M&E Consultant of PMT

ALBANIA

REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (REOI)

(CONSULTING SERVICES)

Selection of Individual Consultant

Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development Project in Albania

Project ID Number: No.: P178715

IBRD Loan Number: 94890

Assignment Title: “M&E Consultant of PMT”

(Ref. No. AL-MARD-560551-CS-INDV)”

The World Bank is assisting the Government of Albania (GoA) with the financing of the Climate Resilience and Agriculture Development project (CRAD). This project aims to increase competitiveness and climate resilience of priority agri-food value chains. The expected outputs from the project are: (i) increased supply/sales to local agri-food businesses, (ii) increased agricultural productivity and production, lower costs and extended production season (iii) improved traceability, farmer’s market integration and the compliance with food safety and quality requirements, (iv) evidence-based decision making for resilience and sustainable agri-food systems.

The Project consists of the following components, which will support the project objective:

• Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture and Access to Markets
• Enhancing Compliance with Food Safety and Quality Standards
• Strengthening Evidence-based Analysis Capacity of MARD and Municipalities

The services required to be contracted aim to support the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in ensuring successful implementation of the contract “M&E Consultant of PMT”.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is the lead implementation agency for this Project (CRAD) and publishes this Request for Expression of Interest with the aim of selecting an individual consultant as M&E Consultant of PMT who will be part (a team member) of the PMT and he/she will support the PMT in monitring and evalution issue compliance in the implementation of Project activities.

Objective of the Consultancy and Scope of Work

The primary objective of the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Specialist...