Terms of Reference

For contracting a professional company to develop short documentary movie about the good examples of food producing/processing in rural areas in Kosovo

I. Background

The We Effect funded project “Active Development and Empowerment of NORDK” aims at at strongly empowered Network that could position the interests of the member organizations and their beneficiaries higher in the development agenda of the local and central governments.

This project will affect the empowerment of the NORDK through activities and actions taken. Empowerment of the Network practically means empowerment of overall capacities to address, promote, advocate and lobby for ideas, policies that promote the advancement of the rural development sector and enable practitioners of this sector to be the voice of the community.

Being committed in providing technical support to rural development practitioners mainly represented by farmers, NORDK is searching for service provider to develop short documentary movie about the good examples of food producing/processing in rural areas in Kosovo.

II. Objectives and scope of the service

• Introduction about the concept of green business in Kosovo

The overall objective of the assignment is: to develop short documentary movie about the good examples of food producing/processing in rural areas in Kosovo.

The service provider will work in close cooperation with Project Manager and with executive staff of NORDK and will be expected to undertake the following tasks:

The video story should contain the following aspects / components:

• Sequences with information about current challenges, concerns and problems of the industry of food producing and processing in rural areas;
• Sequences with current achievements and inserts with successful stories of food producers in rural areas;
• Interviews with at least 3 protagonists from rural areas working in food producing and food processing;

III. Duty Travel and Accommodation

The service is not considering travel.

IV. Coordination and Reporting

The indicative date for starting the assignment is 05 December 2022.

The selected company or individual consultant will be in direct contact with the staff of NORDK’s ADEN project. The selected party will also be responsible to report to the Project Manager, ([email protected]) verbally or in written form depending on the requirements.

The proposal should also include the officer in charge for communication with NORDK project manager.

V. Qualifications and requirements

The applicant should meet the following criteria:

• Expertise and professional background in creating and developing video products;
• Previous working with Agro-Rural organizations is considered as a strong asset;

The contracted company will be obliged to perform the following competences:

• Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling NORDK’s values and ethical principles.
• Demonstrate professional competence and conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments.
• Observing deadlines and achieving results.
• Display cultural, gender, ethnic, religious and age sensitivity, and adaptability
  • Business documentation (registration certificate)

VI. Application procedure

The deadline for submission of offers is 30 November 2022.

Interested companies- service providers should submit the application to: [email protected], CC nordk@[email protected] or deliver the hard copy documentation to the NORDK office on the following address: Street UCK, 21000 Rahovec, Kosovo.

The application should include the following documents:

• Financial offer should be provided in EUR, VAT included.
• Any questions or need clarification related to the TOR, should be submitted to: [email protected], CC nordk@[email protected] not later than 28 November 2022.

VII. Evaluation of the offers

The incomplete applications are not going to be taken into consideration and are not going to be subject to further evaluation. The evaluation of offers will be based on the “best value for money principle” by using a weighted scoring method to evaluate the combination of the applicants’ qualification (70%) and financial proposal (30%).

VIII. Terms of payment

The payment is expected to be done based on the invoice (for company) according to the provided services. Taxes and other obligations will be applied within the amount of the service provided by the contracted company.

Advance payment is not considered.

VIII. Declaration of relationships

[The Applicant shall describe if their organization/employees have any business or personal relationships with closely associated party from We Effect, its Regional Office in Skopje, its governing bodies and employees or with similar bodies/persons of the Client [the Organization publishing this ToR].

Closely associated party (persons, physical or legal) as per We Effect’s definition is considered person who has the possibility to exert control over, or significant influence on, the other person when it comes to financial and operative decision-making concerning an activity. The purpose of the Declaration is to disclose such information which makes the application and evaluation process more transparent and supports the bids in its relevance according to conditions on the open market.]

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Terms of Reference

For contracting a company or individual consultant for Preparing and designing a professional Manual about the modalities of establishing, funding of the green enterprises and businesses (managed by women’s / gender balances).

I. Background

The We Effect funded project “Active Development and Empowerment of NORDK” aims at at strongly empowered Network that could position the interests of the member organizations and their beneficiaries higher in the development agenda of the local and central governments.

