Terms of Reference (TOR)

Implementation Partnership for Climate-Resilient Livelihood Strengthening and Community Capacity Building in Nagaland

Particulars	Details
Title	Partnership for Climate-Resilient Livelihood Strengthening, Women-led Enterprise Incubation, Indigenous Knowledge Documentation, and Bamboo Design Residency in Nagaland
Timeline	6 Months
Expected Area of Expertise	Climate-resilient livelihoods; women-led enterprise incubation; SHG and community institution strengthening; entrepreneurship development; livelihood and enterprise assessment; capacity building and business mentoring; Indigenous knowledge documentation; bamboo value chain development; design residency and innovation; appropriate technology integration; sustainable value chain strengthening; finance and scheme convergence; market linkages; participatory planning; field implementation; stakeholder and ecosystem coordination; monitoring, evaluation, learning (MEL); documentation and knowledge management.
Email and Link to Apply	https://forms.gle/zk4Ka9kY5utyLdJz8

 

 

About SELCO Foundation:

SELCO Foundation’s mission is to create a platform of solutions that uses sustainable energy as a catalyst to bridge environmental sustainability and poverty alleviation. With holistic development as the primary focus, the organization strives to create equitable societies, where services are accessed by all communities. The interventions of SELCO lead to a sustainable delivery model of essential services like livelihoods, education, and health till the last mile. (Read more about SELCO here: http://www.selcofoundation.org/)

About the Programmes:

Nagaland has a rich ecosystem of indigenous knowledge, natural resource-based livelihoods, and strong community institutions. However, rural communities continue to face increasing livelihood vulnerabilities due to climate variability, limited access to appropriate technologies, inadequate technical capacities, weak institutional support systems, and challenges in adopting sustainable and climate-resilient livelihood practices.

SELCO Foundation proposes to engage an organisation with a strong local presence and implementation capabilities in Nagaland to strengthen climate-resilient livelihood systems through three interconnected areas of work:

1. Women-led Climate-Resilient Livelihood Capacity Building and Sustainable Food Processing;
2. Indigenous Knowledge Documentation and Climate-Resilient Livelihood Practices; and
3. Bamboo-Based Sustainable Livelihoods, Design Innovation and Community Capacity Building.

The engagement will combine on-ground implementation, community capacity building, demonstration of climate-resilient technologies, knowledge documentation, design innovation, institutional strengthening, and ecosystem partnerships to enhance livelihood resilience and adaptive capacities.

The programme will also provide flexibility to identify and support emerging livelihood opportunities, climate-resilient innovations, and strategic partnerships that contribute to strengthening community resilience, improving sustainable livelihoods, and generating knowledge and learnings for future interventions.

Objective:

The engagement aims to:

• Strengthen women-led enterprises by implementing a structured enterprise incubation programme for approximately 300 women entrepreneurs across selected districts (Kohima, Dimapur, Phek, Peren), with a focus on enterprise development, technology integration, market readiness, and sustainable livelihoods.
• Build entrepreneurial capacities through need-based mentoring, business planning, financial and scheme convergence, peer learning, exposure, and technology-enabled enterprise support to improve enterprise performance and resilience.
• Identify, document, and preserve indigenous knowledge systems, traditional practices, and community knowledge holders that contribute to climate resilience, sustainable livelihoods, and local resource management.
• Promote the integration of indigenous knowledge with appropriate technologies and locally relevant innovations to strengthen sustainable livelihood systems and enhance community resilience.
• Implement the Bamboo Design Residency Programme by onboarding host enterprises, facilitating collaboration between residents, artisans, and ecosystem stakeholders, supporting prototype development, and strengthening bamboo-based enterprises through design-led innovation.
• Strengthen collaboration across the livelihood ecosystem by engaging government departments, NSRLM, financial institutions, technical partners, community institutions, enterprises, designers, and market actors to enable sustainable enterprise growth.
• Demonstrate and promote climate-resilient enterprise models through appropriate technologies, sustainable production practices, value addition, resource efficiency, and locally adaptable business solutions.
• Generate high-quality knowledge products, implementation learnings, case studies, and evidence to support programme improvement, policy engagement, replication, and scale-up of climate-resilient livelihood and enterprise models in Nagaland.

To apply

Interested consultants / organisations, with relevant experience (please include samples and/or references of the previous similar work as proof of experience) and based out of India are requested to reach out with a detailed proposal giving a brief on the methodology and the process they will uptake for this project, including budgets (with break-ups and explanation), timelines and milestones and submit the same to google form https://forms.gle/zk4Ka9kY5utyLdJz8 on before 12th September 2026.

Any further queries please write to procurement@selcofoundation.org with a subject line: “Partnership for Climate-Resilient Livelihood Strengthening, Women-led Enterprise Incubation, Indigenous Knowledge Documentation, and Bamboo Design Residency in Nagaland” (Name of Project)

To download the full ToR, click here:  ToR Partnership for Climate-Resilient Livelihood Strengthening, Women-led Enterprise Incubation, Indigenous Knowledge Documentation, and Bamboo Design Residency in Nagaland

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