Fundación
Promoción
Social de la
Cultura
TERM OF REFERENCE
SURVEY ON ANIMAL HUSBANDRY STATUS AND
IMPROVEMENT OF CAPACITY FOR VILLAGE VETERINARIAN EXPERTS
Background
The Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong project is a development project funded by AECID (Spanish Agency for
International Cooperation and Development) and implemented by Foundation for Social Promotion of
Culture Spain (FPSC) and Forest Protection Department (FPD-Hoa Binh). This project aims to
sustainably protect and conserve the natural resources as well as improve living standards of the local
people through its activities such as supports to implementation of the VDP (Village Development
Plan) and development of community-based ecotourism.
The Ngọc Sơn–Ngổ Luông Nature Reserve located in the South-West of Hoà Bình province (seven
communes of Tan Lac and Lac Son districts) provides a critical forest corridor between Cúc Phương
National Park and Pù Luông limestone range. This area supports limestone forest in this transition
zone between the mountainous north-west region and the Red River delta. The larger landscape,
which the Ngọc Sơn–Ngổ Luông Nature Reserve forms part of, is a large area of natural forest
supporting high biological diversity including rare and threatened species list in the Red Book of
Vietnam. Contrasting with the richness of the biodiversity, local people living within and around the
nature reserve are poor.
In the project zone, people’s lives are mainly based on agro-forestry and animal husbandry activities.
Currently, there are many difficulties in animal husbandry faced to the people such as: epidemic
diseases, inadequate knowledge of the veterinarian experts, lack of new knowledge and techniques on
cattle and poultry management, poor quality variety, insufficient food sources during the winter; far
distance from the center and unviable application of technology by the local people, etc.
Second advertisement for survey on information related to the animal husbandry in the Ngoc Son
Ngo Luong Nature Reserve and training courses to for the village veterinarian experts (first level
and advanced level)
Terms Of Reference (ToR):
Because of those reasons and for desirable demand of the people through the VDP’s, the project is
seeking out a consultant or group of consultants to support the local people in their animal husbandry
activities efficiently, including:
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Conduct a survey on animal husbandry status in the Nature Reserve in order to conclude
useful solutions for the improvement and sustainable development of the livestock in the
Nature Reserve.
Based on the survey findings, the consultant shall be responsible for development and
implementation of 2 training courses for the veterinarian experts of the villages in the Nature
Reserve to equip them with necessary knowledge and skills so they can well play their roles
and fulfill their tasks in supporting the local people for an efficient livestock.
Duties and responsibilities
1. To submit a technical proposal before the Project Management Unit of Ngoc Son Ngo Luong
Nature Reserve. The proposal should be sent with application letter. Later on, the proposal of
accepted consultant/s still needs to be discussed, agreed with project directors;
2. The proposal must include the following requirements:
Component 1: Survey on information related to the animal husbandry in the Nature Reserve, with
focus on main issues is as follows:
I. How is the current status of the livestock of the local people in the Nature Reserve?
II. Assessment on veterinary expert’s network, knowledge and capacity in the villages? What
are challenges face to them? How can the network be improved?
III. Factors (positive and negative) affect the animal husbandry activities of the local people.
IV. What are epidemic diseases affect the poultry and cattle in the Nature Reserve? Provide
solutions for resolving problems caused by these diseases.
V. Based on the real situation (people’s demand, climate and the livestock’s adaptation), the
consultant shall recommend the most suitable livestock for each village in the Nature
Reserve.
VI. What are solutions for maintaining and developing a good husbandry? Recommendations
and orientation on animal husbandry for the coming period in the Nature Reserve area and
within the context of the Project.
VII. What are the most important propagandas and their content to disseminate in order to
prevent bad practices and common livestock's diseases in the Nature Reserve?
After finishing the survey, the Consultant shall prepare and submit a report in both Vietnamese and
English languages for discussion. The consultant is requested to clarify each issue said above and
clearly state the method and schedule of the survey and propose a training plan that is appropriate for
the village veterinarian experts in order to improve their capacity in the best manner.
