Deadline: 28 April 2017
The Nepal country office of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new programme Skills for Employment Programme (SEP) to support Nepalese youth to access gainful employment in Nepal or through migration.
The Programme will run for 4 years from contract award with an option to extend for a period of up to 12 months, dependent upon the requirement. It will consist of a five month Inception Phase, approximately one and a half years Pilot Phase and a two year Scale Up Phase.
The Impact Statement is “More productive and equitable vocational skills and migration systems improving the livelihoods of poor Nepalis”, and the Outcome Statement is “Young people, especially women and disadvantaged groups gainfully employed with higher wages and improved working conditions”.
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
Essentially 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, commercial agriculture and hydropower) by making these sectors more competitive particularly 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.
For more information, please visit DFID-SEP.