Terms of Reference Donor Mapping- PELUM Association

## About Trócaire

Trócaire is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland. Trócaire was established to express the concern of the Irish Catholic Church for any form of human need, but particularly for the needs and challenges faced by communities in the global south. Together with our partners, we work towards supporting women, men and communities for long-term change. In Ireland, we raise awareness about the causes of poverty through our outreach programmes in the education sector, through parish networks, and through our public campaigns and advocacy work.

More information about Trócaire is available at www.trocaire.org.

## Background and Context

PELUM Association is a regional network of over 280 civil society organizations operating across East, Central, and Southern Africa, working to promote participatory ecological land use management, agroecology, climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable livelihoods among smallholder farming communities. Established in 1995, the Association works through country chapters and member organizations to strengthen community resilience, advocate for sustainable food systems, and promote equitable and ecologically sustainable development.

With the growing global focus on climate action, biodiversity conservation, sustainable food systems, and locally led adaptation, there is an increasing opportunity for networks such as PELUM Association to strategically position themselves for diversified funding including climate financing opportunities that are in line the agroecology principles. Emerging financing mechanisms related to agroecology, resilience building, food systems transformation, and climate justice present significant opportunities for the Association. At the same time, the donor landscape continues to evolve, with increasing emphasis on localization, consortium-based programming, evidence-based advocacy, systems transformation, and institutional accountability. This necessitates a more strategic and coordinated approach to resource mobilization that aligns organizational priorities with current and emerging donor interests.

As part of Trócaire’s network strengthening initiative, the organisation is seeking a consultant to support PELUM to undertake a donor mapping exercise to identify strategic funding opportunities, partnership prospects, and financing trends relevant to its thematic priorities and regional mandate. The exercise will explore funding opportunities linked to climate financing, agroecology, , biodiversity conservation, and sustainable food systems transformation. The findings from the donor mapping exercise will inform the review and revision of the existing Resource Mobilization Strategy and accompanying Action Plan to ensure they are responsive to the current funding environment, organizational priorities, and the long-term sustainability aspirations of the Association. The exercise will also support PELUM association is developing templates/guidance for developing an organisation capacity statement/s and other communications/materials to support fundraising.

## Purpose of the Consultancy

The purpose of this consultancy is to support PELUM Association in strengthening its strategic resource mobilization and donor engagement approaches through:

- Conducting a comprehensive donor mapping exercise aligned to the Association’s thematic priorities and regional mandate, with a complementary analysis of feasible alternative funding streams (e.g., consultancy and advisory services, fee-based training and learning products, commissioned research/services, and network-based revenue options) that could diversify PELUM’s income.
- Reviewing and revising the existing Resource Mobilization Strategy and accompanying Action Plan based on the findings and recommendations emerging from the donor mapping exercise.
- Support PELUM association in drafting of innovative, compelling capacity statements that can support proposal/concept development

## Scope of Work

The consultant(s) will undertake the following tasks:

- Analyse the donor and funding landscape relevant to agroecology, climate resilience, sustainable food systems, biodiversity conservation, and community-led development programming.
- Map out donor priorities, funding trends, partnership modalities, eligibility requirements, and geographic and thematic focus areas.
- Identify and profile strategic funding opportunities and climate financing mechanisms relevant to the Association.
- Identify opportunities for consortium building, strategic partnerships, and collaborative programming.
- Review the existing resource mobilization strategy and action plan and assess their alignment with the current donor landscape.
- Revise and strengthen the RM Strategy and Action Plan to improve donor positioning, funding diversification, partnership engagement, and institutional