Call for consultants for Assessing LIWAY’s Contribution to the TVET System in Ethiopia

The study team (consultant(s)) will:

1. Review relevant project documents including intervention concept notes, relevant literature, updated AAER, and result chains for all interventions under skills system. Moreover, review the Ethiopian TVET strategy documents, proclamations and policies.
2. Design and validate an appropriate impact assessment methodology (qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods), with careful attention to the in-depth qualitative approach, as it is crucial for understanding the programme’s overall contributions, particularly regarding the LIWAY interventions contribution to the overall TVET system/sector.
3. Study and analyse intervention business models, including their level of implementation (Adoption, Adaption, Expansion and Responses from other TVET colleges/institutions and other similar institutions) with respect to scale, sustainability and resilience and analyse the impact of the LIWAY skills systems contribution to the overall employment status of the TVET graduates in Ethiopia.
4. Conduct fieldwork to collect data from:
   • Women and youth beneficiaries (targets) or TVET graduates.
   • Implementing Partners/TVET Colleges, Federal TVET institution, Regional TVET bureaus.
   • Public and private key stakeholders and partners.
   • MoLS (Ministry of Labour and Skills) and TVET bureaus and agencies.
   • Other significant actors influenced by LIWAY skill system activities, such as non-partners/TVETs and other relevant institutions or colleges who replicated the piloted interventions or model.
   • The study examines the integration of LIWAY interventions into regional TVET institutions and colleges, examining changes before and after the LIWAY interventions, focusing on the effects on the employment rates of TVET graduates.
   • TVET sector providing the piloted LIWAY interventions to the trainees/women and youths.
5. Analyse data to assess:
   • Changes resulting from LIWAY skill system interventions (changes in employment, behaviour, policy, and income.)
   • Access to relevant skills (enabling target group members to access relevant skills for job opportunities and business growth).
   • Policy-level achievements and stakeholder influences.
   • The influence of the skills systems intervention on employment and income for LIWAY targets, including impacts on the TVET sector.
   • Gender or youth dynamics (changes in decision-making, agency, and confidence).
6. Produce a comprehensive contribution assessment and market system change results report – including recommendations and lessons learned, and best-case studies.

Present preliminary findings to LIWAY and partners for feedback.

Proven experience in market systems development (MSD) and monitoring and result measurement (MRM) for MSD programming, detailed knowledge and understanding of DCED standards, and proven experience within the Ethiopian employment sector.

In-depth knowledge of the TVET sector and livelihoods, gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), climate-responsive programming, and conflict-sensitive approaches.

Demonstrates a clear understanding of the assignment’s objectives and scope. The proposed methodology must sound, and the work plan is clear, detailed, and logical.

The proposed team must be multi-disciplinary and possesses the required technical expertise to cover all facets of the assignment. CVs of the proposed team members clearly demonstrate the necessary experience.