To provide technical support for comprehensive capacity development of the young people in Bangladesh to successfully complete at least one course offered on the Passport to Earning (P2E) Bangladesh

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR INSTITUTIONAL CONTRACT

 

Title

Passport to Earning to Placement Promotion (Aug 1st 2025 – 31st Dec 2026)

Purpose

The overall purpose is to provide comprehensive capacity and support up to 70,000 young people in Bangladesh aged 15 - 24 with 60% girls and young women to successfully complete at least one course offered on the Passport to Earning (P2E) Bangladesh platform. This contract is intended to be long-term in nature. Subject to the satisfactory performance of the selected parties and the continued availability of funding, the contract may be extended beyond its initial term, as deemed appropriate by the contracting authority.

The service provider(s) will also be responsible for placing at least up to 6,000 youth (18 – 24) into decent employment or self-employment.

Location

Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

The service provider(s) must be based in Bangladesh and have infrastructure and capacity in place to proficiently support young people’s course completions at community level, within own platforms and networks and in partnership with various public and private education and TVET stakeholders including academia, campus-based clubs, technical schools and career service departments.

 

The organization(s) must demonstrate capacity to provide efficient logistical support, online and face to face communications and have coordination mechanisms in place to ensure seamless collaboration and engagement across various sectors, to drive the agreed course completion and learner’s placement.

Estimated Duration

Enter the number of months and estimated start date:

(Aug 1st, 2025– Dec 31st, 2026)

Reporting to Technical Supervisor of this assignment

Program Specialist, Education Section, UNICEF Bangladesh

 

 

1. Background

Launched by the UN Secretary-General at the 2018 UN General Assembly and anchored in UNICEF, Generation Unlimited is a leading global Public-Private-Youth Partnership, bringing together global organizations and leaders including Heads of State, CEOs, Heads of UN agencies, and civil society champions with young people to co-create and deliver innovative solutions on a global scale. 

 

Generation Unlimited Bangladesh (“GenU”) is a Public-Private-Youth Partnership launched in 2019. The initiative is managed by UNICEF in Bangladesh and brings together a wide range of partners to initiate local solutions and adapt for scale and sustainability initiatives relevant to Bangladesh, including Passport to Earning (P2E).

 

GenU Bangladesh has developed P2E as an accessible and inclusive skilling to earning initiative offering and empowering young people with a specific focus on adolescent girls and young women with essential skills for employment. By utilizing P2E as an online platform with blended learning approaches, mobility and supply-side barriers are overcome. Consequently, disconnected adolescent girls and young women, including those in poor urban and rural areas, can access quality training and transition from skilling to earning. This transition improves their economic prospects and promotes gender equality in the workforce.

Powered by Microsoft Community Training in partnership with Generation Unlimited, P2E is a new global skilling to earning platform hosted at https://bangladesh.passport2earning.org. It focuses on empowering adolescent girls, young women, and youth with disabilities with skills and opportunities for earning.

Based on recommendations from assessments, mappings, and youth perception surveys as well as a co-creation stakeholders workshop held in June 2024 a comprehensive strategy was developed for P2E: the Platform to Placement strategy. This strategy calls for a visually appealing platform with customizable options. P2Ebangladesh.com was launched in January 2024 to connect all ecosystem participants in alignment with the Platform to Placement strategy.

As of 10 March 2025, P2E and its key partners has achieved satisfactory registrations, completions, and job placements, notably transitioning young people from registration to placement. The summary of results is as follows:

Registrations

Completions

Placements

Young Women Ratio

68,925

43,140

1700

Girls- 46%

 

As illustrated in the above table, GenU HQ is committed to enhancing the implementation of the model to ensure the expansion of the P2E program in Bangladesh, making a substantial impact on the lives of young people and job seekers. Our aim is to actively engage and encourage young individuals to enroll in the program, complete the courses, and proactively pursue opportunities from our partner organizations from Aug 1st, 2025– December 31st, 2026.

 

2. Objectives, Purpose and Expected Results

By December 31st, 2026, 70,000 learners (60% female, 40% male, aged 15 - 24) have successfully completed a course on the P2E Platform and 7,000 (60% female, 40% male, aged 18 - 24) P2E users have been placed in employment.

 

 

3. Description of Assignment

 

The service provider (s) will:

1. Provide guidance and motivation to learners enrolled in Passport to Earning courses. 
2. Monitor learners progress and provide necessary assistance to ensure completion of courses.
3. Track placement data of students after completing courses, including employment status and further education pursuits.
4. Collaborate with GenU and relevant stakeholders to enhance the effectiveness of the Passport to Earning platform.
5. Prepare monthly reports with documentation and storytelling on student engagement, course completion rates, and placement outcomes.

 

4. Deliverables

 

Activity and deliverable to be added to the contract as follows:

 

 

Deliverables

Timeline

Activities

1

Ensure at least 18,000 course completions and 1,800 placements

30 Nov 2025

 

 

1. Enrol participants in a course, ensuring timely registration and onboarding processes.
2. Provide comprehensive support to all enrolled participants, addressing any queries, concerns, or technical issues promptly and effectively.
3. Monitor participant progress closely, offering guidance and assistance to ensure successful completion with at least 60% girls/young women.
4. Provide user information for 18,000 learners with at least 60% girls who have completed at least one course on the P2E platform by Nov 30, 2025.
5. Provide information and testimony of 1,800 learners who have successfully been placed in/progressing to be placed in employment Nov 30, 2025.

