Strategic Advisory Consultancy for AUDA-NEPAD

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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) – Strategic Advisory Consultancy for AUDA-NEPAD

Organisation: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

Project: Integrated Corridors for Economic Growth in Africa (inCORE)

Assignment: Consultancy Services to Provide Strategic Advisory to AUDA-NEPAD for the PIDA PAP 2 Mid-Term Review

Tender Reference: 10050674

Project Code: inCORE

Contract Type: Consultancy Services

Number of Expert Days: 25 days

Assignment Period: 1 January 2027 – 30 September 2027

Tender Opening Date: 6 November 2026

Submission Deadline: 25 November 2026 at 23:59 (UTC+3)

Clarification Deadline: 19 November 2026

1. Background

The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, on behalf of the German Government through the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), is seeking consultancy services to provide strategic advisory support to the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD) for the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Priority Action Plan 2 (PAP 2).

PIDA is the African Union’s principal strategic framework for continental infrastructure development, aligned with Agenda 2063 and the Second Ten-Year Implementation Plan (STYIP).

PIDA PAP 2 (2021–2030) comprises 69 priority regional infrastructure projects across four sectors:

Transport.

Energy.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

Transboundary water.

The Mid-Term Review will assess progress achieved between 2021 and 2025, identify persistent implementation challenges, evaluate institutional arrangements and provide strategic recommendations for the remaining implementation period (2026–2030).

2. Purpose of the Assignment

The consultant will provide independent strategic guidance, incorporate institutional memory, facilitate quality assurance and offer high-level advisory support to AUDA-NEPAD during the Mid-Term Review.

The consultant will not conduct the Mid-Term Review itself but will work closely with the consulting firm appointed to undertake the technical review.

The overall objective is to ensure that the review produces technically rigorous and strategically transformative recommendations to guide Africa’s continental infrastructure agenda during 2026–2030.

3. Key Tasks and Responsibilities

The selected consultant will be expected to:

Provide context-based guidance on the MTR evaluation framework.

Support the integration of institutional memory into the review, including a long-term perspective on PIDA’s evolution from inception through PAP 2.

Review and validate MTR outputs, ensuring that they adequately capture AUDA-NEPAD’s contributions in areas such as climate, financing and regional integration.

Provide independent quality assurance of the review outputs.

Support AUDA-NEPAD in high-level stakeholder engagements relating to the MTR.

Participate in formulating the PIDA PAP 2 Acceleration Agenda (2026–2030).

4. Required Qualifications and Experience

The bidder must present one team member who meets the following requirements:

Educational Qualifications

Advanced university degree in Infrastructure Planning, Engineering, Economics, International Development, Public Policy or a related discipline.

Language Requirements

C1-level proficiency in both English and French, including speaking and writing.

Working knowledge of Arabic, Portuguese or Swahili will be an advantage.

General Professional Experience

At least 20 years of professional experience in continental infrastructure policy, regional integration programming or development finance in Africa.

Specific Professional Experience

At least 5 years of experience in the conception, governance or high-level oversight of PIDA, including during the PAP 1 period.

Leadership and Management Experience

At least 5 years of senior management or leadership experience within the African Union system, a Regional Economic Comm