Request for expression of Interest (Consultant Services)

Indonesia
Yogyakarta and Central Java: Access to Finance and Capacity Building of Earthquake-Affected Micro- and Small Enterprises Project

Consulting services: Business Management Training for Micro- and Small Enterprises

Expression of interest

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has applied for financing from the Java Reconstruction Fund to assist recovery of earthquake-affected businesses in Yogyakarta and Central Java. IOM will apply parts of the grant for Business Management Training for Micro- and Small Enterprise by a Consultant Organization.

The IOM is seeking an experienced consultant organization to give trainings to IOM’s predetermined beneficiaries. Trainings will use the IOM’s standard business management curriculum and teaching aids that have been developed specifically for use in the Project.
The consultant organization will need to mobilize a team of male and female expert trainers that have expertise in the following main topics:
v Human Resources Management
v Book-Keeping
v Marketing
v Strategic Management and Business Plan
v Access to Finance
The Consultant shall be a civil-society or private sector based business training institution. The implementation period is ten months.

IOM invites organizations to indicate interest in providing the services and provide information that they are qualified and eligible for the service. Selection will be carried out in accordance with the World Bank’s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers (as of May 2004).

This is a short version of the EOI. Organizations may obtain the full version at the address below during IOM office hours, from 09.00am to 18.00pm.

Expressions of interest must be delivered by hand before December 5, 2008 fourteen (14) calendar days after this advertisement.

IOM Yogyakarta
Attn: Vladimir Maslarov – Procurement Officer
Jl. Hos Cokroaminoto No.109,
Yogyakarta, 55223 Indonesia
Tel: +62 (0)274-619055/ 6
Fax: +62 (0)274-619012
E-mail: YogyakartaProcureme nt@iom.int
Web site: www.iom.or.id