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Specific Tasks

The Rural Development Advisor performs the following tasks:

Knowledge and advisory services

• Support the development, translation into local languages and/ or dissemination of harmonised information on EUDR to smallholder farmers and their organisations.

• Support to EUDR awareness raising campaigns.

• Support the roll out of a common coffee traceability system ensuring compliance with EUDR.

• Strengthen smallholder farmers capacities to sustainable climate smart coffee production using existing training materials and resources; organize and facilitate training workshops and field demonstrations.

• Development or popularisation of procedures for smallholder farmers to access land use rights while paying special attention to female farmers.

• Supporting to train local government extension staff, smallholder farmers and their organisation on sustainable use of forest ecosystems.

Partnership coordination

• Cooperate and maintain regular contact with relevant parties from local government, civil society, research institutes, private sector and international agencies.

• Participate and contribute to relevant processes, fora, events and meetings on the national and sub-national level.

• Support the planning and implementation of study tours, visiting delegations, exchange visits, missions and other official events as required.

• Contribute to integrated planning and implementation of activities with other GIZ projects starting with the Rural Development focal area.

Project coordination

• Support to develop an adapted a Theory of Change, overall workplan and annual workplans.

• Support the preparation of terms of reference for service contracts or financing agreements in line with GIZ rules and regulations and supervise contracted third parties.

• Coordinate the implementation of project activities with members of the steering team, partners and contracted third parties.

• Provide monitoring data and contextual knowledge to contribute to reporting and public and internal communication.

• Organize internal and external events and meetings.

Other Duties/Additional Tasks

• Perform other duties and tasks at the request of management.