TERMS OF REFERENCE (ToR) AND CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Post Title : International Expert in Impact Investment and SDGs for Ecothon 2023
Organisation(s) : Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF) – ASEAN Regional Project in partnership with the ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center (ASEIC), relevant ministries and local partners in 4 ASEAN countries
Duty Station : Home-based (potentially with travel to the offline event)
Duration : max. 16 working days from July to October 2023
Renumeration : max. 400 USD/full working day.
Type of Contract : Consulting Contract
1. CONTEXT
Ecothon (Eco-entrepreneurs’ Marathon) is a sustainable and innovative business model competition that provides a selected group of startups in the ASEAN region with intensive training, mentoring, and coaching programmes in making sustainable business strategies and IR pitching, by adopting a ‘hackathon’ method. Ecothon seeks to foster an eco-entrepreneurship and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on SDG 12 - Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), by promoting and enabling an innovative and sustainable business model development that minimises negative environmental impact.
Since its pilot run in 2019 as part of the Republic of Korea (ROK) - Association of South East Asian Nations(ASEAN) Startup Partnership, Ecothon has been co-organised annually by the ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center (ASEIC) the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), hosted/supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups of the Republic of Korea (MSS, ROK) in close partnerships with the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on MSME (ACCMSME) focal ministries and Implementing Partners (IPs) nominated by the participating ASEAN countries.Being co-hosted by the respective line ministry in each country, Ecothon further provides a much-needed dialogue platform for innovative eco-friendly start-ups and entrepreneurial groups on the one hand and decision-makers on the other.
In 2023, Ecothon takes place in 4 ASEAN countries, namely Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia and the Philippines. The programme is broken into 3 main parts:
- Online course that provides participating teams with lectures on sustainable entrepreneurship and business model development;
- Individual mentoring sessions to support participating teams in consolidating their business models and strategies and preparing for the final pitching; and
- Demo-Day to identify 3 winners in each country.
In addition, a Sustainable Business Coach Training (ToT) is organised within the framework of this programme to strengthen professional capacities of sustainable business coaches, start-up accelerators and other stakeholders in the ASEAN region. Furthermore, 20 ToT participants will be selected to act as local coaches for Ecothon in 4 ASEAN countries.
2. OBJECTIVES
Through this ToR, ONE international expert is to be identified to work closely with HSF, ASEIC and ASEIC-service provider (Nemopartners) to take the following roles and responsibilities in Ecothon 2023:
- Support the curriculum development for Ecothon programme (including ToT)
- Act as an instructor in the ToT
- Act as an instructor in 2 online courses (1 for Lao PDR, 1 for Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines)
- Act as international mentor for Ecothon in the Philippines 2023
3. SPECIFIC TASKS AND PROPOSED LEVEL OF EFFORTS
|
Project activity |
Tasks and deliverables |
No. of working days |
|
ToT |
Support the curriculum development for the ToT and Ecothon 2023 |
1 |
|
Design and deliver 4 lectures for sustainable business coaches, start-up accelerators and representatives from relevant governmental agencies in the ASEAN region on
|
3 |
|
|
Ecothon in Lao PDR |
Design and deliver 3 lectures for participating teams in Lao PDR (mainly project teams with limited background knowledge of business management) on
|
2.5 |
|
Ecothon in the Philippines |
Design and deliver 3 lectures for participating teams in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines (mainly early-stage start-ups with certain background knowledge of business management) on
|
2.5 |
|
Act as international mentor who
|
7 |
|
|
Total |
16 |
|
4. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCES
- At least a Master’s degree in economics, sustainable development, sustainable entrepreneurship, impact investment, or related fields; Ph.D. in sustainable business management, impact investment, sustainable development, business consulting or related areas is a strong asset;
- Min. 15 years of experience in teaching, researching and/or consultancy services in sustainable entrepreneurship, impact investment, sustainable development, or related areas;
- Understanding emerging markets’ context, experience with start-ups and SMEs in the ASEAN region is a plus;
- Professional proficiency in English.
5. APPLICATION FORMAT
Documents to be submitted include:
- Cover Letter indicating the motivation and suitability for this position (max. 2 pages)
- Technical approach including a suggested daily rate (max. 1 page)
- Comprehensive CV
- Language: English
- Format: PDF, one single file
Interested individuals are requested to send the application documents Ms Kyeongjin Lee ([email protected] [1]) and Ms Ngoc-Mai Trinh ([email protected] [2]). Please indicate as the subject of the application: “Ecothon 2023 International Expert in Impact Investment and SDGs”. Please also direct potential questions to this email addresses.
Deadline for submission is 16th July 2023 at 5pm UTC+9.