Consultants Specialists in Agroecological Transition Tender, Togo - 26552959

Procurement Summary

Country : Togo

Summary : Consultants Specialists in Agroecological Transition

Deadline : 11 Sep 2018

Other Information

Notice Type : Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 26552959

Document Ref. No. : ARAA/PATAE/2018/PI/04

Competition : ICB

Financier : Agence Francaise De Development (AFD)

Purchaser Ownership : -

Tender Value : Refer Document

Purchaser's Detail

Purchaser : AGENCE RÉGIONALE POUR L'AGRICULTURE ET L'ALIMENTATION (ARAA)
OUSSEINI SALIFOU 83 Rue des pâtures, Super TACO BP 4817 Lomé BP 4817 Tel: +228 22 33 82 82
Togo
Email :procurement@araa.org
URL :http://www.araa.org

Tender Details

Expression of Interest are invited for Consultants Specialists in Agroecological Transition in West Africa.

I- Background

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) implements its Regional Agricultural Policy through a Regional Plan for Agricultural Investment and Food and Nutrition Security (PRIASAN) and National Agricultural Investment Plans and Food Security and Nutrition (PNIASAN). This is part of a perspective of food sovereignty in the region, seeking to ensure the essential coverage of food needs of a population expected to double over the next 25 years (290 million inhabitants in 2008)., more than 500 million in 2030). ECOWAS is acquiring means, and technical and financial partnerships to carry it out through the Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (ARAA),
Support for the agroecological transition involves supporting producers to change their production systems by mobilizing the ecological processes offered by nature (biomass recycling, nitrogen fixation by legumes, mobilization crop auxiliaries, etc.), reducing the use of synthetic inputs while seeking to use them more efficiently. Agroecology is the ecological and sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production, with emphasis on priorities for increasing land and labor productivity and increasing family farm incomes. It is particularly a question of helping to combat the poverty of vulnerable populations, to improve food and nutritional security, and strengthen the resilience of family farms to the effects of climate change (reinforcement of hazards, etc.) and their consequences. Concrete actions should enable the emergence, adoption and dissemination of ecologically intensive and sustainable farming practices in family farms and village land management practices, as well as the management and organization methods favoring this adoption. As part of the support for the analysis and evaluation of technical project files on the agroecological transition in West Africa and the possible follow-up of innovative initiatives on the ground in the ECOWAS member states, the ARAA plans to enrich its database of thematic experts. Concrete actions should enable the emergence, adoption and dissemination of ecologically intensive and sustainable farming practices in family farms and village land management practices, as well as the management and organization methods favoring this adoption. As part of the support for the analysis and evaluation of technical project files on the agroecological transition in West Africa and the possible follow-up of innovative initiatives on the ground in the ECOWAS member states, the ARAA plans to enrich its database of thematic experts. Concrete actions should enable the emergence, adoption and dissemination of ecologically intensive and sustainable farming practices in family farms and village land management practices, as well as the management and organization methods favoring this adoption. As part of the support for the analysis and evaluation of technical project files on the agroecological transition in West Africa and the possible follow-up of innovative initiatives on the ground in the ECOWAS member states, the ARAA plans to enrich its database of thematic experts. as well as modes of management and organization favoring this adoption. As part of the support for the analysis and evaluation of technical project files on the agroecological transition in West Africa and the possible follow-up of innovative initiatives on the ground in the ECOWAS member states, the ARAA plans to enrich its database of thematic experts. as well as modes of management and organization favoring this adoption. As part of the support for the analysis and evaluation of technical project files on the agroecological transition in West Africa and the possible follow-up of innovative initiatives on the ground in the ECOWAS member states, the ARAA plans to enrich its database of thematic experts.

II- Missions of Consultants

§ Participate in the evaluation of technical project files;

§ To be available to contribute to the enrichment of thematic reflections on
agroecological transition and agroecological intensification in West
Africa;

§ Be available to contribute to the capitalization or follow-up of innovative actions
on the agroecological transition in the ECOWAS member states.

III- Qualifications and skills required

§ Hold a university degree of minimum level, Bac + 5 in rural development or environmental sciences (agriculture, breeding, hydraulics, agroeconomy, agroecology, natural resources management, environment, project management, or other related fields);

§ Have at least 10 years professional experience in project evaluation;

§ Have a good knowledge of the agroecological transition and the main actors, including NGOs, farmers' organizations, research institutions and training centers is essential;

§ Have a strong experience on the support and follow-up activities of field project operators;

§ A good knowledge of the West African context of sustainable family farming and the ECOWAS regional agricultural policy (ECOWAP) is desirable.

IV- Candidacy Requirements

§ Enjoy civic rights and be of good character;
§ Solid work experience in West Africa is needed;
§ Teamwork experience is highly anticipated;
§ The selected consultants will be registered in the ARAA database and will benefit from periodic short-term contracts for the tasks that will be asked of them.






V- Application
file The application file consists of:
§ A letter of expression of interest;
§ A recent curriculum vitae detailing professional experience and similar missions;
§ Three professional references (Names and surnames, current functions, functions at the time of the collaboration with the Consultant, email and telephone contacts);
§ Certified copy of the highest degree;

VI- Language

Have the mastery of one of the three working languages ??of ECOWAS (English, French, Portuguese) is required. Good linguistic knowledge (written and oral) of a second working language of the Commission would be an asset.



VII- Submission of the candidatures

The candidatures are received at the latest on September 11th 2018 At 17:00 mn GMT, by hand-delivered deposits or by electronic mail to the following addresses:

Regional Agency for Agriculture and Food (ARAA)
83, Rue de la Paure, Lomé, Togo (under a sealed envelope marked "Application Short-term consultants specialists in agroecological transition in West Africa"

Procurement @ araa.org: Subject:
"Short-Term Consultants Application Specialists in Agroecological Transition in West Africa"


VIII- Selection Method
The consultants will be selected according to the selection method based on the qualification as defined in the Code of ECOWAS Public Contracts


Executive Director

SALIFOU Ousseini

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