Practical Action is a global change-making group that consists of a UK-registered charity with community projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America, an independent publishing company and a technical consulting service. It combines these specialisms to multiply its impact and help shape a world that works better for everyone. In Nepal, Practical Action is focused on putting ingenious ideas into work to contribute to poverty reduction and sustainable well-being through working in three expertise change areas: Farming that works; Energy that transforms and Resilience that protects.
Under Energy that transforms, Sustainable Market Development of eCooking in Nepal (SMDeN) project aims to develop an electric cooking market in 17 districts of Koshi and Gandaki provinces in Nepal by demonstrating the potential to simultaneously build demand and strengthen the supply chain supported by an improved enabling environment. The interventions facilitate access to eCooking solutions for semi urban and rural households and SMEs through (i) behaviour change support, Result Based discounts on eCooking solutions, house wiring upgrades and eTariff support for electricity use due to eCooking adoption (ii) training and business development support services to last-mile distributors, linking with Global Distributor’s Collective (GDC) (iii) institutional strengthening of electricity distribution entities and technical service providers at the local level to ensure reliable electricity supply and after sale services of eCooking devices, evidence-based advocacy, linkages with local financial institutions (iv) Gender transformation: agency building to make informed decisions.
Practical Action calls for the expression of interest (EOI) from electric cooking appliances (induction, infrared and electric pressure cooker) manufacturers/suppliers/dealers to list their appliances for promotion by the project. The project helps to create market for the listed appliances which meet the required quality standards, through supply chain strengthening, capacity building of market actors and financial incentives for retailing through Last Mile Distributers (LMD).
Interested parties can download the EOI template from practicalaction.org/careers or send an email request for the form. The application cover letter should be marked as “EOI for listing of Efficient Electric Cooking Appliances” and sent to [email protected], no later than 17:00 hrs, Friday, 15th November 2024
The applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Practical Action reserves all rights to accept or reject the applications without any information.