Plan International in partnership with Indonesia Business Links (IBL) delivers Youth Economic Empowerment program until January 2014 and now seeks Consultant to do Value Chain Actors Identification analysis. Below is the TOR:
Background
Unemployment issues are a serious matter in Indonesia. The official overall unemployment rate in Indonesia is 12%, 60% of which are young people (15-24 years old). This population represents 42 million people.[1] The profound number of youth by which occupies unemployment in Indonesia induced Plan Indonesia to take partnership with Indonesia Business Links (IBL)
to take actions and establish a development program under the name of Youth Economic Empowerment (YEE). The program endeavors to facilitate disadvantaged youth, mainly female, with the necessary knowledge and skills and business mentoring that help them be ready to enter the formal employment or set up their own micro business. This program is part of the Plan’s Youth Economic Empowerment program. The youth involved in this program will be equipped with fundamental life-skills training to give them the option of selecting further engagement with the program according to their skills, of either choosing the TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) or the MED (Micro Enterprise Development).
The first targeted location for the YEE program is Grobogan which is located in the province of Central Java. In accordance to the program’s needs, Sheliagus Suyadi (MED Specialist) and Muchlis Ali (Youth Employment Manager) from Plan International Indonesia has made a Situation Analysis Report for developing The YEE Program. Through the report, they have an assumption that the unemployment rate in Grobogan district is 4.52% where it is evenly distributed among male and female and the level of age. This unemployment rate is followed with an assumption that the unemployed number is evenly distributed in every district. The program will select specific villages within the Grobogan district, and from three proposed sub-district which are: Tanggungharjo, Karangrayung and Kedungjati.
In microenterprise development (MED), the program will adopt the value chain approach. The term “value chain” refers to the fact that value is added to preliminary products through combination of other resources (for example tools, manpower, knowledge and skills, other raw materials or preliminary products). As the product passes through several stages of the value chain, the value of the product increases. Competition often makes micro and small enterprises at the loosing end. The better they cooperate and coordinate their activities with all the stakeholders, the better they can sustain and compete their businesses[2]. Plan has undertaken a value chain analysis to identify high potential business opportunities in Grobogan.
Youth who choose the entrepreneurship track of the program will also be given access to loan, financial education and business mentoring. The loan service and financial education will be provided by the other Plan partners in the program.
In order to achieve the MED with value chain approach, thus IBL will conduct value chain mapping and identify value chain actors in Grobogan, Central Java area.
Objective of Assessment
1. Identify the value chain actors and their primary information from each segment (suppliers, producers, buyers, and other related actors) in Grobogan, Central Java.
2. To create mappings of those selected Value Chain.
3. Identify general constraints and opportunities in the respective Value Chain, categorized by technology /product development, market access, input supply, management/organization, policy and finance.
4. Identify specific constraints and opportunities that limit or able to enhance the youth involve in the Value Chain.
5. Identify solutions for the general and specific constraints found.
Expected Output
1. Data of respected value chain actors (Input Suppliers, Buyers and other related stakeholders), including those interested to be involved in the Micro Enterprise Development activities and having willingness to collaborate with Plan Indonesia in a mutual agreement.
2. Mapping of respective Value Chain
3. Data of general constraints and opportunities of the respective Value Chain by
category.
4. Data of specific constraints and opportunities for the youth to involve in the Value
Chain.
5. Data of potential solutions for both general and specific constraints.
Methodology of Assessment
Phase 1. Preparation
The consultant may use the common approach such as workshop or Focus Group Discussion to find the actual data or information during identifying Actors, constraints and opportunities and mapping of the selected Value Chain.
The consultant should be able to find the key informants/value chains actors representative for the preliminary interview or bringing them together for workshops or focus group discussion later. However, the consultant should be aware the potential subjective and dependant on the information provided by workshop or focus group participants, therefore the consultant should always make a validation of the data/information collected.
In this preparation stage, the consultant should well prepare a structured interview guides/key questions for the preliminary interview.
The consultant is expected to map out the value chain actors by answering these strategic questions such as:
Who are the main players in value chain?
What segment those value chain actors are part of?
What requirements do they need in order to run the business?
Who are other actors that correlate with value chain actors in order to support the value chain business?
This information helps to identify value chain actors i.e. institutions, corporations and relations which, if ignored, can have negative influence on proposals or, if considered, can be built upon to strengthen them. Moreover, a value chain actor’s analysis and mapping is important in order to arrange and plot the beneficiaries to the best suitable and appropriate institution in regard to their needs of micro-enterprise development, and likewise to the
receiving institution too.
The consultant shoud develop more comprehensive questionnaires for that purpose.
At the end of Phase 1, the Consultant will provide a structure interview questions or questionnaires and present them to IBL person in charge to be discussed before coming to next phase.
Phase 2. Implementation
The Consultant will, based on the findings in Phase 1, develop a detailed and more focused of data/information for the workshops or FGD.
Those structured interview questions covering data/information such as :
- A raw sketch of the respective Value Chain mapping.