This project will affect the empowerment of the NORDK through activities and actions taken. Empowerment of the Network practically means empowerment of overall capacities to address, promote, advocate and lobby for ideas, policies that promote the advancement of the rural development sector and enable practitioners of this sector to be the voice of the community.

Being committed in providing technical support to rural development practitioners mainly represented by farmers, NORDK is searching for capacitated consulting company or individual consultant for Preparing and designing a professional Manual about the modalities of establishing, funding of the green enterprises and businesses (managed by women’s / gender balances).

II. Objectives and scope of the service

The overall objective of the assignment is: To develop and prepare Manual about the modalities of establishing, funding of the green enterprises and businesses (managed by women’s / gender balances).

The service provider will work in close cooperation with Project Manager and with executive staff of NORDK and will be expected to undertake the following tasks:

The service provider should develop a Manual NORDK that should:

• Identify and analyze the legislation including procedures about registration, establishment, functionality of ‘green’ enterprises and businesses in Kosovo.
• Identify and analyze the challenges and barriers of managing the green enterprises (businesses) in administrative aspect;
• Analyze the institutional and governmental support toward green enterprises and businesses;
• Analyze the women involvement in green entrepreneurship in general terms;
• Identify the funding channels for the green enterprises and businesses in Kosovo including grant schemes and other funding sources

III. Duty Travel and Accommodation

The service is not considering travel.

IV. Coordination and Reporting

The indicative date for starting the assignment is 05 December 2022.

The selected company or individual consultant will be in direct contact with the staff of NORDK’s ADEN project. The selected party will also be responsible to report to the Project Manager ([email protected]) verbally or in written form depending on the requirements.

The proposal should also include the officer in charge for communication with NORDK project manager.

V. Qualifications and requirements

The applicant should meet the following criteria:

• University degree in economy, agriculture, forestry, environment, or other applicable educational background.
• At least 5 years of experience in similar assignments.
• At least 2 similar documents developed.
• Experience in supporting and working with CSO or organizations – structures with membership;
• Good knowledge for the work and activity of the green businesses in Kosovo.
• Experience in working with international donor community will be considered as an asset.
• Proficiency in Albanian and English language.

The contracted consultancy provider will be obliged to perform the following competences:

• Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling NORDK’s values and ethical principles.
• Demonstrate professional competence and conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments.
• Observing deadlines and achieving results.
  • For companies: Business documentation (registration certificate) and CV of proposed consultant and Financial Offer

Display cultural, gender, ethnic, religious and age sensitivity, and adaptability

VI. Application procedure

The deadline for submission of offers is 30 November 2022.

Interested companies-service providers should submit the application to: [email protected], CC nordk@[email protected] or deliver the hard copy documentation to the NORDK office on the following address: Street UCK, 21000 Rahovec, Kosovo.

The application should include the following documents:

• For individual consultants: CV Resume and Financial Offer
• Financial offer should be provided in EUR, VAT included.
• Any questions or need clarification related to the TOR, should be submitted to: [email protected], CC nordk@[email protected] not later than 28 November 2022.

VII. Evaluation of the offers

The incomplete applications are not going to be taken into consideration and are not going to be subject to further evaluation. The evaluation of offers will be based on the “best value for money principle” by using a weighted scoring method to evaluate the combination of the applicants’ qualification (70%) and financial proposal (30%).

VIII. Terms of payment

The payment is expected to be done based on the invoice (for company) or for consultant directly to the active bank account. In case of individual consultants, taxes and contributions will be applied within the agreed amount.

Advance payment is not considered.

The total number of days for this task are 5 working days.

VIII. Declaration of relationships

[The Applicant shall describe if their organization/employees have any business or personal relationships with closely associated party from We Effect, its Regional Office in Skopje, its governing bodies and employees or with similar bodies/persons of the Client [the Organization publishing this ToR].

Closely associated party (persons, physical or legal) as per We Effect’s definition is considered person who has the possibility to exert control over, or significant influence on, the other person

when it comes to financial and operative decision-making concerning an activity. The purpose of the Declaration is to disclose such information which makes the application and evaluation process more transparent and supports the bids in its relevance according to conditions on the open market.]

