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GENERAL NOTICE FOR PROCUREMENT : Preparatory Studies for the Youth and Womens Entrepreneurship Program in Guinea
the Overall Objective of the Wali Kira Guinea Program is to Contribute to the Sustainable Socio-economic Integration of Young People and Women in Guinea, By Supporting Entrepreneurs at All Stages of Their Journey — From Ideation to Growth — Through Two Complementary Axes: the Emergence of New Msmes Led By Young People and Women, and the Strengthening of Existing Msmes with High Growth Potential. the Program Aims to Accelerate Formalization, Consolidate Resilience, and Maximize the Contribution of These Businesses to the Creation of Quality Jobs, in Line with the Economic Diversification Ambitions Outlined in the Simandou 2040 Vision.
Component 1 — Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: Strengthening Business Development Services (BDS), entrepreneurial and technical training, support for formalization, incubation, acceleration, and market access, for the benefit of two categories of beneficiaries: on the one hand, young people and women with projects in the pre-creation or start-up phase; on the other hand, existing MSMEs with high growth potential, for which a skills upgrading approach will be implemented. To ensure the sustainability of the achievements, this component will rely on strengthening the essential entrepreneurship support organizations within the ecosystem—incubators, training structures, and BDS providers, whether public or private—rather than creating parallel structures. Component 2 – Blended Finance Facility and Market Access: Implementation of financial instruments tailored to the risk profile and maturity stage of the targeted companies, combining grants, guarantees, concessional loans, and quasi-equity, with a focus on financing from the "valley of death" to commercial markets.
Component 3 – Governance and Monitoring & Evaluation: Design of the institutional architecture, development of institutional capacities (including a formal PPP dialogue framework), operational procedures, and an integrated digital management and results-oriented monitoring and evaluation system.
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