Call for External Audit service for an International Auditor and/or Audit Firm 69 views

SNV is a not-for-profit international development organization that applies practical know-how to make a lasting difference in the lives of people living in poverty. We use our extensive and long-term in-country presence to apply and adapt our top-notch expertise in agriculture, energy, and WASH to local contexts. SNV has over 1250 staff in more than 25 countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. We are proud to be a not-for-profit organization that uses project financing to implement our mission. This requires us to work efficiently and to invest in operational excellence. In its new Strategic Plan period (2019 – 2022), SNV will more explicitly aim for systems change during project preparation and implementation – by strengthening institutions and kick-starting markets that help many more to escape poverty beyond our projects. We will continue to position ourselves as a premium organization and invest in making knowledge flow to and from the frontline.

About the project

The Biogas Dissemination Scale-Up Programme (NBPE+) commenced in 2017 with an ambitious goal of installing 29,326 household-sized biodigesters and 40 larger-scale digesters by January 2024. This nationwide expansion of biodigester dissemination is one of three programs outlined in the SE4ALL National Action Plan to achieve the SE4ALL target of universal access to clean and modern cooking solutions by 2025.

The overarching objective of the NBPE+ is to enhance the livelihoods of farmers and their families in nine Ethiopian regions – Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz, Gambela, Oromia, Sidama, SNPPR, Somali, and Tigray. Simultaneously, it aims to curb the overexploitation of biomass cover in these regions, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and mitigate indoor pollution. By fostering a viable biodigester sector within an enabling institutional and policy framework, the program also seeks to stimulate economic and business growth, particularly in rural areas, and contribute to Ethiopia’s long-term transition towards a more sustainable energy mix, with its associated socio-economic and environmental benefits.

The SNV Ethiopia plans to finalise a contract with a highly specialised/international external Aduit service provider to perform an expenditure verification and to report in connection with a European Union financed grant contract for an external action concerning “Biogas Dissemination Scale-up Programme (NBPE+), with the contract reference number FED/2017/384-853 (the ‘Grant Contract’).The programme has been implementing by the FDRE Ministry of Water & Energy/MoWE together with the 9 regional Biogas Bureaus.

NBPE+ runs for 63 months, starting from April 12, 2017, to July 11, 2022, and is extended for additional 18 months with no-cost extension arrangement, till January 11, 2024. With the revision and recommendation of MTR, theory of change and no-cost extension (NCE) the new NBPE+ targets are the installation of 29,326 rural households biodigesters.

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• The Auditor and/or the firm is a member of a national accounting or auditing body or institution which in turn is member of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC).
• The Auditor and/or the firm is a member of a national accounting or auditing body or institution. Although this organisation is not member of the IFAC, the Auditor commits him/herself to undertake this engagement in accordance with the IFAC standards and ethics set out in these ToR.
• The Auditor and/or the firm is registered as a statutory auditor in the public register of a public oversight body in an EU member state in accordance with the principles of public oversight set out in Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (this applies to auditors and audit firms based in an EU Member State).
• The Auditor and/or the firm is registered as a statutory auditor in the public register of a public oversight body in a third country and this register is subject to principles of public oversight as set out in the legislation of the country concerned (this applies to auditors and audit firms based in a third country)