RFP: Strategy Review

Project Background and Context

***UPDATE - SUBMISSION TIME UPDATED FROM 5PM PST Friday January 22nd to 5PM PST Thursday February 4th 5PM PST***

 The time is ripe for an agency-wide strategy review, as we conclude a year of unprecedented global upheaval. This is a year where there has also been much internal change within Mercy Corps itself - culminating in the arrival of a new CEO. The global environment we operate in is changing fundamentally and rapidly: conventional ways that INGOs operate are being challenged; the racial and social justice movement has illuminated uncomfortable truths about our industry’s colonial past; the long-term economic and social consequences of the pandemic have set back recent gains; the impacts of the climate crisis are already affecting everyday lives and livelihoods, especially the world’s most vulnerable; and multiple other stress factors will be of high negative impact to the communities we work with. There are multiple opportunities as well as challenges that these and other factors open up and we want to take time to step back and take a big picture look, rather than assuming that our current business model and strategic focus are resilient enough to carry us forward. We want to position ourselves for greater impact.

As a result of the above, Mercy Corps seeks to conduct a strategy review.