Request for Proposal – Regional Trade for Development Program
Technical Consultant on Project Design, “Development of Project Design for Increasing women-led and owned businesses' participation in international trade and utilization of trade agreements through collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data”
About RT4D
The Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) initiative is funded by both the Governments of Australia and New Zealand. It assists ASEAN Member States (AMS) in meeting their commitments and realising the advantages offered by the Agreement establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area, or AANZFTA, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.
Through the AANZFTA Implementation Support Program (AISP) and the RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), RT4D provides tailored support to enhance the capabilities of ASEAN Member States by strengthening skills, building networks, facilitating policy options and ensuring that trade benefits everyone, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women and people with disabilities.
Also operating under RT4D is the Trade and Gender Equality Incubator (TGEI), an initiative funded by the Australian Government. The incubator tests ideas and methods, drawing on promising examples, that integrate gender in trade policy, technical cooperation, and development programming.
The Governments of Australia and New Zealand have committed up to AUD 48.7 million to fund RT4D from 2020-21 to 2027-28.
Project Summary
The RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), implemented RT4D Facility, aims to support AMS to realise the full benefits of RCEP through the provision of capacity-building support and access to technical expertise.
The following project is approved under RISP.
- Project Name: Development of Project Design for Increasing women-led and owned businesses' participation in international trade and utilization of trade agreements through collection and analysis of sex-disaggregated data.
- Project Objective: In order to identify women-owned businesses (WOBs) and women-led businesses (WLBs) that could take advantage of the opportunities provided by RCEP, the project intends to gather and analyse sex-disaggregated data in the Philippines. Specifically, the project aims to:
- Collect and analyse sex-disaggregated data on WLBs and WOBs to better analyse and assess the impact of government interventions and available trade agreements.
- Capacitate and enable identified WLBs and WOBs to better understand the benefits of FTAs and how they can be leveraged to increase their international competitiveness.
- Identify key performance indicators (KPls) to monitor and evaluate WLBs and WOBs' level of participation in international trade.
- Generate trade leads for potential business partnership or market expansion of WLBs and WOBs.