Background
Swisscontact was established in 1959 as an independent foundation by notable figures from the worlds of commerce and science in Switzerland. It is exclusively involved in international development cooperation and has carried out its mandated projects since 1961. Based in Zurich, Swisscontact currently manages 133 projects in 41 countries on behalf of public and private funding partners.
The Building Youth Employability Through Skills (BYETS) project implemented by Swisscontact and funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands will empower 25,000 Bangladeshi youth with improved technical, employability and entrepreneurial skills, and connect them to income-generating opportunities: jobs and self-employment. The project aims to support
youths by providing training in three sectors: Readymade Garments (RMG), Agro-processing (AP), and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) across four divisions (Dhaka, Khulna, Chattogram and Rajshahi). The project will address the existing constraints in developing the skills of the youth and support to establish a systemic approach to provide market-driven training specifically by:
Building the capacity of 20 Training Service Providers (TSPs) to design and implement quality training and job placement support services.
Collaborating with 50 private sector employers in improving existing workplace-based training (WBT) systems or setting up new ones to upskill and reskill workers.
Objective
The Jute industry in Bangladesh is a historically important sector, with Bangladesh being the second-largest producer of Jute globally. While exporting raw Jute is significant, exporting finished Jute products yields higher revenue and benefits, due to high global demand for sustainable consumer products. With numerous entrepreneurs working with diversified finished Jute products in Bangladesh, there is a large scope to equip these producer-entrepreneurs with sound technical and entrepreneurial skills.BYETS project and BJMA are excited to launch a collaborative initiative aimed at developing and piloting a skill training program for producer-entrepreneurs working in the diversified Jute product sector. |
We will focus on training young producer-entrepreneurs (18-35 years of age) to develop skills in producing diversified Jute products and assist these entrepreneurs in establishing and growing their businesses, particularly in accessing the export market.
Contract duration:
Initially, the agreement is for eight (8) months. Depending on the satisfactory performance of the service provider and the project's requirements, this agreement may be extended.
Contact modality: Delivery-based.
Place of work: Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna and Chattogram Divisions.
Interested individual/ firms should submit the following documents:
Please find the detailed ToR and proposal outline in the following links: (Click here).
The technical (not more than 10 pages) proposals must be submitted online (via email provided below). We kindly ask interested parties to provide all necessary documents. a) Updated profile and or CVs of the assign personnel and or consultants with a cover letter explaining the competencies to take up the assignment, and b) a detailed work plan against specific deliverables mentioning “Hiring consultants or consultancy firm to implement skills training program for diversified Jute products producer-entrepreneurs under the BYETS project, Swisscontact” in the subject line of the email by 3 September 2025, 5:00 PM, to the following email address:
The email must be addressed to: bd.byets@swisscontact.org
*No late submission will be accepted
*Swisscontact reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals without assigning any reason
*Swisscontact reserves the right to select more than one consultant or consultancy firm for the assignment. |
