The Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) -South Africa Program recently contracted
GRM International Management Services (GRM) as a
Local Executing Agency (LEA) to establish and
manage the CIDA Program Support Unit (PSU) in
Pretoria for a period of 5 years.
The PSU is a
bilateral project of the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA).
The specific purpose of the PSU is to provide
timely and cost-effective
professional/technical, administrative and
logistical support in the planning,
implementation and monitoring of the South
Africa-Canada Development Cooperation Program.
The goal of the PSU is to increase the
efficiency and effectiveness of the Program.
The PSU is expected to achieve the following
project results:
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An enhanced field capacity to support the
CIDA-South Africa development cooperation
Program in terms of gender-sensitive data
gathering; Project planning and monitoring;
Logistics; Administration; Financial management;
Professional services; and, |
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An enhanced gender-sensitive support and advice
to: The CIDA Aid Section in Pretoria; Missions
from CIDA’s Africa Branch; Missions from other
CIDA branches and Canadian and local executing
agencies, officials and staff dealing with
Canadian development cooperation programs and
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Core activities for the PSU will mainly relate
to provision of Professional and Technical
Services and Administrative and Logistical
Services to the South Africa Program viz.
This focuses on providing ongoing technical
assistance, advice and recommendations on
program implementation on gender, HIV and AIDS
and Results Based Management (RBM), reviewing
partner reports, monitor and evaluate projects
within CIDA South Africa’s development program.
Facilitate and /or undertake research and
analyses, undertake capacity building on gender,
RBM and HIV and AIDS, participate in committees
and other key forums on a needs basis and
network with other partners. Report and share
with the CIDA team key issues on gender, HIV and
AIDS and RBM.
These will be categorized under
the following five headings:
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Research, information and analysis |
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Representation on committees
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Program Development
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Program monitoring and evaluation
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Cross cutting issues
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Knowledge management
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Professional/Technical services will largely be
provided by the PSU Director, PSU Sector
Specialists, and by short-term consultants to be
contracted by the PSU with the approval of CIDA.
The PSU provides the following administrative
and logistical services in support of CIDA:
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Organizing missions and meeting
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Transport services
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Secretarial services
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Management and maintenance of office space and
communication facilities |
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The procurement of goods and services
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Contract administration and reporting |
Core Activities
These include all activities performed in
support of the CIDA South Africa Development
Cooperation Program. Clients in these instances
may include CIDA South Africa bilateral program
staff and CIDA officers based in the CHC, CIDA
Headquarters, Canadian Partnership Branch,
Multilateral Branch, Policy Branch, Performance
Review Branch, Evaluators and Auditors and
Service Branches. Other activities may, with the
approval of the HoA, be classified as core
activities for the PSU.
Non-Core Activities
Non-core activities are activities which are not
identified in the PSU Annual Work Plan and are
not funded under the PSU budget. Subject to the
approval of the HoA, if PSU resources are
available and they do not detract from the
effective implementation of core services, the
PSU may perform non-core activities.