IMBARAGA FARMERS ORGANISATION

Recruitment of Finance officer at PAFO In Rwanda

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2020-05-19T08:51:59Z

Terms of References for the PAFO Finance officer In Rwanda

Terms of References (ToR) specify the scope, terms and conditions for appointing the Pan African Farmers Organization (PAFO) Finance Officer.

I. Overview of PAFO

PAFO is recognized as the representative body of African Farmers' Organizations at the highest continental level. PAFO is currently composed of five regional African farmers' networks representing more than 70 organizations of both men and women from 49 African countries.

PAFO was created in October 2010 by its Constitutive Assembly under the sponsorship of the African Union (AU). This Constitutive Assembly was the culmination of a process begun years ago in collaboration with the five regional networks of farmers' organizations in Eastern Africa (EAFF), Central Africa (PROPAC), Western Africa (ROPPA), Southern Africa (SACAU) and Northern Africa (UMNAGRI).
PAFO is registered in Rwanda as an International Non-Governmental Organization, and is certified by the Rwandan Governance Board to legally operate and establish its Headquarters in Rwanda under the Number 001/RGB/19.

Values:

• Solidarity
• Equity and non-discriminatory (taking into consideration minorities, vulnerable groups and gender balance)
• Democracy (decisions based on consensus and/or vote)
• Transparency and accountability
• Subsidiarity
• Humility

Vision:

A vibrant African agriculture, prosperous and sustainable ensuring food security and sovereignty, including the socio-economic and cultural development.

Mission:

Representing the interests of African farmers and promoting the development of African agriculture.

Objectives:

• Promote and consolidate solidarity among African farmers through existing regional organizations;
• Achieve the economic and social empowerment of farmers through representation and defense of their interests at continental and international scale;
• Participate in the capacity building of farmers' organizations in Africa, through the raising of funds, institutional development, information and communication, exchange of experiences and dissemination of good agricultural practices;
• Strengthen partnerships and alliances with relevant partners to support the agricultural sectors and rural development;
• Promote and strengthen the participation of African women, youth and the minority groups in agriculture.

II. Scope, Terms and Conditions for the Appointment

Position: Finance officer.
Duration: 3 months of probation period and renewal in case of satisfactory work.
Location: Kigali, Rwanda.

1. Duties and responsibilities.

The post is under the direct supervision of the Chief Executive Officer of PAFO.
The expected duties and responsibilities, among others, will comprise;
• Elaboration of PAFO procedure Manuel
• Preparation of PAFO budget in accordance with procedure manual.
• Monitoring of projects budgets in an extra accounting document.
• Tracking new source of funds for the organisation and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Preparation of financial reports to stakeholders with assessment of funds and in accordance to their requirements.
• Monitoring reports with accuracy and details and submitting the timely monthly, quarterly and year end close reports in duly manner as per the deadlines and PAFO procedure manual.
• Monitor Bank deposits, payments and reconciliation.
• Forecast cash flow requirements to meet cash needs.
• Supervise the accounting software.
• Paying bills of vendors according to the budget line
• Manual File and safeguard processed financial documents and data.
• Coordinate with the internal and external auditors during audits and prepare financial audit PAFO required documents.
• Timely prepare and pay PAFO staff salaries and their contribution in Rwanda Social Security Funds.
• Timely Prepare and pay tax dues.
• Performing other responsibilities assigned to in accordance with the contract.

2. Values and Skills

Core values: integrity, professionalism, respect of diversity.
Essential skills:
• Technical knowledge requirements specific to the job;
• Accountability;
• Organization, attention to detail, productivity, and trustworthiness;
• Ability to write/edit financial reports and documents.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines and problem solving;
• Self-motivation;
• Brilliant presentations skills;

3. Qualifications and Required Experiences

• Nationality: African citizenship, Rwandan citizenship is an added value.
• Education: University degree with qualification in finance, commerce, economics, accounting or business.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience at the national or international level in related field, experience in financial management in a donor funded program is an asset.
• Hands-on experience in financial reporting writing is desirable.
• Experience in the use of computers and office software packages, financial software and handling of web-based management systems.
• Language skills: Fluent English and/or French. Any additional language is an asset.

III. Applications Procedure

Deadlines: 31st May 2020.

Submission: only electronic applications are accepted, sent on ceo@pafo-africa.org.

Documents to be submitted as attachment in only one PDF document:
• Cover letter;
• Resume;
• Professional references letters with names, addresses and phone numbers.

Only Short-listed candidates will be contacted

Posted by
NYIRASAFARI Dativa
Secretary and Communication Officer at IMBARAGA

Call for expression of interest CONSULTANCY

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2020-02-28T14:52:51Z

Call for expression of interest

CONSULTANCY: LINKING YOUTH AGRIENTERPRISES TO FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS WITHIN THE PROJECT “SCALING UP RURAL YOUTH ACCESS TO INCLUSIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR ENTREPRENUERSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT”

Introduction

IMBARAGA is a National Farmer Organization from Rwanda created in 1992 that works to improve the socio-economic conditions of an estimated 27,300 farmers located in 26 out of 30 districts across the country. IMBARAGA is now a local NGO which was initially created as a trade union organization. In 2013, with changes in the law regulating the functioning of local NGOs, which does no longer recognize trade unions, Imbaraga shifted from a trade union to become a local NGO with the same mandate, vision and mission of protecting farmers' rights and interests. It was created at the initiative of farmers in Rwanda because these latter were voiceless and facing so many challenges in their businesses. For this reason, in order to solve their own problems, farmers have joined their efforts as far as lobby and advocacy issues are concerned. IMBARAGA is a member of Eastern African farmer federation, through this membership IMBARAGA working closely with EAFF.Eastern African Farmers' Federation (EAFF) is one of the IFAD funded investment projects in East Africa and will benefit directly from the outcomes, results and best practices that will be generated and disseminated in this project.

