PROJECT BACKGROUND

The Ministry of Security and Social Development (MoSD) is implementing the "BUILDING CAPACITY FOR INCLUSIVE SERVICE DELIVERY" (BCISD) project in partnership with the African Development Bank. A Programme Implementation Unit (PIU) established inside the Ministry of Welfare and Social Security manages the project.

The ILO is taking responsibility under the AfDB-MoSD programme for the realisation of major parts of the programme's third outcome: Sustainable community-based safety-net platforms in North Kordufan and White Nile (CAPISUD Sub-project). Below is a summary of ILO CAPISUD project;

PROJECT EXPECTED RESULTS

TREE ACTION PROGRAMME

TRAINING FOR RURAL ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT (TREE)

TREE is a methodology adopted to achieve project result (1). TREE is an ILO methodology for promoting the economic empowerment of the rural poor. TREE seeks to empower the rural poor by:

• Helping them to increase their ability to effectively use their knowledge and skills in the environment where they live and work;
• Providing them with additional skills and other support needed to increase incomes and productivity, and to improve living conditions;
• Providing communities with opportunities to contribute to, benefit from collective action, and develop on their own.

TREE ACTION PROGRAMMES

The project’s TREE ACTION PROGRAMMES are a number of vocational and employability-training programmes based on the identified promising economic opportunities studies conducted by the project (output 1.2 below). The project will implement these programmes through different technical specialised implementing partners. This TOR is the subject of cheese production as one of the identified economic opportunities in target areas.

TREE Action Programmes focus on trainings delivery and post-training support (Outputs 1.3 and 1.5 below), while linking beneficiaries with ILO Result (2): entrepreneurial skills development.

ILO CAPISUD Project Result (1) Outputs:

ASSIGNMENT SCOPE

ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVES

• Implementation of TREE Action programme for training and labour market integration in Cheese productionfor 100beneficiaries in the White Nile state, by reaping the economic potential of the sector selected in selected communities and localities.

TARGET COMMUNITIES

TARGET GROUPS

The main beneficiaries of this action programme are rural youth aged between 18 and 35, of whom at least 40% are women, who live in the target communities in White Nile State.

The right to decent work and sustainable economic integration of people with physical or mental disabilities will be respected. They will be included as project beneficiaries and reasonable accommodation facilitated to ensure their inclusion. 

KEY DELIVERABLES

MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ARRANGEMENTS

PARTNERS AND COUNTERPARTS

The assignment will be conducted in close collaboration with the Ministry of Security and Social Development (MoSD) and BCISD project implementation unit (PIU) in both states.

ILO /CAPISUD is seeking two or three national consultants to carry out the activities planned under this programme in a participatory approach involving the various parties who will have an interest in employment promotion in the target localities and communities. The consultants, will, in coordination with the local state officer of the ILO, create a favourable climate for exchange and constructive decision-making with multiple actors of the localities and communities concerned. The consultant will also present, periodically, the progress and work plan of the TREE Action Programme to the local development committees at state and locality level.The consultant should be available to collaborate with project partners when needed/requested.

1. The consultantis expected to work in project target areas and to have a good understanding of community development fieldwork and local cultures & traditions.
2. It is important that the consultant have a good understanding of women and men’s employment situation and the issues related to it, in order to respond to these effectively and in a practical way.
3. At least seven years of experience on community dialogue in community development and rural areas, as well as providing analysis and reporting on impact of community awareness campaign.
4. Expertise on handling variety of training program and workshops for community associations, women and youth is an asset.
5. Proven expertise in conducting situation analysis, surveys, and assessments in relevant areas.
6. Experience undertaking similar projects and assignments in Sudan.
7. Previous expertise with the UN system in Sudan is an advantage;
8. Proven capacity to produce outputs in the English and Arabic languages

SUBMISSION

The bidding consultant should provide Curriculum Vitae, and technical proposal.

• The CVs have to pinpoint relevant past experience in the area, highlight comparative advantages
• Technical proposal indicating clear work plan , number of days required to conduct the trainings and a list of material needed for the training (to be purchased by ILO)
• The interested individual consultants are requested to provide a separate financial offer that is deliverable based AND includes ONLY professional fees related to the activity. Number of field mission dates , travel cost and daily allowance , ( activities cost will be managed by ILO)
• Proposals to be sentin English Language, course outlines could be provided in Arabic language.
• Font type and size:PLEASE USE FONT GALIBIRI 12 in proposal and reporting.

All of the above to be submitted to the following emails

Applications should be sent to : Julius Mutio at Mutio, Julius  mutio@ilo.org and Mansoor Adam CC adam@ilo.org  no later than 15^thJune 2021, 4pm Khartoum time.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The successful candidate will have a mix of expertise and qualifications in the focus areas related to this assignment. Evaluation of the suitability of the Consultant to work on this assignment will be made against the following technical criteria:

REPORTING

• All field deliverables will be in Arabic language. All activities and deliverables will need to comply with the ILO and donor media and communication guidelines. While all reports and documents provided to the ILO will be in English, to facilitate review and feedback by ILO,

EXPECTED DURATION

The start date of the assignment is upon the signature of the contract. All assignment’s deliverables is expected to be delivered to the satisfaction of the ILO between 15^thJune to31^stJuly 2021

FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT:

The consultant will provide financial offer of daily fees, travel cost and daily living allowance, all other expenses, such as procuring training material, workshop expenses and participants allowances to be provided by ILO.

Payment will be made according to ILO rules and regulations as follows

Payment Table

Note to Consultants:

• All CVs submitted should include the Date of Birth and Nationality of the Consultant;
• Consultant should quote in USD prices and/or using prices calculated using the Official UN Exchange Rates for the country;
• Consultants should indicate a proposed Start and End Date for completion of the Deliverables requested by the ILO;
• Candidates should be prepared to submit a copy of their national Passport upon Notification of Award;
• Candidates planning field visits, movements, and/or DSA travel dates are required to complete the UN BSAFE security-training course upon Notification of Award. Failure to complete the course will prevent the finalization of contracting between the Consultant and the ILO;
• Professional Fees should include all costs associated with the Activity Deliverable;
• Consultants are responsible for arranging their own travel arrangements to project sites;
• Consultants agree to be paid based upon compliance with UN Harmonized DSA rates set for the country;
• All mission cost days will be paid based upon actual receipts paid by the Consultant and actual travel/mission dates;
• Consultants are not to add the VAT to their financial offer unless they are a VAT Registered Individual with the Sudanese VAT Authority;
• Consultants should be aware that all intellectual property rights arising from the contract are vested with the ILO however authorship will be acknowledged by the Organization; and
• Consultants will bear all charges levied by their own bank in receiving of managing funds transferred by ILO.
• The applying consultant shall not in any circumstance, be entitled to any payments other than those expressly provided in the proposal and agreed upon.

APPLICATION DATES

Deadline: final date for submission will be 15^thof June 2021.

Applications should be in two separate documents, one for technical proposal and the other for the financial offer.