Deadline: 21 September 2017
The Nepal country office of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new programme to support Nepalese youth to access gainful employment in Nepal or through migration.
The contract will be awarded for a period of 4 years (maximum available budget – £17 million) – with the option to extend for up to 24 months (with a maximum available indicative budget for the extension period of £8.5 million), dependent upon the requirement and at DFID’s discretion – and will comprise of a five-month Inception Phase, nineteen-month Pilot Phase and a two year Scale Up Phase. There will be break points after both the Inception phase and after the Pilot Phase.
The project will support women and other disadvantaged groups to access both formal sector and informal sector jobs at home and abroad.
Areas of Impact
The project is to contribute equally to the following three areas of Impact:
- Job-rich transformational growth: it will contribute to an increase in the share of GDP by 2030 in key sectors for structural transformation (manufacturing, high value services such as tourism and ICT, commercial agriculture and hydropower) by making these sectors more competitive for export through filling skills gaps.
- Holding pattern growth: the majority of Nepalis will remain dependent on the informal sector and migration for a long time to come, so the project will also contribute to increasing jobs, productivity and incomes in the informal sector and migrant work.
- Leave no one behind: youth are expected to be a major beneficiary of the programme and their specific targeting will be developed during the inception phase.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply using DFID supplier portal.
Eligible Country: Nepal
For more information, please visit DFID.