IMBARAGA in partnership with EAFF secured grant funding from IFAD to implement a youth project dubbed “scaling up rural youth access to inclusive financial services for entrepreneurship and employment'. This project is being implemented in 3 countries i.e. Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda The overall goal of this project is to enhance the current process of raising capital for poor rural youth enterprises (start-up/existing/scale-ups) by mitigating financial institutions risks, increasing interactions with industry experts, acquiring new knowledge and sharing success stories.
With the above background, IMBARAGA would like to use experts to help the agricultural enterprises to access financing to scale up their enterprises. This is part of a mentorship and linkages approach required by these enterprises.

Position Description

Reporting to IMBARAGA the Access to Finance Advisor is responsible for leading to reach the one of project result as facilitating youth access to credit to ensure financial sustainability for beneficiaries after the project ends.

Duties and Responsibilities

The consultant is therefore required to:

1. Reviewbusiness plans
a) Get intouch with the 30 entrepreneurs to understand their businesses. (IMBARAGA to provide the listing);
b) Improve existing business plans in order to make them health business plan;
c) Assess each enterprise and their needs(financial,technical,production,etc);
d) Determine the most suitable form and source of funding for the enterprise;
e) Develop a report based on analysis on (b) and (c) above.

2. Connect and facilitate access to finance of the agribusinesses
a) Organize pitch/business meetings between the financial institution and the agri-enterprises;
b) ‘Hand hold' the agri-enterprises for review and feedback from sessions organised, provide backstopping to address issues raised at the business meeting etc. with an aim of ensuring the agribusiness is financed;
c) Develop a report on sessions organised,gaps and challenges experienced.
5. Qualifications:
d) At least a Bachelor's degree in Agri-finance, Agricultural Economics, Finance, and or Business Administration;
e) At least five (5) years of professional experience in agri-banking, micro-finance, rural and agriculture investment finance; for donor-funded projects, non-profit organizations, and private sector banking for donor-funded projects;
f) Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate with wide range of stakeholders both verbally and in writing;
g) Working with a cross country financial institution as loan officer is an added value to perform this task;
h) Effective at collaboration; willingness to innovate and ability to think systematically;
i) Proven experience in managing multiple and competing tasks while maintaining the quality of deliverables within deadlines;
j) A fluent speaker of English, Kinyarwanda, and French;
k) Experience in inclusive finance (youth and women) will be an advantage.
Timelines
This assignment will commence after signing a contract and will last in maximum five (5) months.

Mode of Application

All interested and qualified candidates are invited to send their applications with cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of degrees and certificates sent in Word version to with the subject: “Access to Finance Advisor “. The application submission deadline is March 10, 2020, at 3pm.

If interested, please send your technical (with detailed SOW- scope of work) and financial bids by COB (Clause of business) to application@imbaraga.org with a copy to jouve2010@yahoo.fr, consultants@eaffu.org and mneza10@gmail.com

NB: Country specific technical and financial proposals highly encouraged from consultants in Rwanda.

Prepared by IMBARAGA at Kigali On 27th February 2020

MUNYAKAZI Jean Paul
Legal Representative

Job Tittle: Managers at the Province Level - FEED THE FUTURE HINGA WEZE

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2019-10-02T14:00:13Z

Job Tittle: Managers at the Province Level - FEED THE FUTURE HINGA WEZE

1. Background

IMBARAGA Farmers Organization is a Non-governmental National Farmers Organization created in 1992. IMBARAGA works with farmers to improve the socio-economic conditions of its members located in 26 out of 30 districts throughout the country. Structured from the village to the national level, IMBARAGA is governed by the vision of making its member “A professional farmer and a change maker” through “lobby and advocacy”; “increase in productivity and competitiveness” and “environmental protection”.
In partnership with Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA), IMBARAGA was assigned with the mission of empowering partner communities including those vulnerable to improve their human capital, achieve food and nutrition security, and establish market linkages in a sustainable natural environment. It is in this regard that IMBARAGA would like to recruit two Provincial Project Managers as described below:

2. Description of Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity

The Feed The future Rwanda Hinga Weze is a five year activity funded by USAID Rwanda and implemented by CNFA in partnership with Rwandan Civil Society Organizations namely Rwanda Development Organization (RDO) and IMBARAGA Farmers' Organization in Rwanda. The primary objective of the Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze activity is to sustainably increase smallholder farmers' income, improve nutritional status of Rwandan women and children, and increase the resilience of the agriculture and food systems to the changing climate.

IMBARAGA Farmers Organization (IMBARAGA) subcontracted with Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA) to implement Feed The Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity in Five Districts of the Western Province namely: Nyabihu, Karongi, Rutsiro, Ngororero and Nyamasheke and in One district of the Southern Province namely: Nyamagabe. IMBARAGA has field staff in the 6 mentioned districts that are in charge of implementing Feed the Future Hinga Weze (HW) Activity. The recruited Provincial Managers will be coordinating the 6 districts.

3. Position Description

Reporting to IMBARAGA's Programs Manager, the Provincial Managers will coordinate and manage the District teams. They will be responsible of overseeing all interventions of Feed The Future Rwanda Hinga Weze in assigned districts.

