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CALL FOR A CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE (SOP) FOR HESPI

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October, 2025The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) is a regional policy research and capacity building organization based in Addis Ababa. The Institute would like to engage a qualified and experienced individual consultant to develop an organizational Standard Operating System (SOP) under its SALCA program with the aim of improving efficiency, quality outputs and uniformity of performance, while reducing miscommunication and failure to comply with regulations. The SOP is expected to outline set of step-by-step instructions to help HESPI’s workers carryout routine operations. The SOP is aimed to have the scope of covering planning – finding what HESPI needs and to solve it, organizing- defining resources as to know what it has on hand to best plan for success; and guiding-supervising and directing staff to fulfill what the office needs. HESPI would like to procure technical proposal indicating the individual profile including past and current performance of similar services, training and professional experience of the individual applying to handle this assignment, technical approach and methodology to be employed and timeliness, as well as the financial proposal. HESPI will accept proposals from bidders that provide best value and satisfy the requirements stipulated in the solicitation. All the submitted proposals will be evaluated against the set technical and financial evaluation criteria and the selected individual consultant will be contacted. Complete proposals must be addressed to contacthespi@hespi.org with a copy to sofia.sani@hespi.org, and send electronically in 15 days’ time from the date of advertisement of this call on local newspaper. Full TOR for the assignment is available at www.hespi.org/Announcement/Consultancy CALL FOR A CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO DEVELOP AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SAFEGUARDING POLICY FOR HESPI October, 2025The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) is a regional policy research and capacity building organization based in Addis Ababa. One of HESPI’s key priority thematic areas is Climate Change/Climate Adaptation, where it engages in generating knowledge and reliable field evidences on practices and perspectives of climate adaptation. This is more so in recent years, especially following the initiation of its SALCA program. Besides, the Institute upholds its fundamental ethical guideline of “do no harm” principle to the natural environment and social system/people with all its programmatic interventions. HESPI is seeking for a qualified and experienced environmental safeguarding consultant who can effectively provide the deliverables of this key policy document development. The document will be designed and developed in such a way to help HESPI to (i) Screen environmental and social risks (ESRs) of its interventions in the IGAD region (ii) Assess the ESRs (iii) Develop environmental and social safeguards plan (iv) Create reporting, M&E framework of the ESRs.HESPI would like to procure technical proposal indicating the individual profile including past and current performance of similar services, training and professional experience of the individual applying to handle this assignment, technical approach and methodology to be employed and timeliness, as well as the financial proposal. HESPI will accept proposals from bidders that provide best value and satisfy the requirements stipulated in the solicitation. All the submitted proposals will be evaluated against the set technical and financial evaluation criteria and the selected individual consultant will be contacted. Complete proposals must be addressed to contacthespi@hespi.org with a copy to sofia.sani@hespi.org, and send electronically in 15 days’ time from the date of advertisement of this call on local newspaper. Full TOR for the assignment is available at www.hespi.org/Announcement/Consultancy

The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute

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P.O. Box 2692 code 1250, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Tel: 2511 5 153262/65. Fax.2511 5 15 07 63;Email: contacthespi@hespi.org; Website: www.hespi.orgCALL FOR A CONSULTANCY SERVICE TO PRODUCE PROMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL VIDEOSOctober, 202The Horn Economic and Social Policy Institute (HESPI) is a regional policy research and capacity building organization based in Addis Ababa. The Institute wants to engage a qualified and experienced firm registered in Ethiopia to provide a consultancy service to (i) Two (2) documentary videos of estimated 1 hour each that spotlight HESPI’s exemplary interventions and impacts in policy reforms and institutional capacity building in the IGAD region. The videos should also showcase and demonstrate how the Institute’s SALCA capacity building program is transforming it into a proximate climate institution in the region.The scope of the assignment will include:Conducting research and interviews with HESPI team, beneficiaries and partners who have been involving in the Institute’s policy research and institutional capacity building activities; as well as the SALCA’s transformative capacity building interventions. This will be followed by developing detailed scripts and storyboards for each documentary obtaining filming permissions and location access and recruiting a professional film crew.The production must ensure high-quality audio and video recording, editing footage with visual enhancements, and coordinating broadcasting with television stations. The consultant will manage project budget and expenses, establish timelines and milestones, prepare progress reports, document the production process, and engage stakeholders to ensure alignment with HESPI’s project objective. The production company should prepare the narration script and get approval from HESPI and the ACBF’s communication unit to use it for the film production. The company should use the feedback given by HESPI and the ACBF to further improve the quality of the work. Following the comments, the film company shall polish and prepare the final work accommodating the feedback. Shall deliver the final production in soft copy. HESPI would like to receive technical proposal indicating the company profile including past and current performance of similar services, background of professionals proposed to handle this assignment, technical approach and methodology to be employed and timeliness, as well as the financial proposal. HESPI will accept proposals from bidders that provide best value and satisfy the requirements stipulated in the solicitation. All the submitted proposals will be evaluated against the set technical and financial evaluation criteria and the selected firm will be contacted. Complete proposals must be addressed to contacthespi@hespi.org with a copy to sofia.sani@hespi.org, and send electronically in 15 days’ time from the date of advertisement of this call on local newspaper. Full TOR for the assignment is available at www.hespi.org/Announcement/Consultancy

Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development Horn of Africa

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Regional OfficeCall for Consultancy ServiceFinancial Capacity Assessment of Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) Background of Financing Agency (BftW)Bread for the World (BftW) is an international development agency owned by the Protestant Churches in Germany based in Berlin. One of its regional offices is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, registered as an international NGO with the Federal Republic of Ethiopia Charities and Societies Agency, registration number 1295. BftW works through various faith-based and secular civil society partners worldwide with whom they share similar values. The Horn of Africa Regional Office (RO) works with partners in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. The main thematic areas of BftW are (1) new poverty and hunger crises, (2) Climate Change, (3) violence, fragility, (4) women’s right and empowerment, and (5) digital change.BftW would like to invite interested audit or financial consultancy firms for pre-funding assessments of its partner’s following.A) Financial Assessment To assess the financial management and internal control systems of:Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) – (Samara, Afar Region, Ethiopia) B) Financial Review To conduct a voucher audit on a sample basis of the following project for the months April 2024 – September 2025.Enhancing the democratization process in Ethiopia – Voters’ Education and Election Monitoring (Phase I) (A-ETH-2024-3030) C) Verifying/Follow-up (Monitoring) implementation of a plan of action of the partner as per recommendations of a consultancy firm on financial capacity assessment findings (one-time follow-up assessment)Minimum Qualifications: Language skills: English for reporting Renewed Business license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)Professional license (as Financial Consultancy or Audit Firm)Chartered Accountants registration certificateTax Identification/Tax Payer Certificate Value Added Tax (VAT) Certificate Experience in auditing and financial consultancy of NGOs (Local and International) Note: Minimum experience is five (5) years and above.Those interested audit firms or financial consultancy firm who fulfill the above minimum qualifications can collect Terms of References (ToR) using the following e-mail solomon.kebede@padd-africa.org and zinaye.alemu@padd-africa.orgSubmission date of technical and financial proposals no later than November 07, 2025 (No Exception).Note: Technical and financial proposals must be submitted separately. All interested firms are required to submit their technical proposal via e-mail at solomon.kebede@padd-africa.org and zinaye.alemu@padd-africa.orgFinancial proposal must be submitted physically to PADD’s office with a sealed envelope. Consultancy firms are required to submit their financial offer for:Financial Assessment (Professional fees and disbursement (travel and related) costs)Financial Review (Professional fees and disbursement (travel and related) costs)Verification/Follow-up (Monitoring) Financial Assessment (Professional fees and disbursement (travel and related) costs)separately.PADD/BftW physical address is the following:Protestant Agency for Diakonia and Development/Bread for the WorldHorn of Africa Regional OfficeAround Besrate Gebriel Church, next to Save the Children Bldg, near Togo Embassy, All Africa Conference of Church Building (3rd Floor) Nifas Silk Lafto Sub City Woreda 03-0665 St. House No. 330 Telephone: Office: +251 113 85 13 11/12/13Addis Ababa, EthiopiaNifas Silk Lafto Sub City Woreda 03-0665 St. House No. 330

Tender Notice

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UNHCR Representation in Ethiopia Tel.: +251 11 6612822 P. O. Box 1076 Email: ETHAOSUP@unhcr.org DATE: 26, October_ 2025 The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Representation Office in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, invites qualified and registered vendors / Suppliers to participate in the following tender: #Tender SubjectClosing Date 1 REQUEST FOR QUOTATIONRFQ/HCR/SOG/SUP/2025/022SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF NETWORK AND INFRUSTRUCTURE ITEMS 03, November 2025 17:00 Hrs. EAT Tender Document Request InstructionsInterested suppliers must request the tender documents for by email only.Please send your request to ETHGASMS@unhcr.org clearly stating the respective Reference Number in the email subject line.Submission of bids must also be made through ETHGASMS@unhcr.orgTender documents will be available for collection from Monday, 27, October_ 2025, during the following working hours:• Monday to Thursday: 09:00 -12:00 and 14:00-16:00• Friday: 09:00 – 14:00All tender submissions must comply with the requirements stated in the tender documents and must be type written, computer-generated, or in PDF format.Submissions received after the deadline (tender closing date) will not be accepted.SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA