Deadline: 10-Jul-22
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is pleased to announce a call for proposals from non-profit Business Development Service providers to support the roll-out of Gender and Entrepreneurship Together (GET Ahead) training to farmer groups producing sesame and cassava in West Nile, Uganda.
The PROPSPECTS programme has supported training of 247 GET Ahead ‘candidate’ trainers who are expected to train host community and refugee farmers engaged in sesame and cassava production. The 247 ‘candidate’ trainers are composed of 201 village agents and 46 staff from the 10 lead enterprises. The ILO is looking for a Business Development Service Provider to supervise and quality control these ‘candidate’ trainers as they roll-out GET Ahead training to 4,000 refugee and host community farmers over a period of six months and recommend successful ‘candidates’ for certification as trainers.
The programme targets women and men with basic and low literacy levels and seeks to give them the necessary support to start and or consolidate small businesses. The GET Ahead materials use the Business Plan as a practical way of making sense of the importance of business and management skills as well as soft skills that empower women to overcome complex social norms and gender-based discrimination.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide a team of 10 Lead GET Ahead Trainers to undertake the assignment, taking into account the gender and disability composition of the team.
- Establish the training needs of the refugee and host community farmers (entrepreneurs) and support the ‘candidate’ trainers to develop a training schedule that meets farmers’ time availability to attend the training. The training schedule, including days and schedules, should be developed in consultation with the targeted farmers to ensure effective participation.
- In collaboration with the ‘candidate’ trainers, organize GET Ahead training manuals and other materials required for effective running of the training in a community setting.
- Work with the ‘candidate’ trainers to identify appropriate training venues (including within the refugee settlement areas), putting into consideration proximity and accessibility of the venues to the farmers.
- Prepare a plan and oversee training of 4,000 farmers (entrepreneurs) by ‘candidate’ trainers in Arua, Madi-Okollo and Terego districts.
- Ensure trainings are implemented in a way that is gender sensitive and in line with the needs and realities of the farmers.
- Monitor the candidate trainers to ensure that they deliver the training to refugees and host communities to the required standards.
- Prepare a training report following the training of refugee and host community farmers (entrepreneurs) and recommend the successful ‘candidates’ for certification as trainers. The compiled report should include profiles of the farmers including, name, age, gender, disability, host community/refugee and location
- Share recommendations from the GET Ahead training including potential linkages of the trainers to local organizations and possible interest of local organizations in the GET Ahead Training.
- Prepare and submit detailed accountability for the funds received.
Duration: The assignment will undertaken between August 1, 2022 and January 30, 2023.
Deliverables
- An inception report with a detailed workplan, including measures that will be taken to deliver the training in a community setting with schedules that are favorable to farmers.
- A technical progress report when at least half of the ToEs have been conducted.
- Technical end of assignment report, with recommendations of successful candidates for certification. The report should also include profiles of the farmers trained, stating name, age, gender, disability, host community/refugee and geographical location.
- Financial report, accompanied by receipts for services used during the implementation of this assignment.
For more information, visit https://www.ilo.org/global/programmes-and-projects/prospects/countries/uganda/WCMS_849822/lang–en/index.htm