4. Duties and Responsibilities

 Manage and oversee the technical implementation of Hinga Weze activities in targeted districts;
 Assure that project activities align with the project implementation plans and calendar;
 Collaborate with district authorities and other stakeholders for smooth implementation of Feed the Future Rwanda Hinga Weze Activity;
 Assist IMBARAGA's management with the coordination of districts teams;
 Represent Hinga Weze Activity in meetings and other forums with agricultural productivity, market development, nutrition and gender with project partners and stakeholders;
 Provide technical support to Hinga Weze District Managers and make sure they are following Hinga Weze guidelines for implementation of activities;
 Ensure regular follow-up of Hinga Weze partners' sites to ensure that project objectives and targets are being achieved;
 Establish schedules for Hinga Weze District Managers and monitor implementation of activities;
 Critically analyze reports of Hinga Weze District Managers to ensure that they are meeting quality standards and contributing to achieving Hinga Weze objectives and targets;
 Prepare and consolidate the Hinga Weze weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports.

5. Qualifications

 At least bachelor's degree in agriculture, agriculture economics and agribusiness, crop production, rural development, business management, Business Administration and other related fields;
 5 years of experience in agricultural development, program evaluation, agricultural extension, and advising local government officials on agriculture project development, program implementation, agriculture extension, and integration of nutrition-sensitive agriculture and pro-poor finance into agricultural policy in Rwanda;
 Experience in collaborating with districts and farmer groups and organizations;
 At least five years of experience in local NGOs, with at least 3 years' experience in managerial positions;
 Experience working with USAID funded programs is an added advantage;
 Experience in leadership, community mobilization, extension, management skills.
 Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate with wide range of stakeholders both verbally and in writing;
 Effective collaboration; willingness to innovate and ability to think systematically;
 Proven experience in managing multiple and competing tasks while maintaining quality of deliverables within deadlines;
 Capable to work under pressure and ability to work under tight schedules and meet deadlines;
 Excellent communication skills with a good command of English and Kinyarwanda, knowledge of French is an added advantage;
 Use of Microsoft word, Excel and Power Point.

6. Job location

Provincial officials will be based at the provincial level and will link the headquarters of IMBARAGA and the district offices (Nyabihu, Karongi, Rutsiro, Ngororero, Nyamasheke and Nyamagabe) of the western and southern provinces of Rwanda. They must also be ready to start work after the recruitment process, contract negotiation and signing.

7. How to apply/Application process

Interested candidates who meet the required criteria shall submit their applications (including CV, academic certificates and Application letter addressed to the Legal Representative of IMBARAGA Farmers Organization) to IMBARAGA Secretariat Office (KK18 Av214, RUBIRIZI Road, P.O. Box 1462 Kigali- Rwanda) no later than 9th October 2019, at 5.00 pm.

Done at Kigali, 25th September, 2019
Approved by:
Jean Paul MUNYAKAZI
Legal Representative }

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2019-01-31T06:22:23Z

JOB TITLE: OUTGROWERS MANAGER

The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) in partnership with her Members in Rwanda: IMBARAGA Farmers Organization and National of Confederation of cooperatives in Rwanda (NCCR) are looking to recruit a dynamic and motivated candidate to fill the position of an Out Grower's Manager

Degree Level : Bachelor's degree, Master's Degree is an advantage
Degree Field(s) : Agriculture, farm management, or agricultural economics
Experience : Preference will be given to those with experience in agribusiness management
Location Based in the Capital City of Kigali(with frequent travel to the rest of the country

Duties and responsibilities

• Work closely with the Regional Manager and Farmer Group Focal Points to develop a market systems approach to support the concerned value chains.
• Coordinate agriculture extension services - ensure that farmers have the skills and means to maximize productivity and quality including input use, agronomy, field trials, co-operatives development, record keeping, post-harvest management, business training etc.
• To plan and schedule the entire production and post-production programs including planting schedules, coordinate input access and delivery, agronomy plans, training, harvesting and aggregation in line with contractual obligations.
• Take lead in the implementation of the developed strategy to achieve agreed targets including linkages, partnership, income, production and productivity targets;
• Facilitate market-driven linkages between relevant government agencies, agribusiness producers, consolidators, processors, exporters and other market actors to ensure effective partnerships and collaborations on agri-business and investment opportunities;
• The manger will look after all the accounts of the business and make sure that they are making profits
• Establish a business model that is economically and agronomically viable for small holder farmers/ co-operatives and farmer groups.
• Maintain good contacts with vendors that sell quality and certified inputs
• Coordinate and oversee post-harvest management activities
• Be proactive to advice on potential and actual production risks and mitigation measures.
• Manage data (accurate) regarding farmers including analysis to help in making decisions such as offer for loans/ insurance/ hire of machinery services/ production forecast/logistics and any new investments.

Requisite Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proven leadership, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills, and ability to work with minimum supervision;
• Practical knowledge of market analysis, project cycle and results-based management (RBM);
• Experience working and collaborating with diverse sets of stakeholders, including private sector (financial institutions, exporters, buyers, traders), private sector research institutions, donors, governments and producers;
• Detail oriented and able to efficiently and accurately manage budgets; and
• Excellent writing and spoken English communication skills.

Contract duration  

The selected candidate will be offered a Three year renewableemployment contract with possibility of extension subject to availability of funds.

