Invitation to Bid on the Project Developing Tools & Curriculum for Acceleration to Support Entrepreneurs
The Enhancing Entrepreneurial Ecosystem and Investments (3Ei) is a five-year initiative (2023 – 2027) implemented by Khmer Enterprise and Swisscontact and co-financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and Khmer Enterprise. The initiative works closely with the entrepreneurial ecosystem actors in Cambodia to strengthen Cambodia's socio-economic development.
The overall goal of the 3Ei is for the private sector to actively contribute to Cambodia's socio-economic development and attain the goals of the SDGs. The achievement of this overall goal will be driven by two outcomes. Outcome 1: Enhanced coordination, and collaboration within the entrepreneurial ecosystem; and Outcome 2: Increased business performance and investments in the ecosystem and impact enterprises.
To achieve the two outcomes, 3EI Project implements under four Intervention Areas (IA). IA1: Enhance Connections and Collaborations; IA2: Strengthen Entrepreneurship and Innovation; IA3: Establish Cambodia Technical Assistance (TA) Facility; IA4: Strengthen Data to Foster Investment.
· CATEGORY:Invitation for Bids
· LOCATION:Phnom Penh
Title of assignment: Calling for Entrepreneur Support Organizations (ESO): Developing Tools and Curriculum for the Acceleration Program focused in Urban Areas
Objective: Provide consultancy services on developing and delivering customized tools and an inclusive acceleration program that can be utilized for future "Train-the-Trainer" initiatives
Start date: 1st August 2024
End Date: 30 th April 2025
Location: Cambodia
The Assignment and Objectives
The Assignment
Under IA2, a Masterclass is launched with the objective of creating tools and an inclusive curriculum tailored to support entrepreneurs, particularly those in micro- and small enterprises in urban areas, with limited resources. The developed tools and curriculum will be open source, allowing Entrepreneurial Support Organizations (ESOs) to use and apply them in their programs.
The program collaborates with the University of St. Gallen, with technical support and curriculum development facilitated by experts from the university. A lean approach will be adopted to iteratively test, pilot, and refine the tools and curriculum with local entrepreneurs as part of the activity plan.
Objectives
The objectives of the assignment are:
· Identify challenges of current acceleration program offering in urban areas and address needs and opportunities to improve the program offers
· Design tools and an adaptive curriculum for entrepreneurs in urban areas
· Work closely with the technical experts (St. Gallen) to receive technical backstopping as well as receive mentoring and coaching to improve the program offer
· Implement the designed activities including selecting MSMEs, piloting the curriculum
· Improve the adaptive curriculum based on the outcome of the pilot and produce a curriculum to bridge SMEs toward formal business readiness
· Provide project documents and reports on the activities including challenges and lesson learnt
· Be interested in a Training of Trainers (ToT) to deliver curriculum for other ESOs in future programs.
Bidding Components
· Step 1: Interested agencies/implementers/partners are to share their interest in the project by filling in the Google form (attached link below) no longer than 2 weeks from the date of the announcement.
· Step 2: KE is to invite agencies/implementers/partners for a detailed project briefing after the closing date.
· Step 3: Agencies/implementers/partners are to submit a proposal and budget plan within 2 weeks working days after the project briefing.
· Step 4: KE committee to review the submitted proposal and quotation.
· Step 5: Agencies/implementers/partners awarding be formally informed after the evaluation from the committee team.
Khmer Enterprise and Swisscontact would like to invite potential agencies/implementers/partners to submit sealed proposals and other required documents for the Calling for Entrepreneur Support Organizations.
(ESO): Developing Tools and Curriculum for the Acceleration Program focused in Urban Areas. The required documents are:
· Program Proposal that covers the three components including a brief activity plan, curriculum, implementation methodology, implementing team profiles, list of potential experts, a weekly timeline for 8 months, and other networks.
· Budget proposal that breakdown into activity lines (no lum sum)
· Portfolio of previous or similar projects
· The expected result of the planned program
Submission Requirements
Interested bidders can share their interest in the project bidding via this link: (click here) or scan the QR code below by 10th July 2024, 5:00 PM.
ATTACHMENT
· ToR_Local ESO- Deadline 10 -July-2024