CAP Youth Empowerment Institute
TOR for Designing Enhanced Entrepreneurship Program
TOR for Designing Enhanced Entrepreneurship Program
I. Background:CAP
Youth Empowerment Institute (CAP YEI) is a Kenyan NGO established in 2010 with
the mandate of providing employability skills training and support to
marginalized Kenyan youth.
This is done through the
Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) model, which was developed by CAP
Foundation.
In 2015, the model was voted
one of the leading models for youth skills training Africa following a
continent-wide competition organized by the Africa Union.
Using the BEST model, CAP YEI
aims to provide basic work entry level skills for disadvantaged youth in Kenya
with particular focus on the poor and other vulnerable youth who may not have
any opportunity to continue with higher education and training.CAP YEI targets
youth for obvious reasons:
(i) to help reduce their
vulnerability to participate and involve others in extremism and violent
crime;
(ii) support government
policy to create employment and achieve its 2030 blue print.
The basic approach used to
address (ii) is by facilitating the youth to access promising labor market oriented
opportunities, savings, and credit that support their pathways to safe and
positive futures.
To ensure countrywide youth
support, CAP YEI has also extended its focus from previous demonstration and
replication training centers to broader approach through empowering TVETs and
Vocational Training Centers to increase the outreach of the program by creating
local applying some of the principles of the BEST model.
The aim is to build capacity
by integrating the most successful elements of the BEST model into the TVET
curriculum and processes and this way support the application of the Competency
Based Education and Training (CBET) framework of the government.
To deliver its programs CAP YEI has now established a nationwide network comprising 20 training centers and over 1500 employer, business and mentor partners.
To deliver its programs CAP YEI has now established a nationwide network comprising 20 training centers and over 1500 employer, business and mentor partners.
CAP YEI is also working with
46 VTC partners under the capacity building component and intends to expand
this to 100 partner VTC’s.
The organization has also
helped the start 600 youth micro businesses across the country and plans to
expand this number to 4000 over five years
II. Consultant: CAP YEI seeks the
services of a suitable consultant to help set up the platform for planned
growth of the Entrepreneurship component, starting with the design of a post
BEST training curriculum.
III. Tasks:
1. Design
a curriculum for youth entrepreneurship level 2 (post BEST) as well the tools
for its delivery and work with CAP YEI to implement it. This should provide a
seamless link with BEST and seek to address challenges of business growth
including identified in the past including through the Metro pal credit rating
evaluation, AGPO pilot, UMN reports and others.
2. Design
a process for the flexible delivery of the training through institutional,
digital/electronic and other distance means
3. Carry
out a TOT for level 2 training and deliver it to at least 15 CAP YEI staff.
4. Analyze
the report on credit rating carried out by Metro pal and design and deliver a
follow up training for at least 30 youth business leaders to help them upgrade.
5. Provide
market linkages for 20 select youth entrepreneurs in resale, agriculture,
services, government contracting etc.
IV. Deliverables:
1. Draft
post BEST training curriculum for entrepreneurship
2. Written
proposal for flexible delivery
3. 15
staff trained to deliver curriculum
4. One
workshop, 30 youth business leaders trained to upgrade credit score
5. 20
youth led businesses linked to market opportunities
V. Time frame: February to May 2017.
VI. How to apply:
Interested consultants are
request to send their indication of interest providing a summary of their
suitability for the work to: hr@capyei.org
Website: www.capyei.org
Shortlisted individuals will
receive further information to prepare a technical and finance proposal.
Terms of Reference
Assignment:Programs and Organizational Learning Partner
Assignment:Programs and Organizational Learning Partner
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Duration of Assignment: Two Years
Expected Start Date: February 2017
1.1 Background Information: CAP Youth Empowerment
Institute (CAP YEI) is a Kenyan NGO established in 2010 with the mandate of
providing employability skills training and support to marginalized Kenyan
youth.
This is done through the
Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) model, which was developed by CAP
Foundation.
This dynamic, demand-driven
market-based model has been successfully applied in more than 10 countries in
Asia and Africa, benefiting over 200,000 youth.
In 2015, the model was voted
one of the leading models for youth skills training Africa following a
continent-wide competition organized by the Africa Union.
Using the BEST model, CAP YEI
aims to provide basic work entry level skills for disadvantaged youth in Kenya
with particular focus on the poor and other vulnerable youth who may not have
any opportunity to continue with higher education and training.CAP YEI targets
youth for obvious reasons:
(i) to help reduce their
vulnerability to participate and involve others in extremism and violent
crime;
(ii) support government
policy to create employment and achieve its 2030 blue print.
The basic approach used to
address (ii) is by facilitating the youth to access promising labor market
oriented opportunities, savings, and credit that support their pathways to safe
and positive futures.
