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Background of the Organisation
The Green Belt Movement (GBM) is an environmental organization that empowers communities, particularly women, to conserve the environment and improve livelihoods. GBM was founded by Professor Wangari Maathai in 1977 under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK) to respond to the needs of rural Kenyan women who reported that their streams were drying up, their food supply was less secure, and they had to walk further and further to get firewood for fuel and fencing.
The Green Belt Movement (GBM) has received financing from Agence Française de Développement (AFD) toward the cost of The Mau Restoration Project (AFD CKE 1150 01 E). The GBM intends to apply a portion of the funds to eligible payments under the contract for which this Request for Expression of Interest is issued.
The Services of the consultant shall consist Development of Livelihood and Economic Empowerment Strategy and – Gender Action Plan.
The nature of the Services:
We are seeking a competent consultancy firm with technical expertise in gender empowerment, economics in livelihood improvement and sustainable land management to design the community-based gender action plan and livelihood strategy.
Expected Deliverables
• Conduct a participatory gender-sensitive rural poverty and livelihood analysis in the proposed project area(s) to help identify and better understand the needs, priorities, and expectations of poor rural people (including their livelihood strategies and outcomes, vulnerabilities and coping mechanisms, local poverty processes and rural institutions);
• Identify, describe and analyze rural women’s livelihoods and how they impact on women’s economic empowerment;
• Analyze and recommend viable commercial activities that generate economic and social benefits in ways that help meet conservation objectives while also acting as incentives;
• Evaluate and recommend adaptations to the project design to accommodates the needs and priorities of the target group and facilitates its participation in project interventions and that the special concerns of vulnerable groups are taken into account;
• Analyze and recommend strategies that enhance gender mainstreaming and promote equal participation of women and men, boys and girls in protecting the environment and natural resources;
• Assess and recommend strategies that enhance decision making and equal access to and benefits from natural resources and economic development;
• Analyze and recommend strategies that ensure participation of women and men and their benefits from profitable economic activities in agriculture, natural resource management, and rural development, access to productive resources – including land, services and inputs, finance, training – and information to markets and institutions;
• Identify and recommend gender-sensitive qualitative and quantitative project indicators; and
• Unpack the recommended gender strategy into action plan: objectives, targets, activities, and indicators to track the progress of gender strategy implementation within the project.
The technical area and expertise:
• The consulting firm must have carried out similar assignments in the livelihood sector analysis, mapping needs assessment and developing action plans;
• The consulting firm must have carried out similar assignments supporting gender strategy development;
• The consulting firm must demonstrate strong experience with livelihood and gender analysis tools and methodologies;
• The consulting firm must demonstrate strong experience in developing livelihood strategy through sustainable landscape management and watershed restoration; and
• The consulting firm must have experience in carrying out similar assignments in Kenya.
How to apply
The Expressions of Interest must be submitted to the address below no later than 17 March 2023 at 17.00 Hours:
The Procurement Committee,
The Green Belt Movement,
Adams Arcade,
Kilimani Road,
Off Elgeyo Marakwet Road
If you are submitting by email, it must be received at the following address tenders@greenbeltmovement.org
Interested Applicants may obtain further information at the address below during office hours: If necessary, you may request any clarifications by sending an email to
Further details are contained within the linked Terms of Reference.
http://www.greenbeltmovement.org/sites/greenbeltmovement.org/files/GBM%20open_
%20request_for_expression_of_interest%2022%20Feb%202023.pdf#overlay-context=what-we-do/see-where-we-work
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