RFP Baseline Evaluation (RFP-WI-WEECAP-2025-05-06)

Women Economic Empowerment Through Cashew Processing in WAEMU (WEECAP)

The Women Economic Empowerment Through Cashew Processing in WAEMU (WEECAP) project is a five-year project funded by the Mastercard Foundation and implemented in partnership with CARE. WEECAP will provide low-income youth and other individuals in need, with opportunities to develop business opportunities in the cashew industry. The Program pillars are designed to meaningfully and sustainably relieve poverty by creating stable job opportunities in the cashew sector. The Proposal describes why the cashew industry is targeted as an industry that can provide opportunities to improve the livelihoods of low-income youths, in particular young women, in the target countries of Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, and Guinea Bissau. The Program is designed to prioritize development of opportunities for young women to succeed in the cashew sector due the availability of opportunities for young women within that sector.

Winrock International (WI) is seeking a local, regional or international firm with a presence or local partner in WAEMU region to conduct a baseline evaluation to establish the baseline for project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) efforts.