No. F.14(3) RGAVP/RRLP/2012 Date:

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1 Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project (3 rd Floor, RFC-Block, Udyog Bhawan, Tilak Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur) Phone No , Fax No. F.14(3) RGAVP/RRLP/2012 Date: Expression of Interest for skill training and placement of rural youths The Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikas Parishad, with funding from The World Bank, intends to implement the Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project (Credit No 4859IN). The project aims to enhance the economic opportunities and empowerment of the rural poor with a focus on women and marginalized groups. The State Project Management Unit, Jaipur invites Expression of Interest from eligible firms/ agencies to undertake vocational skill development and employment/placement of rural youths of Khamnor, Devgarh and Bhim blocks of Rajsamand district. In the assignment it is estimated to train about two thousand youths from all the three blocks of the district to develop employability skills in them and arrange to place them for their appropriate jobs and placements for at-least six months. The assignment consists mobilization, residential training for 3-7 days and placements/ employment of rural youths for atleast six months. The assignment is expected to be completed by 31 st May, The agencies /institutes must provide information proving that they are qualified and competent to perform the services. The proposals should also contain information as per the questionnaire/format given on the website alongwith, details of financial turn over for last 3 financial years (average turnover should not be less than 1.0 crore) and a declaration by the head of the institution stating that the agency has not been black listed by any government department/institution. The Agencies / Institutions will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank s procurement guidelines: selection and employment of consultants by World Bank borrowers (published by the Bank in May 2004: revised in October 2006 and May 2010). The shortlisting of the agencies/institutes for purpose of issuance of RFP may be done for each block individually or for the district as a whole. Therefore, the interested agencies/institutions should mention the names of the blocks for operation of work giving priority in descending order. The interested Agencies / Institutes may obtain further information from RGAVP, SPMU Office, Jaipur / District Project Management Unit, Rajsamand, our website or at the address mentioned below between 9.30 AM to 6.00 PM on any working day. Expression of Interest must be delivered to the address mentioned below by 30 th Nov., 2012 by 4.00 PM. State Project Management Unit, Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project 3 rd Floor, RFC Block, Udyog Bhawan, Tilak Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur info@rgavp.org (P. C. Kishan), IAS State Mission Director Livelihoods & Self Helf Groups

2 Applicant's Name and Address: Application Reference: To State Project Management Unit, Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project 3 rd Floor, RFC Block, Udyog Bhawan, Tilak Marg, C-Scheme, Jaipur info@rgavp.org APPLICATION Dated: Fax: Subject: Expression of Interest (EoI) for providing training and placement of rural youths in Rajsamand under Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project (World Bank funded). Credit No 4859 IN Dear Sirs, 1.0 We, the undersigned Applicant, have read and examined in detail your solicitation of EOI for the purpose of short-listing of our firm for Appointment of Agency for (name of assignment) for RRLP (World Bank funded project) being implemented by RGAVP. 2.0 Structured Questionnaire: We are submitting the Credentials/Information as stipulated in your aforesaid solicitation of EOI. In case you require any further information in this regard, we agree to furnish the same. 3.0 Supporting documents: We have enclosed documents supporting compliance and in support of the information provided in the Structured Questionnaire (Schedule-1) and declaration (Schedule-II) 4.0 Dated this... day of Thanking you, we remain Yours faithfully Date : (Signature)... Place :

3 Schedule-I EOI for providing training and placement of rural youths in Rajsamand under World Bank funded Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project the Agency 1. General Particulars of Agency Registered Address Phone No: ID: the Contact Person for this EoI Phone No. of the Contact Person for this EoI 2. Particulars of Agency Registration No. & year Age of the agency as on 1 April, 2012 Registration Authority/Act Empanelment with other Govt./ Govt. under takings PAN No. TAN No. 3. Financial Particulars of the Agency (Rs. in Lacs) Financial Year Total Average Total financial turnover Turnover from vocational trainings and placements 4. Available Infrastructure and network of the agency 4-A. Available Infrastructure for trainings to youths Name & place of training centre Capacity to train youths Own/ Rented/ Partnership/ Collaborative Facilities available for trainings Lodging capacity in hostel Facilities available in the hostel 4-B. Available network with the agency for social mobilization block or locality Khamnor Devgarh Bhim No. of SHGs formed which are presently functional scheme/ department Month & year of work start Month & year of work completion

4 5. Work experience of the agency/organization (Last three years) 5-A. Sector specific experience (Rural sector) Deptt/ Agency funding agency & project Value of assignment Assignm ent Month & Year of Work started Month & year of work completed Locality /place where work was done (Attach all relevant documents in support of above experience as Annexure) 5-B. Similar work experience of the agency (Vocational trainings & placements) Deptt/ Agency funding agency & project Month/ Year Value of assignment trade of training No. of youths No. of youths placed after training 6. Presently Professional Staff working with the Agency Staff Age Qualification & year of passing Years of experien ce Number of years associated with the Agency Field of specialization (Enclose profile of the professional in support of the above details) 7. Local participation/ Presence in Rajsamand- Block Khamnor Devgarh Bhim Offic e addre ss Month & year of establishmen t Person in charge (Name & contact number) No. of persons from agency placed Main activities 8. Linkages with the employment partners for placements- employment partner Offic e addre ss trade / job No. of youths agreed to be placed Name & contact details of the representative of the partner

