Request for Proposals for Supporting the Accelerator model and Curriculum/tool development for UNCDF in Malaysia: UNCDF seeks a consulting firm with relevant experience in innovation and design approaches for financial inclusion to support the accelerator model and curriculum/tool development for it´s programmes in Malaysia, This assigment entails 

1. Refining the strategy process, including structuring the problem statement and application/selection process for the first open cohort delivered in form of a document

2. Developing curriculum/tools for the design sprint, that could be deployed for open cohort and corporate. Please note, in some context design sprints are also referred to boot-camp, hackathon, hence the usage is similar.

3. Developing curriculum/tools for the accelerator/pre-accelerator phase (spread for max 4 months)

4. Technical assistance (delivery) of sessions/workshops under the design sprint and accelerator phase for two differently focus accelerators.

Proposals may be submitted on or before 6 September 2018 and via email to the address below: [email protected]

Contact Person for inquiries (written inquiries only). [email protected]

Background: UNCDF’s objective in Malaysia is to help drive financial health using an innovation approach, that results in deeper financial inclusion and an increase in the adult population actively using financial services. To do this, we are implementing an innovation engagement approach that focuses on driving usage of financial services, working on various use-cases where technology plays a key part and that overall results in financial health as a key outcome.

 This drive towards usage involves working on two key areas:

• working with established providers by exposing them to new models of solving problems, particularly crowding in solutions across start-ups or individuals
• working with startups to create digital financial products to solve use-cases that can drive customers to actively consume (more) financial services