Duration: 75 days
SELCO Foundation seeks to inspire and implement sustainable energy driven solutions that alleviate poverty. These sustainable energy driven solutions inclusive of energy efficiency and green built environments are aimed at improving quality of life and livelihoods. SELCO firmly believes that an end- user centric, demand driven approach that focuses on ecosystem building, leads to interventions that are long-term and replicable.
As one of the priority sectors, SELCO Foundation is actively integrating sustainable energy driven solutions for challenges in the agriculture sector for commodity value chains such as rice, millets, spices, tomato, potato and other horticulture produce. The goal is to develop sustainable energy solutions across these agricultural value chains in order to increase food security, diversify farm incomes and reduce drudgery across processes for on-farm technology, post-harvest processing & value addition. Specifically, looking at technologies that bring about value among small marginal farmers and entrepreneurs, FPOs, FPC's, SHGs and other stakeholders. In this regard, SELCO seeks consultancy services to develop a training module with detailed curriculum for training stakeholders on Production, processing and value addition in millet value chain.
The ‘International Year of Millets 2023’, as declared by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), is an opportunity to represent the extensive scope within the Millet value chain at a global level. As we approach the coming year, SELCO Foundation strives to build a holistic and robust ecosystem around every nodal point within the millet value chain; which can cater to the needs of small and marginalized farming communities within India as well as set a precedent for global sectoral sustainability. The aim of the project is to develop the training module with a comprehensive training curriculum to train community-based organizations as well as individual farmers.
The objective of the training module development is to provide knowledge and skills to individuals or groups involved in decentralized millet processing on the different stages involved in processing millet such as Processing, O&M, effective business planning & branding and marketing.
Under this work the consultant/agency is expected to develop training modules, and training tools (PPT, Posters, IEC) for the following.
Standard operating procedures
The agency/consultant will undertake the following:
ToC
*This draft ToC is a basic outline, each chapter is expected to cover all the sub themes within the enlisted contents
*Contents mentioned are not restricted to the above components and need to be further elaborated upon
2. Training deck / ppt - 1
3. Training handouts
Agencies or individuals are requested to submit separate PDF documents for all of the above and name the file –Proposal for “Training module for Millet production, processing and Value addition” (Agency Name) _DD/MM/YYYY. We request you to submit your proposal by 09/05/2023 to Procurement@selcofoundation.org
The cover page should include the Title of the project, name of the consultant/agency, the title of the proposal, the name of the client, and the date of submission.
The executive summary should be a brief overview of the proposal, including the background, goal, objective, scope of work, methodology, and deliverables.
The introduction should provide a brief overview of the project and its importance. It should also introduce the consultant/agency and provide relevant background information.
The background section should provide a detailed description of the project, including the challenges faced in the millet value chain especially in post-harvest processing and the need for training material for sustainable energy-driven solutions. The training material should also highlight the importance of millets as climate-resilient crops for nutrition and food security.
The goal section should clearly state the overall goal, which is to develop a comprehensive training module for the millet value chain.
The objective section should clearly state the objective of the training module development, which is to provide knowledge and skills to individuals or groups involved in decentralized millet processing.
The scope of work section should provide a detailed description of the work to be undertaken by the consultant/agency. This should include the development of training modules, training tools (PPT, Posters, IEC), and training manuals.
The methodology section should provide a detailed description of the methodology to be used by the consultant/agency. This should include prioritizing the training need, defining the learning objectives, meeting with experts, field visits, review and feedback, designing the training content, developing the training materials, pilot testing the training module, delivering the training, and evaluating the training.
The deliverables section should clearly state the expected deliverables of the project, which is the training modules with detailed curriculum for facilitator guide / booklet.
The time frame section should provide a detailed timeline for the project, including the start and end dates for each phase of the project.
The budget section should provide a detailed breakdown of the costs associated with the project. This should include the consultant/agency fees, travel expenses, expenses related to documentation, illustration, forating, printing and any other expenses related to the project.
The conclusion should summarize the key points of the proposal and reiterate the importance of the project. It should also provide contact information for the consultant/agency.