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Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Conducting a research scope and appraise programme options to inform design a programme on Firms Expansion and Value Chain Strengthening in Nepal DFID Nepal is designing a new programme to promote inclusive growth through the creation of paid jobs in Nepal. The programme will promote activities that contribute towards structural transformation of the economy and creation of pad jobs. In Nepal, structural transformation will mean a shift in the allocation of the people and capital away from subsistence agriculture and low productivity informal work towards higher productivity activity and sectors. The research will inform the design of the new programme focused on structural transformation of Nepal's economy and job creation.
Portfolio Study of State Owned Utility Companies IMC undertook a study to improve knowledge of the size and implications of loss-making and debt-laden public utilities across developing countries; and highlight potential approaches to overcome these issues and provide support for change.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Deep Dive on Digital Innovation within DFID's Agriculture Portfolio IMC Worldwide have been commissioned by DFID to undertake a Deep Dive Study on Digital Innovation within DFID’s agriculture programmes.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Review of Manufacturing and Service Sectors with Potential for Growth IMC undertook a review to analyse and present recommendations on how DFID could support and prioritise manufacturing and services sectors with high potential in Ethiopia.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Case Studies Sustainable Infrastructure IMC and partners supported BEIS to determine how public and private investments are flowing to sustainable infrastructure projects across the economies of 4 developing countries (Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand).
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Rapid Evidence Assessment: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Growth and Development In collaboration with DFID Ghana, the Research and Evidence Division (RED) have identified that a priority area within the field of Economic Development where DFID is looking to develop a better understanding of the evidence base around the effectiveness of interventions that support the transition from micro and small to medium-sized enterprises. This issue is referred to as the 'missing middle'. The overall objective of this commission is to provide a quality assessment and synthesis of empirical evidence of what works to support the transition of micro and small firms to medium-sized entreprises to help inform policy options for decision makers in aid agencies and governments on where and how to engage (or not)
EACDS: Brazil Design and Delivery Consultant IMC is providing support to the FDCO on the design, delivery and coordination of projects under the Digital Access Programme in Brazil.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Engagement with the GIPC and Support for Other Communication Related Products IMC provided support to UKGCC, DFID and the Government of Ghana to create videos for investment summit post-summit engagement with UK stakeholders to share the outcomes of the summit outside Ghana.
EACDS: TA to Ghana Revenue Authority Under Ghana Revenue Programme A programme management team to support the delivery of the Ghana Revenue Programme (GRP), working with the Ghana Revenue Authority, Ministry of Finance and Civil Society 
Organisations.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Development of Country and Sector Specific Business Integrity Content IMC Worldwide worked in partnership with Control Risks to develop detailed, practical, country and sector specific integrity guidance for doing business in Kenya, Pakistan and Mexico,
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation Provision of legal, technical, commercial and financial advice from a team of experts (desk-based and in-country) during the negotiation with Geothermal Development Company X to support EEP.
Sources of Growth for Low Land Peripheries in Ethiopia IMC undertook a study to understand the growth trajectories in the lowland peripheries and what this means for the poor and vulnerable in terms of job opportunities/incomes/ livelihoods and threats (e.g. to existing livelihoods) and to propose how growth could be supported and made more inclusive.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Tax Policy Unit Revenue Forecasting IMC is reviewing and updating MoF Ghana's existing revenue forecasting models. Incorporating policy changes into the existing forecasting methodology, possibly introducing new forecasting techniques and comparing forecast accuracy from recent years against that from prior years and against international benchmarks.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - In-Country Analyst and Facilitator Brazil IMC supported the UK Government Prosperity Fund in undertaking diagnostic and scoping work related to catalysing digital inclusion in Brazil.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Business Case Support: Scoping Study of Options for an Agriculture Programme in Mozambique Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Business Case Support: Scoping Study of Options for an Agriculture Programme in Mozambique
Hygiene and Behaviour Change Coalition (HBCC) – Oxygen CoLab Phase 2 The Oxygen CoLab was set up initially as one of four thematic areas under “COVIDAction”, established when the FCDO reached out to DT Global’s Frontier Technologies programme to help source and support innovations to meet their pandemic response. The pandemic highlighted that products such as oxygen concentrators are not designed to work in low resource settings and that national governments across Africa and Asia do not have the funding to afford good oxygen delivery leading to an inequity in oxygen access around the world. Every year over 700,000 babies and young children die prematurely from pneumonia because they do not have access to oxygen in low-resource-settings. Since the end of the pandemic the programme has looked to accelerate global access to oxygen in low-resource-settings, taking on the systemic problem from multiple angles. The Programme is based on a CoLab approach, with the “Co” standing for collaboration, bringing together groups that have influence, expertise, funding, and other essential contributions and the “Lab” being the testing of assumptions and generating evidence for the world to learn from to unlock future progress. Phase 2 will see the team use a mix of targeted grant funding and technical assistance to: 1. Support manufacturers to develop products that are more suited to low resource settings. The team is working closely to support UNICEF’s $8m Advanced Market Commitment, using research and development grants and testing current and innovative products to encourage innovation and to improve oxygen concentrators globally. 2. Test business and delivery models such as “pay as you go Oxygen” that can both incentivise the manufacturers to build products for Africa and Asia and can help hospitals afford to provide oxygen. 3. Build a global movement, bringing together governments, NGOs, and the private sector to help make changes in the funding and regulations around Oxygen to help create greater access.
