Implementation and management of DFID India's Business Engagement work

File reference number attributed by the contracting authority: 7462

Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Implementation and management of DFID India's Business Engagement work

Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
The UK's Department for International Development (DFID) is implementing a three year Business Engagement programme between April 2016 and April 2019. The supplier will work in India to engage with private sector (as well as other stakeholders) helping to mobilise private sector resources to have better development impact on the ground (not limited to but particularly focussed on India's eight low income states). The engagement could be in the form of providing technical assistance to individual corporates on developing development impact initiatives, setting up multi-stakeholder platforms, working on policy initiatives to influence the wider eco-system, amongst others. The approach is expected to be flexible, responsive and demand-led with DFID providing the overall thought leadership and strategic oversight.

Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: South Lanarkshire. NUTS code UKM38

Duration in months: 36