Stakeholder Engagement Support

Contract Type: ConsultancyContract Duration: From Mid August 2026 to 30 November 2026Deadline to Submit a Candidacy: 7 August 2026, 11:59 PM CEST

CGIAR is seeking an experienced individual consultant or firm (hereafter “Consultant”) to provide targeted and time-bound coordination and facilitation support on stakeholder engagement as part of the development of CGIAR’s 2040 Strategy. The Consultant will work under the oversight of the CGIAR Strategy Task Team and its Work Stream 5 on Stakeholder Engagement to ensure strong stakeholder ownership of, commitment to, and support for the Strategy.

Background and context

CGIAR has embarked on a process to develop a comprehensive Strategy to 2040. Guided by the overarching question: “What do we want CGIAR to become?”; the proposed CGIAR Strategy drives clarity and alignment on CGIAR’s mission, vision, and strategic priorities to the year 2040. The Strategy aims to reposition CGIAR for greater relevance, effectiveness, and impact in a changing global context; and articulate CGIAR’s forward-looking value proposition and comparative advantage. The CGIAR Strategy is developed under the oversight of the CGIAR Board, the leadership of the CGIAR Executive Managing Director, and the guidance of CGIAR’s partnership-wide Global Leadership Team (GLT). A CGIAR Strategy Task Team, comprising representatives of all CGIAR Centers and the CGIAR System Organization, is responsible for the development of the Strategy through a transparent and inclusive co-design process.

In support of its Work Stream 5 on Stakeholder Engagement, the CGIAR Strategy Task Team seeks the Consultant to contribute towards an inclusive identification of stakeholder priorities, expectations, and perceptions; a deeper understanding of CGIAR’s real and perceived strategic positioning and comparative advantage; areas of convergence and divergence across different stakeholders and stakeholder groups; and a preliminary identification of continent- and region-specific interests that can inform future regional/continental strategies to operationalize the overarching CGIAR 2040 Strategy.