Consultant(s) to Research and Analyse the Current Status and Potential of Phyto-Pharmaceutical Values Chain in Cao Bang Province

Helvetas Vietnam is implementing the Project “Scaling up of Ethical BioTrade initiatives within the Phyto-pharmaceutical sector in Vietnam 2016-2020” funded by EU (BioTrade EU project). The overall objective of the project is to contribute that Vietnam is an internationally recognized supplier country of natural ingredient products for phytopharmaceutical, food and cosmetic industries – sourced and processed according to voluntary Ethical BioTrade (EBT) standards. One of the important beneficiaries of the project is the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) working on producing and selling pharmaceutical products.

Helvetas Vietnam is seeking for national organizational/individual consultant for:

• Carrying out a research to assess the current status of market and production as well as development potential of medicinal herbs in Cao Bang province.
• Collaborating with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to develop the phyto-pharmaceutical development solutions and policies which are in consistence with the provincial restructure strategy of crop production.

Details are provided in the enclosed TOR.

Interested candidates are invited to submit (i) Expression of interest, (ii) Capacity profile and (iii) Technical proposal (including research methodology, implementation plan, and financial proposal) by 28/6/2020 and to this email: [email protected] and [email protected]. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.