International Consultant in Agribusiness – Export Promotion and Trade
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Serbia and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management implement the “Aid for Trade - Support to Productive Capacities in the Agro-industrial Sector” project, financed by the Government of the Russian Federation. The main objective of the project is to promote inclusive growth through strengthening the productive capacities and enhancement of competitiveness within the agribusiness sector in Serbia.
UNDP Serbia is looking for the Consultant to deliver the following:
• Analysis of current trade between Serbia and the Russian Federation in agribusiness and food-processing industry
The Consultant shall prepare the analysis that will include trends and volumes of trade between Serbia and Russian Federation, with strong focus on import of Russian Federation from Serbia in the field of agribusiness and food-processing industry products with added-value. The analysis shall comprise main products that are traded, future perspectives and trends, especially for high value-added products, niche products and HoReCa sector. The analysis shall identify Russian market demand for selected assortment of food-processing industry products from Serbian companies participating in BAS process. The Consultant will be provided with all relevant information needed for successful identification of Russian market demand (profiles of selected Serbian companies, assortment of main products with available quantities, annual turnover, number of employees, value of export, structure of the main buyers, quality standards and certificates obtained, etc.). The analysis shall also include price and volume comparison, main buyers and resellers and quality comparison. Consultant shall identify the main prospective partners in the Russian Federation (at least 10 Russian companies suitable for B2B matching process), as well as their needs in terms of volumes, quality, packaging and shipment frequency.
The analysis shall also provide an overview of the Russian and Serbian requirements and quality standards for each of the identified products. These will include import and export requirements of both producers and processors, required laboratory tests and documents, required certification export and import documents, customs regulations as well as packaging standards and standards for products (commodity specification, etc). These shall include Veterinary and Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) measures, as well as agricultural and manufacturing practices to meet food safety and quality requirements. Finally, analysis shall identify the main hurdles in market entry for each of the identified products, as well as guidelines and suggestions for addressing and overcoming them.
• Presentation of analysis to Serbian agribusiness and food-processing companies participating in BAS process
• Organization of Business-To-Business (B2B) matching meetings between Serbian and Russian companies in Moscow, Russian Federation
The Consultant shall organize, support, implement and evaluate one-day B2B matching session in Moscow, Russian Federation, for at least 5 different Russian companies and at least 5 Serbian companies participating in BAS process (out of 10 participating companies).
• Final report with results of B2B meetings
Proposal should be submitted at the following address:
http://www.rs.undp.org/content/serbia/en/home/operations/jobs/ no later than 14 August 2018.