The Consortium led by AGRIFOR Consult has been invited by the Secretariat
of ACP Group of States on behalf of European Commission to tender for TWO
separated regional projects : "Strengthening Fishery Products Health
Conditions in
1) Guinée, Mauritania, Senegal
2) Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone
AGRIFOR Consult is therefore looking for several Experts to undertake
these two projects, having almost the same objectives, outputs and
inputs. You will find hereunder the requested profiles, as well as some
details about the time schedule. Note that more details are available by
contacting Francoise Fontaine (e-mail: f.fontaine@agrifor.be).
Of course, only experts talking fluently French and English could be
considered respectively for the 2 above mentioned projects (1 and 2)
Two international (EC) senior experts with extensive experience of at
least 10 years in fields relevant to the project and 3-years development
related experience gained in sub-Saharan Africa and/or developing
countries are required. A wider as possible complementary experience of
the two experts vis-à-vis their specialities is required and geographical
knowledge in East Africa will be considered as an additional advantage.
Accumulative knowledge :
· Legislation-drafting issues, industrial and small scale
fisheries advice and support
· Sound knowledge of the relevant EU legislation
· Community policy, organisation and institutional issues.
· Experience in training programmes in the field of fish and
fishery products health supervision and control
· Fluency of the experts in English is necessary
The team leader should have experience in setting up, implementing or
auditing HACCP-Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point-based systems in
fishery products manufacturing sector and experience in conception,
management and implementation of projects relevant to fish sanitary
control in ACP countries.
Junior Fishery Products quality expert (JFE)
· A University degree in fisheries, rural development,
agriculture, veterinary science, food science, food technology, biology,
chemistry or other relevant field with additional qualifications in small
scale fisheries
· Knowledge of EU regulations relevant to control of fish and
fish products sanitary status and EDF project management procedures.
· Experience with administrative institutions in ACP countries
· A good working knowledge of English is essential
Note : in regard to the results expected by the client, a senior expert
(in stead of a junior one) will be preferred for this long term position
Regional (local) development consultants
Three local project administrators for supporting the training
activities, field work, organisation, management and monitoring in each
involved country. They should work in close cooperation with the national
counterpart statutory authority.
Experience in business administration or other relevant field for the
management of :
· local project bureau
· running daily project administration, particularly during
absence of experts
· accountancy and financial control
· purchasing goods by public tenders including financial
control
Other short-term experts (Maximum total time allocation of 3
person-months)
Experts (undetermined number of experts to be proposed by the consultant)
in sanitary controls of fishery products or other relevant fields. The
fish stock assessment and management could be one of these to avoid `over
fishing'. Training is also usually requested.
Time inputs
The duration of the two projects is 24 months
Starting date :
The starting date of the 2 projects is not well informed in the dossier :
during second semester 2004, maximum 3 months after notification.
Flexibility will be thus authorised.
Assignment (for each project)
i) +/- 27 weeks for the Team Leader, 23 weeks for the DTL, 18 months for
the `junior' expert and 24 months for each local administrator
ii) 3 months as specialised expertise
+ separated training
Could you please let us know if one of the here above described position
interest you and if you are available (when ?).
In the positive, could you please send us an updated and detailed CV
(preferably in European Format, in French or English according to the
project), as well as the field of expertise that you could cover and the
position you could hold within the Team. Don't forget also to confirm by
which project(s) you are interested.
If you are not interested or available, feel free to forward this e-mail
to colleagues who could be interested.
Our internal deadline to submit this offer is :
- 23rd of August for project Guinée, Mauritanie, Senegal,
- 6th of September for Gambia, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone,
Looking forward to hearing from you very soon,
Yours sincerely,
François Fontaine (Mr.)
Framework Contract Manager
Head of the Forestry and Environment Department
AGRIFOR consult SA
Avenue Einstein, 3
B-1300 Wavre
Belgium
Tel.: +32 (0) 10 24 50 35 / 24 40 86
Fax.: +32 (0) 10 24 50 38
URL : http://www.agrifor.be/ (under construction)
E-mail: info@agrifor.be ; f.fontaine@agrifor.be
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