Department for International Development (DFID), GB

The Department for International Development (DFID) invites tenders for its enhancing governance for economic development (LEGEND) central land support team. Tenderers will deliver some of the objectives of this new programme, which aims to improve land governance in order to increase land tenure security, thereby encouraging investment and catalysing increased productivity. The central land support team will be responsible for the following components:

•knowledge management;

•knowledge gathering and sharing – analysing DFID’s overall land portfolio and keeping DFID staff updated on land evidence and global policy developments;

•DFID global policy engagement and strategy development support – producing analysis on key issues, maintaining awareness of global developments;

•programme scoping, design and implementation support – supporting the scoping and design of new DFID country level land programmes, and contributing to annual reviews;

•UK policy forum – secretariat function;

•Challenge Fund management – finalising design and managing all aspects of implementation;

•partner management – manage key elements of DFID’s relations with a number of partners receiving support under LEGEND.

The contract is expected to start on 2 March 2015 and last for 54 months.

Closing date 23 Sep 14

Click here for original funding call.