REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
SAINT LUCIA
OECS DATA FOR DECISION-MAKING PROJECT
IDA-71120
Assignment Title: AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES CENSUS COORDINATOR
Reference No.: SLU-DDM-AFC-CC-INDV-11-23
The mission of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural
Development (MAFFSRD), is to “sustain a diversified national income database from
Agriculture and Fisheries and enhance the integrity of rural livelihood systems: by
generating the capacity for efficiency and the competitive production and marketing of
respective goods and services”. To fulfill its mission, MAFFSRD needs sound and
accurate data in the agricultural sector. In its quest to improve the availability of data
and statistics in the agricultural sector, the MAFFSRD has decided to conduct a new
Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) in Saint Lucia in 2024. The census will serve
also as the starting point to establish an integrated agricultural statistics system that will
also include regular agricultural sample surveys, administrative data and other sources.
All farmers and fishers operating in Saint Lucia will be called on to participate in the
CAF, which offers a great opportunity to update the farm registries and the sampling
frame for future farm-based surveys.
In order to facilitate the successful conduct of the 2024 CAF, an Agriculture and
Fisheries Census Coordinator will be recruited and will assume overall responsibility
for the implementation of the census. The Census Coordinator’s responsibilities are
more specifically outlined as follows:
The consulting services (“the Services”) include providing administrative and technical
support services to Saint Lucia portion of the OECS DDM Project to support the
Government of Saint Lucia. These include logistic and administrative support for
meetings, workshops and missions to the Project Implementation Unit (PIU),
monitoring and evaluation of project activities, maintaining of project databases the
provision of secretariat services for the Project Steering Committee (PSC). Reporting to
the Deputy Project Coordinator, the responsibilities of the Agriculture and Fisheries
Census Coordinator include but are not limited to the following:
a. Plan, manage, organize and coordinate all census activities, in keeping with
recommendations from the previously conducted pre-tests;
b. Review and finalize Census Implementation Plan/Work Plan;
c. Review and finalization of the census budget;
d. Overall implementation of the work plan subsequent to review and
finalization of current draft;
e. Chair the census stakeholder consultations and committee meetings
including users-producers workshop and reconciling differences in opinion
and approach between stakeholders;
f. Coordinate training to all census staff on relevant topics or areas pertinent to
project implementation.
g. Coordinate recruitment of staff hired for the census, including field
enumerators and supervisors, trainers.
h. Prepare Terms of Reference for consultants that will contribute to the various
phases of the 2024 CAF.
i. Report on the status of implementation of the census activities to the
executive management of the census office and the census advisory
committee;
j. Act as the focal point for coordination with FAO and other relevant
Government Agencies and institutions;
k. In collaboration with the Communication Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture
and relevant media expert consultant, manage the planning of the Census
publicity campaign and prepare press releases and other documents for the
media;
l. In collaboration with the FAO, oversee the compilation all relevant reports.
The coordination of the Agriculture and Fisheries Census project will be for a period of
approximately ten (11) months, commencing 1 March 2024 and ending 1 December,
2024.
The detailed Terms of Reference (TOR) for the assignment can be found at the following
website; https://stats.gov.lc/tor-census-coordinator-agriculture-and-fisheries-census/
The Department of Economic Development now invites eligible individual consultants
(“Consultants”) to indicate their interest in providing the services. Interested Individual
Consultants should provide information demonstrating that they have the required
qualifications and relevant experience to perform the Services; (Curriculum Vitae with
supporting certified copies of qualifications, description of similar assignments, etc).
Interested Consultants should have the following requisite minimum qualifications and
professional experiences listed below for undertaking the assignment.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTION OF AN
INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT ARE:
Mandatory
• A
Bachelor’s
degree
in
Agriculture,
Statistics,
Economics,
Business
Administration or a related field;
• At least five years’ experience in project coordination/management;
• Experience in the knowledge and management of large-scale statistical
operations, including censuses and surveys undertaken for 2 similar
assignments;
• Worked on at least 2 assignments that involved working with multi stakeholders;
• At least 2 years’ experience in the use of computer applications for a variety of
tasks including Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI), specifically
Survey Solutions
• Worked on at least 1 assignment funded by a national or international
organization;
• Prior experience working in the region and demonstrated knowledge of local
culture and norms will be an asset.
The attention of interested Consultants is drawn to paragraph 3.16 of the World Bank’s
Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (Procurement Regulations) fourth edition, November
2020, setting forth the World Bank’s policy on conflict of interest.
A Consultant will be selected in accordance with the Individual Consultants (IC) method
set out in the World Bank Procurement Regulations for IPF Borrowers (Procurement
Regulations) fourth edition, November 2020
Further information can be obtained at the address below during office hours 8:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m. (0800 to 1600 hours).
Expressions of interest must be delivered in a written form to the address below (in
person, or by mail, or by e-mail) by Wednesday, 21st February, 2024.
OECS Data for Decision Making Project
Department of Economic Development
Attn: Deputy Project Coordinator, OECS Data for Decision-Making Project
2nd Floor, Finance Administrative Centre
Trou Garnier, Pointe Seraphine
Castries
Tel: 758-468-5817
E-mail: oecsddmproject@gmail.com