Desired start As soon as possible. Please send your application letter and CV, together with an indication of your current salary and compensation package to eaffjobs@eaffu.org with a copy to info@imbaraga.org by 15th February, 2019 . Application will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis to identify appropriate candidates as soon as possible.

IMBARAGA announces the call for application on behalf of the 3 above organizations.

MUNYAKAZI Jean Paul
Legal Representative
IMBARAGA

ITANGAZO RISHISHIKARIZA URUBYIRUKO GUKORA IMISHINGA IBYARA INYUNGU Y'UBUHINZI N'UBWOROZI

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2019-01-24T09:22:06Z

EAFF ni Umuryango w'abahinzi n'aborozi bo mu karere k'iburasirazuba ugizwe n'imiryango minyamuryango 24 iriho nk'amakoperative cyangwa imiryango y'ishyize hamwe ikaba iboneka mu bihugu 10 byo mu burasirazuba bwa Afurika aribyo: Uburundi, Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania na Uganda. Intego nyamukuru z'umuryango w'abahinzi n'aborozi bo mu karere k'Iburasirazuba bwa Afurika (EAFF) ni ugukora ubuvugizi bw'abahinzi n'aborozi hagamijwe inyungu zabo ndetse no gukorera hamwe.

Umuryango w'abahinzi n'aborozi mu Karere k'Iburasirazuba (EAFF) ku bufatanye n'UMURYANGO IMBARAGA ,SYNDICAT INGABO, URUGAGA NYARWANDA RW'AMAKOPERATIVE (NCCR) Ku nkunga y'ikigo mpuzamahanga nterankunga gitezimbere ubuhinzi (IFAD), Hatangiye gushyirwa mu bikorwa umushinga ugamije kurwanya ubukene n'inzara muri Afurika y'iburasirazuba niy'Amajyepfo, Bikazagerwa ho binyujijwe mu kugaragariza urubyiruko amahirwe ahari yarufasha kubona ubushobozi, buzarufasha mu ishyirwamubikorwa ry'imishinga yarwo rugashobora kwitez'imbere ndetse no guhanga umurimo uyu mushinga watangiye gushyirwa mu bikorwa mu gushyingo 2017 ukaba uzageza mu kwakira 2020.

Iri tangazo rihamagarira urubyiruko rwibumbiye mu matsinda/Amakoperative cyangwa umuntu ku giti cye bakora ibikorwa byo kwitezimbere binyuze mu buhinzi n'ubworozi ndetse n'ibifite aho bihuriye nabyo gutegura imishinga izafashwa muri gahunda y'uyu mushinga.

EAFF Nyuma yo kubona ko urubyiruko rutoroherwa n'uburyo bwo kunona inguzanyo yo kurufasha kwitezimbere mu bikorwa bitandukanye by'umwihariko ubuhinzi mu rwego rwo kwihangira umurimo mu buhinzi n'ubworozi. EAFF yakoze inyigo igamije gushakishiriza urubyiruko amahirwe ashobora kurufasha kubona ubushobozi bwo kwihangira umurimo. Kugirango EAFF ishobore kugera kurubyiruko yashyize ho uburyo buri mwaka hatangwa amatangazo ashishikariza urubyiruko gukora no gutanga imishinga ruba rushyira mu bikorwa cyangwa ruteganya gukora, Itangazo rya mbere rishishikariza urubyiro gutanga imishinga ryatanzwe mu mwaka 2018, iri rikaba ari itangazo rya kabiri ari naryo ryanyuma ritanzwe muri gahunda y'uyu mushinga. Mu itangazo rya mbere ryatanzwe urubyiruko rwashoboye gutanga imishinga yarwo rungana n'6569 rw'abagore n'abagabo bafite imyaka iri munsi ya 35 rukora ibikorwa by'ubuhinzi n'ubworozi. Kugez'ubu urubyiruko rungana 6000 rwahawe amahugurwa ku gutegura neza imishinga ndetse rumwe muri rwo rubasha guhuzwa n'ibigo/Abantu ku giti cyabo hagamijwe kurwubakira ubushobozi no kubona amafaranga arufasha mu ishyirwa mubikorwa ry'imishinga itandukanye rukora.

Hagendewe ku byagenzwe ho ndetse n'amahirwe ahari ku rubyiruko rukora ibikorwa by'ubuhinzi n'ubworozi, EAFF yabonye amahirwe ayifasha gukomeza gushishikariza urubyiruko rushishikajwe no gutez'imbere ubuhinzi n'ubworozi kubikora nk'abanyamwuga nyabo. EAFF irahamagariara urubyiruko rwibumbiye mu matsinda,Amakoperative cyangwa umuntu ku giti cye ukora/uteganya gukora ibikorwa by'Ubuhinzi n'Ubworozi kinyamwuga(Agri business) akaba aherereye muri ibi bihugu Rwanda,Uganda na Kenya gutanga imishinga kugirango bafashwe gushashikishirizwa ubufasha ndetse no kububakira ubushobozi muri ibi bikurikira;
Kwigishwa uburyo bwo gutegura neza imishinga ishobora guhangana n'iyindi mu gihe hasabwa inguzanyo mu ma banki cyangwa ku baterankunga.
Gufasha guhuzwa n'inararibonye zakoze imishinga y'ubuhinzi n'ubworozi zigashobora kwitez'imbere.

