Environment Specialist

Développement International Desjardins (DID) is a Canadian non-governmental organization founded in Quebec, Canada in 1970 as a non-government organization which belongs to Desjardins Group – the biggest financial group in Quebec, Canada. The goal of DID is to share the expertise and experience of the Desjardins Group with emerging and developing countries to successfully replicate its cooperative model in other countries within their specific contexts. The mission of DID is to increase power among disadvantaged populations by facilitating access to a diverse range of financial services and by developing individual and community assets. For over 40 years, DID has various projects in developing countries in Africa, America, and Asia. In Vietnam, the most current project of DID is “Strengthening the People’s Credit Fund Network – STEP project” which started in 2016. For more information about DID, please visit the website: www.did.qc.ca.

Strengthening the People’s Credit Fund Network – STEP project was approved by the Government of Vietnam in November 2017 and was implemented in cooperation with the Cooperative Bank of Vietnam (CBV). STEP project was funded by Global Affairs Canada to strengthen the capacity of CBV and its network of financial cooperatives, the People's Credit Funds (PCFs) in Vietnam. The overall mandate is to support and advise the CBV and PCFs network in their process of transformation and modernization to increase their level of integration and performance. The ultimate outcome of the STEP project is to "increased financial security for Vietnamese men and women in targeted rural and agricultural areas by a more integrated and better performing CBV and PCF network”. The project aims to strengthen selected PCFs across Vietnam and, upon completion, transfer methodologies and tools to CBV, allowing it to continue deployment of the strategies throughout the entire PCF network.  For more information about the STEP project, please visit the website: www.did-step.com  

STEP wishes to find consultant(s) with appropriate technical expertise and experience to provide service on raising awareness of environment protection for PCF’s member as mentioned in the TOR attached, The TOR in English can be found HERE and Vietnamese can be found HERE.

The Proposal should be submitted (both in English and Vietnamese) by email only to [email protected] and/or [email protected] clearly indicating the email subject of “Proposal DID2024 – Environment”.

Please kindly note that each email submission may not exceed 20MB in size.

The deadline for submission is Thursday, July 25, 2024, at 17:00 Local Vietnam Time .

We will select and contact the applicant with the most competitive proposal only.