Strengthening Participatory Irrigation Management and Project Management Capacity in Qinghai Province

During the 2009 country programming mission, the Government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) requested technical assistance (TA) from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to strengthen participatory irrigation management (PIM) and project management capacity in Qinghai Province. The TA will complement the proposed Qinghai Rural Water Resources Management Project, which is scheduled for Board consideration in 2011. The TA is expected to play a crucial role in expediting irrigation management reforms and promoting monitoring and evaluation capacity development in Qinghai Province. The TA has three components: program design and training for PIM implementation and support to help farmers adopt advanced irrigation and farming technology, capacity development for effective project implementation and management, and support for the establishment of a project performance M&E system. The TA will (i) review the current national and provincial policy and framework on PIM and irrigation reform in the PRC and Qinghai, assess the comprehensiveness of the policy and framework in meeting the needs of existing regulatory requirements in Qinghai, propose a comprehensive institutional framework for PIM and the WUAs in the province; develop a plan to implement PIM in the proposed loan project area; improve the institutional capacity for project management and implementation;and assist the executing agency in establishing a computer-based information system to monitor and evaluate the impacts, outcomes, and outputs of the investment projects in the sector. 
Qualifications: 
The monitoring and evaluation specialists shall have a bachelor’s degree in natural resources, or civil engineering, or management They shall have extensive experience in project management and in M&E in irrigation and/or rural development projects financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, or other development partners or donor agencies The specialists shall have good knowledge of the project design and monitoring framework Experience in domestic-funded irrigation and rural development projects will be a plus.
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If you are interested in a co-operation, please send your current CV to the following e-mail address, quoting the project title in the reference: Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de. Thank you! Only candidates under serious consideration and contacted will receive notification of the final outcome of the selection process.
If you are interested in a co-operation, please send your current CV to the following e-mail address, quoting the project title in the reference: Barbara.Braun [at] afci.de. Thank you! Only candidates under serious consideration and contacted will receive notification of the final outcome of the selection process.