Announcement for Consultancy Services on Skills

Announcement for Consultancy Services on Skills for;

Technical and Vocational Education and Training ( TEVT)  Partnership through Employer led skills secretariat (a legacy of ELMS project)

The Employer-led Labor Market Secretariat (ELMS) in coordination with FNCCI, CNI, FNCSI, HAN, and FCAN successfully completed the ELMS Project supported by the British Council and implemented the Dakchyata project. The project has developed the institutional framework of the LMI secretariat of all 5 associations. The British Council and FNCCI (including CNI, FNCSI, FCAN, and HAN agree to continue ELMS legacy through the TEVT PPP project. This TVET partnership is to enhance meaningful engagement of the private sector for quality and market-relevant TEVT systems. 

The private sector engagement in TEVT is mainly for getting a skilled workforce compatible with work in the business and industry requirements. In this connection, FNCCI has set Skills as one major theme of priority. This idea was mainly of the present leadership and team of the association. The FNCCI, a leading association of the private sector of Nepal aims to contribute to the employment generation goal of the Nation by promoting relevant skills.

However, the private sector is unable to offer employment opportunities to the skills graduates, as the learned skills are found less compatible with the “world of work”. This is a big mismatch issue that the TEVT and private sector arefacing. 

Hence, a consultancy service is solicited to document the skills that FNCCI is looking for. 

Scope of work
•    Assess the priority of FNCCI and explain the priority of skills relating to TEVT and employment market need
•    Elaborate on the term “SKILLS” from FNCCI's perspective, and explore why it is prioritized.
•    Assess the SAARC practice of assessing skills from a private sector perspective, in line with the sector skills committee.
•    Explore the role of the skills committee of FNCCI to lead the skills theme of FNCCI
•    Identify the preferable way of skills learning method by FNCCI and clarify its role. 
•    Explore the role of member enterprise on WBL skills method and way to meaningful participation of employers in Skills impartation
•    Find out the way to identify new occupations, curriculum development by the private sector
•    Outlinethe pre-feasibility of establishing a skills division within FNCCI with a clear role.
•    Suggest the Partnership modality that activates FNCCI on skills.

ELIGIBLE

•    An individual consultant having a minimum master degree either in economics or in management or M-TEVT. He/She must have experience working with private sector associations on skills, employment, or labor issues.

Interested applicants are requested to forward CV and an interest letter to [email protected] by 19 Oct 2023.