Tenders are invited for Market Assessment and Value Chain Analysis Consultant. Closing Date: 30 Apr 2025 Type: Consultancy Themes: Disaster Management/Gender/Health Project: Strengthening resilience in Conflict-Affected Communities and camps in West Bank: Improving Food Security, Livelihood, Health, Social Cohesion, and Disaster Preparedness with a Focus on Womens Empowerment. Project duration: October 2025 (tentatively) - run 3 years Project Country and locations: Palestine, West Bank - locations will be selected among 40 rural communities in Area C and refugees camps. Potential areas could be Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tubas, Jordan Valley and Jericho. PCA envisaged start and end dates: 01/06/2025 31/07/2025 Overview WeltHungerHilfe (WHH), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe (DKH), International Orthodox Christian Charities and Juzoor as consortium seeks to enhance community resilience in Area C and refugees camps in West Bank, Palestine, through Transitional Development Assistance (TDA) funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). Affected people and communities in these areas face multiple challenges due to violence, climate change impacts, and economic insecurity**. Integrated approaches to resilience focusing on livelihoods, food security, gender-based violence (GBV), health, social cohesion and disaster preparedness (DRR) have particular focus.** To develop a project that effectively strengthens existing resilience capacities at different levels, the consortium led by DKH, plans to carry out a project-designing resilience analysis. This analysis will contribute directly to the project design by identifying key areas where all the partners of the consortium can effectively support affected people and local structures in overcoming crises and strengthening their resilience in line with BMZs strategy on transitional development assistance (2020). To further develop a project that effectively strengthens existing resilience capacities at different levels (individuals, households, and communities/local structures), while taking into account prevailing conflict dynamics, the consortium plans to carry out different studies, included a market and value chain assessment to identify and design transition aid (livelihood focused) programmes that, if implemented, increase employment / self-employment opportunities and improve the living conditions of the Palestinian population. The proposed location will be selected among 40 communities in Area C and refugees camps. Potential areas Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tubas, Jordan Valley and Jericho. 2. Purpose of the Market Assessment and Value Chain Analysis The overall purpose of the Market Assessment and Value Chain Analysis is to identify and design transition aid (livelihood focused) programmes that, if implemented, increase the employment opportunities (or in any case the income) and improve the living conditions of host communities and refugees. The purpose of the Market Assessment is to assess the potential for growth, profitability and employment of local economic sectors. The market assessment will identify value chains with high potential. The purpose of the Value Chain Analysis is to determine how the identified value chain(s) can be developed to include youth in the labour market, whether in self or wage employment. The value chain analysis will lead to value chain development strategies with practical action points. Through a consultative and field-based process, the contractor will conduct the Market Assessment and Value Chain analysis, using a well-established and recognized methodology, to achieve the following specific objectives: 3. Geographic locations The first phase of the Market Assessment and the Value Chain Analysis will identify municipalities and areas which have a (potential growing) labour market, employment opportunities. These will include the major refugees and hosting locations and consider communities in Area C targeted the other consortium studies and assessments, within Nablus, Hebron, Bethlehem, Tubas the Jordan Valley and Jericho. 4. Scope of the work Through a consultative and field-based process, the contractor will conduct the Market Assessment and Value Chain analysis, using a well-established and recognized methodology, to achieve the following specific objectives: Identify a range of areas / municipalities (at least 10 including rural, urban and UNRWA Camps) which fulfil with the agreed pre-selection criteria to carry out the market study. Identify market dynamics and opportunities and assess and map the supply and demand of services in targeted areas. Select key value chains with the highest potential for growth, sustainability, profitability and employment. Special emphasis should be placed on finding safe value chains for women and youth, with the identification of entry points into the labour market (self-employment or wage employment) and where international labour standards are generally respected. Assess the roles that youth and women currently have (or not) in the key value chains, what skills they possess, and which skills they would require to efficiently operate in these value chains for maximum benefits. Assess what economic (self-) employment opportunities exist for youth and women that have the potential to improve their income. Map the existing potential value chains. Analyse the supporting functions that are required to make the value chain work, including both existing and missing support functions (e.g. infrastructure, information, related services). Identify the current challenges and opportunities for youth and women that can be leveraged. Clarify the rules and regulations (e.g. standards, laws, informal rules and norms) related to the value chain. Outline any gaps that must be filled for refugees in Palestinian Camps (UNRWA) to sustainably gain employment through the value chain, and how the value chain can be developed. Assess the competitiveness of the value chain(s) and determine how to create competitive advantages for the targeted sectors in the context of local and regional trends, having in mind the context of the Palestine population. Assess the cost, profit, marketing, and supply and demand dynamics of the value chain. Recommend value chain development plan(s) that benefit both refugees and local communities and lead to improvement of living conditions and wage/self-employment. Order by priority potential development plans and interventions. In particular, the prioritization should take into account the potential of certain chains to promote the inclusion of women, youths and vulnerable groups. Tender Link : https://reliefweb.int/job/4146923/market-assessment-and-value-chain-analysis-consultant
