Background
Skill India International (SII) was envisioned to make India the skill capital of the world. It further aims to transform the country as a preferred sourcing ground for skilled & certified workers and professionals for the globe. This shall be achieved by positioning India as global source for quality talent; providing global job opportunities for resident Indians in the destination countries; providing global career mobility for overseas Indians and creating an internationally benchmarked quality skills ecosystem.
To harness the global opportunities for skilled workforce from India, NSDC International (NSDCI) has been established as 100% subsidiary of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) NSDCI aims to drive the vision of positioning India as hub, for the supply of skilled workforce across globe.
Objective
The objective of this empanelment is to onboard partners for facilitating employment opportunities in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for skilled and certified Indian workforce (excluding construction sector job roles as mentioned in Section 8). The identified partners shall be playing a pivotal role towards aggregating and fulfillment of demand from the GCC employers. NSDCI has accordingly developed a rate card for the prospective empaneled partners under various cost heads.
The activities of demand aggregation and immigration facilitation is mandatory for the partners to deliver. However, the other activities as described in the mobility value chain diagram, are optional, and the empaneled partner can choose the activity as per their business interest. The partner shall be paid based on the activity that they perform.
Eligibility Criteria
Only those partnering agency/firm who qualify the below described eligibility criteria will be empaneled by NSDCI:
- Partner must be registered in India as a company/partnership or Proprietary firm /Trust/Society /Non-Governmental Organization/ Industry Association or Chamber
- Partner must hold a valid Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration
- Partner should not have been blacklisted by any Indian government body/Public Sector Undertaking/autonomous bodies or any other regulatory body
- Partner must have an annual financial turnover of INR 25 lakhs or more for last 3 financial years (2020 – 2021, 2019 – 2020, 2018 – 2019)
- Partner must have at least 3 years of prior sourcing and overseas placement experience
- Partner should have confirmed demand mandate of at least 500 candidates in GCC region (across sectors excluding construction)
- Partner should have sent at least 1,000 candidates in last 3 financial years to the overseas countries (2020 – 2021, 2019 – 2020, 2018 – 2019)
- Partner should have a valid Recruitment Agent License/Certificate
Last Date for Submission: 23 January 2023, 1800 hours ( 06:00 PM IST)