To ensure countrywide youth
support, CAP YEI has also extended its focus from previous demonstration and
replication training centers to broader approach through empowering TVETs and
Vocational Training Centers to increase the outreach of the program by creating
local applying some of the principles of the BEST model.
The aim is to build capacity
by integrating the most successful elements of the BEST model into the TVET
curriculum and processes and this way support the application of the Competency
Based Education and Training (CBET) framework of the government.
To deliver its programs CAP YEI has now established a nationwide network comprising 20 training centers and over 1500 employer, business and mentor partners.
To deliver its programs CAP YEI has now established a nationwide network comprising 20 training centers and over 1500 employer, business and mentor partners.
CAP YEI is also working with
46 VTC partners under the capacity building component and intends to expand
this to 100 partner VTC’s.
The organization has also
helped the start 600 youth micro businesses across the country and plans to
expand this number to 4000 over five years
1.2 Partnership with the
MasterCard Foundation
The most successful
initiative of CAP YEI has been the Learn, earn initiative for Sub Saharan
Africa, a five year project that was supported by the Master Card
Foundation.
The first phase of this
project run from 2011 to 2016 and was successful in reaching 14000 youth with
employability skills and support, achieving a transition rate (from learning to
earning or further learning) of 88% (employment – 75%, entrepreneurship – 8%,
further learning – 5%).
This project has now been
renewed for a further 5 years with the aim of scaling up and sustaining the
program through partnership with the Government TVET system and the expansion
of the training and entrepreneurship delivery components.
The key deliverables of this
new partnership will include: directly training 23,000 youth; indirectly
reaching and supporting 39,000 youth through the capacity building initiative
and supporting the establishment of 4000 youth led businesses.
The organization aims to
maintain a successful transition to employability rate of 75% and to also
establish a level 2, post BEST training stream focused on providing additional
skills and support to alumni.
1.3 Learning Partner
CAP YEI is seeking the
services of a learning partner to work with the organization during the
implementation of this program by providing an external view of program
implementation, results and processes, giving critical feedback and helping
identify opportunities for improvement and growth.
This assignment has four
broad objectives
1.3.1 Conduct annual impact
assessment of the employability training and support including component: BEST,
TVET capacity building, and entrepreneurship and provide feedback through a
structured process that will include one annual report.
1.3.2 Design and apply tools
and processes to assess the long term impact of CAP YEI’s program on Kenyan
youth.
1.3.3 Assess and feedback on
the potential policy implications of the CAP YEI program for the youth
employability and skills sector in Kenya
1.3.4 Participate in peer
review consultations with similar organizations with a view to identifying
areas of improvements and or setbacks to help in “learning from others” and or
maintaining quality and to identify potential for collaboration.
1.4 Detailed Description of
the Scope of Work
In view of the objectives
described above, the successful learning partner shall:
1.4.1 Review the monitoring
and evaluation (M & E) needs and plans of the said assignment and extract
the relevant indicators that could be used to monitor the outputs.
1.4.2 Design the operating
model and required tools of this partnership in collaboration with CAP’s
relevant departments.
1.4.3 Prepare the documents
necessary to guide both partners on the implementation of this assignment. This
should include procedures and operating manuals that should guide project
coordination in processing and disseminating information.
1.4.4 Develop data collection
and reporting framework, instruments for capturing both quantitative and
qualitative longitudinal and summative data and analyses.
1.4.5 Ensure that the data is
analyzed and presented in a simple enough to understand manner and is
disaggregated by different parameters such as gender, social economic
situation, vulnerability and others
1.4.6 Support CAP YEI in
hosting government, civil society peers, youth and other stakeholders through
which such information can be shared for purposes of dissemination
1.5 Deliverables
The learning partner shall
provide the following deliverables to CAP YEI:
1. A
manual outlining in detail the partnership model to be applied in the
partnership, which should include detailed activities to be undertaken to
provide the required services. This should include a section that sets out the
needs of CAP YEI in relation to the assignment and Project M & E
indicators.
2. A
presentation to CAP YEI in respect of the said model and within two after such
presentation, provide a revised inception report.
3. Timetable
with complete timelines on how the exercise shall be conducted and when the
survey reports shall be disseminated.
4. One
Evaluation report every year providing details and summary of findings and
recommendation for improvement
5. Participation
in one dissemination workshop each year bringing together CAP YEI staff and
partners as well as other peer organizations to review findings and make
recommendations for the future
6. At
least three communications products (summaries, articles, presentation) based
on the learning partnership and findings provided to CAP YEI
1.6 Required Competencies
The learning partner can be
an individual, organization or institution with demonstrated skills and
experience in carrying out similar activities.
A combination of the
following experience and competences (preferably gained in the Africa region)
are desired:
(i) Provision of TVET related
learning/curricular at national or regional level
(ii) Demonstrated
international and local operations or policy research experience.
