ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING FOR UGANDA ASSOCIATION OF ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINERS’ LEADERS IN UGANDA

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Solidaridad is a world community group with eight regional experience facilities worldwide. Our mission is to convey collectively commodity provide chain actors and to have interaction them to develop revolutionary options to enhance manufacturing, thereby making certain the transition to a sustainable and inclusive economic system that maximizes the profit for all. Solidaridad strives to be a corporation that understands the indicators of recent occasions, looking for to be a Civil Society Group (CSO) with its personal place and position in society, whereas concurrently interacting with governments and markets. With 50 years of expertise globally in facilitating the event of socially accountable, ecologically sound and worthwhile provide chains, Solidaridad is a frontrunner within the space of sustainable financial growth. Solidaridad envisions a world wherein all we produce, and all we devour, can maintain us whereas respecting the planet, one another and the subsequent generations. Solidaridad embraces the public-private and folks partnerships (PPPP) to be able to check improvements, pace up change, and take success to scale. Globally, Solidaridad works round Gold and different 12 commodities/sectors (http://www.solidaridadnetwork.org)

2.0 Goal

The Reclaim Sustainability! Gold venture goals to contribute to a accountable international gold worth chain, the place artisanal small-scale gold miners, a considerable portion being girls, work beneath authorized and protected situations, incomes a residing revenue with improved bargaining positions vis-à-vis consumers and traders, and the place biodiversity is protected. As a part of this, Solidaridad is working in direction of constructing the capability of the Uganda Affiliation of Artisanal and Small-scale Miners (UGAASM) to advocate for a sustainable and inclusive mining sector.

2.1 Background

In 2022, the Uganda Affiliation of Artisanal and Small-scale Miners’ leaders underwent complete coaching in lobbying and advocacy. This initiative aimed to remodel the affiliation right into a unified platform that might successfully amplify the voices of miners. The affiliation sought to inclusively rally miners to advocate for enacting and implementing improved and inclusive mining sector insurance policies. Moreover, it aimed to encourage miners to embrace revolutionary practices that may guarantee a sustainable future for mining in Uganda. Regardless of these efforts, the affiliation continues to grapple with organizational growth challenges, which embrace, however aren’t restricted to:

• Report conserving; administration and monetary information
• Understanding roles and obligations
• Communication abilities
• Negotiation abilities
• Useful resource mobilization

2.2 Anticipated Outcomes

1. Enhanced management abilities: Members ought to show improved management talents, together with decision-making, strategic pondering, and efficient communication. They need to have the ability to encourage their groups, handle conflicts, and lead by instance.
2. Improved operational effectivity: The coaching ought to end in improved processes and practices inside the affiliation. Members ought to have the ability to establish areas of inefficiency, suggest options, and implement adjustments that enhance productiveness and cut back prices.
3. Elevated members’ and stakeholders engagement: The coaching ought to foster a optimistic work atmosphere that encourages members and mining sector stakeholders engagement. Members ought to be outfitted with the abilities to create an inclusive, respectful, and motivating collaboration house.
4. Strategic alignment: Members ought to acquire a transparent understanding of the affiliation’s strategic targets and the way their roles contribute to those targets. They need to have the ability to align their staff’s work with the affiliation’s mission and imaginative and prescient

2.3 Targets of the capacity-building coaching

1. Improve Management Abilities: To develop and improve the management abilities of 20 leaders from UGAASM, enabling them to successfully lead and encourage their groups in direction of attaining organisational targets.
2. Enhance Determination-Making: To equip 20 leaders from UGAASM with the mandatory instruments and strategies for data-driven decision-making, fostering a tradition of strategic pondering and problem-solving.
3. Promote Teamwork: To foster a tradition of collaboration and teamwork, encouraging managers to construct sturdy, cohesive groups that may work collectively in direction of frequent targets.
4. Drive Organizational Change: To arrange managers for main change initiatives, equipping them with the abilities to handle resistance, talk successfully, and guarantee clean transitions in periods of change.

2.4 Methodology

Provoke a complete wants evaluation to pinpoint the exact capability deficiencies in administration and management inside the Uganda Affiliation of Artisanal and Small-scale Miners. In alignment with the task’s targets, formulate a 5-day coaching program, incorporating sensible content material and real-world examples. This system ought to be supplemented with appropriate coaching supplies, together with displays, handouts, and a mix of on-line and offline sources. The coaching ought to be facilitated in a conducive atmosphere, making certain the supply of all crucial supplies. Upon completion of the coaching, members ought to be inspired to judge this system’s effectiveness via numerous strategies equivalent to surveys, interviews, or checks. This may assist gauge the diploma to which this system’s targets have been achieved. Lastly, a follow-up mechanism ought to be established to make sure that the abilities and information acquired from the coaching are being successfully utilized, with enhancements made based mostly on suggestions and analysis outcomes.

2.5 Obligations of Consultants/Scope of Work

1. Conduct a wants evaluation
2. Ship inception report.
3. Conduct an interactive and complete coaching for the 20 leaders of the Uganda Affiliation of Artisanal and Small-scale Miners for five days
4. Carryout coaching analysis
5. Ship coaching report with suggestions

2.6 Deliverables

1. 1 coaching technical and monetary proposal.
2. 1 Inception report
3. 1 complete coaching handbook
4. 1 last coaching report

2.7 Professional/Advisor’s Profile:

Consultancy corporations/corporations/people with verifiable expertise coaching community-based organizations and nationwide associations of producers, ideally within the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining sub-sector in Uganda, who fulfill the next necessities are inspired to specific their pursuits.

1. Must be based mostly in Uganda.
2. Expertise in designing and conducting capacity-building coaching within the context of artisanal mining.
3. Related tutorial {qualifications} in social sciences, growth research, or any related {qualifications}, ideally at postgraduate stage.
4. Wonderful communication and written abilities in English, Luganda, Kiswahili and every other extensively spoken language in Uganda.

2.8 Consultancy Interval:

The consultancy interval shall be two weeks inclusive of the inception part

1. events ought to submit a Technical and Monetary proposal. Finances proposals ought to embrace logistics prices (transport, communications, meals and lodging) – 2-Apr-2024
2. Determination on the chosen marketing consultant – solely chosen candidates might be contacted – 5-Apr-2024
3. Inception report and assembly (digital or in-person relying on COVID-19 scenario) – 9-Apr-2024
4. Coaching exercise -11-15 Apr 2024
5. Remaining Coaching report – 19-Apr-2024

How one can apply

Software course of:

The consultancy corporations/corporations are required to submit an EOI containing a press release on candidate’s expertise with related assignments, curriculum vitae, monetary proposal and work plan by 02/04/2024 All candidates should meet the minimal necessities described above, these unable to fulfill the requirement is not going to be thought-about.

Every EOI submission ought to be no more than 10 pages and embrace the next:

• A quick proposal for the examine with methodology and work plan.
• A pattern/samples of earlier associated work.
• A monetary proposal with a price range with breakdowns of various prices concerned, to the finer element. Finances with aggregated figures is not going to be accepted.
• Up to date CVs for the staff chief and staff members (every CV no more than 2 pages).
• Contact particulars of three references with full contact data (i.e. title, group, title place, deal with, e-mail, phone).

Submissions are by e-mail to [email protected]whileaddressed to:

Attn: Managing Director

Solidaridad Jap and Central Africa Experience Centre

Kilimani Enterprise Centre, Kirichwa Street,

P.O. Field 42234 – 00100 GPO

Nairobi

Notice: Canvassing will result in automated disqualification. If you don’t obtain any suggestions from us one month after the submission deadline