The Government of Republic of Moldova has received financing from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) towards the cost of Talent Retention for Rural Transformation Project (TRTP) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for the recruitment of consulting services provided by an individual consultant.
The use of any IFAD financing shall be subject to IFAD’s approval, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the financing agreement, as well as IFAD’s rules, policies and procedures. IFAD and its officials, agents and employees shall be held harmless from and against all suits, proceedings, claims, demands, losses and liability of any kind or nature brought by any party in connection with TRTP.
The TRTP project will strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry by providing it technical specialist for economic and policy analysis. This will help to identify any policy implications and modify and refine policy as required. The project will also organize opportunities for learning and experience sharing for the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry staff.
The consulting services (“the services”) assignment is to contract an individual consultant to strengthen technical capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, as following:
- 1. Consultant in Agriculture Economy and Policy.
The Consolidated IFAD Programme Implementation Unit (CPIU IFAD) now invites eligible Individual consultants (“consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required qualifications and relevant experience to perform the services in the form of a curriculum vitae (CV), a Cover Letter (CL), Self-certification form (IFAD template) and 2-3 professional references from the previous employers. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the individual consultant selection (ICS) method set out in IFAD’ Project Procurement Handbook that can be accessed via the IFAD website at www.ifad.org/project-procurement. Interviews will be conducted as part of the selection process.
Consultant in Agriculture Economy and Policy will support the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry in the following main activities, but not limited to these:
- conducting economic analysis of agriculture subsector on main macroeconomic indicators, including statistical data related to the agricultural sector;
- identifying administrative and commercial trade barriers and suggesting a road map on how to overcome them and to raise competitiveness of the Moldovan agricultural producers on both external and local markets.
- identifying policy gaps that compromise the competitiveness of the local agricultural producers and suggesting a road map on how to eliminate those gaps;
- developing recommendations on macro level on how to improve competitiveness of the Moldovan producers;
- developing and/or assisting the Beneficiary in relevant developing policy papers and consulting the Beneficiary on budgetary policy issues;
- delivering trainings/consulting to representatives of local state institutions and authorities;
The key criteria for shortlisting of Consultant in Agriculture Economy and Policy are the FOLLOWING
Expressions of interest in the form of curriculum vitae (CV) and Cover Letter must be delivered signed and in a written form to the address below by 4 April 2022, 17 AM (relaunched)
More detailed information relating to this assignment is HERE
Attn: Nadejda Russu, Senior Procurement Specialist
Ștefan cel Mare și Sfînt bd. 162, Chișinău, MD-2004
E-mail: procurement@ucipifad.md
Tel. (022) 22 - 18 – 80