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Direct Technical Assistance to CARIFORUM countries to develop Agricultural Policies

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FURTHER DEADLINE EXTENSION: Request for Proposal: Direct Technical Assistance to CARIFORUM countries to Develop/Strengthen Agricultural Policies/Plans/Strategies in Five Member States (Haiti, Guyana, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines)

The original technical and instructions for submitting proposals are can be found here.

Project:  Caribbean Action under the Agricultural Policy Programme (APP)

Component Action:  Strengthening regional agricultural development policy and strategy

Organisation:   CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana

Duration:  8 months

Deadline for submitting tenders:  Friday February 15th 2016

The Intra-ACP Agricultural Policy Programme, is a broad technical cooperation framework funded under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF), which focuses on the two regions, Caribbean and the Pacific. The programme  supports the reduction and eradication of poverty in the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries through sustainable development and successful integration of  enterprises in these economies into national, regional and, where appropriate, global markets. 

The Caribbean Action of the APP is being implemented by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in collaboration with the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) and the CARICOM Secretariat (CCS).Interested tenderers are invited to submit proposals for providing services for the above mentioned project. 

Corrigendum N°2 to the RFP  with the new  timetable for submitting tenders can be found here 

The original technical and instructions for submitting proposals are can be found here.

Interested tenderers are invited to submit proposals for providing services for the above mentioned project.

More information: procurement@caricom.org

 

 

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