EACDS: National Fiduciary Risk Assessment IMC is delivering a Fiduciary Risk Assessment (FRA) to provide a review of partner government’s core functions and commitment to improving PFM (Public Financial Management), including fiscal transparency, good governance, fighting corruption and strengthening domestic financial accountability. In doing so, the FRA provides an important input into decisions on whether financial aid is appropriate, which type of financial aid, and what controls should be considered. This FRA focuses on central government, giving a national assessment.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Consultancy Service for the Completion Review of Working in Partnership to Accelerate Agricultural Technology Transfer (AgriTT) Programme The AgriTT programme aims to facilitate the sharing of successful experience in agricultural development, especially from China, with other developing countries in order to improve agricultural productivity and food security of poor people. The programme sits under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the UK and Chinese Governments in 2011. AgriTT is one of the first South-North-South collaboration initiatives. AgriTT started in August 2012 and will end on 31 March 2017 when the 12-month no-cost extension ends. In February 2013, Landell Mills was appointed as the Programme Management Office through a competitive tendering process.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Case studies agricultural value chains IMC worked with DFID to identify the value chains, sub-national regions and stakeholders to form the basis for the Commercial Agriculture for Smallholders and Agribusiness (CASA) programme's country level interventions and to enable DFID to use this information to develop the terms of reference for the implementation of this component of the CASA programme.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Poultry Sector Study IMC is expected to identified and reviewed major donor funded commercial agriculture projects and related research in the poultry sector in Africa and South Asia.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Support to the "1% Initiative" IMC and DAI are supporting DFID OPT with their strategic work towards the “1% Initiative” with the aim to facilitate business leads and contracts between UK and Palestinian firms.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Promoting Inclusive Markets in Somalia Performance Review A performance review that examined the effectiveness and relevance of the Promoting Inclusive Markets in Somalia Programme and the needs of stakeholders and beneficiaries.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - External Review of DFID Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development Programme IMC carried out an external review of the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development (ICED) programme with a specific focus on the Infrastructure and Cities for Economic Development Facility (ICED Facility).
EACDS: Support to the African Union Commission on Engagement with Tax Issues The overall objective of this project is to produce a strategy for the Economic Policy and Research (EPR) Division of the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) at the African Union Commission (AUC). A second objective is to provide recommendations to the FCDO to inform our future engagement with the AU on tax matters.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - China Prosperity Fund Phase one: Annual Review 2018-2019 IMC provided key members of team to undertake an Annual Review of the China Prosperity Fund.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Report Historical Experience with and Mapping of Transport Corridors in South Asia The participating organisations agreed to produce a joint Flagship Report that will provide a conceptual framework to think about the economic corridors and to enable a holistic appraisal of large corridor projects. The framework will extend beyond developing transport corridors and focus on the ultimate goals of having positive impacts on national and local economic activity, jobs, inequality, gender empowerment, and poverty.
EACDS: SACU+M – UK Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Support Programme IMC is managing Ecorys in the design and delivery of a programme of work to fulfil the UK’s development obligations under the SACUM-UK EPA.
EACDS: JET Climate Audit Consultant The FCDO is providing support to the Government of Ghana to shape their industrial transformation agenda through the JET programme (Jobs and Economic Transformation).
EACDS: SIN Australia Database (307 follow up) To update the database content and user interface produced under EACDS Lot C.307.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Commercial Agricultural Portfolio Review IMC worked with DFID to undertake a portfolio review of DFID's 2019 commercial agriculture programming.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Quality Assurance of CBAs and Financial Cases IMC provided an economist to contribute to, analyse and quality assure cost benefit analyses and financial cases underpinning appraisals for proposed renewable energy and business regulation interventions in Indonesia.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Evaluation of proposals for Engineering and Construction Supervision Services Provided support to the Government of Montserrat in evaluating tenders received for the Engineering and Construction Supervision Services Consultant for the Montserrat Port Development Project.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Malawi Oilseeds Sector Transformation (MOST) IMC managed the fourth year of the DFID funded Malawi Oilseed Sector Transformation (MOST) project, aimed to reduce poverty through facilitating changes in the cotton, groundnut, soybean and sesame markets through the use of a market systems approach.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Project Completion Review of the Building a Reliable Investment Climate in Kenya: BRICK The Building a Reliable Investment Climate in Kenya (BRICK) programme aims at achieving "A transformed business environment with lower regulatory burdens, in a more competitive economy with improved infrastructure." The project's life was four years, approved in March 2013 and to end by 31 March 2017. Assess overall progress achieved since the last review in March 2016.,including an assessment of the quality progress. Assess overall results achieved by the project since its inception n March 2013, including an assessment of the quality delivery. Make recommendations and identify action points regarding any major issues and problems throughout the delivery of the project.
The Moving Energy Initiative (MEI) MEI is a programme aimed at improving evidence and testing of innovative humanitarian solutions to increase access to sustainable energy for displaced people
Accelerating Public & Provate Investment in Infrastructure Component (APPIIC) of Accelerating Investment in Nepal (AiiN) APPIIC works to ease key constraints that deter investment in infrastructure in Nepal. It works on two fronts: 1) Easing bottlenecks in forest land clerance and replacement; road life-cycle management for improved road quality and reduced transportation costs; acceleration of energy infrastructure projecs and a stronger more viable commercial energy sector. 2) Providing embedded consultants to Office of Investment Board Nepal to promote investment and facilitate the cutting through of bureacratic red-tape for developers.
DCP Ghana 874 – Climate Resilient Urban Planning and Infrastructure
Development (CIG) Programme
(Framework Agreement: EACDS Lot C – Promoting Global Prosperity) Through technical assistance CIG Ghana will address the challenges of insufficient climate smart urban planning and infrastructure development in Ghana’s major cities supporting and improved enabling environment for economic growth.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Assessment of Ethiopian Competitiveness Facility (ECF) IMC carried out an assessment of ECF and its effectiveness in improving firm competitiveness.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service Lot C: Promoting Global Prosperity Following a recent internal review of its existing technical development expertise provision to its advisers, DFID has decided that expertise will be required in four broad areas which map onto the new UK Aid strategy: - Strengthening global peace, security and governance, Strengthening resilience and response to crises, Promoting global prosperity, Tackling extreme poverty and helping the world's most vulnerable. To provide rapid, quality assured, short-term technical expertise to support the development of UK aid programmes.
EACDS: FRA St Helena IMC is managing Crown Agents to complete a Fiduciary Risk Assessment (FRA) of St Helena Government (SHG).
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - DCP Ghana 686: Regulatory Guillotine Expert to lead high-level engagement and planning with Government for RG Implementation in Ghana The UK will provide up to £10 million over 2015-2019 through the BEEP to help the Business Enabling Environment in Ghana. Funding will support targeted institutions within the Government of Ghana to enact reforms; build the evidence base for reform through independent analysis and research; and support Public-Private innovative and effective approaches. The objective of the assignment is to secure high level political buy-in from the President/Vice-President on the adoption of the Regulatory Guillotine approach and associated components. This is expected to ensure that Ghana is by businesses and international reviewers as a country with good quality business regulations, where cost-savings and transparency/predictability is given high priority.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Annual Review of SAGCOT Centre Limited (Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania) The 5th Annual Review of DFID’s support to the SAGCOT Centre Limited (SCL).
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Digital Access Prosperity Fund: External Support DFID's digital team is leading the development of a cross-governmental business case on Digital Access with a focus on Africa, Asia & Latin America. DFID are looking to appoint external consultants to provide analysis to inform the design of the business case. To support development of the evidence and analysis for the Digital Access business case
Independent Review of Sustainable Energy Access and Gender (SEAG) DFID is providing £16 million to undertake a five year research programme (Sustainable Energy, Access and Gender - SEAG) to deliver evidence that will shape the global effort to provide universal access to sustainable modern energy services by 2030. IMC was contracted to conduct the independent review, which is required to provide robust evidence on key features of the SEAG programme taken as a whole.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Economic Development Status of St Helena IMC provided an independent review of St Helena’s economic development status to inform Ministers of the viability and potential benefits of driving a refreshed economic development capital programme for the island.
