National Trainings on Survey Solution tool to support data collection from surveys

SADC SECRETARIAT REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANTS SELECTION) COUNTRY: Botswana NAME OF PROJECT: SADC REGIONAL STATISTICS PROJECT (RSP) PROJECT ID: P175731 ASSIGNMENT TITLE: INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO CARRY OUT NATIONAL TRAINING ON SURVEY SOLUTION TO FIVE (5) SADC MEMBER STATES - BW-SADC-563164-CS-INDV REFERENCE NUMBER: SADC/3/5/2/464 DATE OF ISSUE: 2 October 2026 The SADC Secretariat, through the SADC Regional Statistics Project (RSP) (P175731), has received grant financing from the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. The Project Development Objective is to strengthen the institutional capacity of SADC to produce, disseminate and use quality statistics while increasing regional harmonisation and collaboration. Under the Project, SADC is implementing Component 1: Harmonisation, Quality and Dissemination of Core Social and Economic Statistics. In view of the above, the SADC Secretariat is undertaking several interventions aimed at strengthening the SADC Regional Statistical System (SRSS) and enhancing the production, quality, harmonisation, dissemination and use of regional statistics. These interventions include technical assistance and capacity building activities in priority statistical areas, including poverty statistics, statistical software and data processing, survey methodologies, national accounts, environment and climate change statistics, statistical communication, quality assurance and harmonised regional statistical guidelines. The SADC Secretariat intends to apply part of the proceeds of the grant towards consulting services to carry out national trainings on survey solution to 5 (five) SADC Member States , in support of the objectives of the Regional Statistics Project. The SADC Secretariat invites submissions from suitably qualified and interested individual consultants to conduct the training, recruited as individual consultants following World Bank Procurement Regulations dated September 2023. Title