| Overview : To realize the vision of Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation Plan, and the role that a growing and dynamic private sector can play in its achievement, the Ministry of Urban Development and Construction and the Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency (FEMSEDA), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ethiopia, launched the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) in February 2013. The goal of the EDP is to foster the emergence of a robust and competitive private sector through the development of the micro and small enterprise (MSE) sector. EDP established the Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), a semi-autonomous organization, to spearhead the implementation of innovative entrepreneurship skills training and customized business development services to new and existing MSEs in the country. EDC is seeking the service of a qualified consultancy firm to collect, organize and verify data which can be used as input for Management Information System/ MIS of the progress of the EDC under the EDP framework. It should be clear that currently, MIS is under development by another consultancy firm. The EDP framework is composed of four measureable project outputs, which include (i) institutional capacity building; (ii) development of entrepreneurship knowledge and skills through training sessions; (iii) establishment of new SMEs and enhancement of existing ones; and (iv) developing greater awareness and policy dialogues about MSEs. Each of the four project outputs have specific indicators and targets to measure the progress of the EDP. The selected consultant is to develop a mechanism/ system that is compatible with the management information system (MIS) to be developed by another consultant, for the collection, collation and verification of all data/ information (existing and future) on EDP beneficiaries/EDC clients disaggregated by gender and age. This will include data structuring, modeling, coding removing, syntactical errors, and test data integration with the MIS database The system / mechanism should be able to capture discrepancies identified in data collected, indicating valid and invalid data. Since MIS is under development by another consultancy firm, the consultant should ensure that the data captured can be used as an input for the MIS. The system must help to facilitate the day-to-day activities of EDC and ensure quality service delivery while meeting the goals and target set under the EDP. |
