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Country : Somalia

Summary : Assessment On Gender Sensitivity in TVET Centre Employment Promotion Services and Development of Gender Sensitive Employment Promotion Strategy

Deadline : 17 Oct 2018

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Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27373363

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Competition : ICB

Financier : Danish International Development Agency (DANIDA)

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Purchaser : SAVE THE CHILDREN (SC)
Maansoor Area/Road, Jig-jiga yar, Hargeisa, Somaliland Tel: +2522570158/59/63
Somalia
Email :somaliland.procurement@savethechildren.org
URL :https://somalia.savethechildren.net/

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TERMS OF REFERENCE Assessment On Gender Sensitivity in TVET Centre Employment Promotion Services and Development of Gender Sensitive Employment Promotion Strategy in Somaliland

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Assessment On Gender Sensitivity in TVET Centre Employment Promotion Services and Development of Gender Sensitive Employment Promotion Strategy in Somaliland

1. Background

For over 90 years, Save the Children International (SCI) has been working to make a difference in children’s lives in more than 120 countries. We are the world’s largest independent child rights organisation, underpinned by the vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.SCI Somaliland has in the past 40 years focused on improving access to basic health care and education for the poorest and most vulnerable children and families, and securing their livelihoods with an overall aim of protecting and promoting their right to survival, development, protection and participation.

Somaliland DANIDA LOT Civil Society(CIV) is an integrated project funded by DANIDA in partnership with Save the Children and implementing partners of Somaliland National Youth Umbrella (SONYO) and Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Somaliland (CCBRS). The program aims to contribute development of vibrant strong CSOs that contribute, advocate and reduce the physical, institutional and social violence against children and youth.

2. Purpose of the consultancy

Ensuring gender equality in access to technical vocational training and labor markets has been a challenge over the years where private sector that constitute the largest employer in Somalilandis male dominated compared to female employees in wage and self-employment. The assessment aims at identifying gender gaps in Technical Vocational Training;female access to labor markets; gender stereotype and practices related to masculinity. The assessment shall review gender sensitivity in employment promotion by TVET providers, training and post-training support and assessment of challenges in female employment including TVET graduates by different private sectorial industries.

The assessment will generate information that will inform the development of gender sensitive employment promotion strategy. The developed gender sensitive employment promotion strategy is intended tocontributethe enhancement of female access to the local labour market in general and in particular TVET trainings and employment services.

3. Objectives of consultancy

4. Examine gender issues and inclusiveness in TVET service including provision of skills training, curriculum relevancy in women’s needs and interest and gender sensitivity of employment promotion packages (Entrepreneurship and BDS training, apprenticeship/internship and job readiness skills training).

5. Establish rate of employed female graduates in labor market in reference to tracer-studies and labor market surveys.

6. Identify stereotypes and cultural sensitivity of female participation in TVET and labor market and assess factories contributing towards male domination in labor market.

7. Determine female entrepreneurial capacity and access to financial products for self-employment.

8. Identify roles of different key actors in TVET and Labor market in gender gaps including government agencies, development partners and community acceptance prospective.

9. Analyze and compare key specific competency requirement of industries in labor market with highest female employment and those least female employed.

10. Produce an assessment report based on which the employment strategy is developed

11. Develop gender sensitive employment promotion strategy for TVET centers in Hargeisa.

12. Document case-story of a successful female graduate in labor market and challenges in transitioning to decent employment.



4. Scope of the assignment

o Assessment on Gender Sensitivity in TVET Employment Promotion Services

5. During the assessment, it is intended to collect information that can be used to help develop gender sensitive employment promotion strategy for TVET centers for effective facilitation of female transitioning into decent employment in labor market. The assessment will thoroughly analyze specific challenges and gender sensitivity in TVET provision and draw recommendation for increasing female participation in TVET and competitiveness of female TVET graduates in labor market.