(iii) Experience in youth
education and training
(iv) Recent project
experience in similar assignment(s).
(v) Demonstrated competence
in monitoring and evaluation/auditing of educational and training projects and
well versed in project cycle management.
(vi) Knowledge of market
based, demand driven employability models and programming and strong experience
in entrepreneurial research and development.
(vii) Capacity to engage
University students in this work for purposes of their further learning and
capacity building is desired, though not mandatory
1.7 Anticipated Duration
Initial appointment will be
for two years but with possibility of extension by mutual agreement.
1.8 Confidentiality
The learning partner shall
uphold integrity in the use of any confidential information received from CAP
YEI or any other stakeholder affiliated to CAP YEI.
Such materials should be used
exclusively for the purpose of preparing deliverables relevant to this
assignment.
The confidentiality obligations
shall not apply to any information already in the public domain.
1.9. Application Process
Interested and qualified
applicants are invited to send their applications to: learning@capyei.org. by
09th January 2016.
The applicant should provide:
(i) All relevant information
providing proof of experience and competence
(ii) A technical application
demonstrating briefly how the applicant would perform the job as defined in
this TOR
(iii) Financial estimate of
costs – total budget should not exceed $25,000 per year.
Terms of Reference
Project: “Expanding and
Sustaining the CAP-BEST Program and Model in Kenya”
Supported by: The MasterCard Foundation
Supported by: The MasterCard Foundation
Consultancy to Carry out
Baseline Survey
Duration: 3 Months
Duration: 3 Months
Start Date: January 2017
Reporting to: Executive Director, CAP YEI
Background: Between 2011 and 2016,
CAP YEI, with the support of the MasterCard Foundation implemented
program to empower vurlnerable youth with basic employment skills and
support in diverse sectors industry.
This was guided by its
Basic Employability Skills Training (BEST) model
– a demand led, a nine-step framework of activities guided by
objectives including to:
- Ensure
that disadvantaged youth learn and acquire life skills, relevant job
market skills, savings education, and small business
development training
- Facilitate
disadvantaged youth to access to internships
and job opportunities;
- Ensure
youth receive vital pre and post job placement counseling support.
This program was quite succesful
leading to the training and support of over 14,000 youth in Kenya and a
succesful employability placement rate (jobs and small business) exceeding
80%.
CAP YEI also started a
capacity building program to train partners from 46 VTC about the BEST model
and how to adapt its key principles to their programs and, this way, improve
learning and placement outcomes for youth.
The MasterCard Foundation has approved a grant to CAP YEI to undertake a second phase of this program and address the added challenges of ensuring scale up and sustainability as well as improve inclusiveness and outreach to more marginalised youth and communities in Kenya.
The MasterCard Foundation has approved a grant to CAP YEI to undertake a second phase of this program and address the added challenges of ensuring scale up and sustainability as well as improve inclusiveness and outreach to more marginalised youth and communities in Kenya.
The objectives of this new
phase are:
(i) Provide 23,030 marginalized youth with employability skills and support to access internship and job opportunities, through CAP’s Basic Employability Skills Training (CAP-BEST) model in 20 existing and new demonstration and replication centres that will function as accredited vocational training centers within the Kenyan TVET sector.
(ii) Facilitate adoption of the CAP-BEST model components into the Kenyan TVET system through training and capacity building of 500 VTC instructors and managers to improve learning outcomes in their TVET institutions, in order to reach 39,000 young Kenyans with improved market-relevant soft and technical skills.
(iii) Provide 4,000 graduates of the CAP-BEST model support to establish and grow micro-businesses in the agriculture, digital, manufacturing and service sectors through demonstration, replication and VTC partner centers.
We are seeking the sevices of a consultant individual or firm to help us set out the baseline for this project by gathering and analysing both internal as well as external environment data to establish the current possition in as afar youth employability/skills training and support in Kenya and in the areas specifically targeted by CAP YEI are concerned.
(i) Provide 23,030 marginalized youth with employability skills and support to access internship and job opportunities, through CAP’s Basic Employability Skills Training (CAP-BEST) model in 20 existing and new demonstration and replication centres that will function as accredited vocational training centers within the Kenyan TVET sector.
(ii) Facilitate adoption of the CAP-BEST model components into the Kenyan TVET system through training and capacity building of 500 VTC instructors and managers to improve learning outcomes in their TVET institutions, in order to reach 39,000 young Kenyans with improved market-relevant soft and technical skills.
(iii) Provide 4,000 graduates of the CAP-BEST model support to establish and grow micro-businesses in the agriculture, digital, manufacturing and service sectors through demonstration, replication and VTC partner centers.
We are seeking the sevices of a consultant individual or firm to help us set out the baseline for this project by gathering and analysing both internal as well as external environment data to establish the current possition in as afar youth employability/skills training and support in Kenya and in the areas specifically targeted by CAP YEI are concerned.