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Terms of Reference

For contracting a company or individual consultant for the revision of the Monitoring and Evaluation System

I. Background

The We Effect funded project “Active Development and Empowerment of NORDK” aims at at strongly empowered Network that could position the interests of the member organizations and their beneficiaries higher in the development agenda of the local and central governments.

This project will affect the empowerment of the NORDK through activities and actions taken. Empowerment of the Network practically means empowerment of overall capacities to address, promote, advocate and lobby for ideas, policies that promote the advancement of the rural development sector and enable practitioners of this sector to be the voice of the community.

Being committed in providing technical support to rural development practitioners mainly represented by farmers, NORDK is searching for capacitated consulting company or individual consultant for the revision of the Monitoring and Evaluation System.

II. Objectives and scope of the service

The overall objective of the assignment is to review the current monitoring and evaluation (M&E) System and harmonizing it with the progress of the ADEN project for 2022.

The purpose is to provide the Project Team with the reviewed tools to effectively monitor project progress and achievement, and to provide end-term-of-project evaluations with sufficient information to assess the project’s success.

The service provider will work in close cooperation with Project Manager and executive staff of NORDK and should provide and develop the following components:

• Information and structures for the revision of the M&E system;
• Indicators to monitor the performance in organizational aspect;
• Structure and information for the sources of verification;

III. Duty Travel and Accommodation

The service is not considering travel.

IV. Coordination and Reporting

The indicative date for starting the assignment is 05 December 2022.

The selected company or individual consultant will be in direct contact with the staff of NORDK’s ADEN project. The selected party will also be responsible to report to the Project Manager, ([email protected]) verbally or in written form depending on the requirements.

The proposal should also include the officer in charge for communication with NORDK project manager.

V. Qualifications and requirements

The applicant should meet the following criteria:

• Expertise in practical monitoring and evaluation of projects and development of M&E Systems;
• Experience in supporting and working with organizations – structures with membership
• Good knowledge for the work and management of NGOs;
• Proficiency in Albanian and English language.

The contracted consultancy provider will be obliged to perform the following competences:

• Demonstrates integrity and fairness by modelling NORDK’s values and ethical principles.
• Demonstrate professional competence and conscientious and efficient in meeting commitments.
• Observing deadlines and achieving results.
• Display cultural, gender, ethnic, religious and age sensitivity, and adaptability
  • For companies: Business documentation (registration certificate) and CV of proposed consultant and Financial Offer

VI. Application procedure

The deadline for submission of offers is 30 November 2022.

Interested companies-service providers should submit the application to: [email protected], CC nordk@[email protected] or deliver the hard copy documentation to the NORDK office on the following address: Street UCK, 21000 Rahovec, Kosovo.

The application should include the following documents:

• For individual consultants: CV Resume and Financial Offer
• Financial offer should be provided in EUR, VAT included.
• Any questions or need clarification related to the TOR, should be submitted to: [email protected], CC nordk@[email protected] and not later than 28 November 2022.

VII. Evaluation of the offers

The incomplete applications are not going to be taken into consideration and are not going to be subject to further evaluation. The evaluation of offers will be based on the “best value for money principle” by using a weighted scoring method to evaluate the combination of the applicants’ qualification (70%) and financial proposal (30%).

VIII. Terms of payment

The payment is expected to be done based on the invoice (for company) or for consultant directly to the active bank account. In case of individual consultants, taxes and contributions will be applied within the agreed amount.

Advance payment is not considered.

The total number of days for this task are 5 working days.

VIII. Declaration of relationships

[The Applicant shall describe if their organization/employees have any business or personal relationships with closely associated party from We Effect, its Regional Office in Skopje, its governing bodies and employees or with similar bodies/persons of the Client [the Organization publishing this ToR].

Closely associated party (persons, physical or legal) as per We Effect’s definition is considered person who has the possibility to exert control over, or significant influence on, the other person when it comes to financial and operative decision-making concerning an activity. The purpose of the Declaration is to disclose such information which makes the application and evaluation process more transparent and supports the bids in its relevance according to conditions on the open market.]