Activity Name: 1.1.1.1 Training and Coaching
SOW No. and Title: Developing Access to Finance (A2F) training material and Reporting for Waste Recycling Sector in
Jordan as a part of the Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) Training Program
Period of Performance: 15 December 2022 – 20 March 2022
Level of Effort: Up to 18 working days
Consultant’s Name: Local STTA
The Recycling in Jordan Activity is a multi-year Activity funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Activity is partnering with the Ministry of Environment (MOENV), the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM), and private-sector recycling companies to increase the commercial sector’s utilization of recycling services in Amman.
Through a market-based approach, the USAID Recycling in Jordan Activity seeks to improve and expand private-sector recycling markets, increasing demand for and use of recycling services within Amman’s commercial sector and improving the business-enabling environment for recycling services and material markets.
During FY2021, USAID Recycling in Jordan launched the “Waste Management and Recycling Acceleration Training Program for Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) in the Recycling Sector in Amman” as part of the USAID Recycling Jordan’s efforts to enhance the competitiveness of waste management service providers in Jordan. The training aims to strengthen the capacity of small and growing businesses in the areas of industry analysis and evaluation, marketing and sales, business modeling, supply chain optimization, solid waste management characterization and basic feasibility assessment, process mapping and operations, quality assurance and quality control, financial knowledge, and literacy, and practical – solid waste management characterization, and sorting techniques. Through the engagement with different types of service providers across the value chains in terms of functions and business models; The Activity team recognized that service providers based on their position in the value chains widely varies in the levels of their competencies and abilities that require different training topics and business models to adopt recycling. It was also very clear that the process of mixing the ToT and SP trainings, then following them with one-on-one coaching sessions was effective. Moreover, the process of engaging all training participants in deciding on the training approach, topics, timing, and dates was effective as well due to high attendance and commitment.
Based on feedback sessions and discussions conducted with different attendees of the previous training cohorts, recommendations revealed the necessity of adding a new training module about Access to Finance for Recycling Sector in Jordan to raise the participants’ awareness and provide them with the required knowledge.
The Recycling in Jordan Activity plans to implement two small and growing business training cohorts in FY2023 targeting different types of recycling service providers across the value chains for the purpose of equipping them with business skills and modeling as needed to improve their understanding of the market and enhance their value proposition, hence improving their ability to promote their services and products more effectively.
This consultancy aims to develop a new training module about Access to Finance (A2F) and the training material will be tailored to fit with the requirements of the private-led recycling sector in Jordan. This new module will be added to the other training modules that were developed and prepared for the first “Small and Growing Businesses Training Program” that tackles the needs of the targeted private firms in the waste recycling sector across the value chains in Jordan, who will be invited to engage in the upcoming training cohorts.
Moreover, the consultancy aims to develop a separate report on “Access to Finance” for the purpose of informing the recycling service providers about potential financial assistance of existing financing programs and the process and procedure to qualify and apply for financing as well as recommendations on next steps for way forward.
3.1 TARGETED GROUPS
The Recycling in Jordan Activity envisions delivering business training materials to target the following groups:
3.2 TASKS
The Consultant shall use his education, considerable experience, and resources to develop/ customize a new training module about “Access to Finance (A2F)” that will be added to training curricula of the Small and Growing Businesses Training and Coaching Program. The Consultant should keep very close coordination with the USAID Recycling in Jordan in performing the following tasks:
Deliverable I: Develop “Access to Finance A2F” Training Curricula and Material
Defining the concept of financing and what financing means?
Types and sources of finance in Jordan and requirements for each
Ecosystem of Financial inclusion in Jordan and relevance to the waste recycling sector in Jordan
Access to digital financial services in Jordan
How to access the finance?
Deliverable 2: Access to Finance (A2F) Training Workshop conducted, and Access to Finance (A2F) report prepared and submitted to the Activity
Deliverable 3: Access to Finance (A2F) Training Sessions conducted, within the framework of the Small and Growing (SGBs) Businesses Training Program
Deliverable 4: Access to Finance (A2F) training report prepared and submitted to the Activity
Following the delivery of the training session of the SGBs Program, the consultant shall draft the training report (using the approved templates, formats and branding requirements) including the following: Training objective and approach, description about the trainers’ expertise, implementation arrangements, invitation and workshops agenda, including schedule and location (physical/virtual), modules covered, topics and sub-topics presented, participants and audience group attended, attendance record keeping, participants evaluations summary, training workshops discussions, challenges, conclusions including the workshops evaluation by the participants (modules/trainers), suggested next steps and recommendations if any, and list of records, log of sessions, documentary record including photography as annexes.
The consultant shall submit the deliverables described above in accordance with the following period of performance:
# | Deliverable Name | Delivery method | Location | Format | Language | LOE (days) | Due Date |
D1 | First Draft – Develop Training Curricula and Materials including examples, and the results of the mapping for financial institutions provided loans/funds in Jordan for the recycling sector | Virtual | Home Country | PowerPoint | Arabic | 5 | 30-12-2022 |
Final Draft – Develop Training Curricula and Materials including examples, and the results of the mapping for financial institutions provided loans/funds in Jordan for the recycling sector | Virtual | Home Country | PowerPoint | Arabic | 2 | 12-01-2023 | |
D2 | Deliver the one-day training workshop | In-person | Home Country | PowerPoint | Arabic | 1 | 25-01-2023 |
First Draft – develop “Access to Finance Report” financial assistance of existing financing programs and the process and procedure to qualify and apply for financing as well as recommendations for the next steps of financial inclusion | Virtual | Home Country | Word | Arabic/ English | 4 | 12-02-2023 | |
Final Draft – develop “Access to Finance Report” financial assistance of existing financing programs and the process and procedure to qualify and apply for financing as well as recommendations for the next steps of financial inclusion | Virtual | Home Country | Word | Arabic/ English | 4 | 19-02-2023 | |
D3 | Deliver the one-day training session in the SGBs program | In-person | Home Country | PowerPoint | Arabic | 1 | 28-02-2023 |
D4 | Prepare the report for the one-day training session in the SGBs program | Virtual | Home Country | Word | English | 1 | 20-03-2023 |
Total LOE | 18 |
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The consultant who is assigned for the delivery of this assignment must submit a time sheet indicating the actual days done, a list of deliverables completed and a breakdown of the achieved activities. Timesheets are subject for the technical review and prior approval of the Recycling Sector Lead to proceed with invoicing.
The Consultant shall conduct this assignment physically in the Governorate of Amman. The primary duty post is in Amman and/or Zarqa.
The Consultant shall read, but is not limited to, the following materials related to fully understanding the work specified under this consultancy:
The consultant shall have the following minimum qualifications to be considered for this consultancy:
The Consultant will directly report to the Gender, Social Inclusion, and Informal Sector Specialist, Value Chain Specialist, Recycling Enabling Environment Lead, and the Recycling Sector Lead.