1. Background

The Center for Budgetary Governance Advocacy (CBGA) is a local civil society organization based in Addis Ababa that works to advance fiscal transparency, accountability and gender-responsive budgeting. CBGA is implementing the project “Advancing Gender Equity and Transparency in Budgetary Governance in Addis Ababa.”

A central output of the project is a Gender Budget Scorecard that analyses City and Woreda budgets in Addis Ababa through a gender lens. CBGA is seeking a qualified Finance Expert (individual consultant or firm) to lead the data collection, analysis and drafting of this Scorecard.

2. Objective of the Assignment

To produce a rigorous, evidence-based Gender Budget Scorecard that examines how Addis Ababa City Administration and selected Woreda budgets allocate resources relevant to gender equity, over a three-year period (FY 2023/24 to FY 2025/26), and to present clear findings and actionable recommendations.

3. Scope of Work

Under the guidance of the Project Manager, the consultant will:

• Collect budget documents and related fiscal data from the Addis Ababa Bureau of Finance and selected 3 Woreda finance office.
• Organise and process the collected budget documents using the project’s AI-assisted document-analysis tools (OCR and keyword scanning), which will be made available to the consultant.
• Conduct a variance analysis across at least eight (8) priority budget lines, together with a three-year trend analysis (FY 2023/24–FY 2025/26).
• Analyse the data through a gender lens and develop the analytical content of the Gender Budget Scorecard, including findings, disaggregated insights and recommendations.
• Present preliminary findings to an expert validation workshop of five (5) public finance specialists and incorporate their feedback.
• Support CBGA in finalising the Scorecard for publication.

4. Deliverables and Timeline

Deliverables are:

Payment will be linked to satisfactory acceptance of deliverables, on a schedule to be agreed in the contract.