Consultant for Training / Knowledge Sharing on US Guidelines for Specialized Inspection Regulations for Seafood, Agricultural and Food Products

USAID Trade Facilitation Program

SCOPE OF WORK

Training / Knowledge sharing on US Guidelines for specialized inspection regulations for seafood,
agricultural and food products (based on FDA Certification)

Proposed Personnel:        Short-term Technical Assistance (STTA)
                                         FDA Certification Requirements                                        

Period of Performance:    Late September/ Early October 2022

Origin/Destination:          Da Nang City and Quang Tri Province

Travel Dates:                    N/A

Activity No.                       Activity 4.8.2 (Y4WP) Support Activities for PTFC Da Nang and Quang Tri

MEL indicator(s):            

Project Background

Under activity 4.8 – The USAID Trade Facilitation Program will focus part of its efforts in Years 3 & 4 on the six (06) selected provinces and agreed with GDVC to develop and introduce a mechanism for the GVN’s trade facilitation measures, ventures, and related activities at the provincial level.

To improve the harmonized implementation at the provincial level of government policies and activities emanating from the NTFC’s roles and responsibilities, under activity 4.8.2, the Program has promoted the establishment of a local TF mechanism in each province to maintain the regular dialogue/consultation between key government agencies and private sector. The local TF mechanism, in each locality, will promote and organize awareness events and communication campaigns to advocate for the appropriate implementation of trade facilitation policy elaborated at central level.

The local TF mechanism will facilitate the establishment of a central-provincial cooperation and communication mechanism focused on trade facilitation measures, including simplification, streamlining, reduction of specialized inspection through, among the others, the adoption of a risk-management approach, and enhancement of coordinated border management (CBM). The Program will support the development of this mechanism in close cooperation with local authorities of the six targeted provinces and in consultation with the representatives of private sector, including business associations, local customs departments, and line departments, and VCCI at the provincial level. The Program will look for innovative and alternative methods to increase awareness amongst the private sector stakeholders other than the conventional and familiar workshops.

So far, 5 out 6 provinces have set up their local TF mechanisms. For Da Nang and Quang Tri in particularly, the respective People’s Committees issued Decision in 2021 on the setup of Da Nang and Quang Tri PTFC, of which local Department of Industry and Trade (DOIT) is the executive agency.

Activity Description

Upon the working discussion with the USAID TFP team, one of partners, PTFC DaNang and Quang Tri would like to implement some capacity building activities for local authorities and businesses, which will be supported by the Program.

The first activity is a Training Workshop on Guidelines for US specialized inspection regulations for seafood, agricultural, pharmaceutical and food products which is tentatively organized on September 21st 2022, whose content is elaborated as below:

TIME

CONTENT

08h00 – 08h30

Registration

08h30 – 08h45

Opening Remarks

Leader of PTFC DaNang/QuangTri

Representative of USAID

 

08h45 – 09h00

Overview (general introduction to FDA, background of FDA registration for food products, FSMA, FDA Registration data)

09h00 – 10h15

Distinguish between FDA registration and FDA approval.

FDA Agent (definition, responsibilities, FDA agent management system, some typical FDA agents)

10h15 – 10h30

Tea Break

10h30 – 11h00

FDA Registration process ( overview, process, basic meaning, steps)

11h00 – 11h30

 FDA Regulations for Seafood(Da Nang)

 FDA Regulations for Foodstuffs ( Quang Tri)

 

11h30 – 13h30

Lunch Break

13h30 – 14h30

FDA Regulations for Foodstuffs  ( Da Nang)

FDA Regulations for Agricultural Products (Quang Tri)

14h30 – 15h15

FDA Regulations for Pharmaceutical products (Da Nang)

15h15 –15h30

Tea Break

15h30 – 16h30

Compliance with labeling information (21 CFR part 101)

Prior Notice Import – Process of execution.

Guide to apply for some typical companies in Da Nang/Quang Binh

16g30 – 17h00

Discussion and Q&A

17h00 – 17h15

Conclusions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Objectives:

  • Improve the knowledge of local authorities and enterprises of Da Nang and Quang Tri on US specialized inspection regulations for seafood, agricultural, pharmaceutical and food products (based on FDA Certification Requirements).
  • Provide information and procedures for Certificates of FDA.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

One short-term consultant will implement the following tasks:

  • To produce materials in the forms of PowerPoint (a must for the presentation), Words/ Excel and others on the following topics:
  • Provide information on US specialized inspection regulations for seafood, agricultural, pharmaceutical and food products.
  • Guide to apply for FDA Registration and FDA Aproval for some typical companies.
  • Provide situations, lessons and experiences and tips for businesses when applying for Certificates of FDA.
  • Answers all the questions raised by local enterprises about the above subject.                                                        
  • Provide responses to questions raised by participants and prepare a quick test at the training WS

Qualifications:

Ideally, the Consultant should have:

  • Practical experiences involving in US specialized inspection regulations for seafood, agricultural, pharmaceutical and food products and issuing Certificate of origin
  • Master's degree or higher in trade policy, international trade, Customs law or administration, economics, business administration, or similar field
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in trading, export and import between US and Viet Nam.
  • Good written, oral, and presentation skills in Vietnamese and English (preferable); and
  • Ability to travel within Vietnam.

Reporting:

The Consultant will be required to report to the Program (DCOP) Nguyen Hong Son ([email protected]) and Trade Facilitation Coordinator Truong Thi Kim Anh ( [email protected])

Deliverables

Tentative timeline

1.     Training Content agreed by Da Nang and Quang Tri DOIT and the Program;

2 weeks before the training

 

2.     Materials in the form of PowerPoint presentations, handouts, worksheets, etc. agreed by Da Nang and Quang Tri DOIT and the Program;

1 week before the training

 

3.     Delivery of the  presentations (tentatively late September/ early October 2022)

Training course duration: 2 -1 day Training WS in late September 2022/ early October 2022

How to apply:

Proposals should be submitted to [email protected] no later than September 5, 2022.

Job Details
Organisation Name: 
Nathan
Application Deadline: 
Mon, 2022-09-05