Consultant on Monitoring and Creative Industries Development

The expected outputs of the assignment are: Outputs: Submission of monthly reports on all activities accomplished during each month, including monitoring and reporting, implementation of activities supporting creative industries. Timeline: Report to be submitted by the end of each month until December 2026.

Banjul, The Gambia

ASAP - 31.12.26

The International Trade Centre (ITC) is a joint agency of the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). It is fully dedicated to supporting the internationalization of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). It has a mission to foster inclusive and sustainable growth and development through trade and international business development. ITC Headquarters is located in Geneva, Switzerland. ITC is implementing the EU Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) - Tourism and Creative Industries. The project has an overall objective of increasing the competitiveness, inclusiveness, and sustainability of the Tourism sector and Creative Industries in The Gambia. It has three main specific objectives of: a) improving business environment and institutional ecosystem; b) improving investment and market access; and c) increasing the competitiveness of MSMEs in The Gambia’s tourism and creative industries. These will be achieved by implementing a number of key actions, including: i) streamlining and supporting implementation of strategies and regulation for the creative industries; ii) strengthening the technical and operational capacities of business support institutions; iii) building the branding and marketing capacities of actors in the tourism and creative industries; iv) creating market linkages and investment opportunities; v) budling capacities of MSMEs engaged in the tourism and creative industries with a focus on sustainable and inclusive tourism; and vi) enhancing skills of target beneficiaries, mainly youth and women in areas which promote their employment in the tourism sector and creative industries. The project addresses a variety of challenges and constraints of the sectors, which include a) weak sector coordination and regulations, b) narrow product offering and sub-standard quality, c) limited market diversification and strong seasonality, d) skill gaps, e) climate vulnerability, and f) low sector integration and limited positive spillover effects of the sectors to the wider economy and society. The implementation of the project will enable the Gambia to diversify source markets and attract more visitors year-round, including tourists with higher purchasing power, and to boost its offering of green and inclusive products and services of the tourism and creative industries. The EU YEP Tourism and Creative Industries is financed by the European Union (EU) for implementation over a period of 56 months. The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment (MoTIE) and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture (MoTC) are the key focal point government institutions for the project. The project focuses on youth and women as the main target beneficiaries. It also puts a special emphasis on vulnerable groups by creating quality jobs and pathways for skills development, business growth and sustainability. Micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) and public and private sector institutions, including, sector-based cooperatives and associations will be the target beneficiary groups of the project. To support the project monitoring and reporting and the implementation of capacity building activities for creative industries, ITC is seeking for the services of a qualified consultant to undertake the duties and responsibilities described below. Description of Duties/Responsibilities Under the direct supervision of the Programme Manager, and working closely with the Programme Coordinator, and the Senior Tourism Expert, the Consultant will perform the following tasks: • Provide support to facilitate the monitoring and reporting activities. In this regard, the consultant will regularly monitor, gather information and report on progress of project implementation across the various result areas of the project and prepares a consolidated monthly progress report. • Gather and register a list of monthly planned and actual project events from across the various project areas of the project. • Provide coordination support to facilitate the technical implementation of activities aimed at improving or developing the creative industries' sector. • Prepare a monthly report on all activities accomplished as per the above tasks, including trainings provided, data gathered and analysed, and project implementation progress reports prepared as per the tasks described above. • Participate and provide update in the monthly technical and progress update meetings of the project to provide updates on work done in the area of monitoring, reporting and evaluation. Copyright Clause: The consultant has to ensure that she/he has obtained the necessary permissions with regard to intellectual property rights required to perform his/her services under this consultancy contract and for the subsequent dissemination by ITC in any form. Documentary proof is to be submitted to ITC. Should any license fee be due for the use of copyrighted materials of third parties, the consultant shall request the prior written permission from ITC. ITC champions workforce diversity, inclusion, gender equality and gender parity and considers all qualified persons - of all genders - equally, including those with disabilities, without discrimination or prejudice of any kind.

• Undergraduate degree (BA/BSC or other) in the field of development studies, business administration, public policy, project management, project monitoring, economics or related field. • Extensive relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the university degree. • Minimum 2 years in analysis, research, programme coordination, policy planning, monitoring and reporting of development activities. Other Experience: • Experience in development planning, monitoring and evaluation of projects, including those related to tourism and creative industry sectors. Skills • Good coordination and organizational skills. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills • Public presentation skills in presenting results to stakeholders • Excellent analytical, research, writing and reporting skills • Sound computer literacy (including Microsoft Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• Fluency in written and spoken English is required. Knowledge of Gambian local languages is an asset.

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