Deadline: 11-Apr-23
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is accepting proposals to implement the E-Work project which has the output “Graduates in Gaza, particularly youth and women, have improved technical and freelancing skills demanded in the digital sector”.
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Objectives
Therefore, through this intervention, UNDP aims for the following:
- Strengthening capacities of 385 unemployed graduates, at least 50% of whom will be women, through a well-designed technical training in freelancing
- 290 of the trained graduates, 50% women, are reporting that the job opportunity has positively influenced, to some extent, at least one aspect of their lives.
- 270 of the trained graduates, 50% women, are reporting that the training at least has increased, to some extent, their skills and possibilities for finding job opportunities.
- 270 of the trained graduates, 50% women, obtained their first job/ work assignment on the online platform (disaggregated by gender).
- The trained graduates, 50% women, obtained at least 1350 jobs/work assignments generated through online platforms.
- Ability to link this short-term intervention to longer-term job opportunities. Ability to ensure and effective selection process and bridging different capacity gaps through tailored trainings.
Duration/ Timeline
- The agreement will be for an initial period of 12 months and can be extended, contingent on the good performance of the selected partner, for another two years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs); Civil Society Organizations (CSOs); International Non-governmental organizations (INGOs); or Private companies that has its constitution assigning any profit gains from the project to social responsibility.
- Be clear of any conflict of interest whether in relation to UNDP, national and local authorities, or to potential partners or sub-contractors. Applicants must provide a signed ‘no conflict-of-interest statement’, filling in the provided form.
- Registered in accordance with the national legislation.
- No consistent history of court/arbitral award decisions against the bidder for the last 3 years.
- Indicate the number of years of relevant experience of the:
- Non-governmental organizations (NGOs); Civil Society Organizations (CSOs); International Non-governmental organizations (INGOs); or Private companies that has its constitution assigning any profit gains from the project to social responsibility.
- Have at least 4 years of experience in managing and implementing technical and freelancing programmes
- The IP has implemented a minimum of two (2) similar projects.
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