Gushakishirizwa abaterankunga bafasha imishinga myiza kubona igishoro ndetse no kubaka ubufanye mu gusaranganya amahirwe yaboneka agamije gufasha urubyiruko.
Ubufasha buzatangwa ku mishinga isanzwe ikora ndetse n'itaratangira gushyirwa mu bikorwa iteganywa n'urubyiruko hagamijwe kurufasha guhanga umurimo.
Inkunga yerekeye ubuhinzi n'ubworozi bugomba kuba bugaragaramo guhanga udushya muri ibi bikurikira;

 Gutubura, gucuruza no gutunganya umusaruro w'ubuhinzi n'ubworozi
 Gukoresha ikoranabuhanga rigamije gukora ubuhinzi bugamije ubuhinzi, Urugero: Kuhira ibihingwa, Kubibika n'ibindi...
 Ubuhinzi bw'unguka, urugero: Nko gukora amatsinda atanga ubufasha nko kuhira imyaka, Guhinga cyangwa no bindi bikorwa byo mu buhinzi n'ubworozi.
 Gucunga neza umusaruro no kuwugeza ku masoko
 Ubucuruzi bw'inyongeramusaruro (Amafumbire, imbuto n'imiti y'ibihingwa)
 Inganda ntoya z'ibikorwa by'ubukorikori
 N'indi mishinga ifite aho ihuriye n'ubuhinzi n'ubworozi

1. Ibigenderwaho ku mushinga

Umushinga ugomba kuba ugizwe n'ibi bikurikira;

 Umushinga ugomba kuba ari uw'itsinda/Koperative cyangwa umuntu ku giti cye ufite atarengeje imyaka 35.
 Agomba kuba afite umushinga usanzwe ukora cyangwa utaratangira gushyirwa mu bikorwa
 Itsinda/Cooperative rifite ubuzimagatozi rigomba kuba rifite byibuze 70% ari urubyiruko. CBOs/FBOs ntabwo byemerewe.
 Utanga umushinga agomba kubahiriza ibi bikurikira bigaragara mu gice cya 3.
 Iyitonderwa: Imishinga iri mu ntangiriro ni iba byibuze imaze amezi ari munsi ya 6 naho imishinga ishyirwa mu bikorwa ni iba irengeje amezi 6, yaratangiye kubarirwa uburyo yinjiza amafaranga.

2. Ibizagenderwa ho mu guhitamo umushinga

Guhitamo umushinga hazibandwa kuri ibi bikurikira;

 Umushinga ugomba kuba ugaragaza udushya mu buhinzi n'ubworozi
 Uko umushinga ugaragaza uburambe bwawo n'imyungukire
 Umubare w'urubyiruko uzagera ho (Uzaha akazi)
 Urubyiruko rufite ibikorwa byarwo, n'abitabira ibikorwa byibuze batari munsi ya 70% by'urubyiruko.

3. Imitere y'umushinga utangwa

Umushinga ugomba kuba wujuje ibi bikurikira mbere y'uko utangwa, umushinga uzaba utujuje ibi byose uzakurwa mu yindi utizwe ho.

• Ugomba kuba ufite page ibanza igaragaraza Amazina ya nyirawo, Ikigo cyangwa itsinda, imyirondoro, na Logo niba muyifite.

• Ugomba kuba ufite inyandiko y'incamake y'umushinga: Iyi isobanura umushinga, intego zawo n'ibyo uzagera ho, isoko riteganywa n'uburyo bwo kurigera ho n'uko umushinga uzinjiza byibuze mu gihe cy'imyaka irindwi (7). Ntibirenze urupapuro rumwe (1).

• Gusobanura umushinga: Hano ni byiza gutanga ubusobanuro bwose bw'umushinga, ugaragaza amazina yawo, uruhare uwufitemo, aho uherereye/uzakorera, imyirondoro n'aho washakirwa, gusobanura icyerekezo cy'umushinga, n'intego zawo, igikorwa uzakora cyangwa serivise ugiye gutanga, amakuru rusange ku mushinga no kugaragaza ingufu, intege nke, amahirwe, n'ibishobora kubangamira umushinga wawe (SWOT Analysis) (Impapuro 3)

• Uburyo bwo kumenyekanisha ibyo ukora: Sobanura neza ibyavuye bushakashatsi wakoze ku guhitamo isoko ndetse unagaragaze uburyo uzamenyekanisha ibyo ukora, Gerageza kugaragaza uburyo uzbona abaguzi benshi hagendewe kubyo bakeneye, isoko ndetse n'ibiciro bizariranga, garagaza ibyo uzagurisha n'uburyo uzabigeza n'uburyo uzabigeza ku baguzi. (Impapuro 2)

• Imikorere y'umushinga: Garagaza ibikenewe mu mushinga wawe uzakora, ikoranabuhanga, uburyo bizakorwa ndetse nuko uzabungabunga ireme ry'ubwiza bw'ibyo ukora, garagaza uburyo uzacunga ibyinjiye n'ibyasohotse mu ibikorwa byawe haba mu buryo bw'inyandiko z'impapuro (Hard copy) cyangwa mu buryo bw'ikoranabuhanga (Soft copy).

• Imicungire y'umushinga: Muri macye garagaza inzego zizafasha mu gucunga umushinga n'uburyo zizashyirwa ho, igihe cy'ibikorwa by'umushinga n'uburyo bwo kwiyubaka mo ubushobozi.

• Gahunga y'icungamutungo (Financial Plan): Ni amafaranga angahe acyenewe kugirango utangire cyangwa ukomeze umushinga, n'uko azakoreshwa, hano gerageza ugaragaze imikoreshereze y'amafaranga mu mushinga, koresha imbonerahamwe iri hepfo ubigaragaze mu gihe cy'imyaka 7 ya mbere.

