Selection criteria for Incoming Class candidates, including characteristics to work collaboratively with members
Common requirements:
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Organization legally registered as a nonprofit. This includes NGOs, industry associations, cooperatives, foundations, academia, and other similar institutions;
- Experience in industry sectors to be assisted (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- A network of, or access to, micro-enterprise beneficiaries;
- Experience in collaborations with private sector, NGOs, government and international entities providing assistance to cooperation programs, entrepreneurs, small farmers, small agriculture producers and/or SME’s (preferably micro and small enterprises);
- Experience on scaling micro enterprises´ competitiveness, preferably related to improve exports;
- Experience of more than five years on program execution in the areas being proposed (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- Permanent presence in country to execute project activities with La Red member, preferably with knowledge of the Central America region and international markets;
- Capacity to manage, technical assistance for the framework of international cooperation programs;
- Capacity to speak Spanish;
- Available staff and organizational capacity to provide technical assistance and trainings.
Specific requirements for incoming Class candidates to work with each respective member:
Member Partner: Fundación Travolution
- Work experience with agricultural rural sector, preferably also with experience on tourism projects related to the agricultural sector and community-based organizations;
- Willing to work collaboratively with Fundación Travolution;
- Have permanent presence in Belize;
- Availability to travel to Guatemala to participate in Travolution´s community tourism encounter;
- Capacity to speak Spanish.
Selection criteria for Incoming Class candidates, including characteristics to work collaboratively with members
Common requirements:
- Organization legally registered as a nonprofit. This includes NGOs, industry associations, cooperatives, foundations, academia, and other similar institutions;
- Experience in industry sectors to be assisted (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- A network of, or access to, micro-enterprise beneficiaries;
- Experience in collaborations with private sector, NGOs, government and international entities providing assistance to cooperation programs, entrepreneurs, small farmers, small agriculture producers and/or SME’s (preferably micro and small enterprises);
- Experience on scaling micro enterprises´ competitiveness, preferably related to improve exports;
- Experience of more than five years on program execution in the areas being proposed (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- Permanent presence in country to execute project activities with La Red member, preferably with knowledge of the Central America region and international markets;
- Capacity to manage, technical assistance for the framework of international cooperation programs;
- Capacity to speak Spanish;
- Available staff and organizational capacity to provide technical assistance and trainings.
Specific requirements for incoming Class candidates to work with each respective member:
Member Partner: Vista Volcanes
- Knowledge of agriculture sector, preferably with vegetable production;
- Verifiable experience on past executed projects assisting small farmers;
- Willing to work collaboratively with Vista Volcanes (VV). This would also require conducting site visits to VV´s facilities located in Chimaltenango and learning from VV´s experience, beneficiaries and network, including joint efforts to receive VV´s technicians for support and follow up where the incoming class operates;
- Knowledge on exports and certification of agricultural products and small farmers;
- Willing to implement organic agricultural practices and technologies, friendly with the environment in the locations where the member operates.
Selection criteria for Incoming Class candidates, including characteristics to work collaboratively with members
Common requirements:
- Organization legally registered as a nonprofit. This includes NGOs, industry associations, cooperatives, foundations, academia, and other similar institutions;
- Experience in industry sectors to be assisted (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- A network of, or access to, micro-enterprise beneficiaries;
- Experience in collaborations with private sector, NGOs, government and international entities providing assistance to cooperation programs, entrepreneurs, small farmers, small agriculture producers and/or SME’s (preferably micro and small enterprises);
- Experience on scaling micro enterprises´ competitiveness, preferably related to improve exports;
- Experience of more than five years on program execution in the areas being proposed (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- Permanent presence in country to execute project activities with La Red member, preferably with knowledge of the Central America region and international markets;
- Capacity to manage, technical assistance for the framework of international cooperation programs;
- Capacity to speak Spanish;
- Available staff and organizational capacity to provide technical assistance and trainings.
Specific requirements for incoming Class candidates to work with each respective member:
Member Partner: Lutheran World Relief
- Knowledge of the cocoa sector;
- Experience on exports to improve microenterprises´ competitiveness (for cooperatives and small cocoa farmers);
- Experience on organizational-entrepreneurial processes for microenterprises (for cooperatives and small cocoa farmers);
- Verifiable experience on executed projects that support small cocoa farmers through agroforestry systems and their organizations;
- Willing to work collaboratively, creating synergies, with Lutheran World Relief in Honduras and/or El Salvador. This would entail coordinating site visits to cooperatives and cocoa producers, plantations and events organized at national and international level to learn on Lutheran World Relief´s experience. Including joint efforts to provide support and follow up to beneficiaries in the implementing country(ies);
- Capable of promoting changes and improvements at microenterprises, through innovative services and processes.
Selection criteria for Incoming Class candidates, including characteristics to work collaboratively with members
Common requirements:
- Organization legally registered as a nonprofit. This includes NGOs, industry associations, cooperatives, foundations, academia, and other similar institutions;
- Experience in industry sectors to be assisted (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- A network of, or access to, micro-enterprise beneficiaries;
- Experience in collaborations with private sector, NGOs, government and international entities providing assistance to cooperation programs, entrepreneurs, small farmers, small agriculture producers and/or SME’s (preferably micro and small enterprises);
- Experience on scaling micro enterprises´ competitiveness, preferably related to improve exports;
- Experience of more than five years on program execution in the areas being proposed (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- Permanent presence in country to execute project activities with La Red member, preferably with knowledge of the Central America region and international markets;
- Capacity to manage, technical assistance for the framework of international cooperation programs;
- Capacity to speak Spanish;
- Available staff and organizational capacity to provide technical assistance and trainings.
