Somalia: SMALL AND MEDIUM MICRO ENTERPRISES (SME) TRAINING CONSULTANT

TERMS OF REFERENCE FORSMALL AND MEDIUM MICRO ENTERPRISES (SME) TRAINING CONSULTANT FOR SOMREP PROJECT IN SANAAG REGION.

BACKGROUND

CARE International had been Operating in Somalia since 1981 in delivering humanitarian service to the most vulnerable members in the community. CARE currently works through three main programs: First, the Rural Vulnerable Women program which supports poor, rural women and girls in addressing long term underlying causes of poverty and vulnerability as well as social, cultural, political and economic obstacles towards positive change. We help women and girls improve their economic status, access education and support them to play a greater role in local leadership and conflict resolution. Second, the Youth program focuses on job creation and livelihood opportunities for poor youth through interventions such as secondary education, vocational training, small business development and microfinance. Third, the Emergency program provides direct humanitarian relief to victims of drought and conflict in Punt land, Mogadishu, and Lower Juba.

CARE International is a member of SomRep consortium working in various districts in Somalia together with DRC, WV, ACF, and ADRA. CARE received funding from SIDA with the aim of building resilience in peri-urban, agro-pastoralist and pastoralist community in Sanaag region. The project implemented in the model of Somalia Resilience Programme (SomReP) will take a multi-year commitment to the same vulnerable households and communities with a package of integrated interventions to address multiple shocks that compound or are a result of the impacts of droughts. The resilience approach concentrates on securing what people have against predictable shocks, while building local adaptive capacity to deal with uncertainty and change. The SIDA funding is a three-year within which it should cover proposed activities.

The project activities will entail supporting peri-urban, agro-pastoralists and pastoralist male and female- headed households and youth through capacity building to establish sustainable enterprises. The basis will be on vocational skills support, informed by marketable assessment to identify available opportunities. Further, groups or individuals may be supported to set up business initiatives through the provision of business skills training and guidance.

Peri-urban female and male-headed households and youth supported though capacity building are able to establish sustainable enterprises to strengthen their resilience to future shocks. The emphasis for peri-urban households will be on sustainable and marketable skills informed by a vocational skills and market assessment to identify opportunities for increased income.. Rural agro-pastoralist livelihoods will be supported to function effectively during harsh dry seasons and to consistently secure minimum household needs, with women in particular reporting increased meaningful participation in productive agriculture activities. This would be through training rural ago-pastoral households to increase income and productive assets through promotion of ‘Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)’ and income diversification; provision of inputs and grants for tools, equipment, seeds/seedlings with training on multiplication, mulching, and manure techniques to vulnerable households; supporting formation of active farmer/pastoral field schools. There will be efforts to link Agro-pastoral households and communities to early warning systems including weather services and climate change information to allow them to process and interpret the data and respond appropriately and establish linkages with peri-urban and pastoral communities to ensure comprehensive approach to disaster risk management. Increasing fodder production through training on fodder production, hay harvesting and construction of storage facilities and supporting households with productive and compensated work opportunities targeting rehabilitation efforts such as environmental conservation measures

PURPOSE OF THE CONSULTANCY

CARE International is seeking a business management consultant to train existing or new groups with business initiative supported and trained on SME management skills. The identified beneficiaries eager to establish enterprises will be guided on the key management skills for success of their enterprises.

OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTANCY

The objective of the consultancy is to train 50 entrepreneurs in a central point for 14 days.

The specific objectives of this consultancy are;

·How to start a business

·Train on basic management skills

·Train on leadership skills and conflict mitigation and resolution mechanisms

·Train on aspects of group dynamics, roles and responsibilities by group members

·How to start a business, marketing, buying and selling, and record keeping

·Reasons for business failure

·Pricing and costing

·Reasons for business failure

·Business planning

·Develop simple business records e.g. cashbooks, sales and purchases records for the demo at sites

SCOPE OF THE CONSULTANCY

The training will be conducted in a central location (Badan). The training will be for 50 beneficiaries selected from 5 peri urban villages. The consultant will lead the whole exercise, which is anticipated to begin in early September 2015.

METHODOLOGY

The training methodology be applied should be practical and participatory and review participants’ needs and develop acceptable and functional action oriented practical solutions. The consultant will design an appropriate and comprehensive methodology to conduct the training.

EXPECTEDCONSULTANCY DELIVERABLES

o ·Training at field level – The consultant will carry out the activity of training the selected beneficiaries for a total of 14 days.

o ·Draft Report –A report covering the areas covered during the training for review by CARE.

o ·Final Report – The final report including limitations, findings, conclusions and recommendations.

The final report will be submitted one week after receipt of the feedback. The report should be 3 (3) Hard-cover-bound copies and soft copy in two (2) CD- ROMs (One in PDF version and the other in Microsoft word).

CARE’S RESPONSIBILITIES

CARE will provide the following to the lead consultant:

·Transport to and from the field.

·All necessary project documents as requested by the consultant

·Pay consultancy fees at a mutually agreed rate

DURATION OF THE CONSULTANCY

It is anticipated that the training and reporting will take 18 days from the date of signing the Contract, beginning 1^st week of September 2015. A draft guide of activities includes:

1. Travel – 2 days
2. Initial field training for members – 14 days
3. Reporting – 2 days

The continuity of the training from one community to the other can be staggered as may be appropriate.

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS OF CONSULTANTS

We are looking for a consultant/team with the following skills and qualifications:

·Technically competent in training

·Proven track record as trainers’ in-group dynamics, marketing and entrepreneurship skills for communities

·Ability to train adults with low education levels

·Immediate availability to undertake the assignment in September 2015

· Detail financial and technical proposal.

All applications should be sent to somconsultants@care.org with the subject line**: “**SMALL AND MEDIUM MICRO ENTERPRISES TRAINING CONSULTANT" latest byMonday 31end Aug 2015 by 5pm. All applications after this date will not be considered.