5 9. Area of operation Whether the organization is entitled to operate the activities in Rajasthan or the targeted districts If yes, Please refer provision in By-laws/MoA and describe Yes/No 10. Entitlement for the present assignment Whether the organization has provisions to undertake the present assignment in its By-laws or MoA. If yes, Please refer provision in By-laws/MoA and describe Yes/No 11. Indicate Choices (location) in descending order S. No Choice in descending order 12. Has the Agency has been blacklisted by any government (Union and/or state) Ministry/Department/Organization/NABARD/CAPART/Multinational donor agency/etc. or any other donor/partner organization in the past? (Declaration on nonjudicial stamp of Rs. 10/- as per enclosed Schedule-II) Declaration Schedule-II Date:. To whom so ever it may be concern I/We hereby solemnly take oath that I/We am/are authorized signatory in the firms/ Agency/ Institute/ Company and hereby declare that "Our firms/ Agency/ Institute/ Company do not face any sanction or any pending disciplinary action from any authority against our firms/ Agency/ Institute/ Company or partners." Further, it is also certified that our firm has not been blacklisted by any government or any other donor/partner organization in past. In case of any further changes which affect of this declaration at a later date; we would inform the project accordingly. Authorized Signatory (with seal)

6 ToR Terms of Reference for Skill Development and Employment/ placement of rural youths in Rajasamand district under the World Bank funded Rajasthan Rural Livelihood Project. Section A: Brief Project Description The Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project (RRLP) is rural livelihoods project under the aegis of Rajasthan Grameen Aajeevika Vikash Parishad (RGVAP) which is an autonomous society formed by the GoR under the administrative control of Department of Rural development RGAVP. The project aims to improve the economic opportunities, living standards and social status of the poor and marginalized group in 18 targeted districts of Rajasthan. Rajsamand district is one of them. The outcome of this project would be the formulation, execution and monitoring of Integrated District Inclusive Livelihood Plan and budgets, ensuring participation and inclusion of poor women and men from the SC and ST groups and minorities as well as Persons with Disabilities (PwDs). There are five components to the project; Component 1 - Institution Building and Social Empowerment: The objective of this component will be to help the poor mobilize themselves into Self Help Groups (SHGs), and gradually develop their own capacity to initiate and expand sustainable livelihoods activities. Component 2 - Community Investment Support: The objective of this component will be to support asset creation of SHGs and their federations and identify and support innovative approaches to improve the livelihoods of the rural poor. Component 3 - Skills Development and Employment Promotion: The objective of this component will be to support beneficiaries to capture new employment opportunities through the establishment of a structured mechanism for skill development and job creation. Component 4 - Climate Change Adaptation: The objective of this component is to develop and implement drought adaptation mechanisms and institutional models, at the state, district, and local level, for a more effective delivery of assistance to drought-affected communities through improved coordination and leveraging programs, currently delivered by the Government of Rajasthan. Component 5 - Project Implementation Support: The objectives of this component include establishing and supporting project management units at the state and district levels, project MIS, internal monitoring, evaluation and learning activities including studies, information and communication support including establishment of a project website, documentation of project experience and its dissemination to the wider development community and

7 thematic studies and pilots to be tested in some project blocks for future scaling-up. Section B: Objectives of the assignment One of the key components under RRLP is employment generation for poor and marginalized. The project aims at strengthening cash flow at poor households. For the purpose all possible interventions are intended for engaging unemployed youth of the project area in gainful employment. Skill development and employment promotion has emerged as an important strategy for imparting new skills to promote the livelihood generation over the past few years. Further, assistance in market exploration is also required for accessing employment opportunities and acquiring relevant skills among targeted youth population. To make all these possible, RGAVP seeks partnership with the reputed and competent agencies and anticipates their services in identification of unemployed youths, their mobilization, training and placement for suitable jobs in various fields of a defined number from three blocks viz. Khamnor, Devgarh and Bhim of Rajsamand district. The Rajasthan Rural Livelihoods Project has fixed certain norms as part of eligibility Criteria of Rural Youths qualifying for training and placement services, which are as follows: Rural youth should be in the age group of years He/Should have minimum qualification of 8 th pass Youths from BPL HHs and SHG member HHs would be given priority and minimum 70% youths of total placed should be from poor BPL HHs. Female youth would be encouraged to participate in this initiative. The reservations/preference for disabled need to be followed, and if possible a separate batch for them may be run. Section C: Scope of work This assignment leverages the Svalambhan model which is designed as a comprehensive market linked youth training program by the District Collector of Rajsamand. The assignment is focused on the establishment of the structured mechanism for job creation especially targeting the youth segment of the population. Following are the components of the project assignment underlined to meet the requirements of this endeavor: Market Scanning The Employability Implementing Partner (EIP) would be conducting a market survey using their networks to understand the industries/organizations where demand is high and the opportunity will be utilized to understand the specific requirement of the each sector. Identification and mobilization of youths for awareness of opportunity As part of mobilization partner they would carry-out following tasks a) Creating awareness about the program in the villages

