Determination of the similarity of the experiences will be based on:

A.	The contracts size: value of equal to or above USD 300,000 (excl.taxes)

AND

B.	The nature of the Services: 
I.	Stakeholder engagement with women association, women businesses and gender lead agencies
II.	Similar gender-based economic resilience interventions 
III.	Capacity building programme for women 
AND

C.	The Technical area of Expertise:
IV.	Socio-economic inclusiveness
V.	Market systems Promotion 
VI.	Trade Facilitation 

AND
D.	The Location : English-speaking developing countries.
NB: For an experience to be considered “similar”, it must: (A) have a value of at least USD 300,000 (excl. taxes), (B) include services involving one or a combination of several of the aforementioned services (I, II, III), (C) cover one or a combination of the aforementioned technical areas of Expertise (IV,V or VI), (D) having been delivered in an English-speaking developing country, and have been completed within the past 7 years.
In order to be potentially considered in the Shortlist, the Applicant must provide past experiences fulfilling criteria A (contract size) and D (location). Taken together, these experiences must cover all the sub-criteria listed in B and C. Should one of the sub-criteria listed in B and C not be covered by a similar experience, the Applicant will not be considered in the Shortlist.