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Ethiopia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for migrants. Most migrants leave their homes in search of employment opportunities and a better life for themselves and their family. The 2021 Labour Force and Migration Survey [1] shows that more 839,000 Ethiopians have migrated to other countries in the past five years in search of economic opportunities. The survey also indicates that around78 per cent of the 839,000 Ethiopians who migrated during this period were aged between 15 and 29 years and more than half completed primary school. It is not clear from the survey as to how many emigrants have further training post primary school. The survey further pointed out that nearly 31 percent of migrant migrate to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, while 12 percent to South Africa, followed by United Arab Emirates, United States, and Yemen as other popular destinations.
To improve labour migration governance, the Ethiopian government has established various legislative and institutional structures. For instance, the revised and adopted Ethiopian Overseas Employment proclamation 923/2016 and the amendment proclamation 1246/2021 limit overseas employment for domestic workers to destination countries where the Government of Ethiopia has not concluded bilateral agreements and certification of competency and pre-departure orientations are part of overseas employment requirement. Accordingly, the Government of Ethiopia has concluded Bilateral Labour Agreements (BLAs) with five destination countries, namely Lebanon, Jordan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Qatar, and is negotiating new BLAs and the revision of some of the existing BLAs. Moreover, it has also developed a pre-departure training manual which is currently being implemented. One of the major objectives of the Government, is to facilitate safe, regular and orderly labour migration for Ethiopian migrant workers and ensure that their rights and dignity are better protected while living abroad. Hence, one of the most important primary tasks of the Government is to ensure that citizens have sufficient knowledge, skills, and competencies in their field of work before they go abroad.
In response, and to align with the new education road map (2018-30) which calls for revisions of all occupational standards to align with international standards as well as adopt a flexible contextual market dynamic, the Government through the Ministry of Labour, and Skills (MoLS), in collaboration with relevant stakeholders are planning to update and revise training curricular to reflect the demands of the market both at home and in destination countries. To meet the demand expressed by destination countries as well as the target set by the Ministry of Labour and skills (500,000 workers for overseas employment between 2022-2027), the Ministry is providing training for potential and returned migrant workers who wish to upskill or reskill for improved employability in the local economy and abroad. In parallel, the government is also developing training manuals and guides for the revised curricular to ensure quality delivery and harmonised approaches across the country.
Similarly, the government is taking concerted efforts to align occupational standards with the standards of identified destination countries. This work is carried out specifically on occupations which are identified as priorities for overseas employment. In this effort, the Government is taking measures to meet both current and future demand of the skilled labour in destination labour markets. To this end, MoLS has developed flexible training programmes and methodologies to cater for different categories of workers. As such, on tailor made demand, and competency based short term training programmes have been designed and implemented to fit occupational requirements of jobs such as domestic workers. To effectively do this, substantial inputs from comparable programmes is required to ensure that the new programmes are aligned to international context and responds to the market demands.
For this reason, the ILO in response to the request by the government, seeks the services of experienced and knowledgeable international consultant to assess existing occupational standards, curricular and training offering and identifies gaps against comparable similar programmes in line with the prevailing market dynamics.
The overall objective of the assignment is to assess the programmes/curricular of the selected occupations offered by the ministry of labour and skills and identify gaps compared to prevailing market dynamics and occupational standards.
Specific objectives,
The selected occupations are:
The assignment has three parts. The first part covers the assessment/gap analysis and review of occupational standards and curricular of 4 selected occupations in comparison with the ISCO and standards of 6 countries as listed above.
The second part covers assessing the preparedness, planning, and impact of the predeparture training currently offered by the Ministry of Labour and skills and ascertain its effectiveness.
The third part involves information sharing/capacity building of the core technical team and review of the developed curricular and training materials/modules to ensure alignment coherence and relevance. Capacity building will be provided through combination of online and at least one physical meeting.
The assignment should take 25 days to be completed but within the span of 3 months. Starting from 1 August 2023 - 30 October 2023.
The successful consultant will, based on their understanding of the requirements of this assignment and expertise, articulate and advise on the best methodology. However, it is expected that the methodology applied would include reviewing existing literature and conducting only limited and essential interviews. The first and second part of the assignment will mainly be carried out through literature review. Where it is necessary for interviews, the consultant is advised to utilize online/virtual options. The third part will entail travels to participate in person in a workshop and directly interact with technical team/experts.
Deliverable Comment
Contracting 1st week of August
Inception report 2nd week after contracting
First draft of the report 5-6th week after contracting (including comments)
Validation of the report 7-8th week after contracting
Capacity development As will be scheduled during the contract life
Final report 12th week after contracting
The candidate should have advanced degree in social sciences, economics, human resource development, education, or TVET or related fields.
The successful consultant will have a mix of relevant expertise, qualifications, and experience in the focus areas related to this assignment. The proposals will be evaluated on a weighted score of 70 for technical proposal and 30 for financial proposal. Evaluation of the suitability of the consultant to work on this assignment will be made against the following criteria:
Evaluation Criteria/profile of a consultant
Maximum score
The individual consultant needs to have a minimum of advanced university degree in relevant field as described in the ToR above 10
Understanding of labour market dynamics of labour migration preferably of the target origin and destination countries 10
Proven experience in carrying similar assignments before for (at least 5 years verified by specific description in his/her profile and sampled work annexed. Focus will be relevance, reporting skills and quality of past work and international experience. 20
Maximum Points for A 40
Applicant demonstrates (via submitted technical proposal) their clarity on understanding the objectives and scope of the assignment. 30
Applicants demonstrate (through the submitted technical proposal) a methodological approach fit to meet the intended objectives as the ToR 30
Maximum point for B 60
Total (A+B) 100
Maximum threshold for technical proposal to be considered for financial evaluation 70
10. Payment schedule
Deliverables
Payment Schedule
Time frame
Inception report: detailed inception report explaining consultant ’s understanding of the ToR/assignment, methodology, research tools, work plan and outline of the report
First Payment: 30% of total payment
Upon submission of the final draft of the inception by end 3rd Week
First Draft Report: The consultant will submit the first comprehensive draft report fully incorporating and reflecting comments and inputs provided to the inception report and highlighting as such in track changes or otherwise and clean copy. ILO will review the draft report and provide their feedback with 10 calendar days.
Second Payment 50% of total payment
Upon submission of the first draft of the report incorporating comments from ILO by 7th Week
Final Report: the consultant will incorporate comments from the stakeholder validation workshop and submit the final report within 5 working days after the validation workshop.
Third and Final Payment 20% of total payment
Upon submitting of the final report incorporating comments from a validation workshop by 10th Week
All interested individual consultant can send questions if any to (Email at Apply Button) until 14th/July 2023. Questions will be answered and shared with the interested organizations by Close of Business on 17 July 2023. Completed technical and financial proposals are to be submitted to (Email at Apply Button) by Close of Business on 25th July 2023.
Note:- This is not a job post . Only individual consultants are expected to submit the technical and financial offer based on the ToR. Offers from company and Offers from a group of individuals will not be considered.
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