FAO is looking for a Community of Practice Moderator Consultant preferably based in Rome to support the implementation of the “Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas” project (RBA/GLO/001/SWI).  This Rome based UN agencies (FAO, IFAD and WFP) project funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation aims to improve food security and income generation opportunities through reduction of food losses in supported food grains and pulses value chains.

The Moderator will directly contribute to the project’s Output 1.1:  Global Community of Practice (CoP) established for knowledge sharing, partnering and mainstreaming, which will be set up in English, French and Spanish (the latter two languages progressively), put into operation and designed to be positioned as the global reference centre for food losses reduction.

The Community of Practice (COP) is an online platform that is a global convener and an integrator of knowledge related to post-harvest loss (PHL) reduction. It facilitates linkages and information sharing amongst stakeholders and relevant networks, projects and programs. Its major features include the following: online moderated discussion fora, links to online libraries/databases/repositories with relevant materials (e.g. projects documents, reports, policy and technical briefs, etc.) on post-harvest, e-learning modules, events, and social media links dealing with PHL.

The Terms of reference of this consultancy are available on:
http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/save-food/PDF/TOR_COP_Mode...

Expected start date: September 2, 2014.

Contact: mireille.totobesola@fao.org

Thank you

Best regards,

Mireille Totobesola

Project Manager

RBA/GLO/001/SWI ‘Mainstreaming food loss reduction initiatives for smallholders in food deficit areas’ 

AGS Division

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Rome, Italy