81303887-Institutional gender strengthening and gender-lens investing in four development finance institutions

The tender focuses on contributing to the transformation of four DFIs to become gender-responsive on a strategic and operational level. The work packages that were developed with each DFI are as follows.

Work package 1: Development Bank of Jamaica 1. Institutional gender strengthening. a. Conducting an institutional gender assessment, looking at both the internal and client-oriented activities b. Developing a gender policy, strategy, and action plan c. Presenting and validating the gender policy, strategy, and action plan to the board/executive management d. Capacity building on how to implement the gender policy, strategy, and action plan. 2. Improving the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) frameworks to become gender-responsive. a. Reviewing the current M&E system b. Recommending revisions or new standard operating procedures for the M&E system c. Developing guidelines and conducting capacity building for staff on how to use and implement the gender-responsive M&E framework 3. Refining of financial and non-financial services. a. Identifying alternative forms of collateral for women and recommending how to include alternative collateral into offering of at least one financial product b. Reviewing current financial products and identifying areas of improvement c. Training of legal and credit teams Work package 2: Bank of Industry in Nigeria

1. Institutional gender strengthening. a. Conducting an institutional gender assessment, looking at both the internal and client-oriented activities b. Developing a gender policy, strategy, and action plan c. Presenting and validating the gender policy, strategy, and action plan to the board/executive management d. Capacity building on how to implement the gender policy, strategy, and action plan. 2. Improving the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) frameworks to become gender-responsive. a. Reviewing the current M&E system b. Recommending revisions or new standard operating procedures for the M&E system c. Developing guidelines and conducting capacity building for staff on how to use and implement the gender-responsive M&E framework 3. Accessing international funding. a. Conducting a (feasibility) study outlining external funding opportunities to access patient capital grants and affordable loans for women owned businesses as well as gender finance and guarantee instruments b. Developing an action plan for one of the funding opportunities and presenting this to the management team

Work package 3: Tanzania Investment Bank

1. Institutional gender strengthening. a. Conducting an institutional gender assessment, looking at both the internal and client-oriented activities b. Developing a gender policy, strategy, and action plan c. Presenting and validating the gender policy, strategy, and action plan to the board/executive management d. Capacity building on how to implement the gender policy, strategy, and action plan. 2. Improving the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) frameworks to become gender-responsive. a. Reviewing the current M&E system b. Recommending revisions or new standard operating procedures for the M&E system c. Developing guidelines and conducting capacity building for staff on how to use and implement the gender-responsive M&E framework 3. Accessing international funding. a. Conducting a (feasibility) study outlining external funding opportunities b. Developing an action plan for one of the funding opportunities and presenting this to the management team

Work package 4: Gapi - Sociedade de Investimento, Mozambique

1. Institutional gender strengthening. a. Conducting an institutional gender assessment, looking at both the internal and client-oriented activities b. Developing a gender policy, strategy, and action plan c. Presenting and validating the gender policy, strategy, and action plan to the board/executive management d. Capacity building on how to implement the gender policy, strategy, and action plan. 2. Improving the Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) frameworks to become gender-responsive. a. Reviewing the current M&E system b. Recommending revisions or new standard operating procedures for the M&E system c. Developing guidelines and conducting capacity building for staff on how to use and implement the gender-responsive M&E framework 3. Refining of financial and non-financial services. a. Conducting market research on the financial and non-financial services needs of Gapi's (prospective) women clients b. Review current financial products & identify areas of improvement based on the results of the market study c. Conduct desk research and recommendations of alternative collateral forms and microfinance products and services specifically targeting women. d. Incorporating how to improve channels to compete and attract new partners/clients to programs/projects. e. Developing a guideline for capacity building of staff on refinement of financial and non-financial services