ASSESSMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF TOURISM TRAINING INSTITUTIONS AND PROFESSIONALIZATION OF HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WORKFORCE

Source: World Bank — Tourism Development

Request for Expressions of Interest

Consultancy Services

Country:        Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Name of Project:      Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Development Project

Credit No:      4624ET

Project ID:     P098132

Consulting Services: Assessment of Training Programs for Enhancement of Tourism Training Institutions and Professionalization of Hospitality Industry Workforce-QCBS/ESTDP/C-22/2010

 This request for expressions of interest follows the general procurement notice for this project that appeared in Development Business on May 3, 2010.

The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has received a credit from International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Development Project and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of the credit to payment under the contract for consultancy services.

The services include: Assessment of Training Programs for Enhancement of Tourism Training Institutions and Professionalization of Hospitality Industry Workforce   

The main objective of the assignment are (i) to assess the future demands for tourism industry workforce taking into account the existing gaps between the supply and actual demand and (ii) to formulate demand-driven skills development plans with curriculum proposals to enhance service quality across the sector.

The consultancy should directly address training needs in terms of the potential and existing demand and that will reflect a roster of the needed tourism workforce in relation to supply for the market. The supply side assessment shall focus on the selected public institutions intarget destinations, namely the Technical Vocational Education (TVET)Colleges[1] in both Lalibela and Axum, and the Catering and Tourism Training Center (CTTC) in Addis Ababa as sites for interventions.  Special attention should be given to the skills and competencies needed for the trainers and teachers in order to deliver a high level tourism training.

The scope of the assignment includes:

1.      Tourism skills and industry supply gap assessment

2.      Institutional framework review which includes:

a.       Identifying the roles and functions of the public sector stakeholdersinvolved in tourism skills development including MOCT and TVET Agency,

c.       Skills development plans with curriculum/course proposals for the target institutions

                                                              i.      Development of a five-year skills development plan with curriculum proposals/course offerings for each target institution based on the analysis described earlier focusing on pre- and post-employment demand-driven skills.

                                                            ii.      Identify gaps and propose changes to training program curriculums

The duration of the assignment will be 9 weeks starting from the dateof signing of the contract agreement.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism, ESTDP Project Co-ordination Unit(PCU) now invites eligible consulting firms to indicate their interest in providing the service. Interested consulting firms must provide information indicating that they are qualified to perform the services (brochures, description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills among staff, etc.). Consulting firms may associate to enhance their qualifications.

The consulting firm will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Banks Guidelines: Selection and employment of consultants by World Bank Borrowers which can be found at the followingaddress www.world bank.org/procedure.

 The method of selection is Quality and Cost based selection.

Interested consultants may obtain further information at the address below Monday to Friday during office hours from 8:30 am - 12:00 am and1:30 pm. - 11:30pm local time.

Expressions of interest must be delivered to the address below before3:00 pm on October 17, 2011.

Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Development project

Ato Jemal kedir

Ethiopian Insurance Corporation Building, Maskel Square

Telephone: 011-550-95-40- Facsimile: 0115501418 P.O.Box: 100953

E-mail: moctestdp@yahoo.com

Addis Ababa - ETHIOPIA