAKING OF NATIONAL TRAININGS ON PYTHON I