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Date(s) - 27/01/2025
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France Vétérinaire International (FVI)
Submission Deadline: 27 January 2025 (5pm GMT +1)
Contract Value: 23000 Euros
Anticipated Dates of Project: January – May 2025
Brief outline of Project
The BIG programme overall aims to enhance the prevention and control of African swine fever (ASF) in South-East Asia, with a particular focus on strengthening biosecurity measures on farms.
Although vaccine solutions are being developed, improved biosecurity remains the most effective measure against the spread of the virus. ASF, which first emerged in China in August 2018, rapidly spread to Southeast Asia, with significant impacts on Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines. The disease poses a severe threat to the region’s pork industry and raises concerns about food and nutritional security. In response, each affected country developed a national action plan, supported by the Global Framework for the Progressive Control of Transboundary Animal Diseases (GF-TAD), led by WOAH and FAO. However, the effective and coordinated implementation of recognised biosecurity measures remains a critical need for these countries, requiring sustained support and resources.
The BIG Programme combines two distinct projects, each supported by a different donor:
– The FSPI project aims to disseminate best practices aimed at improving farm biosecurity, based on field studies that identify areas requiring improvement. These studies, led by Cirad and AVSF, were intended to guide subsequent actions to be implemented through national authorities and public services, as well as rural stakeholders (producers, professional organizations, and village communities). These actions include feedback sessions in working groups, workshops, and training programs.
– The STDF Project aims to secure trade in pork and pork products in the context of the spread of ASF in 4 ASEAN countries by training official veterinarians (SPS measures), farmers and pig operators (means of competitiveness and biosecurity) and laboratory staffs (diagnoses of ASF and other transboundary animal diseases) in order to facilitate trade which is a vector of economic growth for these countries and a guarantee of food security of the population that relies mainly on pork in their diet and as a means of subsistence
Key information to encourage interest:
Although the BIG programme comprises two distinct projects—FSPI and STDF—with different funding sources and operational frameworks, these projects share a unified objective: improving biosecurity measures to prevent and control African Swine Fever (ASF) in South-East Asia. The projects are highly complementary and interdependent, with overlapping activities and common beneficiaries.
Both projects must be evaluated together through a single evaluation process while producing two separate final evaluation reports (in English).
This call for tender is directed at qualified consultants or consultancy firms with expertise in programme evaluation, particularly in the fields of livestock governance, capacity building, and international development.
The evaluation mission is expected to start in January 2025 and must be completed by the end of May 2025
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