Message-ID: <MAC.960619215956@maine.maine.EDU> Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 21:59:56 EDT From: Dennis McConnell - Maine Business School <mailto:mac@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Subject: Macedonian Private Farmers Support Project To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
Perhaps some members of the list will be interested in this project, or know of interested/qualified colleagues. ***************************************************************** Consultants for Macedonian Private Farmers Support Project ***************************************************************** Chemonics International, an international development management consulting firm, is currently seeking consultants/specialists for work in World Bank-funded Macedonian Private Farmers Support Project.Below is a brief fact sheet on the project and a listing of its positions. Qualified applicants should either fax or e-mail a copy of their CV to the project's recruiter, John Windmueller, at 202-955-7540 or mailto:jwind@cais.com. ***************************************************************** Fact Sheet ***************************************************************** Specialist & Training Assistance to the Private Farmer Support Project, Macedonia (Macedonian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Water Economy, MAFWE)
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This is a four-year project to provide technical and training assistance to Macedonia's Private Farmers Support Project. The project has six focus areas: agricultural support and extension services, agricultural research, private veterinary services, public animal health services, agricultural marketing, and rural financial intermediation.
Short-term technical assistance will be provided to help achieve the following objectives:
1. Develop participatory and accountable extension services through cost-sharing with farmer organizations and reorienta- tion of government extensions. 2. Support applied agricultural research through competitively- awarded contract research. 3. Support the privatization of veterinary services. 4. Develop the public epidemiological and border quarantine services. 5. Create a market news and information service. 6. Plan and design a private, horticultural wholesale market in Skopje. 7. Increase farmers' access to credit through the formal finan- cial sector, and establish an apex organization for rural, member-owned savings and credit associations (SCAs).
LENGTH OF PROJECT: 4 years total, though the longest expat. specialist assignment is 8 months PROPOSAL DUE DATE: July 15, 1996 ESTIMATED STARTUP: October, 1996
POSITIONS: TITLE DURATION (MONTHS) Agriculture Market Development:
Wholesale Market Specialist 8 Food Quality Specialist 1 Agricultural Statistician 5 Data Analyst 4 Market Information Specialist 3
Agricultural Research:
Research Management 3 Research Protocols 1
Advisory Services:
Extension Specialist 2
Animal Health Services:
Disease Data Management 2 Veterinary Epidemiologist 2 Data Systems Manager 1 Veterinary Code 1 Veterinary Inspection Specialist 1
Rural Financial Services:
Legal Services (Chattel Mortgages) 1 Farm Credit Specialist 5 *****************************************************************