Component 2: Training for the village veterinarian experts:
Based on the survey findings of the Component 1, the consultant shall design and propose a training
plan that is the most useful for the village veterinarian experts. The training plan will consists of 2
modules:
Module 1:
Objective:
- Upon completion of Module 1, the village veterinarian experts can independently deal with
correct management of the livestock and common epidemic diseases on poultry and cattle in the
Nature Reserve.
- After the training, the village veterinarian experts can advise the local people on animal
husbandry approaches, epidemic prevention against diseases on poultry and cattle in the most efficient
manner (using acquired knowledge and capacity) for improving the efficiency of husbandry for the
local people
Module 2:
This Module shall be implemented in 2 or 3 months after completing of Module 1
Objectives:
- Answers to all questions relating to difficulties and challenges face to the village veterinarian
experts in utilizing the gained knowledge in Module 1;
- Provide specific solutions for the challenges face to the village veterinarian experts drawn
from the duration of 2 or 3 months while supporting the local people in their husbandry activities;
- Upon completion of the training, the trainees must possess fundamental skills needed for
advising the people on husbandry.
In 15 days after finishing each training module, the consultant shall submit a report in both
Vietnamese and English languages; the report must contain clear quantitative analysis on the training
such as:
- Preparation and logistics for the training
- Method and training curriculum
- Participants
- Results of the training
- Recommendations and lessons learned for the next trainings within the project scope
- Recommendations for successful implementation of livestock activities in the Nature
Reserve within the context of the local area.
3. To provide administrative and technical advises to the project staff and FPD staff, Communes
and local people in veterinarian planning management, capacity building and how the
livestock raising can be improved by local people.
4. To arrange periodical technical meetings with the project management unit to inform by
written and/or verbal about the evolution of the work;
5. The project management unit at any moment can supervise and audit the activities of the
consultant/s during the process. Consultant/s should give support and all the information
needed by the project management unit;
6. To facilitate all technical discussions raised during al process;
7. To must keep confidential the terms, inputs, outputs and activities for veterinarian survey and
training courses and must not disclose or allow to be disclosed to any third party any
information of the inputs or outputs without written and specific permission from the Ngoc
Son Ngo Luong project.
8. The maximum months must not over 5, one month more is considered for discussion with
stakeholders;
9. To attend all workshops, technical meetings and forum that the project could arrange in
relation to the veterinarian situation and livestock raising in Ngoc Son Ngo Luong Nature
Reserve, before, during or after the survey and training courses;
10. To secure quality of the process in manner that project staff, local people, local authorities and
FPD understands the content, the knowledge and the approaches delivered;
Duration and Requirements
Duration
Maximum 5 months.
Duty Station
There are two stations: Ngoc Son Ngo Luong project office (Forest Protection Department – Hoa Binh
City) and the Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong Nature Reserve office – Tan Lac and Lac Son districts.
Report
The project will have a strict policy in relation to the schedule of the activities and final outputs.
Consultant/s and project management unit will agree a calendar and payment schedule that must be
fulfilled by both parts.
Requirements
 A university degree;
 Minimum ten years of professional experience;
 Extensive experience with designing and conducting trainings with local;
 Good spoken and written English and fluent Vietnamese;
Evaluation of each proposal
1.- Technical quality of the proposal :
a) Evaluation of the methodology:
- Adequacy of the proposal to the ToR
Quality of the technical method to deliver the survey and courses
Development the bottom to up methodology to deliver the survey and
courses
70%
35%
6%
9%
20%
b) Evaluation of the consultant/s or team through CVs and experience
35%
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25%
5%
5%
Experience on management plans in protected areas
Experience on village/commune development plans in rural areas
Experience on design operational management plans
2.- Economical offer:
30%
A one page covering letter should specify the position being applied for and highlight why the
candidate or group feels they are the right for delivering the survey and courses. A CV detailing
professional as well as a technical proposal in Vietnamese and English covering above suggestions
for delivering the survey and training courses must be provided.
Interested candidate/s consultant group must respond by email exclusively to the Project Co Director,
at lsantiago.fpsc@gmail.com . The position being applied for should be indicated in the subject line.
Applications must be received by 24th March, 2009.
FPSC regrets that due to the large number of expected applications, only applicants being called for
interview will be responded to.