• Garagaza Gahunda yo guhangana n'ibiza/imbogamizi no gufata ingamba zo kubyirinda
Gufata ngamba; guteganya ibishobora kugenda ku bidateganyijwe

• Ibindi: shyiraho ibi bikurikira

 Incamake y'ibiranga abayoboye umushinga
 Ibaruwa y'imenyesha
 Impapuro z'amasezerano (Abaguzi, abagurisha) niba hari izihari
 Uburyo bw'imicungire/Imikoreshereze y'amafaranga
 Urutonde rw'abanyamuryango rugaragaza gender, Imyaka,na nomero z'amarangamuntu, list igomba kuba isinye n'uhagarariye itsinda/Koperative,Umubitsi cyangwa umwanditsi.

ICYITONDERWA.Umushinga ugomba kuba ugaragaza neza igihugu uzakorera mo.

Igihe cy'itangwa ry'imishinga

Iri tanagazo riramara ibyumweru 4 kuva kuri 17 z'ukwa 1 kugeza kuri 13 z'ukwa 2, umwaka wa 2019

NB: Imishinga izakirwa niyo mu bihugu bikurikira, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda
Imishinga izatangwa kuri e-mail gusa.

Mwohereze kuri izi e-mail:
UBUNYAMABANGA BWA EAFF
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND YOUTH PROGRAM
P.O.BOX 13747 – 00800 NAIROBI
EMAIL: youthproposals@eaffu.org
CC :
youthproposalsrwanda@gmail.com

YATANGAJWE NA
NYIRASAFARI DATIVA
COMMUNICATION OFFICER

CALL FOR RURAL YOUTH AGRIBUSINESS ENTREPRENEURS SUPPORT

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2019-01-24T08:53:07Z

Round 2: 2019 Agribusiness Business plan call

The Eastern African Farmers' Federation (EAFF) is a regional farmers' organization whose membership consists of 24 national farmer organizations organized either as cooperatives or commodity associations across 10 countries in Eastern Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The main objective of EAFF is to voice the concerns and interests of farmers across the region to enhance their social-economic status and regional cohesiveness. EAFF is currently implementing the project scaling up rural youth access to inclusive financial services for entrepreneurship and employment which runs from Nov 2017 – Nov 2020 with support from IFAD.

EAFF realizes that it is difficult for youth to access financial services especially in agriculture to either start the agri enterprises or scale out agri enterprises. EAFF has conducted scoping studies on financial models that exist and pose an opportunity for youth to access such financial services. However, to reach the youth, EAFF is using the concept of floating annual calls for proposals for youth to apply. The first call for business plans was in 2018 and this is the second and last call within this project. The previous call managed to interest at least 6569 youth both men and women who are 35 years and below doing various agribusiness ventures. At least 6000 youths have been trained on business planning and some have been linked to either capacity building opportunities or financial services. Based on the above successes, EAFF sees an opportunity to further capacity build youth interested in agribusiness to ensure that youth participate effectively in agriculture as entrepreneurs. EAFF is therefore calling upon youth groups or individual youths in Agriculture or agribusiness related enterprises in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to apply for support to help them access

• Agribusiness planning training
• Agri-business incubation services/mentorship.
• Potential funders/ investors and other partnership opportunities.

The support is offered to both existing businesses and start-ups conducted by youths with an aim of offering employment.

The support cuts across all sectors of Agriculture and submission MUST be of innovative ideas in any of the following areas of Agribusiness:

• Production, marketing and processing of agricultural products
• Appropriate technology and innovations ready for scale up/commercialization e.g. ICT, irrigation, storage etc.
• Agricultural finance and agricultural services e.g. sprayer groups, planting groups, weeding groups etc.
• Aggregation, supply chain management and distribution
• Agriculture inputs (seeds, fertilizer, pesticide etc.)
• Business Development Service providers
• Cottage industry
• Any other relevant area

1. Eligibility for application

To apply for this call one must be

a) An individual who is 35 years or below living in Kenya, Uganda or Rwanda who either has a start-up or an existing agribusiness enterprise
b) A group of youth who are registered under the societies act and the membership should comprise of at least 70% youth. CBOS/FBOs are NOT eligible to apply for this call.
c) Must follow the guidelines as stipulated in section 3

NB : Start-up category are businesses that are 6 months and below and existing businesses are those who are over 6 months and have started recording cash flows.

2. Criteria for Evaluation of business plans

The business plans will be evaluated based on

o Innovativeness for the proposed intervention
o Suitability of the business model
o The potential number of youths reached
o Youth-owned enterprises will be given preference. Group dynamics should have at least 70% as youth members.
o Proven experience in agribusiness (production and marketing)

3. Application Format

The business plans MUST follow the following format before submission, any application that will not adhere to this format will NOT be evaluated:

• Cover page (Name of the enterprise and contact details and logo if any) (1 page)

• Executive summary: this should summarize the business and should capture a short explanation of the business, the business goals and objectives, the marketing prospects/marketing strategy and how much the business will be making over time up to a period of 7 years. (1page max)

• Business Description: please give a detailed explanation of the business it should include the business name, type of ownership, business address and contact information, vision statement and mission statement, goals and objectives, product/service being offered, background information of the business a SWOT analysis and a quick scan of the business environment. (3 pages max)

• Marketing plan: clearly show your market research findings and your market plan. Try and demonstrate the target client, customer needs, competition and pricing. Show the product differentiation within your business and how you intend to market your product. (2pages max)

• Operational plan: Short description of how the business will operate in terms of required assets, technologies, operational procedures and processes, quality assurance, monitoring and measuring hard and soft deliverables (1 page max)

• Management plan: Short description of how the business will be managed by the Management team, staffing and recruitment plan, Incentive and reward system, Time management, Remuneration, Governance, Capacity building plan.