8 b) Identification of youth and their background check c) Filling up profile sheet or youth data base and ensuring all required documentation d) Initial counselling and expectation matching of the candidate e) Ensuring that candidates participate in all training or orientation related events and tracking the candidate till at least six months from their placements. Design and Development of Mobilization Kit: As mobilization will be done through multiple NGOs partner agencies, it is important that a common message goes across the community. To ensure this a mobilization kit would be prepared and printed. This would contain an Audio-visual clipping, Flip-charts, Pamphlets etc. The kit would be developed in local language following a participatory methodology with the help of mobilization partner agencies. Identification of sectors Based on the data collected through market scanning and work preferences of the youths the EIP will identify the sectors which are most appropriate and feasible for skill building point of view. Selection of Youth and Allocation of Sectors EIP will select potential youths on the basis of their application form stating the sector they are interested in to work. The sectors will be allocated based on candidate s preference and the eligibility. EIP will select atleast 700 youths from the targeted groups in each of three blocks of the district. However, block wise final figure will be given at the signing of MoU with the partners keeping in view the potential and demand. Orientation Training: Youth screened by companies will be given a three days to maximum one week orientation on work ethics; basic discipline and etiquette, managing on limited salaries, staying out of families and friends-dos and don ts etc. This is to prevent dropouts after job placements and preparing them for a shift in the life. This will be residential and the agency will not charge any cost from the youths for this training. The budget of the orientation training includes the cost of boarding, lodging, cost of hiring/ renting of training centre/ training material/ resource fee/ honorarium and other consumable items during training programs. Placement of trained youths; The trained youths will be managed to place immediately after completion of training. Therefore, it is expected that the partner should have adequate opportunities to get the youths placed in various sectors. Efforts should be made to provide the salary based job rather than wage or task based job. Further, the salary should not be less than prescribed for semi-skilled labour. Post placement counselling and tracking : A call centre manned by 1 trained counsellor will be set up at the District Collector/ DPMU office. The counsellor will be in touch with the newly placed students to ensure that they do not leave their jobs for trivial reasons. Tracking of the students can be done systematically at least for six months through this

9 process. The call centre will be monitored by the RKVK manager and will offer handholding support to candidates during first year of their placement to ensure retention of the candidates. Section D: Eligibility criteria for sanctioning of training programme As a part of legal requirements, the agency should be a registered body under the relevant state law and is active and operational continuously for the last 3 years. Accounts are being audited by Chartered Accountant firm for a minimum period of last 3 years. It has average annual turnover/budget of more than average of Rs.1.0 crore in the last three consecutive financial years. It has experience of organizing skill training programmes and placements in various sectors/ areas. It has/or will be in position to create sufficient space, furniture, equipment, tools, training aids, electrical and/or water connection required for imparting training to youths in batches for the proposed assignment. It has a panel of trainers/resource persons which have experience of mobilizing the youths and provide trainings. It has network in the targeted rural area and the employment partners and has experience of institutional building. Experience and qualification of key professionals The Agency/ Institute will depute a multidisciplinary team of experienced resource persons for the training purpose. There should be the subject matter specialists of the related fields for trainings. The agency/ institute will also make necessary arrangements for course materials (handouts), food & refreshments, lodging & boarding, etc. depending during the training. Section E: Data and services to be provided by the client The DPMU, RGAVP will provide Relevant project guidelines, Data and detailed information about the target groups, Directions / guidelines issued by the authorities and the World Bank, time to time. Section F: Final output The assignment targets to train and employ at least 2000 youth in Rajsamand district. The trained youths will have sense of employment and will be working at the placed firms for atleast six months. The wages of such employed youth should not be less than the minimum wages prescribed by the government.

10 Section G: Timelines S. No. Activity Time 1. Inception report (work plan, process of identification of youths, places/institutes identified to arrange trainings, phasing of targets diving into batches, etc.) 15 days from signing the MoU 2. Start of training for first batch One month from signing the MoU 3. Placement of youths after training One month after completion of training 4. Placement of 50% of the targeted youths 5. Complete placement of the targeted trained youths Within three months after signing the MoU Within six months after signing the MoU. 6. Tracking of placed youths Upto six months after placements The above timelines are indicative and the DPMU may review the same in consultation with the agency subject to approval from the District Collector/SPMU. Review of progress The District Project Management Unit under control of the District Collector will coordinate with the agency /institute and review the progress. The agency/ institute will inform to DPMU well in advance about the date, time and venue of the activities. At DPMU will submit the progress reports to State Project Management Unit with its observations and remarks. The SPMU may ask the agency/institute to come at Jaipur and present the progress through powerpoint presentation before the committee, if required. The progress report should be containing the methodology, approach, implementation, courses offered, feedback, response in targeted community, constraints, recommendations, etc. for the purpose of achieving the given targets. The EIP should also mention the possibilities and future prospectus of the activity.