To promote equitable and inclusive growth in the GMS, the Mekong Institute has been implementing the regional and local economic development project “Capacity Development for a More Inclusive and Equitable Growth, Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS)” in collaboration with local partners. The development result of this project is to contribute to rapid local economic development and inclusive growth along East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) of the GMS.
To achieve the development result, the project will enhance capacity of four target groups: a) farmers’ groups/associations, b) SMEs clusters/Biz Networks, c) Local Economic Development Government Officials (LED), and d) Business Development Services Providers. These target groups will serve as MI local partners (the project intermediaries) to work with and lead the project population, i.e. a) smallholder farmers and b) local SMEs, toward the following four Operational Outcomes:
- Farmers in the selected pilot locations increase their income through organizing in farmer groups, employing modern farming practices and integrating into regional/global value chains (RVC/GVC)
- Agriculture-based SMEs in selected pilot locations increase their profit and employment through organizing in SMEs cluster/networks and integrating into 1./global value chains
- Men and women participate in local economic development processes and Government officials render inclusive public services in an accountable and transparent manner
- Business Development Services Providers along EWEC (public agencies, business membership organizations, private service enterprises and civil society) deliver demand oriented business development, trade and investment services effectively
This new initiative is a regional capacity development project for the Mekong sub-region with emphasis on provinces and communities along the East-West Economic Corridor including Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR and Vietnam. For this first phase, three sites have been selected as the demonstration sites. They are:
- Khammouane Province of Lao PDR
- Quang Tri Province of Vietnam
- Kayin State of Myanmar
In the project site of Quang Tri, Vietnam, coffee is the selected crop to be promoted and strengthened its value chain to contribute to the achievement of the outcomes #1, #2 and #3. In order to achieve the operation outcome #4, MI is facilitating to capacitate the government officials and private sector from Quang Tri in areas of Trade Promotion in the context of international and regional economic integration.
In this respect, Mekong Institute is looking for a local trainer to deliver the capacity building training on trade promotion.
Interested parties please submit your CV to Mr. Nguyen Nhat An at [email protected] and cc [email protected] [1] by July 25, 2015.
Download Terms of Reference for National Trainer for Trade Promotion Capacity Building Programme [2]