Framework Contract Lot 9: Education, Social Dev. and Employment

• Type: Contract
• Location: - worldwide -, Worldwide
• Organisation: Planet Consultants BV
  PLANET Consultants BV was established in 1989 to provide assistance to people, organisations, professional associations and Governments in achieving sustainable micro and macro-level socio-economic development. In 2006, Planet Consultants became part of GRM International BV. Planet Consultants continues to adopt a technical and economic approach is always multi-disciplinary, giving special attention to cross-cutting issues such as the environment, gender issues, and the need for building strong and capable institutions. In recent years, democracy building and good governance have also become an increasingly important part of our activities. This coincides with our long-standing practice of employing a participatory approach -- rather than imposing solutions drawn from elsewhere, our aim is to help our clients and beneficiaries to help themselves. We believe that the local ownership of ideas and solutions are critical to ensuring their sustainability. PLANET Consultants BV selects and deploys experts according to the highest professional standards, based on their practical experience in the sector and country concerned. The majority of our specialists are multi-lingual, speaking a range of languages including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian. As part of GRM International BV, Planet Consultants is able to draw on the GRM International Group's world-wide network of expertise. This enables us to provide rapid, sustained and flexible professional support world-wide, and guarantees that international perspective and experience are combined with a sound understanding of local conditions, history and culture. www.planetconsultants.net
• Closing Date: 01-Sep-2009
• Description:
  EC Framework (Period) Contract - Education, Employment and Social Planet Consultants, part of GRM International BV, is in a consortium lead by Agriconsulting Europe SA AESA supplying services to the EC in the field of Education, Employment and Social covering many aspects of the social development of countries in transition. Whenever the EC needs technical expertise for an assignment, they send out tasking notes to consortia with specific Terms of Reference with a request for services. The companies within the consortium have a turnaround of 14 days between the publishing of a tasking note and the submission of a team, so Planet Consultants responds with great speed to each specific Term of Reference. The specific range of technical skills needed under this framework include: - Education (formal and non-formal) - Vocational Education and Training - VET (formal and non-formal) - Labour Market and Employment (formal and non-formal) - Use of Information and Knowledge Economy - Social Inclusion and Protection (formal and informal) - Poverty This technical expertise will be used for: 1. Programme / project identification and preparation / formulation_ 2. Assistance implementation_ 3. Preparation of Terms of Reference (services, works, supplies) and evaluation of offers (Procurement)_ and 4. Evaluations (exante, interim, expost etc.), monitoring. The EC uses a system with category I, II or III experts. Category I experts are experts who have had education at least up to Masters Degree / Academic level or equivalent professional experience and need to have at least 15 years experience in the area relevant to the assignment. Category II experts are experts who have had education at least up to Masters Degree / Academic level or equivalent professional experience and need to have at least 10 years experience in the area relevant to the assignment. Category III experts are experts whose education or type of experience will be identified in the Specific ToRs. They need to have at least 5 years experience in the area relevant to the assignment. All notices are published under Framework Contracts. Consultants can also elect to receive automated email advices of opportunities when registering or updating their registration with the GRM International database. Please go to: www.grminternational.com> Consultant registration, or use the following link (copy, paste): http://www.grminternational.com/consultants/index.cfm
• Applicant Requirements:
  Mission specific, please visit our website for request-specific information.
• Application instructions:
  Please send your CV in EU format indicating your interest in Framework Contract Lot 9 to Linda Leeuwin leeuwin@planetconsultants.net. Please keep an eye on our website for job offers relating this contract. www.planetconsultants.net.
• Other Contact Details:
  Planet Consultants BV is part of the GRM International Group..
• Contact Person: Jaime Warne jaime.warne@grminternational.com
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