The final goal of this consultancy is to develop a comprehensive and responsive national TVET strategy. To achieve this goal, the mission of the consultant/ consultancy will be to:

o   Assess specific topics should be made through research on gender and social inclusion, green skills, digitization, global business perspectives, governance and funding mechanisms;

o   Review the existing policies and official engagements or orientations related to TVET; and provide stakeholders with suggestions for more engagement needs;

o   Identify best practices with a focus in the region and validate their applicability to Rwanda

o   Run restitution workshops and present an outline of strategy pillars;

o   Develop an adequate theory of change (inputs, activities, outputs, outcome, impact) that will guide the development of the strategy and discuss it with stakeholders for confirmation;

o   Draft the new TVET Strategy through intensive consultations, research and international or regional benchmarking;

o   Develop the implementation plan of this strategy with clear objectives, activities and indicators, funding mechanisms and responsible bodies; This strategy should support the design of required biotech TVET programs (on site and online), the training and recruitment of personnel to deliver biotech TVET programs, as well as the acquisition of equipment to deliver biotech TVET programs 

o   Develop baseline, midline, and end-line evaluation tools and discuss them with stakeholders for approval for strategy monitoring;

o   Run dissemination workshops to present the strategy to all stakeholders and gather feedback;

Finalize and submit the TVET strategy for validation. In order to successfully accomplish his/her mission, the consultant will work under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, the Department of Policy Analysis, and the French Development Agency.

ACTIVITY IMPLEMENTATION

The implementation will be as follows: 

- Strategy V00-01 drafting 

          - Presentation and amendments of the V00-01 through intensive consultation

          -  Develop an implementation plan of the strategy (inputs, activities, outputs, outcome, impact) including the monitoring mechanism (baseline, midline, and end-line evaluation tools)

           -  Presentation of the final version and amendments of the implementation plan

Deliverables

The deliverables for this assignment include:

-          Technical assessments of project proposals.

-          Comprehensive project appraisal reports included Rwanda stakeholders and activities already existing

-          Recommendations for activities prioritization and identification of European partnerships

-          A detailed project proposal document that is ready for submission 

Duration of the Assignement

The assignment is expected to start on October 10^th and finish on November 30^th for a maximum of 14 days in Kigali. The duration may be subject to extension if required.

     Reporting and Coordination

The expert will work directly with the Twinning Project Manager, based in Kigali, and in close collaboration with the identified EF/MEAE resource persons; The expert will be in regular contact with the project team at the headquarters in Paris, and in particular the Project Manager of the health department of Expertise France.

The expert will report directly to the Project Manager of the Health Department of Expertise and will work closely with the relevant Team Europe representatives, GoR representatives and relevant local stakeholders.