Consultancy - Documentation of Lessons Learnt and Case Studies of Project Beneficiaries

• Country: Kenya
• Summary: Consultancy - Documentation of Lessons Learnt and Case Studies of Project Beneficiaries
• KET Ref No: 58394104
• Deadline: 18 Oct 2021
• Financier: Other Funding Agencies
• Purchaser Ownership: Government
• Tender Value: Refer Document
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• Tenders are invited for Consultancy - Documentation of Lessons Learnt and Case Studies of Project Beneficiaries. Swisscontact is a leading organisation for the implementation of international development projects. Founded in 1959 and registered under Swiss law, we are an independent, politically and denominationally neutral non-profit organisation. Swisscontact promotes inclusive economic, social and ecological development intending to make an effective contribution towards sustainable and widespread prosperity in developing and emerging economies. Swisscontact-s footprint is visible across 39 countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. In the Central, East and Southern Africa (CESAF) region, Swisscontact has operations across nine culturally and economically diverse countries. Its project portfolio comprises of its own projects and mandated ones. Presently, in Kenya, Swisscontact supports refugees and their host community to shift from overreliance on humanitarian support to lasting development pathways. The Skills for Life (S4L) project seeks to strengthen the income-generating capabilities of unemployed refugee and host community youths aged between 18 and 25 years by enhancing their access to technical skills training, financial, life and literacy skills for improved livelihoods. It seeks to catalyze systemic change in vocational skills development (VSD) and employment creation by facilitating flexible, low cost, market-oriented and competency-based skills training, which serve to create pathways to decent employment for the youth. The S4L project is implemented in Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement in Turkana County, Kenya. The project has been implemented in three phases since May 2013 and the current third phase is ending in August 2022. https://www.swisscontact.org/en/projects/s4l/project-journey The S4L project is executed within three main components: · Technical skills component: offers training in different sectors within the labor market. These include: carpentry, masonry, welding, catering, motorcycle repair, computer and phone repair, hairdressing, bakery, electrical wiring, plumbing, tailoring, barbery, poultry management, screen printing, beadwork, weaving and soap making. · Social skills component: spearheads training focused on life skills, sexual and reproductive health, sexual and gender-based violence prevention, sports for development, work readiness and literacy, numeracy sessions. · Business support component delivers training on financial literacy, entrepreneurship, group savings and lending, business support through coaching and mentorship. The S4L model has integrated access to finance for project beneficiaries as an integral component of the learning cycle through coaching of training graduates in search for employment to establish and maintain business, savings and loans groups (Mavuno Groups). Project beneficiaries who successfully form a Mavuno Group are supported and coached during the establishment of the group and during the first 12 months of implementation of their joint initiatives. The project further supports the Mavuno Groups participants by establishing links with various micro-finance institutions (MFIs) and commercial banks for the beneficiaries to access finance which can be leveraged to enable them to expand their business ventures or for some to pursue their own self-employment hence enhance sustainability and self-reliance for the project beneficiaries. In 2020, the S4L project had 20 Mavuno Groups that are being supported and undergoing the 12 months coaching support after their training graduation cycle.
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