PPP challenge screening knowledge gathering and validation – RISE challenge.

Mission/Consultancy Title: PPP challenge screening knowledge gathering and validation – RISE challenge

 

Mission Location(s): Addis Ababa 

 

Dates: Most of 60 days, between 1st Could-June thirtieth, 2024. 

 

Mercy Corps is a number one international group powered by the assumption that a greater world is feasible. In catastrophe, in hardship, in additional than 40 international locations all over the world, we companion to place daring options 

into motion serving to folks conquer adversity and construct stronger communities from inside. 

Now, and for the longer term.

We assist folks overcome poverty and battle. Working with communities, we leverage native logic to assist folks remodel their lives. To develop extra food, earn increased incomes and finally advocate for his or her wants. We see international challenges as an invite to pioneer modern, sustainable options. Throughout our 34 years’ historical past, our work has improved greater than 170 million lives in additional than 115 international locations all over the world.

Water security is likely one of the 4 packages in Mercy Corps. We work on the frontlines of securing water provides and enhancing the productiveness of water in its many makes use of. We help folks in fragile and conflict-affected contexts to adapt water management to challenges and dangers, whereas serving to to construct water safe communities and economies. 

 

 

Mercy Corps Ethiopia seeks a advisor for the Hilton-funded Analysis for Revolutionary and Sustainable Water in Ethiopia (RISE) challenge. The challenge will work to ascertain and strengthen dependable, reasonably priced, and sustainable water provide providers within the focused woredas (Dera, Farta, and North Mecha) by exploring the potential of Public-Non-public Partnerships (PPPs). Whereas PPPs are thought of an alternate method to reinforce water service supply by mitigating capital constraints in resource-limited environments, the Mercy Corps workforce acknowledges that the mannequin should be match for goal to make sure profitable PPP implementation. Varied PPP preparations, together with management contracts, leases, and full concessions, can crowd in further sources and experience wanted to enhance water service high quality and supply. Whereas PPPs can enhance water provide providers’ performance and sustainability, the PPP mannequin’s viability and sort should be chosen primarily based on key enabling elements and native market traits. To higher decide these elements and validate the suitable PPP mannequin, the RISE workforce will conduct a sequence of evaluations earlier than establishing any PPP mannequin(s). 

 

To evaluate the viability of a PPP mannequin, RISE will make use of a scientific method, starting with a sequence of interrelated complete evaluations throughout three goal woredas. These evaluations will probably be guided by 5 key classes of enabling elements:

• Infrastructure: Assessing the present situation of water provide infrastructure within the goal areas and figuring out mandatory investments and rehabilitation efforts to reinforce performance and increase protection.

 

 

• Market: Analyzing the demand for water provide providers within the three woredas, together with variations throughout totally different areas and inhabitants segments. Elements influencing water consumption patterns and affordability may even be explored.

• Coverage and Regulatory Framework: Analyzing current insurance policies, laws, and institutional frameworks associated to water provide, PPPs, and rural improvement at each the nationwide and regional ranges. This evaluation will decide how these insurance policies both help or hinder the implementation of a PPP mannequin for water provide service supply.

• Stakeholder Dedication and Capability: Evaluating the readiness and capability of native stakeholders, corresponding to authorities businesses, non-public sector entities, and community-based organizations, to have interaction in a PPP mannequin for water provide providers. This evaluation may even determine potential roles, duties, and ranges of dedication amongst these stakeholders.

• Monetary Constraints and Dangers: Figuring out the monetary constraints and dangers related to implementing a PPP mannequin throughout the three woredas. This analysis will discover potential income streams and funding sources to make sure sustainability, affordability, and future enlargement of water provide providers.

Presently, the challenge is in a challenge screening part for choosing the initiatives which can be going to be assessed, in accordance with the earlier description. The advisor will work carefully with the Group Lead and the PPP Knowledgeable, and can  be accountable for the info assortment, verification, and validation of various related and particular data of the initiatives listed within the pre-screening part, which incorporates a number of initiatives from the three districts. 

Advisor aims and actions

• Have interaction with Amhara Regional Water Bureau and officers from goal Woredas to extend their understanding of the RISE challenge, together with aims and PPP screening instrument.

• Work with Amhara Regional Water Bureau and officers from goal Woredas to determine and the place mandatory conceptualize attainable initiatives for evaluation utilizing the PPP screening instrument.

• Work with Amhara Regional Water Bureau and officers from goal Woredas to assemble related data on initiatives to help the screening course of.

• The place mandatory have interaction with the Regional Water Bureau and officers from Woredas within the new goal space to extend their understanding of the RISE challenge

• Work with Regional Water Bureau and officers from goal Woreda(s) within the new space to determine initiatives for evaluation utilizing the PPP screening instrument. 

• Work with the Regional Water Bureau and officers from goal Woredas to assemble related data on initiatives within the new space to help the screening course of.

• Doc related challenge data prepared to be used within the screening course of. 

• Validate within the discipline the info collected. Doc a listing of personal companions primarily based in Amhara and new goal space that may be companions in RISE challenge.

• Assessment preliminary design thought of initiatives with the regional design workforce. 

• Assess the capability of the regional authorities for designing water provide programs. 

• Assessment shelf design paperwork that are included within the first checklist of screening. 

• Quantify the evaluation wants of the three districts. 

• Preliminary evaluation of technology choices within the area contemplating performance and sustainability. 

 

• Database and report of the collected data for the prescreened initiatives. 

• Organized recordsdata and report of the shelf design paperwork reviewed for the chosen initiatives.

• Report with the knowledge and quantification of the infrastructure evaluation want for the three districts

 

Timeframe / Schedule:  

The advisor shall full the duties described on this Scope of Work from 1st Could 2024 to thirtieth June 2024.

 

RISE Mission Group Lead

 

RISE challenge research and studying technical supervisor, project coordinator, TRaQ Senior water security advisor, TRaQ water security Director, PPP professional for RISE challenge. 

 

● 10+ years  of expertise within the WASH sector with a particular emphasis on water provide system design. 

● BSc or MSc in water engineering, hydraulics, and different associated fields  

● Confirmed expertise of massive multi village water provide system design 

● Expertise of working in Amhara area most well-liked.

● Sturdy capability to grasp, handle and talk successfully with a number of stakeholders and complicated relationships at a number of ranges of the group.

● Expertise of capturing studying for studying briefs, case research, or research outputs 

● Willingness and skill to travel is required.

● A confirmed proactive method to work and self-driven management.

● Fluency in English is required, with sturdy written and oral communication skills.

 

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