Looking for a consultant French/English to assist with EU mango market report

Background:

ITC is the joint agency of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations (UN). It is the only multilateral agency fully dedicated to supporting the internationalization of SMEs. ITC's mission is to foster inclusive and sustainable growth and development through trade and international business development. ITC Headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland.

ITC projects and programmes contribute to the global efforts to achieve UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development and the Aid for Trade agenda.

ITC is the implementing agency for the Arise Plus Myanmar project funded by the European Union (EU). The Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is the focal point for the project in Myanmar.

Project objectives:

Overall Objective: Inclusive and sustainable trade growth in Myanmar

Specific Objective: Increase trade diversification and integration, regionally and internationally

Project outputs:

Support to MSMEs in selected value chains: Strengthened capacities of the private sector, notably MSMEs, to exploit the business opportunities offered by the ASEAN single economic space (AEC), EU and global markets, with a focus on a market-led and gender-inclusive value chain approach.

Food Safety and SPS compliance: Improved Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) regulatory, control systems and quality compliance in line with ASEAN and international commitments, with a focus on selected value chains within the context of a developing harmonised National Food Safety Policy / Structure in Myanmar.

Trade policy formulation and implementation: Strengthened trade policy formulation and implementation for meeting regional (ASEAN) and international (World Trade Organisation - WTO, EU) commitments and addressing non-tariff barriers (NTBs) along value chains.

Project beneficiaries:

Direct beneficiaries:

MOC which is in charge of the country's trade policy, trade promotion and ASEAN agenda for both trade in goods and services,

Other line Ministries will benefit from trainings and capacity building,

The private sector and MSMEs will be trained and skilled to improve their competitiveness and increase exports in regional and international markets.

Final beneficiaries: Stakeholders, including women, along selected sector value chains

Activity 1.2: Train private sector stakeholders on global and regional market access opportunities

The project focusses on increasing trade diversification and integration, regionally and internationally and thus considers the EU and ASEAN as target markets. Based on the value chain analysis conducted under activity 1.1, the project identified the products with most potential for export and prioritized the following crops for support and market linkages activities: mango, pineapple, and avocado.

The aim of having a market opportunity study will be to inform on the opportunities for the selected crops on the EU market, the related issues to access selected targeted markets and their requirements.

One market opportunity report has been carried out for other ITC projects, for the same crop and the same target market:

1. An EU mango market opportunity report for Guinea

As the result, there is a need to update and adapt the market opportunity study for the benefits of the Myanmar public and private stakeholders.

?Description of Duties/Responsibilities:

?·????????The work entails some contextualization for Myanmar, statistical updates;

·????????Review the accuracy of information provided in the reports and make relevant comments and amendments as necessary.

·????????Contextualise the market reports for the Myanmar’s fruits and vegetable sector (background documentation will be provided)

·????????Conduct statistical research for the focus product

·????????Research latest trends on the target market within the context of the horticulture sector

·????????Update trade statistics in the reports

·????????Adapt content in English (when needed) and align content with export diversification needs of the Myanmar fruits and vegetable sector.

Expected Outputs and Timelines:

Description of outputs and timeline

1 A draft report with updated statistical data submitted and validated by ITC.

? 2 An EU mango market opportunity study updated, adapted to the Myanmar context and meeting ITC editing standards

Travel: None, homebased

Skills:?

·????????Strong communication skills and ability to write reports

·????????Extreme attention to details

·????????Market Research - Online Information Retrieval

·????????Report Writing, Editing , Publishing

·????????Good use of Microsoft tools, especially excel

·????????Understanding of international trade and agrobusiness would be a plus

?Education:

Master level in economics or related fields

Experience:

At least 1.5 year’ experience, working with technical cooperation, development projects. Experience in revising, editing reports, along with experience in value chain analysis or sectoral strategy design. Ideally previous experience and exposure to the agricultural sector.

?Language:

Advanced level of written and spoken English

Advanced level of written and spoken French