6. Comprehensively analyze current linkages of TVET providers with labor market and identify potential gaps.

7. Review effectiveness and market relevancy of current employment promotion services offered by TVET providers.

8. Determine effectiveness of apprenticeship and internship services provided to TVET graduates, center relationship with potential employers and leading enterprises in specific industries.

9. Assess relevancy of skills offered with labor market demand and gender sensitivity.

10. Assess the female-friendliness of the environment in which TVET trainings and employment promotion services are offered and recommend possible improvements

11. Review existing policies and legal frame-works for TVET graduate employment promotion and its gender sensitivity.

12. Review TVET centers Employment Promotion Service approaches and operational manuals to identify potential gaps to promote female participation in labor market.

13. Interview employers, TVET providers, successful female entrepreneurs and employed female TVET graduates in labor market to document challenges and best practices for successful female transitioning into labor market.

Development of Gender Sensitivity
1. Conduct consultative workshops to design gender sensitive employment promotion strategy for TVET centers in Hargeisa.

2. In referring to recent Horumarinta Elmiga II TVET graduate tracer-study, TVET Strategy 2018-2022 and Local Labor Market Surveys, develop strategy that is reflective to labor market trends, skills demand and local economic development.

3. The strategy should be context based that has can address issues affecting girls access to labor market and draw strategic road map for center EPS units to increase female participation in TVET and employment.



5. Methodology

5.1. Data collection:Following are some of the proposed methods for data collection methods.

1. a) Documents Review:

Desk study review of all relevant documentation, including but not limited to the project document (proposal); HE-II Project Tracer Study, Past Tracer Study reports (fromHorumarinta Elmiga I project); Labour Market Survey report; Interim reports, Vocational Qualification Framework (VQF), TVET Policy Documents, Job readiness and entrepreneurship manuals and gender policy.

1. Focus Group Discussions (FGD): Focus Group Discussions will be held with different employed, self-employed and unemployed TVET graduate.

2. Consultative workshops: Three workshops will be held in Hargeisa for TVET service providers, Private sector enterprises and other key stakeholders for the design of the gender sensitive employment promotion strategy.

3. Semi Structured Interview (SSI):SSI will be carried out with selected sample of EBTVET and IBTVET including center managers, EPS officers and Instructors. It will also target Ministry of Employment, Social Affairs and family (MESAF), MoE TVET directors, employers in private sector, Chamber of Commerce –Industry association, CSO, Youth Associations, successful self-employed entrepreneurs and concerned government authorities including MoYS and MoT&C and project staff and partners.

4. Observations: Field observations visit will be paid to some of TVET centers to observe training facilities, skill trades and quality, observations of working conditions of graduates that are employed in labor market and gender differences in a sample of targeted workplaces.

5. Key Informant Interviews: This method is important to capture the views and professional opinions of people who know about the circumstances on the ground and issues pertaining to youth employment and gender sensitivity in labor markets forces in general. Such persons should be selected from agencies like Save the Children, CARE, SOS, Shaqadoon, Spark, SONYO, ministry of youth and sportsand Employers from both the public and private sectors.

6. Conduct consultative workshop to design Gender Sensitive EPS for TVET centers.



5.2. Data Analysis: Data gathered using various methods and tools will to be collated, analyzed, and interpreted systematically. Data will be analyzed using SPSS or other statistical data analysis programs available that can help generate the required information.

6. Key Deliverables

7. Inception report: detailing the methodology, sampling framework, proposed sources of data; and data collection, analysis procedures and a draft but detailed table of content. The developed tools will be discussed and approved by Save the Children Program Team before data collection commences. Revised Final Report, incorporating suggestions and recommendations from the reference group. A second round of revision may be required before the final version of the Final Report can be produced,

8. A final assessment report in PDF Format and one in DOC format)

9. Gender Sensitive Employment Promotion Strategy for TVET centers.

10. An electronic copy of all data collection tools.

11. High quality photos and case studies.



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