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Request for Proposals
Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) Project in Ukraine Final Assessment
Program: World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU), Credit for Agriculture Producers Project (CAP) in Ukraine
Timeframe: Anticipated June 17 – August 16, 2024
Deadline to Submit Questions: June 5, 2024, 5 pm EST to [email protected]
Submission Deadline: June 9, 2024; no later than 11:59 pm EST
Submit Proposals to: [email protected]
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Description of Services:
World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) is seeking a consultant/firm to conduct a final assessment of the USAID-funded CAP Project in Ukraine, with a focus on implementation during wartime and a road map for ongoing development of credit unions and a rural financial system that serves underserved Ukrainian micro and small enterprises to support recovery and rebuilding in Ukraine.
Background:
Since its inception in 2016, the Credit for Agriculture Producers (CAP) project, funded by USAID and implemented by WOCCU, have contributed to revitalize the credit union sector in Ukraine by creating a more transparent legal and regulatory framework for credit union operations in Ukraine to both promote growth and reduce risks, while improving access to rural and agricultural finance in rural areas. Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, CAP continued to work with the credit union sector, and in February 2023, USAID provided CAP with an 18-month extension—until September 2024—to support Ukraine credit unions in wartime. In July 2023, the Parliament of Ukraine adopted the new Law on Credit Unions, which took effect in January 2024. Under the new law, credit unions have opportunities to expand lending to a new segment of legal entities, including micro and small enterprises[1]—previously unable to be served by credit unions—and to provide other types of financial services if qualified, including currency exchange and certain types of payment services, among other changes.[2]
CAP objectives include:
Overview of Scope of Work:
As the CAP Project comes to a close in September 2024, CAP is seeking a consultant to conduct a final assessment of project interventions focused on implementation during the full-scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine (since Feb 24, 2022). The purpose of this assessment is to generate knowledge about CAP’s implementation during this period to capture outcomes and develop a road map for ongoing development of credit unions and a rural financial system to meet the needs of members, focusing on its new segment of micro and small enterprises, in support of recovery and rebuilding in Ukraine.
The assessment will review the effectiveness of project approaches, examine the extent to which the project achieved its intended results during wartime, and analyze key learnings derived from implementation challenges and successes. This will include a review of credit union data to support increased analysis of success factors and/or challenges per implementation of interventions across the credit unions.
Applying lessons from CAP implementation, within the context of the wider opportunities per the new Law on Credit Unions as well as the more stringent regulatory requirements, the road map will outline next steps needed for credit unions to reach and serve more Ukrainians interested in expanding or starting enterprises in Ukraine in wartime. This requires an understanding of the evolving needs of rural and agricultural micro and small enterprises in wartime, including those led by women, veterans and relocated and returnee populations.
Specific tasks of the consultancy include:
Deliverables:
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[1] New groups that can be served under credit unions now include farms, cooperatives, trade unions, religious organizations, associations of co-owners of apartment buildings and apartment housing cooperatives, and micro-enterprises.
[2] The new Law on Credit Unions also expands the ways credit unions raise capital, including through subordinated debt; establishes a requirement for stabilization and liquidity support funds for credit unions at the UCU level; improves procedures for credit union mergers, acquisitions, and other voluntary reorganizations; and increases the compliance functions of UCUs to monitor credit union activities.
[3] The Liquidity Fund was initiated with a USD 1 million investment from USAID and is used specifically to disburse loans to agricultural MSMEs. Since the beginning of the war, the Liquidity Fund has issued 1,051 agribusiness loans via 19 credit unions for a total of UAH 77.53 million (approx. USD 2.72 million).
Qualified candidates must submit the following information. Only complete applications will be considered:
Should your application be selected for consideration, WOCCU will request contact information for 2-3 references.
Both firms and individual consultants are welcome to apply.
Submission Instructions
Application materials should be submitted via email with the subject line “CAP Final Assessment” to [email protected]. Bidders must include all relevant materials within your proposal. Failure to do so may result in the disqualification of your proposal. Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact [email protected].
Deadline to Submit Application: June 9, 2024; 11:59 pm EST
Disclaimer
This bid solicitation in no way obligates World Council of Credit Unions to award a contract, nor does it commit World Council of Credit Unions to pay any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of the application. World Council of Credit Unions reserves the right to vary any part of this bid solicitation at the time of award if it becomes necessary.
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