EUROPEAID/136437/IH/SER/AL: IPA - IMPROVEMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF THE PUBLIC EXTENSION SERVICE IN THE LIVESTOCK SECTOR

Description

This contract will aim to improve the capacity of extension service to communicate and disseminate to farmers useful information on agricultural production and management, so as to become able to select, elaborate, demonstrate and transfer the appropriate knowledge to the animal farming sector, which will subsequently apply and fully benefit from EU funded programmes in Albania. It will also upgrade the institutional framework within which the extension service system operates.

Through the project three main areas of activities will be undertaken:

   - Upgrading the quality of advices currently provided by the extension service, including assessment of the current capacity of the extension
     service and preparation and delivery of a training programme for the staff of extension services.
   - Provision to farmers of useful information and guidance in order to take advantage of funding through IPARD measures and efficiently
     plan new investments by making applications for funding through IPARD measures
   - Institutional improvement activities, including the design of specific studies to understand the role of structural and technical factors on
     farm income


Eligibility

Participation is open to all legal persons participating either individually or in a grouping (consortium) of tenderers which are established in a Member State of the European Union or in a country or territory of the regions covered and/or authorised by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed. All goods supplied under this contract must originate in one or more of these countries. Participation is also open to international organisations. Participation of natural persons is directly governed by the specific instruments applicable to the programme under which the contract is financed.


Budget

Maximum budget EUR 1,320,000.00


Deadline: 15 May 2015

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