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Project title: Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD)

Subject of the tender: Support of agricultural enterprises along selected agricultural value chains

Client: GIZ

Country: Lao PDR

Position: Expert with national experience on business development in the agricultural sector

Contact person: Paul Belchi (p.belchi@iram-fr.org)

Project duration: 01.01.2025 to 31.03.2027

Duration of position: 27 months

Application deadline:  30.09.24

Tasks:

• Supporting the team leader in management, monitoring and quality control of the implementation as well as reporting
• Identification and economic analyses of successful inclusive business models that can be replicated in the selected VCs
• Identify, screen and select suitable agri-MSMEs for close cooperation with the project
• Support in initiating and shaping inclusive business relationships
• Develop close and trustworthy collaborations with selected agri-MSMEs
• Preparation of cooperation agreements with companies
• Organisation of B2B (business-to-business) meetings
• Support the implementation and up-scaling of successful inclusive business models
• Support the team leader in preparing and hosting policy dialogues

Qualifications:

Project description:

The overall module objective of the BMZ commission states: “Emissions from land use change and forestry in northern Laos are reduced.”

The above stated module objective is directly linked to the following outcomes:

Outcome 1: Governance and the implementation of low-emission and climate-informed planning is strengthened, and sustainable financing sources are accessed.

Outcome 2: Vulnerabilities of villagers are reduced, and their livelihoods are improved by engaging in climate resilient, deforestation free value chains and access to markets

Outcome 3: Sustainable management, protection and rehabilitation of forest ecosystems is improved.

Based on the outcomes, the project focuses on the following three core areas:

1) Strengthening the enabling environment for REDD+ through three principal means: enhancing the availability of financing for a transformation in the way Lao PDR manages its forest landscapes; revising and strengthening the legal and regulatory framework for forestry; and improving the enforcement of the new regulatory framework.

2) Supporting deforestation-free agriculture and agroforestry by enhancing productivity, increasing farmers’ integration into agricultural value chains, and improving access to finance and private sector participation in economic activities that reduce pressure on forests.

3) Supporting the implementation of sustainable forest landscape management and forest landscape restoration on degraded forest lands. As part of the forestry component, the project introduces participatory planning for land and forest use and establishes a system to measure and monitor progress.

The contractor is responsible for providing the following work packages:

Work package 1: Evaluation of existing studies and interventions targeting Agri-MSMEs

Work package 2: Identification of potential Agri-MSMEs and assessment of their potential for cooperation based on business model and capacities

Work package 3: Assessment of capacity building needs of selected MSMEs and development of appropriate capacity building measures

Work package 4: Capacity Building for Agri-MSMEs

Work package 5: Sustainability of private sector interventions and policy dialogue

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Job advertisement

Project title: Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD)

Subject of the tender: Support of agricultural enterprises along selected agricultural value chains

Client: GIZ

Country: Lao PDR

Position: Team leader with international experience based in Vientiane

Contact person: Paul Belchi (p.belchi@iram-fr.org)

Project duration: 01.01.2025 to 31.03.2027

Duration of position: 27 months

Application deadline:  30.09.24

Tasks:

• Overall responsibility for the work packages of the contractor
• Overall strategic & conceptual advice
• Ensuring the coherence and complementarity of the contractor’s services with other services delivered by the overall GIZ project at local and national level
• Design, implementation and monitoring of capacity development measures for local partners in the areas business development and entrepreneurship promotion
• Responsibility for taking cross-cutting themes into consideration (for example, gender equality, environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation and adaptation)
• Staff management, in particular identifying the need for short-term assignments within the available budget, planning and managing the assignments and supporting local and international experts
• Overseeing regular monitoring and evaluation of project activities and reporting
• Responsibility for checking the use of funds and financial planning in consultation with the officer responsible for the commission at GIZ
• Supporting the officer responsible for the commission in updating and/or adapting the project strategy, in evaluations and in preparing a follow-on phase
• Providing recommendations for leveraging synergies and avoiding duplication with interventions by other development agencies
• Preparing and hosting policy dialogues in close coordination with GIZ
• Ensuring data protection and information security

Qualifications:

Project description:

The overall module objective of the BMZ commission states: “Emissions from land use change and forestry in northern Laos are reduced.”

