Terms of Reference

Event Organiser

ASEAN Exchange Visit

11-14 November 2019, Champasak, Lao PDR

BACKGROUND

The strategic plan of action for ASEAN Cooperation on Agricultural Cooperatives 2016-2020 lists exchange visit as one of the activities to empower personnel and leaders of agricultural cooperatives. Exchange visits will be conducted by ASEAN Member States (AMS) in coordination with the ASEAN Centre for the Development of Agricultural Cooperative (ACEDAC) Secretariat.

At the 26th ACEDAC Board Meeting on 21 May 2019 in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, the meeting agreed to organise another learning exchange visit and identified Lao PDR to host the upcoming ASEAN Exchange Visit, in collaboration with the ASEAN Foundation under the project of ASEAN Farmers’ Organisations Support Programme (AFOSP). The Department of Agriculture Extension and Cooperatives Division of Groups, Cooperatives and Agribusiness in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR was identified as the host of this exchange visit bringing together agricultural cooperatives personnel and leaders.

The learning exchange visit has a combination of activities consisting of dialogues with government representatives, the private sector, agriculture cooperatives and field visits to promote sharing experiences and open discussions of key issues and challenges in the agricultural value chain in ASEAN. It is also to support the implementation of the ASEAN Roadmap on Agricultural Cooperatives. The thematic area of this exchange visit is designed to discuss the development of coffee cooperatives, including access to market, best practices and lesson learnt of Geographical Indication.

As one of the partners for this exchange visit; the ASEAN Foundation – AFOSP will assign an event organiser (consultant) to support the event preparation, event implementation and post-event arrangement. The consultant will be directly supervised by the ASEAN Foundation – AFOSP and work closely with task officer from the Ministry of Agriculture, Lao PDR. The selected consultant will appoint a Focal Person or Event Manager to assist the day-to-day assignment

OBJECTIVES:

- To manage the event & logistics arrangement of the exchange visit in Champasak, Lao PDR

EXPECTED OUTPUT

- To provide all the listed service

SCOPE OF WORK:

The consultant that is assigned as the event organiser is required to provide these services during the event preparation, event implementation and after the event, directly coordinate with the team from ASWGAC-ACEDAC Focal Point Lao & ASEAN Foundation. The tasks are as follow:

1. Event Preparation

• Provide an event manager and team to support and ensure the smooth event preparation

• Arrange procurements of hotel, meeting packages, venue, car & bus rental, and other supporting services within agreed budget as stated in the table below

• Contact and assign all the consultants as per the requirements. The consultants are rapporteurs, interpreter, news agency/media, videographer & photographer

• Assist the AFOSP Task officers to load-in and set up the venue (D-1)

• Daily update on the progress status to the AFOSP Task Officers and keep all relevant parties informed on issues and challenges faced for further solution/decision

• Responsible to arrange the technical meeting with AFOSP task officers, all consultants and government representatives.

2. Event Implementation

• Implementing the event agenda smoothly and effectively

• Assign an event manager who will become the person in charge (PIC) during the event implementation and event management team to support during the event

• Ensure room booking, meeting packages, venue booking, car & bus rental, and other supporting service are in place and ready as per schedule.

• Coordinate and ensure thatall the consultants deliver their work according to their job description. The consultants include rapporteurs, interpreter, news agency/media, videographer & photographer.

3. Post-Event

• Responsible for organising the logistic loading and unloading needs

• Collect/Capture the news coverage (In coordination with task officer from Ministry of Agriculture in Lao)

• Ensure the completeness of the documents (invoice, signed contract) needed by ASEAN Foundation

PRICE

The consultant should mention the price of each services and all the prices have to consist of fix amount (include the tax). The price should be offered in USD

QUALIFICATION OF EVENT ORGANISER

1. Company Qualification

• Have a good track record in organising international conference with at least 40 participants or any major events

• Have financial capacity to provide pre-financing

• Experience in dealing with international and national experts and institutions;

2. Personnel Qualification

• The company must provide personnel who experienced the event management and attach the curriculum vitae in the proposal.

• Min 5 years of experience in handling national and international event

• Strong written/spoken English

3. Competencies:

• Demonstrates integrity and ethical standards;

• Highly organised person, sets priorities, produces quality outputs, meets deadlines and manages time efficiently;

• Ability to work under pressure.

TIME-FRAME

The duration of the service contract will be from 16 October – 29 November 2019. The consultant will be expected to work at the event on 11-14 November 2019 in Champasak Province, Lao PDR.

REPORT AND SCHEDULE OF PAYMENT

APPLICATION PROCESS

Interested and suitably qualified consultant should submit the applications together with an updated company profile with portfolio indicating their relevant qualifications, CV of Event Manager and Financial Proposal (in USD) that indicates the all- inclusive fixed total contract price, supported by a breakdown of costs. Send to [email protected] and copy to: [email protected] and [email protected]. please put the subject [Company Name] - Event Organiser November 2019 – Lao PDR

Deadline for Application: 15 October 2019

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