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Submitted by kornelia on Mon, 07/14/2025 - 11:22
Call for Proposals for Trainers
Deadline

The “Energising Women to Advance the Energy Transition in SADC Region” initiative seeks qualified trainers or training organizations to design and deliver a comprehensive capacity-building programme for fifteen (15) women-led enterprises that are fully registered companies in the sustainable energy sector. These enterprises were selected from a call for application, and they are from the following eight (8) SADC member states:  Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The selected enterprises operate in the following sustainable energy technologies: biomass, biogas, biofuels, clean cooking, concentrated solar power (CSP), energy efficiency, green hydrogen, productive use of energy, solar photovoltaics (PV), and solar thermal. The programme will run over a period of six (6) months with participants committing at least 7-10 hours per month to training and related activities. The programme will address business development needs to empower participants to scale their impact and competitiveness. 
 Expected Outputs: 

  1. Training curriculum and materials for sustainable energy enterprises (customised for SADC context and tailored content to the realities of Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe); 

  2. Delivery of at least 12 virtual training sessions;  

  3. Facilitation of at least 30 one-on-one sessions; 

  4. Coordination of peer-to-peer learning sessions; 

  5. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) tools to track progress and impact; and 

  6. Brief post-training analysis report with recommendations for women’s energy entrepreneurship. 

Submission Instructions: Proposals must be submitted in English by the 28th of July 2025 at 23:59 PM Central African Time (CAT). Submit the proposals (technical and financial proposals, max 7 pages exclusive of annexures: i.e. Curriculum vitae (CV), organization legal documents, client testimonials, sample training materials, etc.) to energy@sacreee.org with subject line: “Capacity-Building Programme Trainer Proposal – SADC Women Energy Entrepreneurs”. 

For detailed information, download the terms of reference attached.