BBRSO53548 - Gender Specialist for Disaster Management in Agriculture Tender, Barbados - 27258554

Procurement Summary

Country : Barbados

Summary : BBRSO53548 - Gender Specialist for Disaster Management in Agriculture

Deadline : 12 Oct 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 27258554

Document Ref. No. : 50304

Competition : ICB

Financier : United Nations Secretariat

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP)

Barbados

Tender Details

ADMINISTRATION - To apply, interested persons should upload the combined* Technical Proposal/Methodology (if applicable), CV and Offeror's Letter to "UNDP Jobs" by navigating to the link below and clicking "APPLY NOW", no later than the date indicated on the "UNDP Jobs" website. Applications submitted via email will not be accepted**: -UNDP Job Site https://jobs.undp.org/cj_view_job.cfm?cur_job_id=81317 (cut and paste into browser address bar if the link does not work)* PLEASE NOTE: The system allows the upload of one (1) document ONLY if you are required to submit a Technical Proposal/Methodology, this document along with your CV/P11 and Offeror's Letter, MUST be combined and uploaded as one.NOTE: The Financial Proposal should not be uploaded to "UNDP Jobs"**.t the reference number above is included in the subject line. The UNDP Barbadosnot work)A detailed Procurement Notice, TOR, and all annexes can be found by clicking the above link.*** UNDP shall endeavour to provide such responses to clarifications in an expeditious manner, but any delay in such response shall not cause an obligationon the part of UNDP to extend the submission date of the Proposals, unless UNDP deems that such an extension is justified and necessary BACKGROUNDDespite Dominica's agriculture sector being a primary industry, the sector has constantly been affected by reccurring disasters, such as hurricanes, flooding and droughts. The limited integration of gender analysis, climateand disaster risk resilience in agricultural practices has consistently undermined food security in the wake of natural hazards and the increasing impacts of climate change. While these practices are being invested in to some extent in Dominica, they are not mainstreamed in the local agricultural sector due to weak institutional capacity and limited availability of financing. This is particularly relevant cognisant of the paramount importance of the agriculture sector to national development, food and nutrition se...

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