2

Ensure at least 20,000 course completions and 2,000 job placements.

March 31, 2026

1. Enrol participants in a course, ensuring timely registration and onboarding processes.
2. Provide comprehensive support to all enrolled participants, addressing any queries, concerns, or technical issues promptly and effectively.
3. Monitor participant progress closely, offering guidance and assistance to ensure successful completion with at least 60% girls/young women.
4. Provide user information for 20,000 learners with at least 60% girls who have completed at least one course on the P2E platform by March 31, 2026.
5. Provide information and testimony of 2,000 learners who have successfully been placed in/progressing to be placed in employment March 31, 2026.

3

Ensure at least 17,000 course completions and 1,800 job placements.

 

Sep 30, 2026

1. Enrol participants in a course, ensuring timely registration and onboarding processes.
2. Provide comprehensive support to all enrolled participants, addressing any queries, concerns, or technical issues promptly and effectively.
3. Monitor participant progress closely, offering guidance and assistance to ensure successful completion with at least 50% girls/young women.
4. Provide user information for 17,000 learners with at least 60% girls who have completed at least one course on the P2E platform by Sep 30, 2026.
5. Provide information and testimony of 1,800 learners who have successfully been placed in/progressing to be placed in employment by Sep 30, 2026.

4

Ensure at least 15,000 course completions and 1,400 job placements.

Dec 31, 2026

1. Enrol participants in a course, ensuring timely registration and onboarding processes.
2. Provide comprehensive support to all enrolled participants, addressing any queries, concerns, or technical issues promptly and effectively.
3. Monitor participant progress closely, offering guidance and assistance to ensure successful completion with at least 50% girls/young women.
4. Provide user information for 15,000 learners with at least 60% girls who have completed at least one course on the P2E platform by Dec 31, 2026.
5. Provide information and testimony of 1,400 learners who have successfully been placed in/progressing to be placed in employment by Dec 31, 2026.

 

5. Reporting requirements

 

5.0 Kick-off meeting

Deadline: Within the first week following contract signing

Format: In-person (face-to-face) meeting

Submission: Meeting minutes to be submitted within the same week

Purpose: To conduct a kick-off meeting between UNICEF and the contractors to align on the overall scope of work and the inception report.

 

5.1 Inception Report (format to be agreed)

Deadline: Within 2 weeks of signing the contract.

Format: PDF and Word file.

Submission: Electronic submission via email

Purpose: Outline the detailed methodology, including stakeholder and young people engagement strategy and identifying age-appropriate beneficiary criteria, work plan, and timeline for the assignment.

 

5.2 Progress Reports (format to be agreed)

Deadline: Submitted on the 1st of every month.

Format: PDF and Word file.

Submission: Electronic submission

Purpose: Provide an update on work progress, challenges, and planned activities for the next period.

 

5.3 Technical Reports (format to be agreed)

Deadline: Monthly

Format: PDF and Word file.

Submission: Electronic submission

Purpose: Provide detailed technical analysis, data insights, and findings.

 

5.4 Final Report (format to be agreed)

Deadline: In last quarter of the assignment.

Format: PDF and Word file.

Submission: Electronic submission

Purpose: Incorporate feedback and present the final version of the report.

 

6. Payment Schedule

 

• First Payment 25% of total contract amount upon completion of 1st deliverables (Up to 18,000 course completions and up to 1,800 placements).
• Second Payment 30% of total contract amount upon 2nd deliverable (Up to 20,000 course completions and up to 2,000 placement).
• Third Payment 25% of total contract amount upon 3rd deliverable (Up to 17,000 course completions and up to 1,800 placement).
• Forth Payment 20% of total contract amount upon 4th deliverable (Up to 15,000 course completions and up to 1,400 placement).

 

7. Qualification requirement of the company/institution/organization

 

• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience and team capacity to manage learners and job seekers aged 15–25, especially girls and young women, with a strong commitment to inclusivity and empowering marginalized individuals across all levels in digital learning and career placement. .
• Possess infrastructure and connections within the ecosystem of online learning, skilling, industry collaborations and job placements to immediately onboard young people, support course completions and facilitate job placements in formal economic opportunities.
• Preference given to job platforms with experience of mobilizing of job seekers and employers.
• Must be registered to operate in Bangladesh and have experience in implementing skill development initiatives/projects with a focus on girls and women empowerment.
• Demonstrated record of accomplishment of successfully running programs aimed at skill development and career support for young people with focus on girls and young women leading to income generation.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GenU’s P2E is desirable, and a strong motivation to collaborate with diverse stakeholders to strengthen skills-to-employment pathways are desirable, with service providers expected to align with UNICEF Bangladesh’s goals and actively support the nationwide expansion of P2E and related initiatives.
• Considering the above, the service provider is expected to identify a fit-for-purpose team and leader with the required skills and competencies to manage the scope of work, including program planning and execution, stakeholder and youth engagement, advocacy and communication, user analytics and engagement tools, career services and job placement, and education and inclusion focus.