• Financial plan: what or how much financial resources will be needed to start and or run and how these funds will be utilized Here, please show a small cash flow projection use the format below do this for the first 7 years.

• Risk analysis and contingency planning:
Contingency measures i.e. adding in buffer for expenses (contingency funds

• Appendices: please attach the following appendices
– Resumes of the management team (just short biographies)
– Letters of references
– Copies of potential contracts (if any)
– Business financial statement
– Copies of existing loans
– Registration certificates
– List of members in excel disaggregated by gender and age and id number (signed by the chair/treasure or secretary of the group)

PLEASE NOTE: THE PROPOSAL SHOULD CLEARLY INDICATE THE COUNTRY OF OPERATION.

Important dates

This call shall be open for 4 weeks from 17th January – 13th February 2019.{{}}

NB : Eligible candidates should be from Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
Send Applications to:

Where to send the business plans
Please send the business plans to:

EAFF SECRETARIAT
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND YOUTH PROGRAM
P.O.BOX 13747 – 00800 NAIROBI
EMAIL: youthproposals@eaffu.org

CC :
Business plans for Rwanda on : youthproposalsrwanda@gmail.com

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NYIRASAFARI DATIVA
COMMUNICATION OFFICER

Recruitment of EBA(Evidence Based Advocaccy) consultant

Tharcisse MUNYANEZA — 2018-09-18T07:52:45Z

TERMS OF REFERENCE – EVIDENCE BASED ADVOCACY TRAINING

Terms of Reference to conduct the training on “Evidence Based Advocacy training for the District Farmers Networks (DFN) members”.
Assignment type: Training
Period of Assignment: end of October 2018
Budget: Consultancy bids will be analyzed to assess the best offer based on their methodology and on consultants' fees.
Project title: ‘Ijwi ry'Abahinzi n'Aborozi i.e. Farmers Voice Project (FVP) in Rwanda.
Specific objective: To strengthen the voice of farmers' organizations in agricultural policy making formulation, planning, implementation, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation in seven target districts.
Project Location: 7 Rwandan Districts (Ruhango, Burera, Rulindo, Rubavu, Rutsiro, Kayonza and Gatsibo).

1. Introduction:

Imbaraga is an independent, Non-governmental National Farmers Organization. Imbaraga works with farmers to improve the socio-economic conditions of an estimated 27,400 members located in 25 out of 30 districts throughout the country. Imbaraga is structured from the village to the national level and governed by the vision of making its member “A professional farmer and a change maker” through “lobby and advocacy”; “increase in productivity and competitiveness” and “environmental protection”. For more details; visit www.imbaraga.org
International Alert is an independent, Non-Governmental Peacebuilding Organization. It works with people who are directly affected by violent conflict to improve their prospects of peace. Alert seeks to influence the policies and ways of working of governments, international organizations like the UN and multinational companies, to reduce conflict risk and increase the prospects of peace. More details can be found in the website: www.international-alert.org.
Imbaraga and International Alert are co-implementing a three year project (2018-2020) entitled “Ijwi ry'Abahinzi n'Aborozi i.e. Farmers Voice Project (FVP)” in seven mentioned districts located in four provinces of Rwanda.
Food insecurity is widely recognized by the Government of Rwanda and its development partners as one of the biggest challenges that Rwanda is facing in taking forward the impressive gains made so far in its economic development. The Government of Rwanda is committed to tackling this issue and has set itself a number of ambitious targets through policies and strategies such as its Vision 2020 strategic framework, the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy II (EDPRS 2013-2018), the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Compact (CAADP) through the National Agriculture Policy (NAP) and PSTA4 as it has been implementing for the last 10 years. While these quantitative targets are an effective measurement of progress, they impose top-down pressure on government bodies at national and district levels, the private sector and ultimately farmers to address this issue. They fail to accommodate learning and expertise from the bottom-up which can be capitalized on to support a more effective response and represent a missed opportunity to tackle food insecurity in an integrated – and therefore more sustainable – way.
The success of a more consultative and multi-stakeholder approach is predicated on the ability of farmers themselves to clearly articulate and voice their concerns and recommendations in a constructive way. Civil society has a critical role to play in this process, bridging the gap between farmers and farming communities, national level policy makers and district level government offices and monitoring the quality and responsiveness of policy implementation to farmer and community needs. Increasing numbers of civil society organizations (CSOs) are opting to work on issues of food security. However, these organizations have so far failed to take full advantage of fora that exist for debate and feedback with government. Research reports produced by CSOs on the topic are on the whole unconvincing due to the poor use of evidence to back up assertions. Moreover, the extent to which CSOs themselves are representative and inclusive of farmers in their activities and advocacy campaigns is patchy; many farmers claim they are not consulted as part of research and advocacy processes and therefore do not view CSOs as a strong conduit for their grievances and feedback.

