In September 2011, Crown Agents and Saana Consulting, in association with IOD-PARC, were awarded by DFID the management of the Trade Advocacy Fund (TAF).
The Goal of TAF is that international trade agreements reflect the interests of the poorest countries. Its purpose is to help the Least Developed Countries (LDC) and Low Income Countries (LIC) and their member institutions such as Regional Economic Communities (RECs) participate more effectively in international trade negotiations.
TAF will support this outcome by providing access to high quality analysis and advice; training and development for negotiators; and resources to sustain their participation in trade negotiations. This will be achieved by contracting the services of third party service providers. Services will be of a specialised nature and high quality will be paramount. Service providers will be registered, according to their qualifications, on the TAF Service Provider Database. Only registered service providers (firms, organisations and individuals) will be eligible to participate under TAF's procurement opportunities.
Currently, TAF is recruiting Individual Consultants to provide Advisory Support to grant applicants. These types of interventions will focus on working with TAF applicants to review/develop trade negotiations management and capacity building strategies and, if appropriate, identifying and articulating short and longer-term needs for technical, legal and logistical support through TAF and other capacity building modalities. TAF Advisory Support will be of short term duration, typically a maximum duration of 3-6 weeks, including potential field work.
Further information on how to apply for as an Individual Consultants to provide Advisory Support can be found here.
