Call for Proposals: Team building and management training DFCD project, Asia staff retreat

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Team building and management training DFCD project, Asia staff retreat

BACKGROUND

SNV Netherlands Development Organization

SNV is a mission-driven global development partner working in more than 20 countries across Africa and Asia. Building on 60 years of experience and grounded in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, we work on the core themes of gender equality and social inclusion, climate adaptation and mitigation, and strong institutions and effective governance. Together with our team of over 1,600 people, our mission is to strengthen capacities and catalyse partnerships that transform the agri-food, energy, and water systems, which enable sustainable and more equitable lives for all. SNV has been working in Vietnam since 1995, and also has offices in 5 other Asian countries: Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos, Cambodia and Indonesia.

Dutch Fund for Climate and Development (DFCD)

The DFCD enables private sector investment in projects aimed at climate adaptation and mitigation in developing countries. Funded by The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is a €200 million investment and technical assistance fund to increase the resilience of communities and ecosystems most vulnerable to climate change. The DFCD is managed by a consortium of Climate Fund Managers (CFM), World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands (WWF-NL) and SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, led by the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, FMO.

DFCD provides finance and Technical Assistance (TA) to mobilize and scale private sector funding for climate smart development. The DFCD’s Origination Facility (OF), managed by SNV and WWF, identifies investment opportunities that support climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation as well as sustainable and inclusive development co-benefits such as, environmental protection, poverty reduction and gender equality. The OF supports the further development of these investment projects with private sector partners through the provision of TA for project design, feasibility assessments, piloting, and other activities which de-risk and enable the graduation of projects for commercial investment.

SNV’s activities in the OF are managed by a cross-country team with staff in five countries, and some staff operating at regional level, and a core team based in the Netherlands.

OBJECTIVES

The selected provider will design, manage and deliver group sessions - using range of exercises, techniques, games, discussions, etc. – with the result of improving teamwork and management.

As a result of the session, it is expected that the team members will:

• Have affirmed the need for teamwork to ensure successful project outcomes. 
• Jointly identify the criteria and triggers for good team working.
• Reflected on past team performance, the “do’s” and do not’s
• Agreed on how good teamwork should take place, identifying their own individual responsibilities and those of the other team members
• Agreed on how to affront challenges (problems) with teamwork and modalities to address these within the team and/or individual colleagues
• Be energized and motivated to go that “extra mile” for the team.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

Time:                 October 7^th – 8^th in Hoi An.

Tasks:

• Delivering two-half day sessions (Monday PM and Tuesday AM) focused on team building.
• For 16-20 participants from different SNV offices in Asia and Head Office, from range of Asian and global nationalities.
• Session to be delivered in English with all materials provided in English.

Expectations on the facilitator(s) are:

• Demonstrated experience in facilitation of team building sessions within multi-cultural settings.
• Fluency in English is essential.
• Experience with internal organisations and/or international development sector and/or NGOs/CSOs is desirable.

The selected facilitator(s) will be expected to provide some recommendations and options and to agree a final programme in consultation with the SNV team in advance of the event. SNV will provide additional briefing material on the team’s operations so that the facilitator is prepared for the background of the team and nature of our work.

TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL

Interested consultants should submit a 1–2-page submission via the link https://smrtr.io/n63JJ which includes:

• Summary of qualifications and experience of the consultants in conducting training of this nature.
• Self-Declaration Form via https://smrtr.io/n63JJ
• A brief description of the proposal and the quotes (excluding travel costs which will be paid by SNV).

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: by 17.00 p.m. on September 22^nd, 2024.

SELECTION PROCESS

SNV will review all Proposals received in accordance with the guidelines and criteria in this solicitation. SNV reserves the right to exclude any Proposals that do not meet the guidelines. Please note that SNV is unable to provide detailed feedback to those proposals that are not selected.

Step 1: SNV will shortlist selected Proposals, and unsuccessful respondents will be notified. Successful applicants will be contacted by SNV.

Step 2: SNV will contact the selected organizations/ consultants for the specific activities and contract with the selected organizations/ consultants.

Protection of Information

We request that Proposal responses be free of any intellectual property that the applicant wishes to protect. Should offerors wish to include proprietary intellectual property that they believe would be helpful for SNV, please note the proprietary nature of such information. Costing information will be kept confidential and will not be shared beyond SNV.

Issuance of this Call for Proposals does not constitute a commitment, award, or engagement on the part of SNV nor does it commit SNV to any future commitment or engagement.

Note: SNV reserves the right to change or cancel this requirement in the solicitation process at any time.