Expression of Interest invited for Training of Youth as Accounts Executives & Business Correspondents under ADB funded SHCDM project

Shilong : Human capital development has been one of the top priorities of the Government of Meghalaya (GoM) with “education and skill development” as the cornerstone of development for enhancing people’s productivity and employability in the State. To achieve the objectives of quality and equitable human development, the Government of Meghalaya has been implementing the ‘Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya (SHCDM)’ project with the support of Asian Development Bank (ADB) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) sponsored project “Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya” (SHCDM) aims to enhance the employability of Meghalaya’s youth by improving quality, delivery and access to Secondary and Higher Secondary (SHS) education, technical and vocational skills training across the 11 Districts of Meghalaya. It intends to build awareness among Meghalaya’s youth about the benefits of education and vocational training.

The project will help in creating an enabling environment for inclusive growth through the following outputs:
Output 1: Improved teaching and learning in government-aided SHS schools
Output 2: Increased capacity and responsiveness of technical and vocational education and training
Output 3: Increased awareness and participation
Output 4: Improved project management and monitoring and evaluation

Meghalaya State Skills Development Society (MSSDS) under its initiative Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya (SHCDM) with support of ADB Loan No. 3033 IND Package No. DOF/SHCDM/SCF-PKG-103 103 “Training of Meghalaya Youth as Accounts Executives & Business Correspondents” hereby invites eligible National Consultancy Firms/ Institutions to submit Expression of Interest (EOIs) to execute training and placement under lump-sum contract for INR 1.45 Crore for 12 months duration.

Through this EOI, the GoM envisages to select a firm as per Guidelines in “The Use of Consultants by Asian Development Bank and its Borrowers”. The following sections of this RFP present the Scope of Work (SoW) envisaged for the STP for imparting Skill Training under the ambit of this project. The business requirements and the SoW described in the subsequent sections are indicative and at broad level only.

The Department of Finance (DOF) is the Executing Agency (EA) for the project. The Department of Education (DOE), Meghalaya State Skill Development Society (MSSDS), Department of Labor (DOL) and Public Works Department (PWD) are the four Implementing Agencies (IA) for the project. The four IAs and have been designated as Project Implementation Units i.e. PIU-1, PIU-2, PIU-3 and PIU-4 respectively.

The project is supported by 3 consulting firms ( Accenture, LEA Associates and Aide-et-Action ) for carrying out various functions for supporting GOM and ADB in implementing the project.

As part of this project, a dedicated Skills Challenge Fund (SCF) has been established and vested with MSSDS for meeting the cost of conducting the required Skill Training Programs. The SCF will provide MSSDS a flexible modality to encourage participation of private sector skills training providers for imparting employment linked and demand driven skills training programs to 30,000 unemployed youths.

This project aims at achieving the following goals:

a. Transforming the unskilled and unemployed youth of the State by providing employable skills and linking them to employment generation activities;
b. Transforming the unemployed workforce to gain self-employment through entrepreneurial skill trainings;
c. Arresting the migration of educated and potential entrepreneurs by incentivizing them to work or start enterprises in the state, so that the enterprises can provide opportunities for wage employment to local people; and
d. Gearing up for an economic progress in the state by focusing on the multiple sectors and providing skilled manpower.

Interested Organizations may refer Eligibility Criteria (Click Here to Download), Terms of Reference (Click Here to Download) and other important details like CQS (Click Here to Download)

The interested Consultancy Firms/ Institutions may submit their EOI online at ADB Consultant Selection Recruitment Notice (CSRN) website http://cms.adb.org in accordance with the instructions contained therein and EOI document. All other form of submissions including hard copy will not be considered for evaluation. The project details and scope of work for this programme are available in the EOI document.

The deadline for the submission of EOIs was on 19thDecember 2018 but has been extended to the 3rd of January 2018.

Executive Director,
Meghalaya State Skills Development Society (MSSDS)
Tel. No-+91-364-2502243 Email: mssds2012@gmail.com

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