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The focus of both long-term cooperative training and short-term demand-oriented training measures would be on green, digital and social transformation and entrepreneurial skills with active involvement of the companies. The work packages are as follows, and details are available in the ToR. WP 1: Establishment of regional and sectoral implementation plans and coordination mechanisms, reflecting cooperation between public and private sector The aim of WP1 is to engage with all relevant stakeholders/actors from the public and private sector, to set up an implementation structure for all activities within this consultancy. In implementation of city administrations/regions, the (re)establishment of platforms coordinating the CT and short-term training programme implementation shall be facilitated by the contractor. If suitable, existing forums/platforms shall be used. The contractor is responsible for organising regular exchanges. The contractor shall secure the engagement of at least 30 influential large companies (champions) to ensure effective implementation of cooperative training and selection of job seekers as well as informally employed people for short-term qualification measures / trainings. WP 2: (Re)-design and developing cooperative training implementation packages in selected economic sectors Based on the selected job profiles/occupations and levels, the contractor shall support MoLS, Regional TVT bureaus, ECCSA, sectorial associations, companies and other relevant public and private stakeholders/actors to (re)design and develop Cooperative Training Programmes to TVT college trainees. The Programmes shall significantly contribute to the increased employability of trainees with an in-company training time of at least 70 %. The aim is to define training programmes, covering all relevant aspects from A to Z by incorporating green, digital and social transformation, and entrepreneurial skills for successful training, instead of focusing only on one aspect of a programme. The training programmes should utilise available resources, skills, and knowledge to an optimum. It is crucial that the designed and developed programmes are mainstreamed and serve a broad group of trainees and companies. In addition to that, the contractor shall carry out a rapid skills gap analysis and set a baseline by identifying the capacity building needs at partner TVT institutions/colleges and companies" level to facilitate the delivery of CT programmes (considering the needs on gender sensitive and inclusive teaching practices). WP 3: Implementation of cooperative training measures in selected economic sectors The aim of this work package is for at least 300 trainees (of which 150 women and 20 Persons with Disabilities) to benefit and complete the developed programmes in the cooperative training modalities, where the learning takes place in TVET colleges and the partner companies. An allocation of the total target among the selected sectors will be discussed at the beginning of the consultancy. While all relevant stakeholders need to be engaged in the implementation, trainees" allotment depends on the selected training fields/sectors and will be agreed upon at a later stage. WP 4: (Re)-design and developing labour market oriented short-term trainings materials in selected economic sectors Work package 4 aims to design and develop training materials to provide a range of skills and knowledge gaps based short term training for job seekers and informally employed people, that improves employment prospects. The contractor is expected to focus on the design and development of compressive training packages employment-oriented qualification measures. At least one measure shall be developed for each one of the target groups, namely job seekers and informally self-employed workers, women and persons with disabilities. The focus of the thematic area remains on green, digital and social transformation, entrepreneurial skills including digital entrepreneurship. The number of each target group shall be identified at the beginning of the programme in collaboration with partners and stakeholders. WP 5: Implementation of labour market oriented short-term training measures in selected economic sectors Roll-out and implementation of at least four employment qualification measures (short-term training). As mentioned above, the four chosen measures must be implemented together with a partner institution and private sector to ensure sustainability. These partner institutions shall be able to take up the training at the end of the project. To this end, the contractor should not only consider governmental institutions but also private sectors, e.g. private training providers, companies and associations or chambers. Implementation partners: MoLS, Regional TVET Bureaus, private sector companies and associations, TVET colleges and any other relevant TVET stakeholders.