Azerbaijan_Support for Entrepreneurial Development in Rural Areas

The overall objective of this project is to contribute to business development, employment generation across alleconomic regions of Azerbaijan and to raise rural livelihoods and the quality of life in rural areas. The purposeof the project is to support Ministry of Economy and its relevant structures to provide improved support forentrepreneurship and SME development in rural areas. The project will provide technical assistance to Ministryof Economy and its relevant structures, notably to business incubators, to improve the quality and variety ofbusiness support services for start-ups, entrepreneurs, SMEs, farmers and youth in rural regions and so buildsustainable businesses.

The purpose of the contract is to support Ministry of Economy and its relevant structures to provide improved support for entrepreneurship and SME development in rural areas.

The Project has four result areas to be delivered in parallel and specifically focused on improving entrepreneurship development in rural areas:

Result 1: Strengthened institutional capacity of Government and business incubators to develop and implement a model of activity programming, management, service delivery, monitoring and evaluation system that meet international standards

Result 2: New business incubator programmes developed, including new entrepreneurship programmes for women and rural youth and with activities expanded into rural areas

Result 3: An E-Learning platform designed and piloted to expand the outreach of entrepreneurial learning and to embed entrepreneurial behavior and skills

Result 4: A communication, coordination, and cooperation platform and network in place and supporting entrepreneurship and SME development in rural areas

 

Qualifications: 

Qualifications and skills

  • At least Master’s degree IT and software development or in the absence of it a bachelor's degree in IT and software development and 3 years above the required general professional experience.
  • Excellent spoken and written English
  • Working knowledge of Azerbaijani, Russian or Turkish is an asset.

General professional experience

  • Professional experience of at least 5 years working in the area of developing IT strategy and software programs

Specific professional experience

  • At least 2 e-learning platforms developed/operationalised/adapted for strengthening SMEs and entrepreneurship
  • Private sector experience in establishing and running a small or medium sized business would be considered as an asset

Please send your most recent CV to

Barbara.braun [at] afci.de

Thank you! Please note, that only shortlisted experts will be contacted