The “Ijwi ry'Abahinzi n'Aborozi” (Farmers' Voice) Project aims to tackle this head on by strengthening the participatory research and advocacy capacities of existing civil society bodies working on food security (including farmer cooperatives, value chain associations and research organizations) and creating mutually compatible District Farmers Network (DFN) that offer a space for farmers to voice their concerns and recommendations.
The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the reduction of poverty and strengthened food security by promoting farmer centred policies through enhanced civil society and farmers' organizations engagement in Rwanda. Specifically the action will strengthen the voice of farmers' organizations in agricultural policy making, planning, budgeting and monitoring and evaluation in seven target districts.
The project has three main results as follows:
ER1: Agricultural oriented CSOs are better equipped to engage farmers and advocate for their rights in targeted regions.
ER2: Capacities of the District Farmers' Network in representing farmers' interests, rights and needs are strengthened.
ER3: Improved collaboration and coordination among agricultural oriented CSOs at national level for improved level of influence over policies and decision making.

2. The purpose of the training

As this training is part of the above ER2 related to strengthening the capacities of the District Farmers' Networks (DFN) in representing farmers' interests, rights and needs, Imbaraga Farmers Organization and International Alert would like to hire a consultant to facilitate the above mentioned training.

The purpose of this consultancy is to facilitate the training of 30 members of DFN including youth and women representatives from the District Farmers Networks steering committees. The training should help participants to:
a. Know what Evidence Based Advocacy is all about;
b. How to collect and analyze data in order to build evidence- base;
c. From evidences to advocacy: How to do advocacy? What are steps to follow?
d. How to communicate evidences to feed (inform) and influence policies at District level?
e. Etc.

3. Scope of work and key tasks

The desired consultant is expected to conduct a 3-days training session with a special focus on agricultural food security policies.
The training will be divided into two following parts:
The first part will be held in the first two days and will be covering topics including:
1. How to analyse agriculture policies and research reports and identify key recommendations for food security;
2. How to structure and develop key recommendations for food security (i.e. leveraging existing policies, advocacy movements and research recommendations);
3. Communication techniques for advocacy for food security (i.e. appropriate targets within different ministries, key stakeholders involved and how to engage them effectively);
4. Developing, using and monitoring advocacy and community action plans for food security (i.e. based on a stakeholder mapping at community level and leveraging existing structures and bodies working on this at community level);
5. Resources and skills required (including specific technical skills which may be lacking and opportunities to overcome these technical skill gaps through partnerships, for example).
The second part will be done on the third day of the training and will be focusing on:
a. A “Training of Trainers” in which DFN steering committee members will be equipped with strategies and tools for replicating the training to other members of the DFN.
b. Practice of acquired knowledge to be able to get more practical guidance in order to step down the results of the training.

Particularly, the consultant will:
a. Prior to the training, prepare the training materials and share them with Imbaraga for their validation;
b. Prepare an end-of-training report indicating the content of the training and what has been achieved.

4. Methodology:

The consultant is expected to develop his/her own methodology for this training, based on the purpose of the training. Hence, the consultant is free to propose his/her own methodology. However, the methodology proposed by the consultant will be discussed and validated with the Imbaraga Farmers Organization and partners.

5. Timeline and Deliverables

Timeframe: Five (5) working days including 3 days of the training and 2 days of preparations in October 2018. He/she will submit a work plan and specific dates will be agreed upon at the beginning of the consultancy. The consultant will work closely with the Farmers Voice Project managers.

6. Specific outputs of the consultancy are:

a. Inception report and workplan;
b. Draft of the trainings modules (the content to be agreed during inception phase);
c. Final training materials after incorporating the feedback received;
d. All raw materials should be submitted to Imbaraga after the training along with the end of training report.
e. Prepare the strategies and tools by which the ToTs will be able to use to replicate the training to other DFN members.

7. Support from the contracting agency

Imbaraga Farmers Organization will provide preparatory assistance to the consultant and these include:
a. Background materials (Project Proposal/TOR, M&E framework, etc.);
b. Preparation meeting with Imbaraga and key project personnel;
The main point of contact and supervisor for this training will be the Ijwi ry'Abahinzi n'Aborozi Project Manager. Support will also be provided by Imbaraga senior managers and partners.

8. Consultant Competencies, Experience and Skills requirements:

The consultant must have:
a. A Post Graduate degree in Rural Development, Social Sciences, or Agronomy sciences and other related fields;
b. Experience in agriculture policy analysis, monitoring and evaluation approaches;
c. Proven knowledge and experience in Evidence Based Advocacy (EBA) trainings and participatory approaches;
d. Solid methodological and research skills;
e. Excellent ability to write clearly and concisely in English;
f. Fluency in the local language (Kinyarwanda);
g. Ability to engage people in conversation and record answers clearly and accurately;
h. Organizational and team management skills;
i. Excellent facilitation skills.
j. Experience in working with Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Farmers Organizations, local authorities and media.

9. How to apply:

While submitting his/her application files for this consultancy, the Applicant shall, in particular, ensure to attach the following:
1. A profile of the consultant explaining why he/she is the most suitable for the work demonstrating their relevant experience;
2. A technical proposal including a detailed methodology and a workplan;
3. Recent CVs, publications, research reports of the consultant;
4. The financial proposal specifying the total costs and including a detailed breakdown of costs of the working days.

The interested Consultants are invited to submit their proposals via email to Imbaraga Farmers Organization at the following email address: info@imbaraga.org with copies to ntajoseph@yahoo.fr and jouve2010@yahoo.fr not later than Thursday 27th September 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Done at Kigali, September 11, 2018

MUNYAKAZI Jean Paul
Legal Representative of IMBARAGA