Deadline: 28 May 2020
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is inviting you to submit a Request for Proposal (RFP) for Providing a series of training sessions on business ideas origination, startups and business plans development in Luhansk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts .
Objectives
- The overall objective of this assignment is to strengthen the capacity and to enhance the overall entrepreneurial activity of IDPs and the local population of the GCAs of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts and selected rayons of Zaporizhzhia oblast. For this purpose, the Contractor shall develop and deliver 31 training sessions on business ideas origination, startups and business plans development for IDPs and local population in the target areas.
- The training shall contribute to the achievement of the following learning objectives:
- Objective 1: Participants have increased their knowledge of how to start a business in Ukraine, what the perspective areas of business activity in the target regions are and what the benefits of selfemployment/entrepreneurship
- Objective 2: Participants have improved their skills to develop a business plan, register and conduct entrepreneurial activity and effectively operate a private entity in line with requirements of applicable Ukrainian law and regulations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organization/company officially registered in Ukraine for at least 3 years;
- Experience in the organization and management of business training programmes (at least two programmes);
- Experience in the implementation or training programmes with a total number of trainees over 200 people.
- Team Leader/Project Manager:
- Master’s (or equivalent) degree in Economy, Finance, Public Administration, Management, Entrepreneurship or related field;
- Minimum 3 years of professional experience in project management and/ team management,
- Minimum 3 years of experience and implementation of at least 3 projects/programmes/provision of business training services;
- Excellent reporting skills (reference to at least 1 open source report should be provided);
- Excellent knowledge of Ukrainian and Russian. At least working knowledge of English would be considered as an asset.
- Project Assistant:
- Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in Economy, Finance, Public Administration, Management, Entrepreneurship or related field;
- Minimum 2 years of professional experience in administrative support of training and educational projects;
- Experience on the hotline or in multi-crowded projects would be considered as an asset;
- Excellent knowledge of Ukrainian and Russian. Knowledge of English would be considered as an asset.
- Trainer (6 people):
- Bachelor’s (or higher) degree followed by at least 5 years of relevant experience in the field of business and entrepreneurship training development and delivery;
- Sound knowledge and proven experience in training business origination, MSME finance, management and operations, at least 10 training sessions conducted;
- Proven experience in developing training curriculums, publications, handout materials and manuals related to business, MSME activity and administration;
- Excellent knowledge of Ukrainian and Russian. Excellent public speaking skills (records of trainings or links to such records to be provided if available).
Documents
- A letter of interest/letter of offer, which outlines previous experience in implementing similar programmes and competitive advantages of the applicant company;
- A work plan with the proposed work schedule indicating the persons responsible for each area of activity;
- Communication strategy and plan for dissemination of information about the training programme via different media channels;
- Description of communication tools available for interaction with applicants; Brief description of the application and selection process;
- Procedure for evaluation of the training programme including reporting process and quality control measures;
- Personal CVs of the Project Team, including information about past experience in similar projects / assignments;
- At least 2 reference letters for the company from the previous customers/clients/partners reflecting the nature of projects implemented, their results and the role of the applicant;
- At least 1 reference letter for each trainer from the previous customers and former employers.
For more information, visit https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_notice.cfm?notice_id=65866