Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Government of India (GOI) has launched a World Bank loan assisted programme viz. Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP), which is an outcome oriented project. SANKALP aims to implement the mandate of the National Skill Development Mission (NSDM). The project will be implemented in mission mode and is aligned with the overall objectives of the NSDM.
Ministry hereby through its REOI ref. no. SD-22/42/2021-IC advertises its Request for Expression of Interest (REOI) for selection of an agency for ‘Creation of a model district level PwD skill database’ under Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) Project of MSDE.
SANKALP consists of the following Result Areas (RAs):
RA1: Institutional Strengthening at the National and State Levels for Planning, Delivering, and Monitoring High-quality Market Relevant Training;
RA2: Improved Quality and Market Relevance of Skills Development programs;
RA3: Improved access to and completion of skills training for female trainees and other disadvantaged groups
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Under the SANKALP programme, the Result Area 3 focuses on Boosting Inclusion and Improving Access by introducing target interventions that can address the challenges being faced by the marginalized sections that includes Persons with Disabilities.
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development lists 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that have been adopted by majority of the countries in 2015. These goals define a roadmap for progress that is inclusive and sustainable. While inclusion of PwDs has been integrated in various parts of the SDGs, this Pilot is aligned to the following four SDGs:
SDG 4 – Quality Education -This goal on inclusive and equitable quality education and promotion of life-long learning opportunities for all focuses on eliminating gender disparities in education and ensuring equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with
disabilities.
SDG 5 – Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls with disabilities – Goal 5 calls for the elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against all women and girls, including those with disabilities. It also stresses the importance of their full and effective participation and equal
opportunities in political, economic and public life.
SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth: To promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, the international community aims to achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.
SDG 10 – Promoting full and productive employment and decent work: Goal 8 calls for promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all, including persons with disabilities.
Objective
The objective of the assignment/project is to create a model district level PwD skill database which is scalable and can be used by the State Skill Missions, District Skill Committees (DSCs) and Training partners for identification of training needs, planning skill training programmes and identification of target group for the skill trainings. In addition, the project is expected to develop a comprehensive methodology and process flow for development of a full-fledged, reliable and comprehensive skill database for mobilization of PwDs that can be further scaled up and adopted by DSCs across the nation.
The project will be undertaken in close coordination with the DSCs and will enable the DSCs towards effective planning of skill training for PwDs in the district by ensuring availability of comprehensive, updated and reliable data base on PwDs that can provide relevant information such as geographical location, age group, level of education, contact details, disability type, present employment status, willingness to undergo skill development training and employment/self-employment after training.
Overall, the creation of such a model database will facilitate in expanding the outreach of skill trainings amongst the PwD candidates especially those located in rural/ remote areas; thereby enhancing the prospects for mainstreaming PwD youth in the productive economy.
Last Date and Time for receipt of request for clarifications: 4th August, 2021 by 1800 hours
E-mail ID: sankalp-msde@gov.in
Last Date and Time for online submission of EOI: 23rd August, 2021, till 1500 hours
Date and Time for online opening of EOI: 24th August, 2021 at 1530 hours
For complete details, refer REOI Document (Click Here to View / Download)
Contact Persons for Queries 1. Under Secretary, MSDE- 011-23465892
2. Consultant, SANKALP-9425149943
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