The overall objective is to increase food security, reduce vulnerability and enhance the livelihoods of rural households in South Sudan.
The technical assistance procured under this contract will provide support and advisory services to projects managed by implementing partners and funded under the EU's rural development programmes in South Sudan for the effective programming, implementation, monitoring and coordination of these actions. The technical assistance will support the harmonisation of key approaches and facilitate the implementation of extension services provided by implementing partners to final beneficiaries. The technical assistance will design and deliver targeted training on-demand to complement the extension package being implemented thus far. The project will also support policy dialogue and consultation at the national level.
Provisional commencement date of the contract: 15.2.2016
Initial period of implementation of tasks: 34 months.