EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN BAIDOA
ILO
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Somalia
Description :
Organization: International Labour Organization
Country: Somalia
Closing date: 23 Apr 2017
1. Background
ILO seeks to support the economic reintegration of spontaneous and/or facilitated group returns to Somalia, and south central in particular, through a diversified livelihood and community-based approach. The project further supports the internally displaced people-IDPs. This approach aims to establish conditions that will enable returnees and their communities access their basic needs and restore their livelihoods with dignity. The project also contributes to peace building and reconciliation by reducing the conflicts between returnees, IDPs and host communities, caused by the high demand and limited livelihood opportunities which often undermine peace. Supporting returning refugees with adequate resources to re-start their lives is also crucial in reducing their vulnerability.
2. Objective
The overall development objective of the proposed project is: “to create viable employment-based reintegration livelihood opportunities for returnees, IDPs and the host communities”. It will do so by promoting and creating immediate employment opportunities, improving economic infrastructure and increasing access to and opportunities for self-employment. The project outcomes are:
Outcome 1: Employment opportunities created and economic infrastructure improved
Outcome 2: Business Management/Entrepreneurial skills developed
The successful bidder is required to provide the following services for the returns project:
- In coordination with relevant local stakeholders, conduct profiling for the final caseload for the returnees, IDPs and host community.
- Provide vocational training skills linked to specific recommended sectors under the ILO’s Baidoa assessment on value chain analysis and market opportunity mapping-(this assessment is on public domain) to 100 beneficiaries – The proposed vocational training should respond to the demands of the labour market. Based upon the collected labour market data, courses will be identified for skills in real demand in the local economies.
- Provide business/entrepreneurial skills using ILO tools to 100 beneficiaries based on ILO tools (e.g. Start and Improve Your Business)
- Provide cooperative training for those who have opted to join a cooperative.
- Provide access to wage employment through job placement schemes
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- Support young workers during initial wage employment period, including respect of work contract and a safe and healthy work environment
- Assist in the installation of new individual or cooperative businesses
- 4.0. Management of Services/Collaboration with Other Stakeholders
The services of the institutions will be managed by a designated ILO official, on the basis of an implementation agreement between ILO Somalia and the selected institutions. In addition to these Terms of Reference, the agreement will include details on the schedule for the services, components and workplan and budget. Notwithstanding the contractual basis and provisions, the institutions will coordinate activities closely with ILO programme staff at the field level, with ILO UN partners and with Local Authorities and Communities. In particular, the institution will seek to maintain existing contacts, develop new contacts and promote linkage between ILO and all relevant contacts at Community and Local Authority levels. The institutions will keep ILO informed of all aspects that may impact on the analysis/consultations, outputs and activities.
5.0 Work Programme and Reporting
The overall length of the work programme is 5 months. Within this overall work programme, the institutions will elaborate a detailed work programme covering all activities. The work programme will be adjusted on a monthly basis to confirm validity or reflect changes in the plan of action. The delivery of actual inputs of the institutions will be scheduled corresponding to the sub-project implementation/workplans. Payments will be made on the basis of the delivery of actual inputs, not on the overall timeframe.
6.0 Reporting
The institutions will submit reports at required intervals and final output reports. These requirements will be set out in the Implementation Agreement.
6.1 Weekly reports The institutions will submit a weekly brief of half a page with minimum of 4 photos from the beneficiaries. This short brief should detail the week’s progress of the training. This will be published in ILO’s media outlets for purposes project visibility.
How to apply :
7. All potential bidders should submit
- Organizational profile, including company registration, financial statement/Audit reports
- Well detailed proposal covering all areas of the services required – Including CVs of Trainers
- Detailed proposed budget
- Detailed work plans for the entire period of the training.
to hrsomalia@ilo.org on or before 23rd April 2017.
Any late application will not be accepted.