Agency background

Expertise France (EF) is a public agency created on 1st January 2015, under the supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with the ministry of Economy and Finance. EF is a result of the 6 French public agencies merging and has a strong inter-ministerial vocation. EF offers programme engineering and technical assistance by developing and implementing international cooperation actions worldwide. EF operates in various fields of development and institutional cooperation including safety and security reform, post-crisis/ stability, public health, human rights, strengthening of institutions and NGOs and governance. Carrying out large-scale, multi-stakeholder programmes, EF can ensure the cooperation between individuals, teams and institutions with very different backgrounds, cultures and specialisations. Besides, EF has acquired a sound experience in administrative and financial management of large-scale international programmes.

Project Overview

The Iraqi Women Economic Empowerment (IWEE) project aims to strengthen women's economic participation through entrepreneurship, capacity building, and enhanced financial access. The project focuses on addressing barriers faced by women in business and developing the capacity of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to provide ongoing support to women-led businesses. Key interventions include ecosystem development, tailored entrepreneurship programs, and capacity-building activities for CSOs across Iraq, with a focus on regions impacted by conflict and social instability.

The expert will support these goals by enhancing women’s economic empowerment through the structured engagement of CSOs.

 Scope of Work and Responsibilities

The consultant will work closely with EF, partner CSOs, and other relevant stakeholders to support the development of a Women’s Charter under the IWEE project. Key responsibilities include:

• Project initiation and coordination.
• Assessment of CSO capacities.
• Stakeholder mapping and engagement strategy.
• Beneficiary outreach and selection framework.
• Needs assessment design and implementation.
• Data management and analysis.
• Facilitation of the Women’s Charter development.
• Reporting and documentation.

Required Qualifications and Skills

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

If you do not receive a response within 1 month of the deadline, please consider that your application has not been shortlisted.

• Deadline of submission: 28 June 2025 23:59
• All applications must include the following (In English and in PDF format only)

• CV, Cover letter
• Comprehensive technical proposal.
• Comprehensive Financial proposal (number of days and the daily rate).

• Applications should be sent to Iweeproject@expertisefrance.fr , using the following subject: “Development of a Women's Charter for Iraqi Local CSOs".

• Expertise France reserves the right to close the announcement prior to the stated deadline as applications are screened on a rolling basis and only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.
• Incomplete applications and wrong title formats will not be considered.

• Expertise France reserves the right to close the announcement prior to the stated deadline as applications are screened on a rolling basis and only short-listed candidates will be contacted for interviews.
• Incomplete applications and wrong title formats will not be considered.