Deadline: 25-Apr-22
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) kindly request you to submit your Proposal for the recruitment of a Civil Society Organization (CSO) / community-based youth organization or association to strengthen the technical and managerial capacity through hands-on pieces of training and mentorship of fifty (50) youth start-ups from five councils in the northwest region of Cameroon.
Description of the mission: The selected Civil Society Organization CSO or Service Organization (SO) will provide technical expertise in theidentification of pecuniary feasible entrepreneurial vocations/opportunities in the Region. Theorganization will also carry out the selection, training, and mentorship of the beneficiaries. Training and mentorship will focus on enhancing business skills with cognitive and affective measures such as business management techniques, business intelligence, business performance, business IT, Partnership Development, and opportunity recognition; to behavioural measures such as start-up behavior, entrepreneurial attitudes, and self-esteem amongst others. The CSO or SO will assist the trainees to develop feasible business plans that will be validated for funding by an ad hoc committee.The CSO or SO will then establish a mentorship strategy that will run for two (02) months to ensure full business insertion of the mentees.
Objectives
To recruit one Civil Society Organization CSO or Service Organization (SO)to support youths by imparting Knowledge and skills intended to create jobs, increase innovations, raise competition, respond to changing economic opportunities and trends,and fight social and financial exclusion of the youths. This will promote a full, productive, freely chosen employment and decent work which are vital to promoting peace, preventing crises, enabling recovery, and building resilience.
Specific objectives
- Identify and prioritize the most pecuniary feasible entrepreneurial opportunities in the Region.
- Train fifty (50) selected motivated youths who exhibit nascent entrepreneurial attitudes (at least 30% girls and 5% people living with disability) to acquire key business capabilities.
- Assist beneficiaries in developing their business ideas (business plans) and identify needed resources.
- Assist in resourcesallocation (financial and material) needed to start a business (start-up kits)
- Establish a mentorship strategy for the early business development stage for the beneficiaries (characterized by market entry and efforts to address the operational problems faced).
- Produce and transmit progress/evaluation reports to UNDP.
Duration: 6 months
Expected Results
- The most pecuniary feasible entrepreneurial vocations/ opportunities in the Region are Identified and prioritized.
- Fifty(50) beneficiaries have acquired key business capabilities to establish and manage start-up businesses.
- Fifty(50) beneficiaries present developed feasible business ideas (validated business plans) to be funded.
- Start-up kits (financial and material) are distributed to the 50 beneficiaries with approved business plans.
- A mentorship strategy for the early business development stage for the beneficiaries (characterized by market entry and efforts to address the operational problems faced) is put in place.
- Progress/evaluation reports are produced and transmitted to UNDP including possible areas of adjustment and lessons learned.
Eligibility Criteria
- Administrative criteria
- Justifying a legal existence as a Service Organization or Civil Society Organization in Cameroon
- Have the legal personality for the exercise recognized by the Government or the Administrative Authorities.
- Have an office or training facility with minimum basic facilities.
- Copy of bank Attestation.
- Location plan of office
- Technical criteria
- Have at least 5 years of experience in the field of Entrepreneurship training/ business mentorship in the Region.
- Justify with elements, training tools, and materials, training photos as evidence.
- Should have staff with the requisite qualifications (expertise required) in relation to Entrepreneurship training/ business mentoring (Add the list of staff, CVs, and diplomas)
- Experience with national, international, and donor organizations
- Prove of successful execution of at least two (02) donor-sponsored projects.
- Inclusive gender-diverse staffing (workplace).
- Women headed or dominated Service Organizations or Civil Society Organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Language Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken the English language is required.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=90124