Chemonics International is an international development company based in Washington, D.C. Our mission is to promote meaningful change around the world to help people live healthier, more productive, and more independent lives. Since 1975, we have worked in 150 countries around the world, and we are currently implementing 118 projects in 84 countries. Our main partner is the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and we also work with foreign donors such as the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Fund. We have more than 4,000 staff in our project offices around the world, and more than 500 staff based in our headquarters in Washington, D.C.
About the USAID-Funded Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity in Lebanon:
The USAID-funded Lebanon Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) Activity, implemented by Chemonics International, through its locally registered entity Chemonics Beirut SARL, aims to develop rural economies in Lebanon through support to the agro-food sector and other industries to unlock local and export sales potential while also creating jobs and increasing farmers' and workers' incomes.
The USAID-funded Agriculture and Rural Empowerment (ARE) activity is inviting fruits and vegetables traders and exporters to submit their application in resposne to this Expression of Interest for Pre-Qualifications to carry out “Global Gap Pre-Certification Services” including program management support, exporter and farmer mobilization, agricultural trainings, and targeted technical assistance across Lebanon.
This is an 18-months intervention across Lebanon, that will support a minimum of five traders/exporters and will outreach, mobilize, train, and evaluate farmers, conduct targeted assessments for “graduated” farmers, and oversee the provision of in-kind assistance, and certification processes. ARE anticipates enrolling a minimum of 80 farmers in this Global GAP scheme.
Only those interested parties submitting a response to this request for EOI that is furthermore accepted by ARE will be considered to be enrolled in this Global Gap Training and Market Access program.
Call Type
Call for Trainings
Organisation
Intervention Sectors
Agriculture
How to Apply
Expressions of Interest must be submitted in electronic copy to the ARE grant email address: grants@lebanonare.org and should reference the requets for EOI "EOI 006" in the subject line of your email. Applications responding to this EOI must be submitted electronically. Deadline for submitting the Expression of Interests is no later than 5:00 PM Beirut local time, on September 18,2023.
ARE will hold a pre-application workshop on September 11, 2023 on MS Team from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Interested exporters/traders that would like to attend this workshop must confirm their attendance by sending the participant’s name and the organization’s name to grants@lebanonare.org. The deadline for confirming attendance of the pre-application workshop is on September 11, 2023, at 1:00 PM.
All questions or clarifications regarding this request for EOI must be submitted via email to grants@lebanonare.org no later than 5:00 PM on September 14, 2023. No phone calls or in-person inquiries will be entertained; all questions and inquiries must be in writing.
Deadline
Countries
Lebanon