1. goals
2. description including strategies, stakeholders, assumptions
3. engagement stage(s) best supported
4. expected outputs
5. key activities and reporting
6. other resources

Target audience

The guidelines and toolkit is aimed to facilitate the work of the following target audiences:

• Policy makers and donors to obtain information on how to coordinate efforts through partnership policies and allocate resources to leverage the role of the private sector in skills development and to support the skills acquisition of the disadvantaged.
• Companies and other private sector decision makers, including chambers and business associations: to comprehend how to work with training providers and other key stakeholders towards effective skills development solutions.
• Local authorities and practitioners to access knowledge and expertise on the provision of employability skills at the local level, especially with regards to overcoming skills development challenges through local governance and partnership frameworks.
• Training providers: to understand which good practices to adopt and how, along with strategies for building partnerships with different stakeholders in divergent contexts.

Deliverables

• An approach to work document on how to address the objectives, detailed outline of the guidelines with sub-headings and paragraph summaries, brief methodology (criteria and questionnaire for the framework for best practices, which should be representative of different contexts), tentative reference list and names of the institutions and experts that will be interviewed, along with the outline of the consultation/interview process and consultation questions to validate and improve the guidelines and toolkit.
  • Estimated Duration - 2 working days Target Due Date: 06.10.2015.
• Component 1
  • Context of macro-level strategies and international best practices, highlighting examples from the case studies of IICPSD and providing guidance to the target audience for further technical knowledge and information from dedicated institutions such as ILO and OECD.
    • Estimated Duration - 6 working days Target Due Date: 14.10.2015.
  • Integrate all the comments and feedback of IICPSD and from structured expert consultations for Component 1.
    • Estimated Duration - 2 working days Target Due Date: 16.10.2015.
• Component 2:
  • Meso-level prominent practices on private sector’s involvement and engagement towards building a multi-stakeholder partnerships which incorporate workforce development for industry, cluster, sector or value chain-wise skills partnerships, alliances and local governance frameworks; lessons and highlights on implementation pulled out from IICPSD case analysis.
    • Estimated Duration - 13 working days Target Due Date: 04.11.2015.
  • Integrate all the comments and feedback of IICPSD and from structured expert consultations for Component 2.
    • Estimated Duration - 2 working days Target Due Date: 06.11.2015.
• Component 3 
  • Micro-level models of how to partner with businesses for effective skills development throughout the training value-chain and overcome barriers to employer participation in training; applied examples of implementation for each step from IICPSD research.
    • Estimated Duration - 15 working days Target Due Date: 27.11.2015.
  • Integrate all the comments and feedback of IICPSD and from structured expert consultations for Component 3.
    • Estimated Duration - 2 working days Target Due Date: 01.12.2015.
  • An approach to work document on the proposed tools for each component, with goals; description including strategies, stakeholders, assumptions; engagement stage(s) best supported; expected outputs; key activities and reporting; other resources.
    • Estimated Duration - 2 working days Target Due Date: 04.12.2015.
  • Submit tools for Component 1 as per the approach to work document and further IICPSD guidance.
    • Estimated Duration - 4 working days Target Due Date: 11.12.2015.

• Submit tools for Component 2 as per the approach to work document and further IICPSD guidance.

• Estimated Duration - 5 working days Target Due Date: 18.12.2015.

• Submit tools for Component 3 as per the approach to work document and further IICPSD guidance.

• Estimated Duration - 4 working days Target Due Date: 25.12.2015.

• Finalize the guidelines and toolkit with the Introduction, Executive Summary and Background sections, with additional information based upon IICPSD’s request, share all key reference materials and background documents, submit the final, print-ready and digitally compatible manuscript edited for substance, technical quality and consistency of style.

• Estimated Duration - 3 working days Target Due Date: 31.12.2015.

Reporting Line

The consultant will be responsible to the IICPSD Technical Specialist for the completion of the tasks and duties assigned under the scope defined in Article-C.

The reports shall be submitted to the IICPSD Deputy Director for final approval.

• All of the reports are subject to approval by the IICPSD Deputy Director in order to realize the payments to the consultant.
  
  • Without submission and approval of the deliverables, the consultant shall not receive any payment even if he/she invests time for this assignment.
• Reporting Language - Deliverables should be prepared and submitted in English.

Reporting Line

The consultant will be responsible to the IICPSD Technical Specialist for the completion of the tasks and duties assigned under the scope defined in Article-C. The reports shall be submitted to the IICPSD Deputy Director for final approval. All of the reports are subject to approval by the IICPSD Deputy Director in order to realize the payments to the consultant. Without submission and approval of the deliverables, the consultant shall not receive any payment even if he/she invests time for this assignment.

Title Rights: The title rights, copyrights, and all other rights whatsoever nature in any material produced under the provisions of this ToR will be vested exclusively in UNDP.