Ex-post Evaluation of the current Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy 2014-2024 and Preparation for the new Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy 2025-2034
Project description
The Serbia Competitive Agriculture Project (SCAP), a US$50 million investment, was approved by the World Bank in December 2019 and ratified by the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia in February 2020. The objective of the Project is to improve access to markets and information systems for agricultural producers in Serbia. This will be achieved through a) improving productivity of small and medium scale farmers by strengthening advisory and technical support; b) supporting market access of small and medium scale farmers (including finance and business planning capacity); c) improving government systems to strengthen the enabling environment for all agricultural producers (including capacity building for the Ministry, information systems, and data platform).
As Serbia seeks to modernize its agriculture sector and to align with the EU acquis, the SCAP supports a broader agriculture policy reform process as well as improving the capacity of MAFWM to provide core public goods for improving sector performance. The SCAP is also aligned with the strategic goals of the Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy for 2014-2024 which is expiring in 2024 and needs to be revised to provide a continuity of the strategic development framework of the sector.
The main objective of this consultancy is to perform an Ex-post Evaluation of the current Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy for the period of 2014-2024 and prepare for the new Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy for the period 2024-2034.
Type of services provided
Phase I: Ex-Post Evaluation of the current Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy 2014-2024 in line with the Law on Strategic documents
- Reviewing and analyzing monitoring data that will be provided by the Contracting Authority.
- Proposing and designing methods and tools for collection of secondary data.
- Triangulating findings and information gathered from different sources to draft relevant and useful conclusions and recommendations.
- Elaborating the draft Ex-Post Evaluation Report which includes key findings and recommendations.
- Elaborating the Final Ex-Post Evaluation Report that will be in line with the comments and feedback provided by the Contracting Authority.
Phase II: Preparation of the framework for new Agricultural and Rural Development Strategy 2025-2034
- Reviewing the relevant legal frameworks including EU and UN directives as well as national legal frameworks with which the new Strategy will need to be aligned
- Preparing a methodological framework of the process of the development of a new Strategy based on a participatory approach, high level involvements of stakeholders and interested parties
- Carrying out a socio-economic analysis of the agricultural sector in the Republic of Serbia which includes the analysis of key macroeconomic factors that are relevant for the respective thematic fields addressed by the strategy.
- Reviewing the conclusions and findings of the Ex-Post Evaluation of the current strategy and incorporating relevant conclusions and recommendations during preparation of the new strategy.
- Performing SWOT analysis of the agricultural sector in the Republic of Serbia.
- Preparing a proposal for a vision and strategic orientations of the new strategy.
- Preparing a proposal for operational goals of the new strategy.
- Elaborating a Draft proposal.
- Elaborating the Final proposal that will be in line with the comments and feedback provided by the Contracting Authority.
The deliverables of the project are:
Phase 1:
- Inception report . Done and approved
- Draft evaluation report. Done and approved
- Final evaluation report. Done and approved
Phase 2:
- Inception report
- Draft strategy Framework document
- Final Strategy Framework
- Draft document on feedback on Draft Ex-Ante Analysis, Draft Strategy document and Draft Action Plan
- Final document on feedback on Draft Ex-Ante Analysis, Draft Strategy document and Draft Action Plan