Framework Contract for Rural Development (Lot 1)

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Project title: FRAMEWORK CONTRACT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (LOT 1)

Name of client: European Commission

Country: ALL COUNTRIES (ACP, ALA, MEDA, PHARE, TACIS)

Detailed description of project
Framework contract for services to countries beneficiary from European Commission External Aid in the field of rural development and food security.
The overall objective of the Framework Contract is to provide, via individual assignments through specific contracts, short-term technical assistance which can be mobilized at very short notice.
Individual assignments may cover the entire project cycle - programme / project identification and preparation / formulation, assistance implementation, preparation of Terms of Reference (services, works, supplies, …) / evaluation of offers (Procurement), evaluations (ex-ante, interim, ex-post etc.), monitoring; as well as a number of horizontal aspects - (Cross-) sectoral policies and reforms, (Cross-) sectoral and macroeconomic (economic, budgetary) appraisals/studies (incl. Public expenditure review), legislation, regulations and law enforcement, approximation of legislation (acquis communautaire), institutional building, training and research, awareness-raising (incl. information and communication), information systems and technological issues, gender issues, environmental issues, HIV/AIDS issues (impact, prevention, mitigation).

Technical description:

1. Agricultural primary production, included horticulture
2. Forestry
3. Fisheries (maritime and fresh water) and aquaculture (incl. health)
4. Land management (land reform, land use planning and farm restructuring)
5. Rural infrastructure incl. irrigation and drainage
6. Equipment definition (agriculture equipment, laboratories…)
7. Crop protection and disease control
8. Animal production and health
9. Conservation, storage, processing and packaging
10. Agricultural production and marketing groups (inclusive co-operatives)
11. Food safety
12. Rural extension services.

Type of services provided

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