The above stated module objective is directly linked to the following outcomes:

Outcome 1: Governance and the implementation of low-emission and climate-informed planning is strengthened, and sustainable financing sources are accessed.

Outcome 2: Vulnerabilities of villagers are reduced, and their livelihoods are improved by engaging in climate resilient, deforestation free value chains and access to markets

Outcome 3: Sustainable management, protection and rehabilitation of forest ecosystems is improved.

Based on the outcomes, the project focuses on the following three core areas:

1) Strengthening the enabling environment for REDD+ through three principal means: enhancing the availability of financing for a transformation in the way Lao PDR manages its forest landscapes; revising and strengthening the legal and regulatory framework for forestry; and improving the enforcement of the new regulatory framework.

2) Supporting deforestation-free agriculture and agroforestry by enhancing productivity, increasing farmers’ integration into agricultural value chains, and improving access to finance and private sector participation in economic activities that reduce pressure on forests.

3) Supporting the implementation of sustainable forest landscape management and forest landscape restoration on degraded forest lands. As part of the forestry component, the project introduces participatory planning for land and forest use and establishes a system to measure and monitor progress.

The contractor is responsible for providing the following work packages:

Work package 1: Evaluation of existing studies and interventions targeting Agri-MSMEs

Work package 2: Identification of potential Agri-MSMEs and assessment of their potential for cooperation based on business model and capacities

Work package 3: Assessment of capacity building needs of selected MSMEs and development of appropriate capacity building measures

Work package 4: Capacity Building for Agri-MSMEs

Work package 5: Sustainability of private sector interventions and policy dialogue

Job advertisement

Project title: Climate Protection through Avoided Deforestation (CliPAD)

Subject of the tender: Support of agricultural enterprises along selected agricultural value chains

Client: GIZ

Country: Lao PDR

Position: Expert with national experience on capacity building for agricultural enterprises

Contact person: Paul Belchi (p.belchi@iram-fr.org)

Project duration: 01.01.2025 to 31.03.2027

Duration of position: 27 months

Application deadline:  30.09.24

Tasks:

• Development of new or update of existing training materials on farm management, entrepreneurship and business model improvement with a focus on upstream and downstream enterprises and producer groups.
• Conduct trainings for Agri-MSMEs in the project provinces based on their needs and qualifications
• Conduct trainings with Agri-MSMEs and farmers/farmer groups in the context of contract farming or off-taker arrangements
• Further qualification of upstream and downstream enterprises as well as producer groups for the integration of technological innovations, optimisation of business models, relationships and services, investments and operations management

Qualifications:

Project description:

The overall module objective of the BMZ commission states: “Emissions from land use change and forestry in northern Laos are reduced.”

The above stated module objective is directly linked to the following outcomes:

Outcome 1: Governance and the implementation of low-emission and climate-informed planning is strengthened, and sustainable financing sources are accessed.

Outcome 2: Vulnerabilities of villagers are reduced, and their livelihoods are improved by engaging in climate resilient, deforestation free value chains and access to markets

Outcome 3: Sustainable management, protection and rehabilitation of forest ecosystems is improved.

Based on the outcomes, the project focuses on the following three core areas:

1) Strengthening the enabling environment for REDD+ through three principal means: enhancing the availability of financing for a transformation in the way Lao PDR manages its forest landscapes; revising and strengthening the legal and regulatory framework for forestry; and improving the enforcement of the new regulatory framework.

2) Supporting deforestation-free agriculture and agroforestry by enhancing productivity, increasing farmers’ integration into agricultural value chains, and improving access to finance and private sector participation in economic activities that reduce pressure on forests.

3) Supporting the implementation of sustainable forest landscape management and forest landscape restoration on degraded forest lands. As part of the forestry component, the project introduces participatory planning for land and forest use and establishes a system to measure and monitor progress.

The contractor is responsible for providing the following work packages:

Work package 1: Evaluation of existing studies and interventions targeting Agri-MSMEs

Work package 2: Identification of potential Agri-MSMEs and assessment of their potential for cooperation based on business model and capacities

Work package 3: Assessment of capacity building needs of selected MSMEs and development of appropriate capacity building measures

Work package 4: Capacity Building for Agri-MSMEs

Work package 5: Sustainability of private sector interventions and policy dialogue