Experts in Environment & NRM, Mapping & Cadastre, Fisheries & Aquaculture, Agriculture, Livestock (incl. animal/bird production & health)

Reference to be quoted in all your communications: FWC SIEA Lot 1 - 68000 General Announcement - Sustainable Management of Natural Ressources and Resilience

Context

Kindly note this announcement is a general call and is not a request for a specific mission / assignment. Experts interested to be included in Transtec roster of consultants are invited to register or update their profile in our database of consultants via our website www.transtec.be.

Title

Lot 1 - Sustainable Management of Natural Ressources and Resilience

REQUIRED EXPERTISE

Transtec provides short-term expertise for the European Union under the SIEA framework contracts, FWC Service for the implementation of External Aid (FWC SIEA 2018) - EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi.

Under this particular advert we invite experts interested in Lot 1 opportunities (Lot 1 – Sustainable management of natural resources and resilience) and in possession of both the required technical expertise and priority sectors here listed to register or update their profile in our database of consultants.

List of sectors - Technical description

• Agriculture
  
  • Crop production, storage, conservation, transformation, and marketing /value chains
  • Vegetable, fruit and cash crop production storage, conservation, transformation and marketing /value chains
  • Legal aspects
  • Alternative production systems (organic farming, agroforestry, permaculture)

 Livestock

• • Livestock regeneration plans
  • Veterinary, animal health, animal identification, quarantine and border inspection posts
  • Trade of animal products
  • Production, conservation, storage and marketing of animal products
  • Legal aspects

 Sustainable Forestry management and conservation

• • Forest inventories, forest management plans, forest establishment and plantation management
  • Agroforestry, community and environmental development programmes
  • Strategic and operational resource development and wood supply plans
  • Forestry industry development plans

 Fishery and aquaculture

• • Marine and fresh water aquaculture
  • Assessment of fish stocks and sustainable fish resources exploitation
  • Legal aspects

 Land management

• • Land use planning, Land information systems and applications,
  • Land reform policies
  • Land registration and cadastre, Land market development, estate economic assessments
• List of Expertise

• • Each lot is expected to support and advise Commission services (Headquarters and EU Delegations) and/or Partner Countries/Organisations along the entire cycle of operations (from design to implementation and evaluation of EU interventions) by providing technical inputs and by assisting in carrying out analysis, studies and providing opinions and advice. To this end, each lot should incorporate expertise related to a number of horizontal aspects/tasks, such as:

    1. Analytical studies (e.g. feasibility studies, institutional/stakeholder analysis, political and economic analysis, strategic environmental assessments, environmental impact assessments, climate risk assessments, intervention logic and logical framework approach/theory of change, economic analysis, data collection and analysis, performance measurement and indicators, monitoring and evaluation systems). This will also include mainstreaming of crosscutting issues (climate change, environment, resilience, youth, gender, disabilities and more broadly rights based approach), analysis of legislation, regulations and law enforcement, legislative gap analysis, etc.
    2. Policy-related analysis (e.g. gender analysis, do- no-harm and conflict-sensitivity analysis, religious dynamics assessments) and design. This will also include mainstreaming of crosscutting issues.
    3. Technical inputs (e.g. technical annexes for works and supplies)
    4. Evaluation of offers; assessment of grant proposals
    5. Evaluations (e.g. mid-term, final and ex-post, impact evaluations, including of budget support programmes)
    6. Public financial management and domestic revenue mobilisation, including at sector level and at subnational government level
    7. Investment financing
    8. Capacity development and institutional strengthening
    9. Training and research
    10. Awareness-raising (incl. information and communication)