The consultancy will seek to
provide analysis against each of the program objectives.
The scope will be both national
and regional (depending on the strategy and reach identified under each project
objective).
The Consultancy will aim to
answer the following questions among others:
1. CAP YEI state of performance by the three different strategies: demonstration, replication and capacity building: number of centers, VTC partners, training output dissagregated by gender etc) , profile of average youth enroled; completion/drop out rates; transition to earning rates etc; efficciency and effectives of each and ratio of cost per strategy
2. State of TVET in Kenya (with a particular focus on VTC’s) – number of providers and staff (government, private, other) numbers reached by providers (dissagregated by gender region etc), programs offered; course completion rates, drop out rates, transition to employability rates (jobs, business), transition to further learning; major changes expected in the sector; summary of major challenges faced by the sector and what is being done about them
3. Demand led, market driven youth employability programs in Kenya: who are the key actors and where are they; different models and approaches; comparative against- successful transition to earning rates, cost per graduate, delivery mechanisms, partnerships and reach including collaboration with government etc. Analysis of the major challenges faced by industry in securing appropriate workers; mismatch between skills and employer requirements what is industry/government/civil society, others, doing about it it?
4. Youth entrpreneurship – state of youth entprepreneurship in Kenya, broad types of youth led businesses, other actors in this field and what they are doing; analysis against - business types; business survival rates, size, number of employess, summary of major challenges faced by youth and what is being done about it; estimate of the youth led business sector by value, econimic and social contribution etc
5. Role of Government: data against each objective above (support to TVET system; sector reforms, introduction of competemcy based, demand driven approaches; support to youth business). Provide current state of government investment and a projection of the same to 2021; major policy reforms planned or under way.
6. Review of CAP YEI – state of M&E, MIS, HR, Quality controll systems, partners, staff complement, orhganisational stracture, profiles of training centres and offerings etc - basically an assement of organisational capacity to deliver on this program.
Expression of interest:
1. CAP YEI state of performance by the three different strategies: demonstration, replication and capacity building: number of centers, VTC partners, training output dissagregated by gender etc) , profile of average youth enroled; completion/drop out rates; transition to earning rates etc; efficciency and effectives of each and ratio of cost per strategy
2. State of TVET in Kenya (with a particular focus on VTC’s) – number of providers and staff (government, private, other) numbers reached by providers (dissagregated by gender region etc), programs offered; course completion rates, drop out rates, transition to employability rates (jobs, business), transition to further learning; major changes expected in the sector; summary of major challenges faced by the sector and what is being done about them
3. Demand led, market driven youth employability programs in Kenya: who are the key actors and where are they; different models and approaches; comparative against- successful transition to earning rates, cost per graduate, delivery mechanisms, partnerships and reach including collaboration with government etc. Analysis of the major challenges faced by industry in securing appropriate workers; mismatch between skills and employer requirements what is industry/government/civil society, others, doing about it it?
4. Youth entrpreneurship – state of youth entprepreneurship in Kenya, broad types of youth led businesses, other actors in this field and what they are doing; analysis against - business types; business survival rates, size, number of employess, summary of major challenges faced by youth and what is being done about it; estimate of the youth led business sector by value, econimic and social contribution etc
5. Role of Government: data against each objective above (support to TVET system; sector reforms, introduction of competemcy based, demand driven approaches; support to youth business). Provide current state of government investment and a projection of the same to 2021; major policy reforms planned or under way.
6. Review of CAP YEI – state of M&E, MIS, HR, Quality controll systems, partners, staff complement, orhganisational stracture, profiles of training centres and offerings etc - basically an assement of organisational capacity to deliver on this program.
Expression of interest:
As part of expressing
interest to undertake the tasks listed, the consultant is expected to:
(i) Present a proposal on
survey design clearly indicating the objectives, sample size, sectors, tools to
be used for the survey, scope and coverage, expected outcomes/deliverables,
time frame and schedules
(ii) Budget of the activity, including professional costs (total budget should not exceed Ksh3.5M)
(iii) The profile and qualification of the lead and support persons involved in the project contract
Final Deliverables:
(ii) Budget of the activity, including professional costs (total budget should not exceed Ksh3.5M)
(iii) The profile and qualification of the lead and support persons involved in the project contract
Final Deliverables:
1. A pre
activity inception report describing the strategies adopted and the timelines
for delivery
2. Draft
report for partner’s discussions, and presentation of same to the partners.
3. One
bound report of final report based on the findings, after incorporating the
suggestions from partners.
4. Summary
of the final report in power point presentation or similarly suitable format
How to Apply
Expressions of interest and any enquiries should be sent to:baseline@capyei.org by 31st December 2016