Specific requirements for incoming Class candidates to work with each respective member:
Member Partner: Lutheran World Relief
- Knowledge of the cocoa sector;
- Experience on exports to improve microenterprises´ competitiveness (for cooperatives and small cocoa farmers);
- Experience on organizational-entrepreneurial processes for microenterprises (for cooperatives and small cocoa farmers);
- Verifiable experience on executed projects that support small cocoa farmers through agroforestry systems and their organizations;
- Willing to work collaboratively, creating synergies, with Lutheran World Relief in Honduras and/or El Salvador. This would entail coordinating site visits to cooperatives and cocoa producers, plantations and events organized at national and international level to learn on Lutheran World Relief´s experience. Including joint efforts to provide support and follow up to beneficiaries in the implementing country(ies);
- Capable of promoting changes and improvements at microenterprises, through innovative services and processes.
Selection criteria for Incoming Class candidates, including characteristics to work collaboratively with members
Common requirements:
- Organization legally registered as a nonprofit. This includes NGOs, industry associations, cooperatives, foundations, academia, and other similar institutions;
- Experience in industry sectors to be assisted (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- A network of, or access to, micro-enterprise beneficiaries;
- Experience in collaborations with private sector, NGOs, government and international entities providing assistance to cooperation programs, entrepreneurs, small farmers, small agriculture producers and/or SME’s (preferably micro and small enterprises);
- Experience on scaling micro enterprises´ competitiveness, preferably related to improve exports;
- Experience of more than five years on program execution in the areas being proposed (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- Permanent presence in country to execute project activities with La Red member, preferably with knowledge of the Central America region and international markets;
- Capacity to manage, technical assistance for the framework of international cooperation programs;
- Capacity to speak Spanish;
- Available staff and organizational capacity to provide technical assistance and trainings.
Specific requirements for incoming Class candidates to work with each respective member:
Member Partner: Wakami-Communities of the Earth
- Preferable experience with textile and/or light manufacturing sector, with artisans and handcrafted production;
- Verifiable experience on past executed projects assisting micro businesses and small producers;
- Preferable experience with the export processes of textile products and/or light manufacturing;
- Willing to work collaboratively with Wakami-Communities of the Earth. This would also require conducting site visits to Wakami System facilities and learning from their experience, which will expand in the incoming class country (Costa Rica), including joint efforts to receive Wakami-Communities of the Earth’s technicians to receive support and follow up at implementing country.
Selection criteria for Incoming Class candidates, including characteristics to work collaboratively with members
Common requirements:
- Organization legally registered as a nonprofit. This includes NGOs, industry associations, cooperatives, foundations, academia, and other similar institutions;
- Experience in industry sectors to be assisted (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- A network of, or access to, micro-enterprise beneficiaries;
- Experience in collaborations with private sector, NGOs, government and international entities providing assistance to cooperation programs, entrepreneurs, small farmers, small agriculture producers and/or SME’s (preferably micro and small enterprises);
- Experience on scaling micro enterprises´ competitiveness, preferably related to improve exports;
- Experience of more than five years on program execution in the areas being proposed (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- Permanent presence in country to execute project activities with La Red member, preferably with knowledge of the Central America region and international markets;
- Capacity to manage, technical assistance for the framework of international cooperation programs;
- Capacity to speak Spanish;
- Available staff and organizational capacity to provide technical assistance and trainings.
Specific requirements for incoming Class candidates to work with each respective member:
Member Partner: CONEP / Panamá Cleaner Production Center
- Specific knowledge of the dairy and cattle sector, its productivity development, competitiveness, diversification and efficient use of resources, from the supply chain of dairy producers;
- Experience with direct technical assistance to small dairy producers in the Western region in Panamá;
- Technical experience in the implementation of management system with small producers (preferably dairy producers), including trainings on administrative and commercial skills;
- Experience and willingness to work collaboratively with other organizations;
- Knowledge on environmental aspects related to the dairy sector;
- Experience and willing to create technical reports, conduct technical site visits, develop trainings and follow up tasks.
Selection criteria for Incoming Class candidates, including characteristics to work collaboratively with members
Common requirements:
- Organization legally registered as a nonprofit. This includes NGOs, industry associations, cooperatives, foundations, academia, and other similar institutions;
- Experience in industry sectors to be assisted (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- A network of, or access to, micro-enterprise beneficiaries;
- Experience in collaborations with private sector, NGOs, government and international entities providing assistance to cooperation programs, entrepreneurs, small farmers, small agriculture producers and/or SME’s (preferably micro and small enterprises);
- Experience on scaling micro enterprises´ competitiveness, preferably related to improve exports;
- Experience of more than five years on program execution in the areas being proposed (agriculture, agro-industry and/or textile);
- Permanent presence in country to execute project activities with La Red member, preferably with knowledge of the Central America region and international markets;
- Capacity to manage, technical assistance for the framework of international cooperation programs;
- Capacity to speak Spanish;
- Available staff and organizational capacity to provide technical assistance and trainings.
Specific requirements for incoming Class candidates to work with each respective member:
Member Partner: Nicaragua Cleaner Production Center
- Knowledge of agro-industrial and agriculture sector;
- Experience on exports programs;
- Preferable past experience on executed projects providing technical assistance on strengthening and designing exports skills for SMEs;
- Strong experience on scaling microenterprises and small farmers internationally;
- Cooperate actively with CPmL-N in the execution of technical assistance and support to beneficiaries. This would require conducting site visits to microenterprises and farmers to facilitate and learn from CPmL-N experience, expanding this knowledge to the incoming class. This would include articulating efforts to create a higher impact, as well as willingness to receive CPmL-N consultants who will support and conduct follow up for the implementation of the project activities.
