EC Framework Contract Beneficiaries 2009

The objective of the multiple Framework contract is to provide short-term operational services, mainly on the spot for the exclusive benefit of third countries receiving external aid (Central and Eastern Europe, Balkans, New Independent States, Latin America, Asia, Mediterranean countries, Africa, Caribbean, Pacific).

We are pleased to invite you to submit your CV to expert@vgmpartners.com for the Lots described below:

Lot 1: Rural Development

1. Agricultural primary production, included horticulture
2. Forestry
3. Land management (land reform, land use planning and farm restructuring)
4. Rural infrastructure incl. irrigation and drainage
5. Equipment definition (agriculture equipment, laboratories…)
6. Crop protection and disease control
7. Animal production and health
8. Agricultural production and marketing groups (inclusive co-operatives)
9. Food safety (safe for consumption)
10. Food security

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Lot 10: Trade, Standards and Private sector

A. Trade

1. Trade policy development and reform
2. Support to trade negotiations
3. Regional economic integration – support to establishment of customs unions
4. Trade facilitation, customs reform
5. Technical Barriers to Trade – legal and administrative framework, conformity assessment (accreditation, certification and testing laboratories), metrology, standards and norms, support to producers
6. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards- legal and administrative framework, conformity assessment (certification and testing laboratories), standards and norms, support to producers
7. Intellectual property (industrial property, copyright and related rights)
8. Trade in Services (policy, legal, regulatory and institutional environment for business services, communication services, financial services, tourism and travel related services, transport services and other services)
9. Competition policy
10. Trade and environment (assessment of environmental implications of production and trade, support formulation of mitigation measures, integration of trade related issues in the formulation and implementation of environmental policies, )
11. Trade defense instruments, dispute settlement, transparency and government procurement
12. Trade promotion
13. Market analysis and development

B. Private sector

14. Private sector development policy and reform
15. Privatization and industrial policy, including Public-Private Partnership
16. Sector policies (textile, mining, pharmaceutical industry, agriculture, tourism etc.)
17. SMEs policy development
18. Regulatory reform for improving the business environment
19. Investment promotion (domestic and foreign)
20. Small and Medium enterprises (SME) support (inclusive advisory services for management, production, technology, research & development, marketing, partnership, decent work, export promotion, financing, human resources management incl. gender issue, training, environmental impact, production quality, etc.)
21. Commercial banking, inclusive financial services to Small, medium and microenterprises (credit lines, equity, guarantees, micro-credit),
22. Financial sector regulation (incl. supervision of banking, insurance, pension funds, securities etc.)
23. Corporate governance issues
24. Supporting professional/commercial/advisory bodies (professional associations, decentralised advisory agencies, local consultancy strengthening, Chambers of commerce, European Information Correspondence Centres (EICC), Business Centres

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Lot 11: Macro economy, Statistics, Public finance management

A. Macro economy

1. Macroeconomic analysis / reforms (e.g. national accounts, fiscal, balance of payment, monetary)
2. Debt issues
3. Economic growth
4. Poverty analysis

B. Statistics

5. National statistical systems (e.g. data collection, analysis, publishing, quality control),
6. Performance measurement / monitoring (e.g. indicators identification, setting targets, quality control)

C. Public financial management (PFM)

7. Assessment, diagnosis reform of Public financial management, incl. PEFA framework
8. Audit (Internal and external)
9. Revenue (e.g. direct and indirect, personal and corporate, excises)
10. Budgeting (e.g. policy, planning, preparation, execution, reporting and audit)
11. Public procurement
12. Public sector accounting systems (e.g. chart of accounts, single/double, cash/accruals)

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Required Expertise Common For All Lots

As a minimum, the following expertise is required to cover the entire project cycle:

a) Programme / project identification and preparation / formulation,
b) Programme / project implementation,
c) Preparation of Terms of Reference (services) and technical annexes (works, supplies) and evaluation of offers (Procurement),
d) Evaluation of grant proposals (only for lots 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
e) Evaluations (ex-ante, interim, ex-post etc.), monitoring as well as a number of horizontal aspects:
f) Cross-sectoral policies and reforms,
g) Macroeconomics,
h) Public financial management,
i) Legislation, regulations and law enforcement,
j) Approximation of legislation,
k) Institutional building,
l) Training and research,
m) Awareness-raising, (incl. information and communication).

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