Appel d’offres du Finance for Peace Initiative : Étude de faisabilité préliminaire sur les investissements en faveur de la paix au Mozambique.

Appel d’offres du Finance for Peace Initiative : Étude de faisabilité préliminaire sur les investissements en faveur de la paix au Mozambique.

Tasks

The successful researcher(s) will develop early-stage feasibility study scoping options for peace positive investments in Mozambique. This would be based on the following key tasks:

1. Peace and conflict analysis, actor mapping, political economy analysis, peace diligence and economic dialogue: through in-country dialogue with key actors, including government, businesses, civil society and hard to reach groups, the analysis will map the conflict dynamics and political economy with specific focus on Cabo Delgado and a more generalised analysis on Mozambique. The analysis will identify key intersecting economic, livelihood and resource issues and optimum pathways and opportunities for peace positive investment. It will review available key desktop literature including national development priorities and planning from government and multilateral partners. It will also conduct interviews with the private sector and key businesses in Mozambique, along with combatants and hard to reach groups, where possible.
2. Based on the aforementioned analysis and mapping, the research will identify and scope possible conflict sensitive and peace positive investment ideas that can target hard to reach actors and contribute positively to peace and conflict dynamics. This will focus on highly localised and strategic forms of SME investment and local enterprise development.
3. MDB/DFI portfolio review: Based on interviews, the research will conduct a portfolio review of key Multilateral Development Banks and Development Finance Institutions operating in Mozambique, identifying their approaches and identifying potential peace strategy/theory of change for peace that could be more intentionally embedded into investment approaches. This will identify priorities, thematic areas of focus, financial structuring approaches, priorities for pipeline development and sub-national geographical focus areas.
4. Analysis of non-concessional market and private enterprise investment in Mozambique: In addition to the MDB/DFI portfolio review, the research will scope the landscape of new, recent or planned major private and multinational investment, especially focusing on large extractive, land intensive project finance or major investments in systemically important sectors such as telecommunication, fisheries, transport, health, and education, for instance. The analysis will not concern agriculture projects, which are the focus of a parallel research workstream on conflict sensitive private sector development in Mozambique that is being conducted by the African Development Bank. Mapping these investments, the research will identify existing and potential impacts on conflict dynamics and opportunities for closer peacebuilding accompaniment for these forms of private investment.
5. Based on the above analyses, scope possible conflict sensitive and peace responsive investment opportunities and high-level early-stage prototypes of peace-supporting business models and project finance concepts in Mozambique. Based on key informant interviews, rigorous analysis of the Peace Finance Impact Framework (PFIF) and the aforementioned analysis, develop circa five high level greenfield peace finance concepts, clearly identifying their theory of change and peace strategy, outlining key peace and business diligence considerations that require further technical and participatory development and scoping. Successful researcher(s) should pay particular attention to mapping the conflict drivers on the ground, identifying the intentionality of the peace impact and the theory of change of proposed investments, as well as their peace additionality.

Timeframe and Deliverables

The consultancy will last between 150 and 200 days maximum, to be completed before 30 December 2023. The exact allocation of days corresponding to the deliverables specified in section C will be jointly determined by the Finance for Peace team and the successful researcher(s) during the kick-off meeting at the beginning of the assignment.

E. Reporting and feedback

The tasks listed above are to be performed in an interactive and iterative process in collaboration with core staff from the Finance for Peace initiative. As stated in Section B of this ToR, the successful researcher(s) will also coordinate closely with a parallel workstream conducted by the African Development Bank on conflict-sensitive private sector development and investment in northern Mozambique, so as to ensure alignment.

The successful researcher(s) will work under the direction of Daniel Hyslop, Head of Research and Senior Peacebuilding Advisor at Interpeace.

Budget

As stated in section D above, the full-time number of workdays for the above dates is between 150 and 200 days. The daily rate is to be determined based on the experience of the researcher(s).