7000000205-Technical Assistance and advice to the European Commission (DG INTPA and EU Delegations)

Tasks to be performed by the contractor Objectives, outputs and indicators: The contractor contributes to achieving the following objectives: - Overall: To contribute to the transition to inclusive, climate-neutral, resilient and sustainable agri-aquatic food systems - Specific: Support the nutrition- and gender-sensitive transformation of agri-food systems. Specific objective indicators: 1. Number of global/regional events where EC, Germany and other Team Europe+ present coherent positions on the nutrition-climate-gender nexus promoting healthy, sustainable diets. 2. Number of global policy processes in which EC, EUDs and Germany enhance nutrition integration (focus on the nutrition-climate-gender nexus) through TA or CD. The contractor mainly contributes to Output 1: Positioning - Coherent, evidence-based positions on the nutrition-climate-gender nexus developed to promote healthy, sustainable diets in a Team Europe+ approach. Indicator - 1.1: Number of briefing materials/policy documents for EC, Germany, and other EUMS+ based on data/evidence/indicators. Output 2: Advisory - Increased technical capacities of INTPA, EUDs and BMZ to scale effective, equitable, sustainable, and resilient nutrition policy responses and outreach at global, regional and national levels. Indicators: - 2.1 Average satisfaction score ?3/4 from INTPA and BMZ on technical advisory. - 2.2 Number of TA/CD measures to enhance INTPA/EUDs" capacities related to programmes (incl. Global Gateway investments and M&E) or policy processes in food and nutrition security. - 2.3 Six accountability-related reports produced. Implementation modality Demand-driven TA/CD (short- to medium-term), triggered by requests from EC DG INTPA and EUDs. The contractor provides Key Experts and an expert pool to implement activities under Outputs 1 and 2, supporting C4N 2.0 and commissioning partners (INTPA, EUDs). Mode of implementation: demand-driven technical assistance and capacity development (TA/DC), mostly of a short to medium-term nature, with assignments emanating from requests to KPCN/C4N 2.0 from the EC DG INTPA and EU delegations in partner countries. Contractors" main responsibility is the provision of key experts and an expert pool which will contribute to the implementation of the project"s activities across the outputs mentioned above.. Expert tasks (non-exhaustive) - Technical advice. - Human capacity development (e.g. design and delivery of trainings). - Desk research. - Knowledge products (case studies, situation analyses) and briefings. - Contributions to monitoring and reporting. - Support to internal team processes (e.g., workshops, planning). In addition, the consultancy services can be utilized for internal team processes such as workshops or planning sessions. Availability: Key Experts: available throughout the project on an ad-hoc, short-notice basis. Experts from the pool: available on demand; C4N 2.0 issues specific assignments; contractor identifies, deploys and ensures assignment quality. Assignments are demand-driven; tasks/deliverables may evolve within the overall scope. Examples of assignments: - Output 1: Drafting briefings; inputs to strategic documents on healthy and sustainable diets. - Output 2: Drafting accountability reports; support to INTPA"s engagement in international events/initiatives (e.g., N4G, SUN); technical/strategic advice to INTPA/EUDs on programme design. Personnel Six Key Experts (KE) will be mobilised to support INTPA and EUDs in nutrition and, more specifically, on the following topics support INTPA/EUDs in: - International governance (KE1). - Programme identification/formulation and nutrition integration across sectors and funding modalities (all KEs except KE4). - Accountability including financial resource tracking (KE4); M&E, nutrition surveys, data, evidence, epidemiology (KE3, KE2). - Investments/financing for nutrition under Global Gateway, including nutrition-sensitive value chains and healthy diets (KE5, KE6). Two expert pools complement Key Experts. Prior EU experience-ideally with EU nutrition advisory facilities-is essential. Prior experience with the EU, and ideally its nutrition advisory facilities, is of paramount importance for the experts to be mobilised by this contract. Expert assignment: - Contractor selects, prepares, steers experts; ensures accessibility for queries and effective information flow among GIZ, contractor staff and experts. - Ensures timely delivery and adherence to deadlines. - Ensures quality assurance of expert performance. - Manages adaptations to changing conditions. Expenditure management: - Manage costs/expenditures, accounting and invoicing per GIZ requirements. Monitoring and reporting: - Active role in results-based monitoring covering: implementation progress and financial monitoring. - Reports in English: Inception report (3 months after award); Annual interim reports; Final report at contract end. Backstopping: - Standard backstopping (costed in fees): responsibility for own staff; information flow; process-oriented technical/conceptual steering; performance monitoring; administrative management; compliance with reporting; technical support to field personnel; capturing/sharing lessons learned with GIZ. Data protection and information security GIZ General Terms and Conditions, sections 1.6 (Confidentiality) and 1.10 (Data protection and information security) apply. Other requirements Gender equality: formulate assignments with gender balance in mind. Team composition should be balanced by gender and age Environment and climate: integrate climate mitigation/adaptation and avoid negative environmental impacts. Conflict/context sensitivity and human rights: research context, assess risks, and avoid unintended negative impacts Security: in high-risk/fragile contexts, coordinate requirement coordinate with local RMO.