[Ngo-admin] CARE's opportunity - national and international consultants for ECCODE Project

[Tran Thi Thuy]

Dear all,

Please help me forward this consultant vacancy to people who are qualified
and interested in.

Chi Ha oi, 

Please help me post this job on NGO network and website.

 

Thanks
Thuy

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 CARE INTERNATIONAL IN VIETNAM


 Call for International and national consultants 


ECCODE project


 

  
 


 

 

CARE in Vietnam is a Non-Government Organisation representing the CARE
International network. CARE in Vietnam is a creative and dynamic
organisation, working with Vietnamese partners in the sectors of health,
rural development and disaster mitigation and preparedness. 

The Thai Nguyen Women's economic collaboration for development (ECCODE)
project is funded by EU and CARE Denmark. The overall objective of project
is "To contribute to poverty reduction for the rural population of Thai
Nguyen province by ensuring access to economic resources and influence over
decisions that affect their lives".  

The specific objective of project is: "12,000 poor women and men in eight
communes in Thai Nguyen province have improved their income and influence on
economic decision-making through membership of rural cooperation groups". 

The project adopts and promotes market-based and demand-based approaches to
service delivery. This entails raising incomes through promotion of value
chain and market-based transactions and activities by the beneficiaries
rather than direct support from the project. As clearly indicated in the
project document, to enable poor farmers to have improvement of their
production, improve access to sustainable financial resource is essential.
Following market based approach; however, direct provision of credit by the
project is discouraged, by several initial studies, which showed that
substantial credit is already available to many rural households. These
include subsidised credit lines based on state policy lending as well as
collateralised credit at market terms. However, it was also found that there
are still needs to fill gaps in credit allocation, particularly among the
poor and landless who cannot use land certificates as collateral. The
project will thus provide modest additional credit funds which will be
earmarked for beneficiaries who are excluded from existing credit systems. 

In line with this approach, several study and discussion were taken in by
ECCODE project team and local partners/stakeholders such as WU, CA, local
policy Bank to get information and development of new credit product. 

As results of these works, there three initial options are proposed:

*	Option 1: ECCODE Project will support and work with Policy Bank in
Dinh Hoa district to pilot a model of "Standard transaction shops" in 8
communes of Dinh Hoa district and further replication to all other communes
in the district as well as larger scale if possible. 
*	Option 2: ECCODE Project will support Thai Nguyen Women's Union to
establish a Micro Finance institution and pilot in Dinh Hoa district before
replicating in other districts of Thai Nguyen.
*	Option 3: ECCODE project will have further study for any other
opportunities such as People Credit Fund, support Thai Nguyen CA for
developing their Cooperative Alliance Fund, etc.     

ECCODE is looking for an international consultant and a Vietnamese
consultant to carry out an appraisal/further study for three above options
or any other initiatives agreed by the consultants and ECCODE team. 

The Objectives of the work is to further study/assess the feasibility of 3
above options and develop credit model/s and action plan for rolling out
these model/s inline with project approach including sustainable access of
poor farmers to the financial resources and market-based principle.

The consultant should have relevant experience in Finance/Banking/credit or
relevant topics, sound knowledge and experiences on rural development
including credit/banking institutions in Vietnam. For international
consultant, who is existing based/available in Vietnam is preferable.  

Depending on the availability of the consultants and time schedule of the
project plan, specific time for the assignment will be decided but it is
expected to carry out in May 2010 with about 15-20 days for each consultant.
The application should be sent (preference by email) before 4 May, 2010 to
email: hoai.ns at care.org.vn

The draft of TOR will get from human resource session by sending email to
the same address hoai.ns at care.org.vn

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interviews.

 

 

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