Regional Policy Reform Specialist at Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture (CNFA)

CNFA requires the services of an Independent Consultant (Regional Policy Reform Specialist) to analyze, evaluate and develop 15 priority regional policy reforms in the five focus countries (an average of 3 per country). Working closely with the Program Director and Chief of Party (COP), the Regional Policy Reform Specialist will play a key role in achieving PRO-Cashew objectives under Activity 6: Capacity Building: Promote Improved Policy and Regulatory Framework. This assignment was originally planned as a full-time position and is now expected to be part-time over the course of two years. It is expected that the policy research and analysis methodology will involve desk research, information gathering through interviews and focus group discussions, meetings with key stakeholders and international travel to the five focus counties. Meetings with key stakeholders will include:  regional and economic community institutions, the African Cashew Alliance (ACA), Consultative International Cashew Council (CICC), research organizations, government institutions, and centers of excellence. Section 2 provides full details on the expected Scope of Work.

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