The objective of this assignment is to provide a wide range of capacity-building trainings for the Serbian R&D Institutes system including the 20 RDIs currently undertaking the transformation process under the SAIGE Project; and other relevant stakeholders e.g.; the NITRA; BIO4 organizations; Science Fund; Innovation Fund and other institutions’ management; researchers and other officials.The World Bank plans to engage a consulting firm (Consultant) to achieve the above-mentioned objectives. The Consultant needs to either have adequate local capacity in Serbia and/or form a consortium with relevant Serbian organization(s) with appropriate qualifications and experience to provide services (and build capacity for future) in line with this Terms of Reference (ToRs). The Consultant will work actively with the World Bank team as well as with PIU; RDIs; and other stakeholders involved in the RDIs transformation process.