Beschreibung der Beschaffung
The bidder will be responsible for achieving JPMF TUN II"s Output 2. As part of its Output 2 ("African SMEs"), JPMF TUN II seeks to improve the capacities of growth-oriented SMEs in Tunisia"s automotive, aeronautics and maritime sectors to raise their productivity and competitiveness, thereby increasing their labour demand and job creation. This is to be achieved through the setup and implementation of a technical support fund oriented towards the needs of SMEs.
For this purpose, the technical support fund issues a call for technical support proposals wherein SMEs can apply for a predefined range of technical support services (e.g., product quality / certification support, consulting on enterprise management, IT, ERP, marketing, and communication consulting), with the selected SMEs subsequently receiving corresponding technical support in accordance with their needs. The aim is to define the range of technical support services in close exchange with the relevant actors and association, to identify the entities able to deliver these support services and to coordinate and ensure the delivery of these services in time and quality. The technical support fund is to run for at least two waves.
The implementation of the technical support fund for SMEs is linked with a rigorous impact evaluation of its activities in cooperation with academic institutions based upon which 3 scalable, cost-effective approaches for the promotion of SMEs in Tunisia are to be identified. While this rigorous impact evaluation is not part of this assignment, a close cooperation with the research organization conducting it will be essential for the evaluation"s success.
The sector associations are to be closely involved in all stages of the process with the aim to build their capacities to further strengthen their capacities to support the entreprises of the automotive, maritime and aeronautics sectors in Tunisia.