Terms of Reference for a Consultant to Conduct a Training Course on Dairy Products

22 Dec

 

  • Background Information

The Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association - ASALA’s mission is and has always been to provide services that help women in poverty to change their lives, their social position, and their future by enabling and encouraging their successful participation in sustainable economic activities. In pursuing this goal, ASALA’s staff and supporters commit to the values of transparency, democracy, social equity, professionalism and coherence. Aligned with the project’s goals, to promote social inclusion and innovation within the agri-food sector, Asala collaborated with Partners (CAWTAR, Jovesolides Espana, CESIE and Uni... Read more

 

  • Background Information

The Palestinian Businesswomen’s Association - ASALA’s mission is and has always been to provide services that help women in poverty to change their lives, their social position, and their future by enabling and encouraging their successful participation in sustainable economic activities. In pursuing this goal, ASALA’s staff and supporters commit to the values of transparency, democracy, social equity, professionalism and coherence. Aligned with the project’s goals, to promote social inclusion and innovation within the agri-food sector, Asala collaborated with Partners (CAWTAR, Jovesolides Espana, CESIE and Universita di Roma Vergata), to implement its mission of empowering numerus rural women in food processing, food production, boost women’s labor participation, entrepreneurship and creating a sense of awareness to the role they attribute to in their local communities.

 

  • Overall objective

The objective of this service is for the successful vendor to conduct the Technical Training on Dairy production for young women within the targeted Governorate “Ramallah”, a maximum of 28 participants (averaging 14 participants/ 2 Groups) each workshop with other necessary administrative and logistical arrangement. Thus, the training aims to:

  • Introduce participants to dairy products production (how to turn raw milk into dairy products that can be consumed, especially Yellow Cheese, Italian cheese, "Labneh", Yoghurts, sweet cheese (for eastern sweets), Ice-cream & Solid Milk. (
  • Introduce participants to supporting tools (measurement tools, Specialized boilers, Specialized ovens)
  • Design training Material (Curriculum, implementations)
  • Enhance the understanding of participants regarding production safety, hygiene, shelf life and related regulations to ensure production of safe and quality processed items.
  • To deliver the technical skills and know-how needed in order to enable the participants in dairy products production and packaging activities.
  • To enable the participants to control the quality of their products, and to make the necessary calculations to determine the efficiency of the manufacturing process
  • Field visits and monitoring.
  • Targeted beneficiaries and duration of implementation

The training will be conducted in Ramallah governorate for 28 young women (14 per group), in total of 108 hours. The Training expected to take place from 1 December 2021 to 30 January 2022.

  • Deliverables and General Time Schedule

The successful vendor shall provide the following services:

  • Developing Training Guide i. Development of contents of training guides that meet the scope of training. ii. Sharing of Arabic and English version of training guides and trainee handout prior to printing.
  • Procurement of Training Raw Materials and consumables.
  • Provision of Technical Training
  • Training evaluation (Pre/Post)
  • Training report

 

  • Experts assigned to this project by the vendor must possess the following skills and qualifications:
  • Trainer(s) should hold a bachelor’s degree in agricultural engineering/Food processing, as a minimum, with specific experience to the scope of training in dairy products, as well as previous experience in providing training to farmers and household members and women.
  •  He/she should have at least 10 years of work experience and at least 5 years of work experience in training in similar field.
  •  Good conceptual, writing and presentation skills.
  • Excellent command of the Arabic and English language (oral and written).
  • Computer skills in word, excel and power point.

 

Interested trainers shall submit the required hard copies and one soft copy of their technical (company profile, relevant experience in conducting similar assignments, CVs of the proposed trainers) and a financial proposal to “Asala” to the below address in sealed envelopes no later than 3rd of January 2022 at 12:00 PM local time.

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