Consultant to Provide Capacity Building on Establishing and Running Farmers Group in Cassava and Decorative Leaves Value

SNV has obtained the support from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to implement the “Partnering for value: Promoting Public – Private – Producers Partnership (4Ps) in IFAD-funded value chain development projects. The 4P project aims to broker mutually beneficial partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and small-scale rural producers within the framework of IFAD-funded Value Chain Development Projects in five selected countries (including Vietnam, El Salvador, Mozambique, Senegal, and Uganda).

In Vietnam, the 4Ps, which is part of the IFAD-funded SRDP in Quang Binh & Ha Tinh and AMD in Ben Tre & Tra Vinh projects, is designed to encourage private sector investments in support of climate-sensitive value chain development and rural employment generation. In these provinces, the Provincial Project Coordination Unit (PCU) is the lead agency fully responsible for the “4P facility” management according to a “4P Manual” approved by Provincial People’s Committee (PPC). The overall goal of the project is to promote effective pro-poor 4P that will contribute to sustainable livelihoods for the rural poor in a changing environment. Specific objectives are: (i) to jump start the application of the 4P approach by facilitating the identification, development and monitoring of “4P business plans” from private enterprises in the context of IFAD funded projects; and (ii) to build capacity and develop knowledge on successful 4P best practices for future use, replication and scaling up by all stakeholders involved in IFAD country program.

In order to support enterprises and farmers group in Quang Binh and Ben Tre provinces, SNV is looking for a team of national consultancy to develop training curricula and deliver trainings to improve organisation and management skills for relevant stakeholders.

Details on tasks, expected outputs and requirements please see in the attached ToR.

The assignment will be undertaken in the period from July/August to September 2017.

Interested candidates should send:

  • Signed CV(s)
  • Technical proposal - explaining why you are the most suitable candidate for the advertised position and a brief methodology on how you will approach and conduct the work (3 pages max); Sample work.
  • Financial Proposal - specifying a number of working days, day rate (including 10% PTI). Other travel and accommodation costs will be separately covered by SNV Vietnam)

Email to [email protected] by 17.00 23rd July 2017 or by post to SNV Netherlands Development Organization
Add: 3rd Floor, Building D, La Thanh Hotel, 218 Doi Can Street, Ba Dinh Ha Noi, Viet Nam; Tel: 84-4 38463791   Fax: 84-4 38463794
With the title: “Short-Term Consulting Assignment for IFAD 4Ps project”

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation
Application Deadline: 
Sun, 2017-07-23