Shilong : With a view to promoting partnership in skill development, and to strengthen mutual interest through cooperation between the two countries – India and Japan, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India (hereinafter referred to as “MSDE”) and the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Government of Japan (hereinafter referred to collectively as “the Ministry of Japan”), signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in Tokyo, Japan in the month of October, 2017.
The purpose of signing the MoC is to transfer technical skills, techniques and knowledge from Japan to India appropriately and smoothly under Technical Intern Training Program (TITP), in order to contribute to the human resource development of India, by setting out the commitments between MSDE and Ministry of Japan to send and accept technical intern trainees and thereby strengthen international cooperation between the two countries. TITP will be executed within the scope of the laws and regulations in India and Japan. MSDE has identified sending organizations (SOs) who are eligible to conduct the TITP for Japanese demand identified and listed.
Meghalaya State Skills Development Society (MSSDS) under its initiative Supporting Human Capital Development in Meghalaya (SHCDM) with support of ADB Loan No. 3033 IND Package No. DOF/SHCDM/SCF-PKG-41 “Training of Meghalaya Youth for the Japanese Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)” hereby invites eligible National Consultancy Firms/ Institutions to submit Expression of Interest (EOIs) to execute training and placement under lump-sum contract for INR 1.23 Crore for 12 months duration.
The SHCDM envisages to engage youth in training and placement for international standards and employment as part of the overall SCF. As part of the same, trained individuals from the state of Meghalaya will be sent to Japan for on-the-job training for a specific period, for maximum period of up to 5 years under the TITP program with the help of sending organisation finalised.
Key points for the assignment to be taken care will be as follows:
a. The primary objective of TITP is to contribute to the fostering of talented individuals who can play leading roles in the development of their countries’ industries and economies by accepting young and middle-aged workers from developing countries as interns at industries in Japan and thereby transferring technical skills, technology and knowledge developed and cultivated in Japan to the respective industries in the technical intern trainees’ home countries. It plays a role in a part of Japan’s international cooperation and contribution activities. TITP was introduced in 1993 in Japan.
b. The Ministry of Japan has passed an Act on Proper Technical Intern Training and Protection of Technical Intern Trainees (hereinafter referred to as “Technical Intern Training Act3”) with the objective to ensure proper implementation of TITP and protection of technical intern trainees. The Technical Intern Training Act comes into effect from November, 2017.
c. TITP will be implemented through various key stakeholders as listed below:
▪ The Organization for Technical Intern Training (OTIT) is entrusted with the role of overseeing the implementation and protection of the trainees in Japan. OTIT was established by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan.
▪ Supervising Organizations are responsible for accepting Interns in Japan under their own supervision and are required to verify and ensure that the technical intern training at each company (Implementing Organization) is performed appropriately. Such entities include organizations such as chambers of commerce and industry, societies of commerce and industry, medium and small sized business associations, agricultural cooperatives, fisheries cooperatives, public interest incorporated associations, public interest incorporated foundations, and other organizations. All activities will be performed under the responsibility and supervision of Supervising Organizations throughout the duration of TITP.
▪ Implementing Organizations are the companies that accept technical intern trainees and provide technical training based on an employment relationship under the Supervising Organizations’ responsibility and supervision according to the plan developed by the Supervising Organizations.
▪ Sending Company is a company which employs technical intern trainees in its home country and at which trainees resume employment after returning home.
▪ Sending Organizations (SOs) are the entities that send technical intern trainees to Japan. These organizations will conclude agreements with supervising organizations for sending/acceptance of technical intern trainees in Japan. Sending Organizations are expected to send the interns to Japan as per the requirements of Supervising Organizations. The technical intern trainees who are sent only by the “Approved Sending Organizations” in India, will be accepted in Japan under TITP. The term “Approved Sending Organizations” means the Sending Organizations which are approved by the MSDE for sending technical intern trainees to Japan under TITP.
▪ MSSDS will be the governing agency for the assignment for the state of Meghalaya to oversee the execution of TITP through the selected Sending Organization (SO). The program aims to provide skills training and enhance the employability of unemployed youth of Meghalaya by encouraging the TITP. It has three objectives:
i. To provide an exposure and gainful employment to the unemployed youth1 to the best of Japanese organizations through dedicated networks of the sending organization;
ii. To provide Japanese organizations, an exposure to the rich talent pool available in the state and have long term relationship for sustained engagement wherein MSSDS is considered as one of the potential SOs in future
iii. To engage 60 of the identified youth with the selected SO in selected trades offering better employment opportunities and established career path by March 2020 (better training standards and facilities in Japan followed by possible career path on return)
Interested Organizations may refer Eligibility Criteria (Click Here to Download), Terms of Reference (Click Here to Download) and other important details like CQS (Click Here to Download)
The interested Consultancy Firms/ Institutions may submit their EOI online at ADB Consultant Selection Recruitment Notice (CSRN) website http://cms.adb.org in accordance with the instructions contained therein and EOI document. All other form of submissions including hard copy will not be considered for evaluation. The project details and scope of work for this programme are available in the EOI document.
The deadline for the submission of EOIs was on 19thDecember 2018 but has been extended to the 3rd of January 2018.
Executive Director,
Meghalaya State Skills Development Society (MSSDS)
Tel. No-+91-364-2502243 Email: mssds2012@gmail.com
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