Expert principal en stratégies régionales de mise à niveau des chaînes de valeur

The Expert will lead the development of regional upgrading strategies for selected priority value chains under the CEEAC component of the ATCMA Programme. The role involves transforming existing analytical work into actionable regional strategies, coordinating technical contributions, and ensuring methodological coherence across value chains.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of regional upgrading strategies for priority value chains (cocoa, wood, cassava) under the CEEAC component of the ATCMA Programme.
• Develop a common methodology, analytical framework, and work plan for preparing regional upgrading strategies.
• Evaluate existing data and analyses on industrial upgrading, competitiveness, and investment needs.
• Analyze market conditions, resources, sustainability, regulations, and cross-cutting issues affecting industrial upgrading.
• Develop comprehensive regional upgrading strategies including vision, strategic objectives, pillars, priority actions, and expected results.
• Identify differentiated pathways for member states and ensure regional coherence.
• Outline strategic investment priorities, potential implementation partners, financing sources, and private sector participation.
• Develop a phased implementation roadmap for 2026-2036 with detailed actions, timelines, costs, and indicators.
• Prepare stakeholder consultation documents and facilitate technical consultations and validation workshops.
• Incorporate stakeholder feedback and ensure quality assurance of final strategic documents.
• Prepare analytical summaries and presentation materials for final strategies.
• Develop monitoring frameworks aligned with existing architectures and propose risk mitigation measures.
• Coordinate and consolidate technical contributions from sectoral experts to ensure coherence of strategies.

Requirements

• Experience as an international consultant in industrial development and value chain upgrading strategies.
• Proven ability to lead development of regional strategic plans and roadmaps for priority value chains.
• Experience working with regional economic communities and multi-stakeholder consultations.
• Ability to analyze market data, value chain competitiveness, institutional gaps, and investment needs.
• Experience in policy, institutional development, industrial upgrading, investment promotion, technology, skills development, and regional cooperation.
• Ability to integrate cross-cutting issues such as digital transformation, environment, and gender into strategies.
• Experience in coordinating and consolidating contributions from sectoral experts.
• Ability to prepare and facilitate technical consultations and workshops.
• Experience in quality assurance and finalization of strategic documents.
• Ability to prepare analytical summaries and presentation materials.
• Experience in developing monitoring frameworks and risk management measures for strategy implementation.
• Knowledge of the CEEAC region and its industrial and economic context is desirable.

Skills

• Industrial Development
• Value Chain Upgrading
• Regional Strategic Planning
• Strategic Roadmap Development
• Multi-Stakeholder Consultation
• Market Data
• Value Chain Competitiveness
• Institutional Gap Analysis
• Investment Needs Assessment
• Policy Development
• Institutional Development
• Investment Promotion
• Technology Development
• Skills Development
• Regional Cooperation
• Digital Transformation Integration
• Environmental Integration
• Gender Integration
• Technical Consultations
• Workshop Facilitation
• Quality Assurance
• Strategic Document Finalization
• Analytical Summary Preparation
• Presentation Material Development
• Monitoring Framework Design
• Risk Management
• CEEAC Regional Knowledge

Languages

French, English