Lepironia Articulata Weaving Artisan

SCOPE OF WORK

For an Artisan to provide vocational training on Lepironia articulata weaving

Under Women Economic Empowerment activity in Thua Thien Hue Province

I. BACKGROUND

ECODIT is implementing the USAID-funded Green Annamites activity (the GA Project) in Quang Nam (QN) and Thua Thien Hue (TTH) provinces in central Vietnam. The Green Annamites aims to assist Vietnam’s transition to climate-smart, low emission, and resilient development that protects people, landscapes, and biodiversity in Vietnam’s priority forested provinces. The project’s overall period of performance is September 26, 2016 to December 16, 2020, subject to the availability of funding, and includes three main Tasks:

Increase application of low emission land use practices: conserve the existing carbon sink; stop emission from small scale deforestation and degradation, and unsustainable agricultural practices; and increase carbon sequestration from restoration of degraded landscapes.
Strengthen biodiversity conservation: mitigate threats to the globally significant biodiversity in central Vietnam, including poaching and activities that destroy habitats for wildlife and cause habitat fragmentation (e.g., deforestation, forest degradation, and conversion of natural forest into plantation).
Increase resilience for vulnerable communities: ensure that results of activities supported under the two other components are not affected by climate change impacts. In addition, under this Task the Program conducts standalone activities to build resilience for vulnerable communities. Much of these activities reflect findings and recommendations from the climate vulnerability assessment findings.

The GA project built up a tripod partnership with the Vietnam Bank for Social Policy (VBSP) and the Women’s Union (WU) in TTH for economic empowerment of vulnerable women through startup promotion, value chain enhancement, finance accessibility and microfinance. It is expected that this partnership would facilitate at least one women-led start-up which works to increase income for at least 15 vulnerable women in the province. Thus, ECODIT is partnering with Hue Viet Organic One Member Joint Stock Company for Lepironia articulata handicraft value chain development with aim at women economic empowerment in Phong Binh commune, Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province.

Under the partnership between the GA project and Hue Viet Organic One Member Joint Stock Company, the GA project will perform the activity namely “training for the local craftswomen on skills to produce handicraft products from Lepironia articulata”. To execute this activity, the GA Project is recruiting an Artisan to provide vocational trainings.

II. OBJECTIVE

The objective of this SoW is to provide vocational trainings on Lepironia articulata weaving skills and techniques for the local craftswomen in Phong Binh commune, Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province.

III. ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES AND LEVEL OF EFFORT

Under the direct supervision of the USAID Green Annamites Operations Coordinator, the Artisan shall conduct the following activities:

Conduct a training on Lepironia articulata weaving skills to produce 3 existing products which are popular in the market.
Produce 3 Lepironia articulata handicraft samples according to the to-be-provided designs.
Deliver training on Lepironia articulata weaving skills to produce 3 new products, and coach artisans to produce at least 5 samples of each new design

Deliverables and Level of Effort for each activity:

#	Activity	Deliverables	LOE (man-days)
1	A training ^(*) on Lepironia articulata weaving skills to produce 3 existing products	List of trainees with signatures; Post-training evaluation forms.	9
2	Produce 3 Lepironia articulata handicraft samples ^(**) according to the provided designs	Photos of 3 samples.	9
3	A training ^(*) on Lepironia articulata weaving skills to produce 3 new products and coach artisans to produce at least 5 samples of each new design	List of trainees with signatures; Pictures of the 15 new products done by the trainees Post-training evaluation forms.	9
Total			27

Main responsibilities at trainings:

Teach skills and techniques of Lepironia articulata weaving;
Teach skills and techniques of finalize Lepironia articulata high quality weaving products;
Instruct and coach all trainees, help point out errors and give correction;
Help trainees build up industrialized working style and improve weaving skills and final product quality so that the trainees are able to produce Lepironia articulata weaving products for domestic and international markets.

Note ^(*) and ^(**): The related training costs for the two trainings and the material costs of the samples will be covered separately by the GA project under Direct Implementation mode.

IV. TIME AND LOCATION

Time: The activities are expected to conduct in August – September 30, 2020.
Location: The Artisan will work in Phong Binh commune, Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province.

V. REQUIREMENTS

Be an artisan in Lepironia articulata weaving;
Have good knowledge and understandings on handicraft weaving;
At least 15 years of experience in handicraft weaving, with Lepironia articulata as advantage;
Have good communication and presentation skills.

Interested candidates should send application including: