Labour Market Assessment Tender, Iraq - 31659174

Procurement Summary

Country : Iraq

Summary : Labour Market Assessment

Deadline : 27 Mar 2019

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 31659174

Document Ref. No. :

Competition : ICB

Financier : Other Funding Agencies

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : DANISH REFUGEE COUNCIL
Erbil
Iraq
Email :erbil.procurement@drciraq.dk

Tender Details

Tenders are invited for CCI-MADAD Labour Market Assessment.

1. Introduction
The Cash Consortium for Iraq was formed in March 2015 by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC), the International Rescue Committee (IRC), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and Mercy Corps as lead agency. The CCI was formalised with the aims of enhancing the impact of multi-purpose cash assistance (MPCA) and is now expanding its portfolio to include market-based early recovery programming, with additional funding from the European Union Regional Trust Fund (EUTF) to meet these aims.
The EUTF programme will be under the auspices of the CCI, led by Mercy Corps, with the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) as the grant holder. DRC has been present in Iraq since 2003, implementing a variety of humanitarian and early recovery programming under its core components of protection and livelihoods. Given the spectrum of contexts within Iraq, DRC implements innovative livelihoods programming that transcends the traditional boundaries of humanitarian versus development programming to improve the resilience of conflict-affected populations. Using an area-based, participatory approach, even in urban areas, DRC works to identify gaps, priorities, and innovative entry points for local livelihoods opportunities and economic development initiatives.
1. Background
Following more than a decade of conflict, the rise and spread of the so-called Islamic State (IS), ethnic and religious sectarian violence, and a large-scale crisis of displacement, Iraq is entering a period of early recovery, with many of the formerly IS-held areas now retaken by the Government of Iraq. Although there are still widespread acute humanitarian needs, humanitarian actors in Iraq are expanding their operational focus to include longer-term recovery programming. Requirements for equitable and sustainable return and reintegration of mixed communities are varied but interlinked. Community and intercommunity economies must be regenerated by re-establishing businesses, supply chains and markets, and rehabilitating economic and associated services and infrastructure.
1. Programme Overview
Over two years between 2019 - 2021, with the support of the EUTF, four partner agencies of the CCI are working to increase confidence of conflict-affected households in their economic future and the economic and social stability in their areas of return including Tikrit, Mosul, Ramadi, Fallujah and Khanaqin. As part of this programme, a key strategic objective is to ensure that the target population is economically resilient and has improved ability to secure livelihoods in the medium/long term. This will be achieved through market-based solutions to strengthen the employability of conflict-affected individuals, identify potential opportunities and placement arrangements to apply these skills, support the incubation and scale-up of MSMEs, and facilitate their access to financial and technical resources.
Objective and Scope of Work
Through CCI partner DRC, the CCI aims to work with a team of qualified, reputable and experienced consultants to conduct a thorough Local Economic Recovery (LER) assessment[1]. The aim of the LER assessment is to use a standardized methodology to provide an in depth assessment of CCI partners- target labour markets in Tikrit, Ramadi, Fallujah, Khanaqin, and Mosul to inform the CCI-s EUTF programme by identifying the most viable economic options and surest path to sustainable income generation for the target population as well as access barriers.
The assessment will answer the following questions:
1. What are the most promising areas or sectors for economic recovery, including challenges and opportunities, in the areas of intervention?
2. How well-prepared - in terms of skills and capital - are local labour markets and the broader target population for inclusion in the economic recovery identified in these areas?
3. What are the main characteristics of labor supply and demand in the locations of implementation and what are the main strategies used by job-seekers and employers looking for job opportunities or qualified labor?
4. What are the attitudes of the target populations towards local economic recovery, the opportunities for livelihoods, and what are perceived barriers to income-generation and longer-term wellbeing?
Answering these questions will be guided through the following specific objectives:
1. Provide broad overview of the economic context and impact of conflict, including local economic profiling of all areas of implementation;
2. Assessment of local procurement opportunities;
3. Assessment of the district-level economic situation and labour market (considering formal and informal markets, and urban and rural markets), including the identification of the most promising business sectors that growth, stability, and potential job opportunities, including value-chain analysis of at least 3-4 sectors;
4. Establish the degrees of formality and informality in the private sector;
5. Identify the basic demographics of the labour force in the target areas, including gender, age, literacy, and levels of education;
6. Identify existing labour market skills, current private sector demand for skills, and skills gaps;
7. Quantify costs associated with hiring workers in the formal and informal economy as well as with pursuing self-employment across different sectors and locations;
8. Document any additional challenges, including analysis of the regulatory environment;
9. Map current employment across the target populations, by sector (including rates of unemployment) as well as seasonal variations throughout the year;
10. Identify, by sector, and considering sector formality, the average wages among those in formal or self-employment;
11. Demonstrate routes of access into different business sectors, and identify opportunities for formal employment, informal employment, and self-employment;
12. Capture perceptions of the local economy, local labour markets, and employment opportunities, and attitudes towards future economic trajectories and possibilities;
13. Provide clear and concrete recommendations to inform and strengthen the EUTF programme objectives and activities, with a focus on evidenced areas for sustainable income-generation, opportunities for formal or self-employment, vocational training, and improving employability;
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE ATTACHED FILE FOR THE TOR DETAILS.
[1] For a more in-depth overview, see: ILO (2010) Local Economy Recovery in Post-Conflict: Guidelines, International Labour Office, ILO Programme for Crisis Response and Reconstruction (ILO/CRISIS), Geneva: International Labour Organisation.

Documents

 Tender Notice