Design and Operational Readiness of an Innovative Finance Mechanism.

Agency: UNDP | Reference: UNDP-SOM-00718 | Type: Request for proposal IntroductionSaameynta Phase I, jointly implemented by IOM, UNDP and UN-Habitat, concluded in December 2025 andestablished important foundations for government-led, area-based solutions to protracted urban displacement.Saameynta Phase II has been launched and is moving into implementation, scaling up approaches that workedunder Phase I in Baidoa and Bossaso. The programme seeks to reduce displacement-related vulnerabilities bystrengthening government and municipal systems, inclusive land governance and planning, climate-resilientservices, sustainable livelihoods, and economic inclusion. Under Outcome 3, UNDP is responsible forstrengthening displacement-affected cooperatives and improving their access to finance, with particular attentionto women and youth.Access to appropriate finance remains constrained for displacement-affected households, producers,cooperatives and micro and small enterprises. Saameynta Phase II therefore seeks to move beyond stand-alonegrants toward financing approaches that can leverage capital, strengthen local financial intermediation, share risk,and progressively mobilize additional public and private capital. The assignment will support UNDP to establishthe institutional, operational and financial foundations for such an approach, while ensuring that the model islocally anchored and appropriate to Somalias fragile and displacement-affected contextObjective of the assignment:The objective of the assignment is to design and prepare for operationalization a locally anchored innovativefinancing mechanism that expands sustainable access to finance for displacement-affected communities,cooperatives and enterprises, as a vehicle for economic inclusion and resilience in Baidoa and Bossaso. Theassignment will strengthen selected cooperatives, develop fit-for-purpose financial products and operatingsystems, and establish a practical pathway for progressively leveraging local financial institutions, de-riskinginstruments, concessional finance, development finance and impact investment.The assignment is expected to move beyond a diagnostic study. It should leave behind strengthened institutions,operational tools and systems, financial products, and an implementable financing architecture that can becapitalized and scaled through subsequent programme implementation .Interested suppliers must submit their offer directly in the system as instructed in the solicitation document, following the instructions in the available user guide.n case you have never registered before, you can register a profile using the registration link shared via the procurement notice and following the instructions in the guides available in UNDP website:https://www.undp.org/procurement/business/resources-for-bidders. Do not create a new profile if you already have one. Use the forgotten password feature in case you do not remember the password or the username from previous registration.Search for the specific tender using search filters and subscribe to the tender in order to get notifications in case of amendments of the tender document. If you need support with the online system, you can contact the contact details of this tender as indicated in the solicitation document.UNDP SomaliaProcurement Unit. CONTACT: • Email: everline.shireka@undp.org