EOI invited for Selection of a Knowledge Partner(s) for Design and Implementation of Innovative Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Pilot Programmes for Women under SANKALP

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India launched the ‘Skills Acquisition for Livelihood Promotion’ (SANKALP) programme, which is a World Bank loan assisted project and aligned with the overall objectives of the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM). The project focuses on transforming the overall skilling ecosystem of India covering both Central and State level agencies for improved outcomes.

SANKALP consists of the following four Result Areas (RAs):

RA1: Institutional Strengthening at the National and State Levels for Planning, Delivering, and Monitoring;
RA2: Improved Quality and Market Relevance of Skills Development programs;
RA3: Improved access to and completion of skills training for female trainees and other underserviced sections of the society; and
RA4: Expanding skills training through private-public partnerships (PPPs)

In view of the above, it has been proposed by MSDE under the RA 3 component of SANKALP programme to design and implement innovative skill training pilots for women candidates, that would help them attain gainful employment or enable them to become successful entrepreneurs

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Assignment Background

Women play a pivotal role in the economic development of a country. However, participation of women in India’s workforce has been much lower than other countries. According to the World Economic Forum’s ‘Global Gender Gap Report 2018’, India ranks 108 out of 149 countries, a fall of 21 places from its ranking in 2016. It has been widely noted that increasing women participation in the workforce would give further
boost to the economy. In a joint paper, IMF Chief Christine Lagarde and Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg, pointed out that by raising women’s participation in the workforce to that of men, India’s GDP will rise by 27%.

Therefore, to increase the participation of women in skill development initiatives and thereby in the Indian workforce, MSDE is looking for innovative pilot programs for skill training of women, particularly in non-traditional roles that deploy innovative ideas for making skill training and employment thereafter more
efficient.

In this regard, MSDE through its Notification Reference No. : SD-22/28/2020-IC invites Government and Non-Government Organizations, Notfor-profit organizations, Universities/educational institutions, Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and any other legal public and private entity (Consultancy firm, Proprietorship firm, Partnership, LLP, Company, Society, and Trust etc.) to submit their Expression of Interest (EOI) with Concept Note for innovative skill training programs for women, for wage employment or entrepreneurship development as per objectives and requirement elaborated in the document. The applicants can submit their EOI for ANY of following categories or ALL based on their experience and competency to manage the project. The requirements are categorised into following 3 Schedules of Requirement:

• Schedule I – Innovative Pilots for Wage Employment
• Schedule II – Innovative Pilots for Sustainable Livelihood/ Entrepreneurship Development
• Schedule III – Innovative Pilots for both Wage Employment and Entrepreneurship Development

For complete information, refer EOI Document (Click Here to Download) and Amendments related to EOI (Click Here to view)

Project Objectives

MSDE is seeking services of an organisation (s), to be on boarded as a Knowledge Partner (s), to design and implement skill training modules for women. One or more pilots might be implemented under this initiative. It is expected that the cumulative beneficiaries from these pilots would be a total of 2000 women. The applicants may submit proposals for innovative pilots for training of women for wage
employment, entrepreneurship development and/ or combined training of wage employment and entrepreneurship.

Last Date to submit EOI is 1st September 2020.