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GRET has been working for over 15 years to support the development of products of specific quality, as a means of strengthening the sectors of small producers in family farming.Our approach consists in adopting methods of sector development based on interprofessional cooperation and market-based development.Concerning GIs, GRET has been developing projects on these issues for more than 15 years.In particular, GRET implemented the AFD / PRCC project on the development of GIs in Cambodia, which led to the registration of 2 GIs: Kampot pepper and Kampong Speu sugar.The producer organizations and GI associations set up at that time are still operating today, proof of the quality of the work done at that time.More recently, GRET is implementing GI regional projects (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar) and projects in Africa (Pampig) as well as the evaluation of AFD’s projects on GI.GRET aims at supporting small producers in forming groups or cooperatives and improving the quality of their products.GRET uses the “guides to good practice” to support this approach.These guides are in line with the specifications developed under GIs.GRET also establish, with cooperative producers, a PSG-type quality control system, which is a type of participatory certification that is useful for small producers seeking to sell their products on local markets. In Laos, GRET has been implementing projects since 2004 in various sectors, including essential services for water sanitation solid waste management, natural resources management, land governance, eco-tourism, and rural development. 15 staff are currently working in the GRET Laos team, in the main office in Vientiane, and in branch offices in Luang Prabang and Houaphanh provinces. The Mekong Tea Project manager will join a dynamic team working in a spirit of exchange, sharing, and support, committed to developing new projects for GRET in Laos. Mekong Tea Project Laos is part of the endemic tea zone. The production is mainly sold to China, where the main stakeholders have developed efficient sectors but leave little added value to Lao stakeholders. The objective of the Mekong Tea project is to improve the incomes of smallholder tea farmers through better governance of the value chain and better access to the market through quality and certified products. Funded by AFD and implemented by the Department of Agriculture (DoA) of the Ministry of Agriculture, the project has two components, one at the national level for developing the value chain, and the other at the local level in support of two pilot projects. In partnership with AVSF and Lao Consulting Group, Gret is the leader of the consortium which provides Technical Assistance to the DoA for the implementation of the project.Agroecology and Safe Food System Transition (ASSET) in Southeast Asia ) The overall objective of the ASSET regional project is to make food and agricultural systems in the region more sustainable, safer, and inclusive by harnessing the potential of Agroecology to transform them.It is implemented by GRET as general coordinator, in strong articulation with CIRAD, in charge of the scientific coordination, in partnership with a consortium of 23 international/European/national institutions and organizations and two United Nations agencies.The ASSET regional project is implemented in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar.Alicia is a new regional platform that gathers to date over 150 members from different backgrounds and approaches to Agroecology.It is quite unique in its diversity of stakeholders (CSOs and NGOs, Farmer organizations, Research & Academia, Private Sector, Government…), its broad geographical focus (Mekong Region), and its attractiveness.Alicia network aims to answer the need for knowledge exchange and to share the wealth of experience from different regions. By fostering wide dissemination and understanding of the principles of agroecology, it intends to facilitate their concrete incorporation in the practices of farmers and companies, and in public policy.Gret, coordinate and support the ALiSEA network (Sub Component 1.1) (https://ali-sea.org/) GRET ensures ALiSEA members and boards members’ involvement in the structure and the governance process of the network at the national and regional level (SC1.1) GRET give particular support to the sub-component 1.2 by involving in the global design of the knowledge hub in collaboration with CIAT, CDE, CIRAD, and Mediaseeds. GRET contributes to the audience needs assessment study together with Mediaseeds and ALiSEA, and to the sub-component 1.3 notably by strengthening ALiSEA members’ capacities to elaborate specific communication strategies.The consortium engages with governments, civil society, the private sector, and smallholder farmers to generate and transform knowledge into sustainable innovation processes and policies that support the scaling up of transformations, taking into account youth and gender equality.n Laos, the Department of Agricultural Land Management (DALAM) has been nominated by The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) as the host institution for the regional project ASSET to overview with GRET and CIRAD the whole implementation in Laos.GRET and DALAM well established at the national level a Project Implementation Management Committee (IMC) in Lao PDR which will meet every year and gather all ASSET national partners, representatives of the Department of Planning and Finance (DoPF), and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).Main Duties Within the “Food and Rural Economy” department, under the responsibility of GRET’s Representative in Laos and the relevant agriculture project managers, the project manager will occupy the position of Team Leader in the Technical Assistance for Mekong Tea Project and policy dialogue officer in the asset project.Ensure the overall supervision of project activities, monitoring, and reporting. Coordinate the Technical Assistance team staffed with experts and representatives of the consortiums (GRET, LCG, AVSF). Represent the project toward institutional, private, and development partners, and the development of networks.Facilitate the coordination of the project Monitoring and Evaluation system implementation.Prepare the Terms of Reference for the experts or service providers mobilized for specific missions, coordinate the missions, and monitor the progress of activities and deliverables. Prepare, when necessary, requests for the donor’s non-objection for the approval of field missions or any other activities not anticipated or insufficiently detailed in the annual plan.Lead the preparation and drafting of all contractual deliverables, and periodic technical and financial reports. In relation to ASSET Project – part-time 25% In close collaboration with the General Coordinator of ASSET project (Gret), based in Laos: o Support the implementation of the ALiSEA Policy Dialogue strategy and action plan in the three countries (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam) (SC11).Ensure links with SC23 are coordinated by CIRAD and FAO (Multi-level policy dialogue from provincial to ASEAN level). Support ALiSEA Board Members (mostly, local NGOs) to contribute to national and regional Policy Dialogue debates on Agroecology Transition (Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam).Contribute to the organization of multi-stakeholders workshops at the national level together with ALiSEA Board Members.Encourage and facilitate the participation of the ALiSEA members in Laos in the flagship field visits (SC21).Profile Degree (Master’s or equivalent) in project cycle management, agriculture sector, and/or value chain development.