- Data/information of the respective Value Chain Actors.
- Data/information of general/specific constraints and opportunities of the respective
In some occasions meeting with value chain actors both Workshops and FGDs, the consultant should use these moment to obtain commitment and consensus and a willingness to reach MoU which substantiate the cooperation of the value chain actors previously mapped to be involved and committed to the YEE Program-Micro Enterprise Development (MED) projects.
At the end of Phase 2, the Consultant will provide more focus data/information found during workshops or FGD conducted and shall present them to IBL person in charge to be discussed. If there any some data/information should be more clarified or to be validated, the consultant should conduct a more specific workshops or FGD for clarifying or validation.
Once the result of phase 2 has been agreed by IBL, the consultant should finalize the result into a comprehensive Assessment Report for IBL.
Reporting
Based on the RESULT OF Phase 2, the Consultant will develop a comprehensive report that includes the analysis conducted in Phase 1 as well as the findings of Phase 2 implementation. This is fully report of Expected Output; focus on solid, concrete answer of the Objective assessment as well as recommendations to which Value Chain stakeholders should collaborate with.
The final
report will be prepared in Microsoft Word and be approximately 50-75 pages. Three hard copies and three "soft" copies of the report will be provided to IBL.
TimelineThe
consultant will start from the time frame listed below:
· 9 – 13 May 2011: Consultant selection process
· 16 May 2011: Appointment of Consultant
· 17 May 2011: Invitation of Consultant and Contract Signing
· 18 – 31 May 2011: Phase 1 Activity
· 1 June 2011: Phase 1 result presentation and next action plan
· 2 - 3 June 2011: Phase 1 review by IBL
· 6 – 16 June 2011: Phase 2 Activity
· 17 June 2011: Phase 2 result presentation
· 20 - 21 June 2011: Phase 2 review by IBL
· 22 – 29 June 2011: Develop Comprehensive Assessment Report
· 30 June 2011: Submission a Draft of Assessment Report
· 1 – 5 July 2011: Assessment Report Review by IBL (comment, feedback)
· 7 July 2011: Submission of Final Assessment Report on Value Chain Business Partner Identification.
Criteria:
1. Understand the concept of value chain process
2. Have good experience in past conducting value chain process including actors assessment. More so in Grobogan, Central Java;
3. Have good analytical and business sense skills to develop partnership with companies (large, medium, or small).
4. Having large networks with companies.
5. Willing to travel to the field to understand the program
6. Have large experience in the past (last 3 years) to develop business proposals with companies
7. Be able to manage tight deadline
Please submit your proposal including CVs, previous experience to rio@ibl.or.id
by May 13, 2011.
Background
Unemployment issues are a serious matter in Indonesia. The official overall unemployment rate in Indonesia is 12%, 60% of which are young people (15-24 years old). This population represents 42 million people.[1] The profound number of youth by which occupies unemployment in Indonesia induced Plan Indonesia to take partnership with Indonesia Business Links (IBL)
to take actions and establish a development program under the name of Youth Economic Empowerment (YEE). The program endeavors to facilitate disadvantaged youth, mainly female, with the necessary knowledge and skills and business mentoring that help them be ready to enter the formal employment or set up their own micro business. This program is part of the Plan’s Youth Economic Empowerment program. The youth involved in this program will be equipped with fundamental life-skills training to give them the option of selecting further engagement with the program according to their skills, of either choosing the TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) or the MED (Micro Enterprise Development).
The first targeted location for the YEE program is Grobogan which is located in the province of Central Java. In accordance to the program’s needs, Sheliagus Suyadi (MED Specialist) and Muchlis Ali (Youth Employment Manager) from Plan International Indonesia has made a Situation Analysis Report for developing The YEE Program. Through the report, they have an assumption that the unemployment rate in Grobogan district is 4.52% where it is evenly distributed among male and female and the level of age. This unemployment rate is followed with an assumption that the unemployed number is evenly distributed in every district. The program will select specific villages within the Grobogan district, and from three proposed sub-district which are: Tanggungharjo, Karangrayung and Kedungjati.
In microenterprise development (MED), the program will adopt the value chain approach. The term “value chain” refers to the fact that value is added to preliminary products through combination of other resources (for example tools, manpower, knowledge and skills, other raw materials or preliminary products). As the product passes through several stages of the value chain, the value of the product increases. Competition often makes micro and small enterprises at the loosing end. The better they cooperate and coordinate their activities with all the stakeholders, the better they can sustain and compete their businesses[2]. Plan has undertaken a value chain analysis to identify high potential business opportunities in Grobogan.
Youth who choose the entrepreneurship track of the program will also be given access to loan, financial education and business mentoring. The loan service and financial education will be provided by the other Plan partners in the program.
In order to achieve the MED with value chain approach, thus IBL will conduct value chain mapping and identify value chain actors in Grobogan, Central Java area.
Objective of Assessment
1. Identify the value chain actors and their primary information from each segment (suppliers, producers, buyers, and other related actors) in Grobogan, Central Java.
