EOI for empanelment as member of the India International Skill Centre (IISC) Network

EOI for empanelment as member of the India International Skill Centre (IISC) Network

About the Organization:

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) aims to promote skill development by catalysing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational institutions. Further, the organisation provides funding to build scalable and profitable vocational training initiatives. Their mandate is also to enable support system which focuses on quality assurance, information systems and train the trainer academies either directly or through partnerships.

Background:

India is a young nation with ~65% of its population below the age of 35 years. This demographic dividend presents an opportunity that can be leveraged to create a high-quality skilled workforce for the rest of the world, especially those nations which have an ageing or declining national population.

To cater to the global workforce demand, NSDC actively pursues global partnerships with governments and businesses with the aim of

• promoting global mobility,
• strengthening the Indian skilling ecosystem, and
• sharing of knowledge with other developing & developed economies.

This is in line with the Government of India’s vision to transform India into the Skill Capital of the World. At present, NSDC has actively worked in markets like Japan through the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) and the GCC countries including UAE and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia through Government to Government (G2G) and Business to Business (B2B) workforce mobility collaborations. Progress has also been made for developing partnership across countries like Canada, Australia, Finland, Morocco, Sweden, Russia, Jordan, Maldives, among others.

NSDC, along with Ernst & Young (EY) has conducted the ‘Global Skill Gap Study’. The study showcases the in-depth analysis of the global workforce markets with prime focus on leveraging the opportunities to the benefit of Indian workforce. The study highlights nations that would face workforce shortages in the foreseeable future and maps out the corresponding opportunities that these shortages present for the Indian workforce.

Objective of the IISC Network:

With this background, the IISC Network is envisioned to be the nodal platform to facilitate international workforce mobility opportunities for Indians. This network will be central to the GOI’s plan to make India the skill capital of the world. It will be a fee based, market driven model, determined by global workforce supply and demand dynamics. It will comprise of Member Organisations operating through several fixed centres to be referred as IISCs. Through the IISC Network, Member Organisations will be supported to work across various country clusters including:

• Gulf cooperation council (GCC)
• Japan, Russia, South East Asia
• North America
• Australia, New Zealand
• Europe

NSDC along with the IISC Network Member Organisations shall work to achieve the following milestones in the next 5 years for the above-mentioned country clusters:

• International Skill Harmonization & Benchmarking – Acceptance of Indian Skill Standards and collaboration for International Approved Standards across 10 Countries
• International Workforce Mobility – Place at least 100,000 skilled certified Indian candidates overseas
• Pre-Departure Orientation Trainings – Orient and train 250,000 candidates
• Recognition of Prior Learning Assessment & Certification Overseas – 25,000 workers

Benefits of becoming IISC network member organisation:

IISC members would be entitled to various benefits upon successful empanelment such as:

• Knowledge and Research for International workforce mobility
• Government/B2B facilitation
• International Skill Standard Benchmarking & Harmonization
• Advocacy and Branding
• Demand Aggregation Portal
• Funding Support – Candidate and Business loans
• Standard operating guidelines
• Assessment and certification processes
• IT platform –Data Management and Monitoring system

Standard operating guidelines:

NSDC will develop standardized guidelines and modules for upskilling, counselling & guidance, domain skill training, PDOT and language training. All IISCs would need to comply with the standard guidelines provided by NSDC for ensuring effective implementation of the program. This shall ensure certain market driven standardization across the network resulting in quality assurance and higher acceptability by overseas employers.

Assessment and certification processes:

Through various G2G/B2B collaborations which are being undertaken by NSDC, Skill India assessment and certification is being promoted across different countries. Each empaneled IISC will become crucial stakeholders in enhancing global recognition of the Skill India certification by implementing various G2G/B2B/skill harmonization programs being supported by NSDC.

In addition to delivering Skill India assessment & certification, IISCs will be enabled to test as per the standards aligned to the global market needs to ensure placement of candidates. To achieve the same, IISCs may choose one of the following options as per the requirements of the project:

• Skill Testing and certification on NSQF awarded by NCVT/Indian Sector Skill Council (SSC)
• Skill Testing and Certification in line with the requirements of International Employers
• Skill testing and Certification on International Qualification awarded by an International Awarding Body

Clarifications and Amendments to EOI:

• The Applicants are required to email their queries, if any, to iiscproposal@nsdcindia.org.
• At any time before the last date and time for submission of Proposals as specified in the EOI Schedule, NSDC may, whether at its own initiative, or in response to a clarification requested by the Applicant(s), amend the EOI by issuing an addendum. The addendum shall be published on NSDC website (www.nsdcindia.org), and the addendum will be binding on all the Applicants. The Applicants are advised to visit NSDC website on a regular basis. To give the Applicants reasonable time in which to take an amendment into account in their Proposals, NSDC may at its discretion, if the amendment is substantial, extend the deadline for the Proposal submission. NSDC will not be liable for any effect on the Applicant’s Proposal or its evaluation, if the Applicant does not read addendum(s) or related communication on NSDC’s website.

Interested Applicants must submit Expression of Interest referred as ‘Proposal for the Empanelment of IISC Network Member Organizations’ a standard format as given in EOI. The Proposal shall be submitted over an email (iiscproposal@nsdcindia.org). The Proposals will be accepted until 10^th March 2020.

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