REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST National Consultants for Biodiversity Project Burung Indonesia (BirdLife Indonesia Association) is preparing a biodiversity project to strengthen production forest management in Indonesia through the development of non-timber income sources. A targeted assessment to develop a biodiversity-friendly forest management will be carried out to cover financing, marketing, legal, carbon trade, institutional, social and environmental context of management for environmental services and forest products. Burung Indonesia invites qualified individuals to submit their interest for the following positions by sending CV to: [email protected] on 26 May 2010 at the latest. Please be advised that this is an invitation to express interest. 1. Forest products business development specialist (National) Purpose: To ensure that the project will be able to assist/facilitate the development of multiple forest products in project sites. The main tasks will include: Compile lessons learned and analyze success factors; identify opportunities for forest products development; input to project design. Qualification: Bachelors or Masters in forest resource economics with relevant of experience on non-timber forest product development. 2. Forest business model and financing expert (National) Purpose: To ensure that the project will be able to facilitate the development of alternative business model based on multiple forest products and services. The main tasks will include: Analysis of alternative business models in production forest; contribute to lessons learned study and project design. Qualification: Masters or PhD in finance/economics with relevant of experience on forest resource economics, forest business models design as well as cost and benefit research for sustainable management forest. 3. Free Prior Informed Consent Facilitator (National) Purpose: To inform the various parties of the project purpose and encourage them to participate in the design and implementation of the project. The main tasks will include: Facilitate free prior informed consent (FPIC) consultation process at each site. Qualification: Bachelors or Masters in social or anthropology science with good record of experience on community or stakeholders participatory facilitation process. Experience in Eastern Indonesia. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
