Support to the development of a geographical indications system

The purpose of this contract is to establish a Ukrainian System of Geographical Indications for Wines, Aromatised wines, Spirit Drinks and Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs.

The Results to be achieved are

  • Set up of legal framework to ensure the administrative capacity strengthening for the development of the Ukrainian system of registration, control and enforcement of the Geographical Indications This includes the Alignment and approximation of Ukrainian laws and regulations related to GIs with those of the EU. This includes further to strengthen the capacity of MAPF and other relevant Ukrainian authorities, including control organization(s) responsible for GIs, reinforced and strengthened in order to ensure the implementation and enforcement of GIs' legislation;
  • Marketing activities for rebranding, market research, promotion and consultancy activities for sensitive products are provided
  • Ukrainian products registered as GIs and available on the market
  • Rural development project are planned with the aim to bringing tourism to the regions and launching marketing strategies for new markets.

As an output, it is expected that the Project promotes and assists at most two groups of grape growers or wine/spirit producers and two groups of milk producers and cheese processors that would enter in the process of registering a related GI and provides assistance to establish the GI Association / producer group representative body. Potential of GI registration for other agricultural products is also encouraged and would come in addition to the four above mentioned.

Qualifications: 

Qualifications and skills

  • At least Master's Degree or equivalent in agronomy, agricultural engineering, food processing or food industry, or at least a cumulative 10 years of professional experience in these areas on top of the years requested under General Professional Experience;
  • Excellent command of English, both spoken and written;
  • Knowledge of Russian is an asset;

General professional experience

  • A minimum of 12 years of working experience on issues related to Geographical Indications, agro-food industry or agricultural marketing, either in the private or public sector;

Specific professional experience

  • Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the field of wine production;
  • Proven experience in the implementation or preparation of at least one Geographical Indication System in the beverage or food sector (e.g. wines/spirit drinks or dairy/cheese).
  • Minimum two years of experience of working in inter-professional or agricultural commodity associations is an asset;
  • Experience in Intellectual Property Right in the agricultural sector is an asset;

Any qualification, skill and experience stated in the respective CV of an expert must be substantiated by supporting documents (with accurate translation into English), such as copies of degrees or diplomas and employers’ certificates. The experience required for the key experts and non-key experts will only be counted as of the date the relevant degree/diploma is obtained. Several relevant experiences accumulated in the same month could only account in total for one month of relevant experience.

Start / Duration: 

The intended start date is 1 September 2017 and the period of implementation of the contract will be 36 months from this date

Please send your most recent CV to

Barbara.braun [at] afci.de

Thank you!