2. To create mappings of those selected Value Chain.
3. Identify general constraints and opportunities in the respective Value Chain, categorized by technology /product development, market access, input supply, management/organization, policy and finance.
4. Identify specific constraints and opportunities that limit or able to enhance the youth involve in the Value Chain.
5. Identify solutions for the general and specific constraints found.
Expected Output
1. Data of respected value chain actors (Input Suppliers, Buyers and other related stakeholders), including those interested to be involved in the Micro Enterprise Development activities and having willingness to collaborate with Plan Indonesia in a mutual agreement.
2. Mapping of respective Value Chain
3. Data of general constraints and opportunities of the respective Value Chain by
category.
4. Data of specific constraints and opportunities for the youth to involve in the Value
Chain.
5. Data of potential solutions for both general and specific constraints.
Methodology of Assessment
Phase 1. Preparation
The consultant may use the common approach such as workshop or Focus Group Discussion to find the actual data or information during identifying Actors, constraints and opportunities and mapping of the selected Value Chain.
The consultant should be able to find the key informants/value chains actors representative for the preliminary interview or bringing them together for workshops or focus group discussion later. However, the consultant should be aware the potential subjective and dependant on the information provided by workshop or focus group participants, therefore the consultant should always make a validation of the data/information collected.
In this preparation stage, the consultant should well prepare a structured interview guides/key questions for the preliminary interview.
The consultant is expected to map out the value chain actors by answering these strategic questions such as:
Who are the main players in value chain?
What segment those value chain actors are part of?
What requirements do they need in order to run the business?
Who are other actors that correlate with value chain actors in order to support the value chain business?
This information helps to identify value chain actors i.e. institutions, corporations and relations which, if ignored, can have negative influence on proposals or, if considered, can be built upon to strengthen them. Moreover, a value chain actor’s analysis and mapping is important in order to arrange and plot the beneficiaries to the best suitable and appropriate institution in regard to their needs of micro-enterprise development, and likewise to the
receiving institution too.
The consultant shoud develop more comprehensive questionnaires for that purpose.
At the end of Phase 1, the Consultant will provide a structure interview questions or questionnaires and present them to IBL person in charge to be discussed before coming to next phase.
Phase 2. Implementation
The Consultant will, based on the findings in Phase 1, develop a detailed and more focused of data/information for the workshops or FGD.
Those structured interview questions covering data/information such as :
- A raw sketch of the respective Value Chain mapping.
- Data/information of the respective Value Chain Actors.
- Data/information of general/specific constraints and opportunities of the respective
In some occasions meeting with value chain actors both Workshops and FGDs, the consultant should use these moment to obtain commitment and consensus and a willingness to reach MoU which substantiate the cooperation of the value chain actors previously mapped to be involved and committed to the YEE Program-Micro Enterprise Development (MED) projects.
At the end of Phase 2, the Consultant will provide more focus data/information found during workshops or FGD conducted and shall present them to IBL person in charge to be discussed. If there any some data/information should be more clarified or to be validated, the consultant should conduct a more specific workshops or FGD for clarifying or validation.
Once the result of phase 2 has been agreed by IBL, the consultant should finalize the result into a comprehensive Assessment Report for IBL.
Reporting
Based on the RESULT OF Phase 2, the Consultant will develop a comprehensive report that includes the analysis conducted in Phase 1 as well as the findings of Phase 2 implementation. This is fully report of Expected Output; focus on solid, concrete answer of the Objective assessment as well as recommendations to which Value Chain stakeholders should collaborate with.
The final
report will be prepared in Microsoft Word and be approximately 50-75 pages. Three hard copies and three "soft" copies of the report will be provided to IBL.
TimelineThe
consultant will start from the time frame listed below:
· 9 – 13 May 2011: Consultant selection process
· 16 May 2011: Appointment of Consultant
· 17 May 2011: Invitation of Consultant and Contract Signing
· 18 – 31 May 2011: Phase 1 Activity
· 1 June 2011: Phase 1 result presentation and next action plan
· 2 - 3 June 2011: Phase 1 review by IBL
· 6 – 16 June 2011: Phase 2 Activity
· 17 June 2011: Phase 2 result presentation
· 20 - 21 June 2011: Phase 2 review by IBL
· 22 – 29 June 2011: Develop Comprehensive Assessment Report
· 30 June 2011: Submission a Draft of Assessment Report
· 1 – 5 July 2011: Assessment Report Review by IBL (comment, feedback)
· 7 July 2011: Submission of Final Assessment Report on Value Chain Business Partner Identification.
Criteria:
1. Understand the concept of value chain process
2. Have good experience in past conducting value chain process including actors assessment. More so in Grobogan, Central Java;
3. Have good analytical and business sense skills to develop partnership with companies (large, medium, or small).
4. Having large networks with companies.
5. Willing to travel to the field to understand the program
6. Have large experience in the past (last 3 years) to develop business proposals with companies
7. Be able to manage tight deadline
Please submit your proposal including CVs, previous experience to rio@ibl.or.id
by May 13, 2011.
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