EACDS: Kenya Design and Delivery Consultant Continuation IMC is providing support to the FDCO on the design, delivery and coordination of projects under the Digital Access Programme in Kenya.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Accelerating the Transition Away from Coal in the Philippines IMC provided specific and tailored research to help the Government in the Philippines consider and develop a coal transition plan.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Initiating the Concluding Phase of SPFMSP component of SGSP Four out of five components of SGSP have already been completed. The SPFMSP was scheduled to close in June 2019. DFID recently decided to extend the programme for another 12 months (now to be closed on 30 June 2020). Under the SPFMSP component, the Government to People (G2P) payment system has been successfully piloted and is currently being rolled out. This project has made SP transfers significantly more efficient as the payment goes directly from treasury to beneficiaries through electronic transfer. Given the high level of demand (created by this project) from all line departments to fully integrate all systems, GoB has committed to delivering this (much earlier than planned) and is investing resources to generate data from millions of social protection beneficiaries.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Uganda - Road Contractor Registration and Classification System IMC and PWC Uganda created a Road Countractor Registration Database in Uganda to collect and validate information on companies who wish to tender for work opportunities across the country.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Scoping opportunities for UK Government Prosperity Fund programme for skills development in Jordan The fund supports global and UK prosperity by removing barriers to trade, building prosperity partnerships, and supporting UK business in seizing new opportunities. It enables the UK to deepen relationships in countries across the globe. Priorities for the Prosperity Fund are determined by design and economic diagnosis process. The fund will focus on high opportunity countries where the UK can have a real impact .The fund will also draw on expertise from across government in order to support all of government's prosperity objectives. The Department for International Development (DFID) is seeking short-term support to deliver a Scoping Report which makes clear, robust, evidenced recommendations to assist inthe design and development of new skillS programming in Jordan. DFID Jordan aims to increase access to vocational training and to tertiary/higher education opportunities for all vulnerable you (Jjordanian and Syrian)
Research and Innovation Systems for Africa (RISA) Fund The Research and Information Systems in Africa (RISA) Fund is a multi-country FCDO-funded programme that aims to support research and innovation systems strengthening in Africa by bringing together two FCDO Research and Evidence Division (RED) programmes under the RISA Fund umbrella: Strengthening Research Institutions in Africa (SRIA) and the African Technology and Innovation Partnerships (ATIP). The RISA Fund will enable the two programmes to more effectively realise the synergies between their objectives of strengthening research and innovation systems.  The project started in July 2021 and will run until March 2023.

IMC leads the RISA Research and MEL Unit, which is responsible for the monitoring, evaluation, adaptation, and learning of the programme, including refining the overall programme theory of change, country level theories of change, and developing the results framework and learning plan for RISA. The Unit also provided MEL support to grantees during the inception phase.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - Training & Capacity Building Services for Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) processes IMC provided training, capacity and policy development experience in building Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) systems, based on extensive knowledge of international best practices and interactions with policy-makers and the private sector in other jurisdictions.
Digital Regulatory Convergence Reforms Digital regulatory governance is changing to accommodate digital developments and transformation. With digital transformation affecting every aspect of our lives, this also poses new challenges for regulatory structures that have traditionally been organized on a sectoral or domain basis as is the case with Nigeria. The project will assess the impacts, benefits and shortcomings of Nigeria’s multiple regulatory bodies as opposed to single regulatory system. The project will also focus on dynamic regulatory regime–where you have multiple players in the sector yet emphasizing the importance of inclusive and effective decision-making. Hence, it will address the critical issue of regulatory collaboration –which involves coordination among various sectoral agencies and government institutions in the digital on regulatory matters. The project will look to develop a stable pro-investment and pro-competitive agile regulatory governance framework for Nigeria, that when adopted, will help the government to articulate digital agendas designed to include, in a collaborative and coordinated fashion, all the different issues related to the digital economy.
Expert Advisory Call Down Service - BII Challenge Fund to Support Business-Focused AC and HR Initiatives IMC is managing an x-HMG funded Business Integrity Challenge Fund, an innovative £300,000 pilot challenge fund supporting Collective Action Initiatives aiming to promote business integrity.
Safety Review of the existing St Helena Bulk Fuel Installation (BFI) The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Saint Helena Government are seeking a suitably qualified supplier to produce a condition assessment and process hazard analysis of the ageing bulk fuel installation on the UK overseas territory of St Helena. The objective of this work is to undertake condition surveys and hazard analysis to ensure the Bulk Fuel Installation can continue to be safely operated until St Helena’s new fuel facilities are in service.