General Temporary Assistance
Temporary assistance to perform the tasks related to the coordination and implementation of the national workshops, expert groups and national trainings, in support of activities (a), (c) and (d)
Consultants
National consultants ($102,000): 6 national consultants to assist select LDCs in formulating and implementing a trade strategy and developing trade policy framework and to participate in the sub-regional expert meetings, in support of activities (b) and (d) (6 consultants x 6 work months x US$2,000 per month = $72,000) + (6 consultants x $5,000 per travel to expert meeting = $30,000);
International consultants ($30,000): 1 international consultant to further develop and adapt training material used in project S of the 7th Tranche and to participate in the expert group meeting as a resource person, in support of activities (b), (c) and (d). (1 consultant x 2 work months x $10,000 per month + travel to both expert meetings $10,000) = $30,000
Consultant for external evaluation: $12,000
Expert Group
2 subregional expert group meetings (one for the French-speaking LDCs and one for the English-speaking LDCs) organized by UNCTAD in two of the selected LDCs to discuss challenges, lessons learned, best practices, etc., in support of activity (d) (2 expert group meetings x $80,000 per meeting) = $160,000
Note: Travel and fees of consultants to participate in expert group meeting are covered under item 'Consultant'. This cost covers the organization and logistics arrangements of the expert group meetings and thus should be added to the item 'Workshops' in the summary table
Travel
Travel of UNCTAD staff to coordinate and participate as resource persons in workshops (workshop to prepare development and implementation of trade strategy, validation workshop), in support of activities (a) (2 workshops in 6 countries x $5,000 per travel) = $60,000; Travel of UNCTAD staff to provide a national training module, in support of activity (c) (Training module in 6 countries x $5,000 per travel x 1 staff) = $30,000; Travel of UNCTAD staff to expert group meetings, in support of activity (d) (2 staff x 2 meetings x $5,000 per travel) = $20,000; Travel of UNCTAD staff to provide advisory services on trade policy formulation and implementation, in support of activity (e) (1 mission per country (6) x $5,000 per travel) = $30,000
Operating expenses
Communication expenses in support of activities (a), (d) and (f) and Editing and printing in support of activity (e)
Seminars and Workshops
12 national workshops on trade strategy and policy (2 per beneficiary country), in support of activity (a): (2 workshops per country x 6 x $10,000 per workshop) = $120,000
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