Fairtrade Africa
ABOUT US
Established in 2005, Fairtrade Africa (FTA) is a member of Fairtrade International and the umbrella network organization representing Fairtrade-certified Producer Organizations in Africa and the Middle East. It has four (4) regional networks – Eastern & Central Africa; Southern Africa; West Africa; and the Middle East & North Africa. FTA currently represents 1,354,294 farmers and workers in 660 producer organizations spread across 28 countries in Africa and the Middle East by providing services that contribute to the improvement of their livelihoods.
PROJECT ASSIGNMENT AND BACKGROUND
From 2017-2019, Fairtrade worked with three Ugandan coffee producer organizations to test ways to leverage Fairtrade coffee production to combat these environmental and health issues faced by Ugandan farmers in Bukomansimbi, Bushenyi, Ibanda Mbarara, Mitooma, Ntungamo and Sheema districts. Together they successfully tested the sale and distribution of 4,000 improved cookstoves to farmers that burn fuel more efficiently with less smoke, reducing demand for fuel wood and limiting Indoor-Air-Pollution in households. The stoves’ ability to measurably reduce carbon dioxide emissions due to their higher efficiency made them eligible to provide carbon credits at a rate of 1.2 credits per year per stove for these cooperatives and the project was registered with the Gold Standard.
The new grant funding from the Co-op Foundation (Carbon Credit Innovation Fund (CCIF) is targeting to implement the large-scale distribution of efficient, clean cookstoves fueled by scaled production of briquettes made from discarded coffee husk waste – produced by trained cooperative members. This approach would build on existing work and commercialize the model so that the project would not be reliant on grant funding to be sustainable in the long term and serve as a model to the sector to unlock new partnerships interested in replicating the approach in their own coffee supply chains.
The project, therefore, seeks the services of a consultant to support in training and monitoring of beneficiary household cookstove utilization, performance, documentation of household data, and preparing reports accordingly.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
To provide technical support in training and monitoring and documenting household cookstove utilization and performance, briquette production, and prepare reports to Fairtrade and Gold Standard in order to ensure long-term sustainability and transformed carbon credit supply chains for groups in western Uganda.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CONSULTANT
- Develop a monitoring framework, tools, and schedule for household cookstove utilization
- Conduct scheduled monitoring of cookstove utilization and kitchen performance and document monitoring reports
- Update beneficiary cookstove use database and make ready for external audits
- Train beneficiary contact person/ volunteers on cookstove use data collection and documentation
- Support the project in selecting and training data collection personnel
- Supervise field data collection activities and analyze the data collected
- Work closely with t Fairtrade Africa project focal person in planning and implementing Monitoring and technical support activities in the area of cookstove use and briquette production
- Provide regular monitoring reports with an agreed timeline and reporting format.
TARGET
The monitoring activities will be carried out in the SPOs (ACPCU and Kibinge) areas of project implementation which include; Bukomansimbi, Sheema, Bushenyi, Mitooma and Ntungamo. The number of households for the surveys will be a relevant sample of the household.
SPECIFIC DELIVERABLES
- Monitoring framework, tools, and schedule
- Regular Monitoring reports
- Training Report
- Updated cookstove use household database
TIME FRAME
The monitoring activities should be conducted and concluded in a period of 7 months, from December 2022 to June 2023.
QUALIFICATIONS
The selected consultant must:
- Proven experience in conducting monitoring activities for cookstove and carbon credit projects in Uganda
- Have a good understanding of monitoring methodologies for carbon-financed cookstove projects
- Minimum of BA degree in renewable energy, natural resources or other relevant qualification relevant to the subject
- Have a good understanding of the domestic cookstove use and fuel sector in Uganda
How to apply
APPLICATION PROCESS
While preparing the proposal, applicants must include the following:
- A brief description of the consultant
- Outline of recent experience on an assignment of a similar nature
- Consultant statement on the interpretation of Terms of Reference
- Technical proposal: a description of the methodology/approach
- Financial proposal including a work plan for carrying out the assignment
- CV of the consultant including the members who might be engaged in this assignment
All proposals must be submitted no later than 28th November 2022. Applications that do not meet the outlined qualifications and requirements will not be considered. Further, only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted.
All applications must be sent to: [email protected] with the subject line Terms of Reference for Carbon Monitoring Activities for the Carbon Credit Innovation Fund (CCIF) project
**Note***: All proposals must be submitted electronically; physical submissions will not be accepted.