Publication Date: 3 September 2026
As part of the implementation of the SAFE-MIT Project, Youth Empowerment Society (YES) invites qualified experts or consulting firms to submit applications for the following consultancy assignment:
Expert or Consulting Firm for the Development of a 3-Year Institutional Strategy for Youth Empowerment and Prevention of Irregular Migration and Human Trafficking Risks
This assignment aims to develop a practical, coherent, and results-oriented three-year institutional strategy for Youth Empowerment Society (YES), with a particular focus on youth empowerment and the prevention of risks associated with irregular migration and human trafficking.
The strategy will provide YES with a clear institutional direction for the next three years and strengthen its capacity to design, implement, monitor, and sustain programmes responding to the needs of young people, particularly those exposed to socioeconomic vulnerability, irregular migration, exploitation, and human trafficking risks.
The selected expert or consulting firm will conduct a structured institutional and contextual assessment based on a review of relevant documents and online consultations with the YES team and selected stakeholders. The assignment will examine, among other areas:
YES’s institutional identity, mandate, values, and strategic positioning.
The internal and external environment affecting the organization’s work.
The needs, vulnerabilities, and aspirations of young people in the target areas.
The principal drivers and risks associated with irregular migration and human trafficking.
YES’s organizational capacities, strengths, gaps, and development needs.
Relevant institutional, civil-society, training, employment, protection, and referral ecosystems.
Opportunities for partnerships, resource mobilization, advocacy, and programme development.
Strategic priorities and intervention areas for the next three years.
Institutional governance, programme quality, communication, learning, and sustainability.
Monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning arrangements.
Based on the assessment, the consultant will develop a comprehensive three-year institutional strategy defining YES’s strategic vision, priorities, objectives, expected results, intervention areas, implementation arrangements, indicators, risks, and resource requirements.
The strategy must be realistic, adaptable, and aligned with the Moroccan context and with relevant national and international frameworks relating to youth empowerment, socioeconomic inclusion, safe migration, protection, and the prevention of human trafficking.
The assignment will be implemented entirely remotely through document review, online consultations, and remote review and validation sessions.
The assignment does not include field visits, in-person meetings, field verification, direct consultations with beneficiaries, institutional audits, external evaluations, or project impact assessment.
The geographical focus of the strategy will include Salé, Témara–Skhirat, Kénitra, Khémisset, and Sidi Kacem.
Duration: 15 working days.
The 15 working days refer exclusively to the expert’s or consulting firm’s working time. Periods allocated to YES for reviewing and commenting on draft deliverables will not be counted as consultancy working days. YES will review each interim deliverable within a maximum of one business day.
Main Deliverables
The assignment will produce the following deliverables, in Arabic only:
An inception report presenting the confirmed methodology, detailed work plan, document-review framework, online consultation plan, and proposed structure of the strategy.
An institutional and contextual diagnostic report covering the internal and external environment, organizational capacities, stakeholder ecosystem, youth-related needs, and risks associated with irregular migration and human trafficking.
A three-year institutional strategic framework defining the institutional vision, mission, values, strategic priorities, objectives, expected results, intervention areas, and strategic approaches.
A three-year implementation plan presenting the main activities, responsibilities, implementation periods, expected outputs, indicators, required resources, and partnership arrangements.
A monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning framework, including results indicators, data sources, reporting arrangements, learning mechanisms, and review processes.
A risk-management and sustainability framework addressing institutional, operational, financial, partnership, protection, and contextual risks.
A resource-mobilization and partnership framework identifying potential funding opportunities, strategic partnerships, and institutional-development priorities.
A remote review and validation record, including consolidated feedback from YES and a response matrix documenting the revisions made.
The final approved three-year institutional strategy and its accompanying implementation tools, submitted in editable and PDF formats.
Required Profile
Applicants may apply as individual experts or consulting firms. They should demonstrate:
An advanced university degree, preferably a Master’s degree or equivalent, in strategic planning, organizational development, public policy, social sciences, development studies, migration studies, management, or a related field.
At least seven years of relevant professional experience in institutional strategy development, organizational assessment, strategic planning, or institutional development.
Proven experience in developing strategic plans for civil-society organizations, youth organizations, or development programmes.
Demonstrated knowledge of youth empowerment, socioeconomic inclusion, irregular migration, human trafficking, protection, or related areas.
Strong understanding of Morocco’s institutional, civil-society, youth, training, employment, migration, and social-protection ecosystems.
Demonstrated experience in results-based management, monitoring and evaluation, risk management, sustainability planning, and resource mobilization.
Strong online consultation, facilitation, analysis, and report-writing skills.
Excellent command of Arabic and the ability to prepare high-quality strategic documents in Arabic.
Availability to complete the assignment remotely within 15 working days.
Consulting firms or teams must clearly identify the proposed team members, their respective roles, the team leader, and the number of working days allocated to each expert.
Application Package
Applications must include the following documents:
An updated curriculum vitae for an individual applicant or the profiles of all proposed team members for a consulting firm.
A technical proposal demonstrating an understanding of the assignment and presenting the proposed methodology, remote consultation arrangements, quality-assurance measures, division of responsibilities, and a detailed 15-working-day work plan.
A lump-sum financial proposal in Moroccan dirhams, clearly indicating applicable taxes and all costs related to document review, online consultations, analysis, drafting, revisions, remote validation, and final delivery.
Examples of at least two similar assignments completed by the applicant, preferably related to institutional strategy, youth empowerment, migration, protection, or organizational development.
A declaration of availability during the proposed implementation period and disclosure of any actual or potential conflict of interest.
The technical proposal must clearly distinguish between the expert’s or consulting firm’s working days and the periods allocated to YES for reviewing and approving the deliverables.
The financial proposal must be inclusive of all taxes and costs associated with the remote implementation of the assignment. No separate reimbursement will be provided for travel, accommodation, or per diem expenses.
Submission Process
Complete application packages may be submitted through either of the following methods:
1. Submission by email
Applications may be sent to:
The email subject line must include the title of the consultancy assignment:
Application – 3-Year Institutional Strategy – SAFE-MIT
2. Hard-copy submission
Applications may also be delivered in a sealed envelope to the following address:
Youth Empowerment Society (YES)
Quartier Salam, Rue Bir Anzaran
2nd Floor, Apartment No. 6, Building No. 179
Tiflet 15400, Morocco
The envelope must indicate the title of the consultancy assignment:
Application – 3-Year Institutional Strategy – SAFE-MIT
Applicants may use either submission method. Submission through both channels is not required.
Application deadline: 4 October 2026.
Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
Youth Empowerment Society reserves the right to contact shortlisted applicants for an interview. YES also reserves the right not to select any proposal or to relaunch the call for applications, where appropriate.
Terms of Reference
Applicants can review and download the complete Terms of Reference through the following link:
