Consultant – Rapid Contextual Assessment of Refugee and Displaced Persons' Inclusion in Agrifood Systems

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🕒 October 1

🌐 Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, +2 more countries – Remote

🇸🇳 Senegal – Remote 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire – Remote 🇹🇬 Togo – Remote 🇧🇯 Benin – Remote

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💼 Consultant

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World University Service of Canada (WUSC - EUMC)

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1963

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Education • Social Impact

World University Service of Canada (WUSC - EUMC) is a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to improving education, economic, and empowerment opportunities for young people across the globe. By collaborating with a diverse network of students, volunteers, schools, governments, and businesses, WUSC seeks to address inequality and exclusion in over 15 countries worldwide, including regions in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Their initiatives focus on enhancing access to quality education, particularly among girls and refugees, increasing access to training and employment services, and empowering youth to contribute to a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable world. In Canada, WUSC is involved in the resettlement of refugees through its Student Refugee Program and engages Canadians to foster a better understanding of global development issues.

📋 Description

• Conduct a rapid contextual assessment of Refugees and Displaced Persons' inclusion in agrifood systems across Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin • Map current agrifood initiatives targeting RDP youth aged 18–35 and relevant RLOs, RDP-led, youth-led, women-led, and other stakeholder organizations • Assess opportunities and barriers relating to documentation, legal status, right to work, freedom of movement, land, finance, markets, and skills systems • Analyze RDP youth skills, assets, capacities, skilling gaps, employment potential, and gender differences • Identify viable RDP inclusion opportunities, with emphasis on Senegal’s dairy value chain and at least one priority value chain in each of Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, and Benin • Assess value chains against employment potential, accessibility to young women, entry barriers, market prospects, existing RDP participation, and partner engagement opportunities • Assess governance and policy structures supporting or limiting RDP inclusion • Identify programmatic and policy entry points and promising models for adaptation and scale-up • Recommend practical, scalable interventions for DREEM and its partners • Provide an evidence base to guide future programming, partnerships, and systemic integration of RDP youth into agrifood value chains

🎯 Requirements

• Based in the WAEMU region, or experience working with Refugees and Displaced Persons in the area • Experience relevant to conducting a rapid contextual assessment of refugee and displaced persons' inclusion in agrifood systems • Ability to assess legal and policy barriers relating to documentation and legal status, right to work, freedom of movement, access to land, finance, markets, and skills systems • Ability to analyze skills, assets, capacities, and skilling gaps among RDP youth, including gender differences • Ability to map and assess RLOs, RDP-led groups, youth-led and women-led structures, cooperatives, and community-based organizations • Ability to assess agrifood initiatives, value chains, governance and policy structures, and cross-border displacement, mobility, and market linkages • Ability to recommend practical, scalable interventions and partnerships • Availability for 30 days of level of effort commencing November 2026

🏖️ Benefits

• No benefits, perks, or compensation extras are specified in the posting