Deadline: 19-Jun-20
UNDP-India is seeking proposals from eligible bidders to “Implement and mentor the field components of the Business Enterprise Leadership and Management Programme”.
Objectives
The objective of the proposed assignment would be:
- Implement and mentor the field components of the Business Enterprise Leadership and Management. Programme (BELMP) for 30 social entrepreneurs with support from local development practitioners for the successful functioning of the programme.
- Mentor the social entrepreneurs to build their capacities – connect to markets, proposal development and identifying funding opportunities, and
- Support social entrepreneurs in training primary producers on natural fibre production and management.
Scope of Work
- Support in selection of social entrepreneurs and conducting the field training components for a six-month BELMP to 30 social entrepreneurs:
- The role of the service provider will be to work closely with UNDP and IIM, Shillong to select the social entrepreneurs and successfully impart the curriculum based on development of natural fibers and business management in the NER.The broad topics will cover the development of self for business- towards transformative mindset, entrepreneurial skills and develop business management, quality control practices, financial management, market access, access to finance etc.
- The Service Provider will ensure the smooth implementation of the curriculum by placing local development practitioners who will be certified as adjunct faculty after undergoing a seven-days training by the IIM Shillong.
- The curriculum will be developed as a Training of Trainers (TOT) as these social entrepreneurs will need to train the producers supplying the raw materials. The curriculum will be a duration of six-months with 14 days of class-room training sessions (conducted by the IIM Shillong) and 166 days of field training spread over six months (conducted by the mentoring agency).
- Monitor the training of 900 primary producers:
- Supervise and manage the training of 900 primary producers by social entrepreneurs based on the two
- day training developed by the IIM Shillong
- Handhold social entrepreneurs for scaling their enterprises:
- Provide handholding support to social entrepreneurs for scaling their enterprises through enhanced knowledge and skills on accessing financial capital by supporting in developing detailed project reports (DPR), sharing the foundations of their existing business plans, supporting with proposals to funding agencies and strategic assistance on scaling their business plans.
- Connect the social entrepreneurs to the banks for securing loans, engaging with the government schemes to understand the available benefits which they can apply for and avail, and connect to other sources of funding such as impact investment.
- Ensure social entrepreneurs get exposure to the market linkages available both nationally and internationally, along with facilitating the process for connecting to buyers, getting orders, and ensuring timely delivery for the same under the stipulated time period.
Outputs
It is expected that the agency would work towards achieving the following key outputs:
- Field training under the BELMP successfully imparted to 30 social entrepreneurs
- Deliver and manage all field components of the BELMP curriculum for 30 social entrepreneurs including 166 days of field training, in collaboration with the academic agency through trainers/local development practitioners, over sixmonths period.
- Undergo a seven-days TOT module with 10 local development practitioners to be adjunct faculty covering the content of Business Enterprise Leadership and Management Programme curriculum and understanding the management of the social entrepreneurs through facilitation workshops, practicum and reflection workshops and field training components.
- Manage and plan all logistical arrangements during the mini-MBA programme such as travel and accommodation for social entrepreneurs, venue for reflection workshops, coordinating with FPOs/CFCs/ business offices for field training components.
- Overseeing, plan and assess reflection workshops with IIM Shillong with specified tasks for the social entrepreneurs to present at each reflection workshop on the field
- Training of 900 primary producers would be managed and supervised closely:
- Conduct 50 two-day primary producer trainings.
- Manage and plan all logistical arrangements during the two-day primary producer trainings (approximately 50 trainings) such as travel and accommodation for social entrepreneurs, venue for two-day training, coordinating with primary producers for attending the training.
- Monitoring and sending field level assessments of all the social entrepreneurs to the academic agency
- Capacity building of social entrepreneurs that would enable them to scale their business
- Two exposure visits within the country for social entrepreneurs and primary producers conducted and reports of visits prepared.
- Support in bank credit linkages, market linkages and government scheme linkages to the social entrepreneurs.
Duration
The programme duration will be of 30 months from signing of contract.
Eligibility Criteria
The following areas of expertise are deemed necessary:
- At least 05 years of experience of working in livelihood and value chain sector.
- In-depth understanding and proven experience of atleast 05 years in mentoring and incubating social enterprises.
- At least one partnership with reputed academic institution to support social entrepreneurs.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=66602