UNDP: Women Entrepreneurship Training in Iraq

Deadline: 13-Oct-22

UNDP requests you to submit proposals for the provision of Women Entrepreneurship Training in Kirkuk Governorate – Iraq.

Objectives

The main goal is to get a technical and financial proposal from an experienced capacity building service provider to conduct Women Entrepreneurship Training courses. The program is intended to improve the capacity of government personnel in various directorates of Kirkuk Province. The key target groups are official governmental employees who work in different directories in Kirkuk governorate.

Scope of Service

• The Service Provider must ensure tight collaboration with UNDP prior to conduct the program.
• The concept of the Training Course, detailed schedule and deliverables shall be agreed upon in advance.
• The training location (s) is/ are distributed within Kirkuk governorate; the service providers are required to conduct the training in the agreed location.
• The service provider must contact all participants and advise on the location, date, and time of the training session in order to ensure their availability. The UNDP Technical Training Experts (TTE’s) will supply the service provider with a list of participants, including their contact numbers and work descriptions.
• The service provider must contact all participants in advance to make sure the participants bring their own laptops. If not, the service provider must provide the participants with laptops and software on loan and returned to the service provider after completion of the training program.
• The service provider shall provide the required software throughout the training course and support participants in the software installation procedure.
• The Training program shall be delivered in Arabic and/or English language for the purpose of the lectures and materials.
• The training program materials shall be subject to the agreed format with UNDP.
• The service provider must evaluate the participants prior to start of the training course and at the end of the course as well through pre-test and post-test
• The lecturer is required to adjust the training course based on the level of trainees.
• Training program shall be conducted in an interactive way, bringing real-life examples.
• Training should be dynamic and hands-on practice, with a focus on participation and interaction. The service provider shall provide the participants with Pre-assignment, exercises, and group projects to help participants to follow up and practice more.
• The training of the whole package should be illustrated through real example projects and videos.
• The Trainer should allocate half an hour to review the topics covered in the previous day.
• The service provider must be presented at targeted location by 8 am and start giving the lectures by or before 9 am.
• The participants are government employees who work on the infrastructure projects implemented in areas liberated from ISIS. Updated and detailed information will be provided to the service provider upon their request.
• For the training program, the number of participants could change from 10% to 20 %.
• The service provider must allocate two persons for the following duties:
  • Preparing an attendance list for recording the participants along with their signatures on daily basis.
  • Contact the directorates’ focal points and participants in advance to advice on the course name, time, location and any other important information related to the program. Sending daily and weekly reports to the UNDP.

Eligibility Criteria

• Qualifications of the Successful Service Provider
  • The service provider must:
    • Be a company, institute, NGO or educational firm specialized in Capacity Development Training.
    • Have a proper management structure for planning, conducting assessments, evaluations,
    • monitoring, and managing the implementation of the training course.
    • Have worked with international organizations, financial institutions, and government agencies.
    • Select the potential lecturers for the respective area specified in the proposal with their CVs. Only accepted lectures by UNDP will be finally included in the call of contract.
    • Or in the case of assigning other trainers who are not listed in the proposal, prior approval is required by UNDP.
    • The organization has a policy in place to protect participants from Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA).
• The service provider offers trainers with following qualifications and experiences:
  • The Service provider offers trainers with the following qualifications and experiences.
    • A minimum of 5 years’ experience in: Business development, Start-ups, entrepreneurship specially for women.
    • The Trainer must have a minimum of a master’s degree in any of the following field: MBA, Business, Management, or any business school related degree.
    • Experience in developing course materials and delivering training specially for women.
    • Official Certified Trainer (TOTs) will be preferred.
  • In the case of assigning other trainers who are not listed in the proposal, prior approval by UNDP is required
• Institutional Agreement
  • UNDP’s Technical Training Experts (TTEs) will be the focal points with service provider during the Service.
  • The service provider shall consult with UNDP office earlier in case they need to contact Governmental Directorates in Kirkuk during and before the Service.
  • The service provider shall be responsible for the logistics of the training course sessions including Laptops, software and any related items in order to run the program smoothly.
  • The service provider shall be responsible for obtaining Iraqi’s visas for their trainers to attend the program.
  • The service provider shall not execute the intellectual property rights on the submitted report and training materials used by UNDP.
  • The training service provider shall maintain the proper documentation process, assessment, evaluation and quality of the training courses through a standard template.

For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=96113