Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Training and Mentoring Consultant for Micro-entrepreneurs and Microfinance Institutions

Training and Mentoring Consultant for
Micro-entrepreneurs and Microfinance Institutions

 BACKGROUND                                                                                                                                  

Microentrepreneurship Awards

Launched in 2005, the Microentrepreneurship Awards is a program implemented by Mercy Corps Indonesia (MCI) that aims at raise awareness on the importance of micro-entrepreneurship and microfinance in supporting the financial inclusion and economic empowerment of low-income individuals. It also aims to highlight the important role micro-entrepreneurs play and contribute in their local economies; catalyze innovations among microfinance institutions (MFIs) that will lead to an increase in their outreach and their micro-entrepreneur portfolios; and to leverage awareness of policy makers within the government of Indonesia towards enabling a supportive environment for micro-entrepreneurs through a conducive set of regulations.

For the 2017-2018 Awards (awarded in 2018), the awards are divided into 5 awards categories:
1.         Agriculture
2.         Arts and Creative Design
3.         Fishery
4.         Green
5.         Service and Culinary
The competition is open for the public and micro-entrepreneurs were able to apply through the official website in October – December 2017. From all the applicants, 50 Semifinalists was then selected and visited by the committee to conduct a survey on their businesses and MFIs. After further verification and evaluation, 20 applicants were selected as the finalists. The selected finalists and a representative from their respective MFI will then be invited to attend a 3-day boot camp and final judging that will determine 8 micro-entrepreneurs and 1 MFI winner. Each micro-entrepreneur winner will receive a cash prize, a computer notebook, a smartphone, and also training and mentoring for the two months to further develop their businesses.

With that being said, the program team has determined that it would be necessary to recruit a Training and Mentoring Consultant that will be responsible of developing and delivering the training materials and provide trainers/ facilitators/ and or speakers for the boot camp and mentoring. It will be the responsibility of the consultant to ensure that the materials delivered is suitable for the participants.


 SCOPE OF WORK                                                                                                                             

Reporting directly to program’s Senior Program Officer, the Training and Mentoring Consultant scope of work includes, but is not limited to the following:

Training for Entrepreneurs Boot Camp:
·           Develop training materials suited for 20 micro-entrepreneur finalists and MFI representatives.
·           Deliver the training materials using methodologies that best suits the target audience.
·           Provide trainers/ facilitators/ and or speakers.
·           Distribute training materials to the participants.
·           Organize the course of the boot camp activities.
·           Conduct a baseline and end-line assessment of the participants..
·           Produce a report of the output from the training.

Coaching and Mentoring for 8 Micro-entrepreneur Winners:[1]
·           Develop coaching and mentoring materials adjusted to the needs of each winner.
·           Deliver the coaching and mentoring materials using methodologies that best suits each winner.
·           Provide trainers and or coaches.
·           Organize schedule of the coaching and mentoring activities.
·           Support the overall development of each winner’s business.
·           Document every coaching and mentoring conducted.
·           Conduct a baseline and end-line assessment of each winner.
·           Produce a report of the output from the coaching and mentoring.

 TIME FRAME                                                                                                                                     

The boot camp will be held on 1 – 3rd April 2018, followed by 1 day for judging, and 1 day for the awards ceremony.
The coaching and mentoring will be conducted in a 2 to 3-month period from April to June 2018.

 REQUIREMENTS                                                                                                                               
Interested applicants should include the following information in their proposal:
1.         CV and or Company Profile.
2.    Proposed topics for a 3-day training that suits the needs of the target audience. Please provide a short description of each topic and the amount of sessions. Indicate if there are sessions where the participants are divided into groups with different topics running in parallel.[2]
3.         A training report sample from past training experiences.[3]
4.         Proposed amount of sessions for each winner’s coaching and mentoring in a 2 to 3-month period.
5.     A quotation for the required services, excluding transportation and accommodation costs which will be covered directly by MCI.
Applicants should send their proposal with the subject [Proposal] Training and Mentoring for Micro-entrepreneurs to procurement@id.mercycorps.org
Closing date: 11th March 2018

 CONFIDENTIALITY                                                                                                                            

All data and information received from MCI for the purpose of this assignment are to be treated confidentially and are only to be used in connection with the execution of these Terms of Reference. All intellectual property rights arising from the execution of these Terms of Reference are assigned to MCI. The contents of written materials obtained and used in this assignment may not be disclosed to any third parties without the expressed advance written authorization of MCI.




[1] Winners will be announced during the awards ceremony in 5th April 2018.
[2] For example: the participants are divided into groups based on their category or business sector; etc.
[3] Sensitive information may be redacted.

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