The CIDA/PALAMA Public Sector Training and Development Project in Post-Conflict Countries ('The Project') is a South-South development initiative funded by the Canadian International Development Agency(CIDA). The partners to this project jointly with the Public Administration and Leadership Development Academy (PALAMA, formerly known as SAMDI) in South Africa are the Management Development Institutes of Rwanda, Burundi and Southern Sudan. PALAMA is the implementing agency for the project.

The purpose of the project is to improve management and leadership capacity of the public service in the three partner countries through the development of Management Development Institution (MDI) capability and training programmes.

The methodology for this project is participatory. The service provider will work closely with Project Coordinating Teams of the respective MDIs for designing and conducting baseline studies and training needs analyses in the 3 countries. The service provider will ensure the transfer of skills and knowledge to the designated teams together with the development of guidelines and manuals.

Interested firms, agencies or individual consultants are required to furnish evidence that they are qualified to carry out the expected services and must demonstrate:
• Sound knowledge and experience in designing and conducting baseline studies and training needs analyses
• Well grounded experience of executing developmental projects and employment of participatory approaches • An understanding of the public service sector and
• Experience of having worked on the continent.

The two assignments will be conducted in Rwanda, Burundi and Southern Sudan commencing November/December 2008. Interested firms or individual consultants will be required to indicate the country of preference to conduct any of these assignments.

Interested firms or individual consultants who have the preference and capacity to perform all of the assignments should clearly indicate so in their EOI.

Only short-listed firms, agencies or individual consultants will be contacted and will be required to submit, within 21 days, a full proposal (including a comprehensive budget) detailing clearly how they will carry out the assignment based on the Terms of Reference (TOR). Providers of the short-listed proposals will be invited to make presentation to a panel of experts. The date and venue of the presentations will be provided.

The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the two assignments have been posted on the following websites:

www.palama.gov.za, www.riam.ac.rw, www.gurtong.org

The EOI should be submitted by hand delivery, post courier, fax or electronically to Lizeth van der Merwe,

PALAMA ZK Mathews Building, 70 Meintjes Street, Sunnyside 0032, Private Bag X759, Pretoria 0001.

Fax: +27-12-441-6020/6022 Email: lizeth@samdi.gov.za.

The closing date for the EOI is at 16h00 on 10 October 2008.

Further information may be obtained from Dominick Iwisi,

Email: (Dominick@samdi.gov.za) at Tel. +27 12 441 6162/6732

IMPORTANT INFO FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS:
TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONDUCT BASELINE STUDIES - SEPTEMBER, 2008 http://www.palama.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=1090

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS TO CONDUCT TRAINING NEEDS ANALYSIS - SEPTEMBER, 2008 http://www.palama.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=1089