Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
United Nations Core Values: Integrity, Professionalism, Respect for Diversity
Result of Service
To develop a National AfCFTA implementation strategy and an action plan for Mozambique.
Work Location
The consultant will work remotely
Expected duration
Duration
The assignment will be completed in five (5.0) work months.The breakdown of specific deliverables within the 5.0 months will be as below.
Item Activities Date/Period
1 Recruitment of the consultant November 1, 2020
2. Conduct Stakeholder consultations November/December 2020
3. Submission of first draft of National AfCFTA implementation Strategy to MIC and UNECA 15 February, 2020
4. Review of draft by MIC/MEF/UNECA and revision by consultants February 28, 2020
5. Participation in National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy and Action Plan Validation workshop March 17-18, 2020 (tbc)
6. Submission of final National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy and Action Plan to MIC/ECA by Principal Consultant, after integrating comments at the workshop March 30, 2020
Remuneration
The total fees for the assignment will be US$15,000 (fifteen thousand dollars) to be paid in two equal instalments. The first instalment of US$7,500 (seven thousand and five hundred dollars) will be paid after the submission of a satisfactory first draft of the National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy and Action plan for Mozambique. The second and final instalment of US$7,500 (seven thousand and five hundred dollars) will be paid after the submission of a satisfactory final National AfCFTA Implementation Strategy and Action plan for Mozambique. .

Duties and Responsibilities
The Consultant is, among other things, expected to undertake the following considerations during the assignments:
In a first instance, draw among others from the impact study to:
i. Analyse the opportunities and challenges of the AfCFTA to the country;
ii. Analyze the current situation and prospects for the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors, that is, extractive and agricultural industries (mines, farms and fisheries), manufacturing and industry in the context of regional trade and AfCFTA;
iii. Present an assessment of regional and continental opportunities for these sectors to enable the country to adopt policies aimed at benefiting from the AfCFTA;
iv. In particular, assess opportunities given by the AfCFTA to the agricultural sector, manufacturing and services sectors and sub-sectors and mention the main challenges to be faced and how to address them; v. In particular, identify the goods sectors in which Mozambique has the greatest comparative and competitive advantage for regional economic integration, which can create opportunities to take advantage of the AfCFTA;
vi. Assess the degree of participation of Mozambique in the value chains of agricultural products, and industry as a result of its participation in SADC and prospects for AfCFTA;
In a second instance, analyze existing sectoral policies and areas for reforms and interventions so that Mozambique can better take advantage of the AfCFTA:
Specifically:
vii. Establish Non-Tariff Barriers (NTBs) to trade that are currently faced by Mozambican exporters and importers in the regions and beyond and devise a mechanism to deal with them in the AfCFTA National Implementation Strategy;
viii. Identify the lack of knowledge on rules of origin of the sectors involved in the implementation of the AfCFTA in order to, inter-alia, ensure the fight against dumping and illicit trade;
ix. Identify national policies aimed at facilitating trade and industrialisation in Mozambique and critically assess areas for reforms to identify focus priority policy interventions in line with AfCFTA;
x. Assess the sectoral policies existing in the energy, transport and logistics sectors (nacala, maputo / limpopo, Beira and Quelimane / macuse logistics corridors for henterland), agriculture and production with a view to carrying out reforms that can guide these sectors towards regional integration;
xi. Assess the degree of economic competitiveness of Mozambique with regard to local human capital, infrastructure, technological development, governance of Mozambican institutions and compare with those of its main SADC business partners, and the rest of the continent and propose policies to enhance competitiveness;
xii. Assess how much Mozambique benefited from the transfer of technology, and knowledge by participating in SADC and prospects for the AfCFTA;
xiii. Identify policies and reforms needed to improve the business environment in general and infrastructure deficits so as to facilitate regional trade and investment in Mozambique;
xiv. Discuss security measures to counter the increased counterfeiting of goods originating from other regional African areas;
xv. Identify opportunities of investment that will allow Mozambique to address environmental and climate-related challenges that hamper its productivity (e.g. resilient infrastructure to address natural disasters such as floods, climate-smart agriculture and sustainable industrialization);
xvi. Undertake all-inclusive consultations with all relevant stakeholders including public, private and civil society organisations;
xvii. Work closely with the two other consultants (impact study) and integrate their analysis and written inputs in the draft National AfCFTA implementation strategy to enrich the strategy at hand; concurrently provide inputs and analysis stemming from work on the strategy to them to feed into the impact study if needed;
xviii. Integrate any relevant inputs from the study on “Mozambique in Regional and Global Trade Agreements: Impacts and implications for the AfCFTA”;
xix. Develop Mozambique’s AfCFTA National Implementation Strategy that will include an Action Plan and Implementation Mechanism Structure (an all-inclusive structure);
xx. Assist with any other ad-hoc requests within the context of the process, including participating in meetings convened by MIC, MEF, and ECA; 3. Deliverables The deliverables from this assignment will include: i. Prepare an inception Report (5 pages minimum): The consultant will prepare an inception report within weeks of signing the contract. The inception report should outline an understanding of the scope of the assignment as well as the issues to be investigated. The inception report must also include a work plan indicating the phases in the study and report preparation, key deliverables and milestones; ii. Incorporate the report from the secondary consultant on the services into a final product. iii. Stakeholder consultations–A draft version of the Mozambique AfCFTA National Strategy and Action Plan to be circulated to stakeholders for comments; iv. Validation workshop for the AfCFTA National Strategy; v. A draft AfCFTA National Implementation Strategy and subsequently after comments a final version of the National Implementation Strategy. The Strategy will be comprehensive and will incorporate and address both goods and services sector issues as well as issues in relation to competition policy, investment and intellectual property rights.

Job Skills: Not Specified

Qualifications/special skills
• Academic Qualifications: Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or above) in Economics, Trade, Statistics, or related fields is required. A PhD in international trade is highly desirable.
• Experience: The candidate should have a minimum of seven (7) years of proven experience in trade policy formulation, regional integration and development, or related development areas in Mozambique or other related developing countries. Familiarity with data analysis using statistical packages and knowledge of econometrics and CGE modelling tools is desirable;
• Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations. For this post, fluency in English (both oral and written) is required. Fluency in Portuguese is an advantage.

Job Education Requirements: Advanced university degree

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

Work Hours: 8

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