[kictanet] [Fwd: (Fwd) Needed: Experts for Incubator Business Management and Support

Wed May 30 08:47:18 EAT 2007

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To:	Jane Møller Larsen <jml at ict.danishmanagement.dk>
Subject:	Needed: Experts for Incubator Business Management and Support Incubator
	Business Management and Support (IGAD/Horn of Africa)
From:	Jane Møller Larsen <jml at ict.danishmanagement.dk>
Date sent:	Tue, 29 May 2007 12:14:24 +0200
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Dear Sir/Madam, 

Please also distribute this to personal contacts 
and networks where
you believe that experts could find interest in 
this. Thank you in
advance.
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We are presently looking for experts who have 
an interest in the
following position: 

Project title: Incubator Business Management 
and Support (IGAD/Horn of
Africa) Application deadline: Friday 1 June 
2007 Contract duration: 60
man-days Company: Danish Management A/S
(http://www.danishmanagement.dk/) for the 
RICTSP/COMESA (and for this
specific assignment IGAD).
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General information: 

The objective: To assist local Small and 
Medium Sized Enterprises
(SMEs) in the IGAD countries to integrate ICT 
tools in their daily
business operations, by improving the 
availability of e-business
solutions specifically adapted to their needs, in 
order to promote
e-business cooperation among them and 
thereby increase economic
integration in the region and thus enhance 
growth and competitiveness.

Scope of work: 
The incubator project will cover all IGAD 
countries which National
Working Groups are established and have 
finalized their country
strategies for incubator project development. At 
this time these
countries are: Eritrea, Ethiopia and Sudan. In 
subsequent calls,
however, it is anticipated that all countries 
covered by the IGAD
programme Estimate, namely, Djibouti, Eritrea, 
Ethiopia, Somalia and
Sudan will have fulfilled the requirements for 
accessing the grant.

The Short Term Expert will provide business 
incubation support
services and project management support as 
follows: Develop an IGAD
regional and  national strategies for 
implementing incubator projects;
Based on EDF procedures, review and refine 
the call for proposals
(using EDF rules and procedures) taking into 
account the proposed
regional and national strategies; Publish the 
Call for Proposals and
respond to queries concerning the call for 
proposals especially with
regard to the EDF rules and procedures; 
Receive the applications and
conduct all necessary administrative 
evaluation; Review and refine the
evaluation criteria; Consititute the application 
evaluation team and
conduct preliminary meetings to familiarize 
them with the evaluation
criteria; Facilitate the application evaluation 
meeting and collect
results of the application evaluation for 
collating. Submit the
results of the evaluation with recommendations 
to the RAO for the
winning applications. On approval of winning 
applicants, award the
grant and conduct preliminary meetings with 
the grantees to evaluate
the relevance of the business plans and assist 
them to refine them and
commit to targets and reporting periods. 
Monitor implementation of the
projects providing support and any training 
deemed relevant to the
projects; Evaluate the projects and produce 
Report on Incubator
Activities in IGAD.

Results:
1.      IGAD Incubator Project implementation 
strategy.
2.      Speedy implementation of the Call for 
Proposals.
3.      Efficient administration of the Grants 
provided.
4.      Incubator Project Monitoring and 
Evaluation Reports.

Total amount of man-days: 60
Regions/Countries to visit: Djibouti, Ethiopia, 
Eritrea, Sudan,
Somalia (Kenya) Estimated contract start: 1 
September 2007

Profiles of the Experts: 
Education: Masters/University degree in either 
Business Management or
Business Information Systems, or similar 
relevant education. Skills
and Specialism: The Short Term Expert must 
have experience in business
planning, application of ICT in business 
development and have
familiarity working with NGOs, Government 
agencies, business
entrepreneurs and business associations. The 
Short Term Expert will be
specialized in working with  EDF procedures. 
Experience: The Short
Term Expert must have at least 10 years of 
progressive working
experience in the business and ICT sub-sector. 
Working experience with
incubator projects and EDF procedures  in the 
ESA region will be an
added advantage. Language: The short-term 
expert will have an
excellent command of English with good report 
writing skills.
Knowledge of French will be an added 
advantage.

Eligibility (who can apply?): EU citizens and 
citizens from: Angola,
Burundi, DR Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, 
Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, 
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda,
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Sudan 
AND citizens of the
ACP member states: 
http://www.acpsec.org/en/acp_states.htm 

Background information:
Intergovernmental Authority on Development 
(IGAD):
http://www.igad.org/ COMESA: 
http://www.comesa.int/ Business
Incubation; Promoting ICT-Enabled 
Entrepreneurship:
http://www.infodev.org/en/Topic.8.html UNIDO 
SME Panel during the
WSIS: http://www.unido.org/doc/19585 
INTERNET BUSINESS CENTRES SPRING
UP ACROSS THE CONTINENT:
http://www.balancingact-
africa.com/news/back/balancing-act52.html

Please find ToR enclosed

If you find the position of interest and your - or 
one of your
proposed expert's - profile complies with the 
stated criteria, please
contact us immediately and send us a short 
professional presentation
of yourself and an updated CV with relevant 
similar experience
(stating your age, nationality, languages 
spoken, education and
exactly in what you are an expert). Send your 
application to: 
ictjobs at danishmanagement.dk. NB: Only 
short-listed candidates will
receive notice.

Contact person: 
Jane Moeller Larsen 
Danish Management A/S 
Margretheholmsvej 2 
1432 Copenhagen, Denmark 
Phone: +45 70 200 298 
Direct: +45 35 250 655 

Kind regards, 
Jane Moller Larsen 
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