Location: Jakarta, Indonesia

Request for Proposal – Regional Trade for Development Program

Technical Consultant, Project “Strengthening a Gender-equitable and Inclusive Women-owned Small Business Network to Influence GEDSI and Trade Policies in Indonesia”

About RT4D

The Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) Facility supports ASEAN Member States to maximise benefits from the upgraded ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement. Under the operation of the RT4D, the Trade and Gender Equality Incubator (TGEI), with funding support from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), tests ideas and methods, drawing on promising practice to advance gender equality within trade-related policies, technical cooperation, and development programming.

Project Summary

TGEI is partnering with the Association for Women in Small Micro Business Assistance (ASPPUK) to deliver the project “Strengthening a gender-equitable and inclusive women-owned small business (PUK) network to influence GEDSI and Trade policies”. The project aims to address gender inequality affecting participation in trade in Indonesia and thereby facilitate the participation of women entrepreneurs in international markets.

The Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme is a signature initiative for the Australian Government that enables workers from 9 Pacific Island Countries (PICs) and Timor- Leste to work in priority sectors in Australia. The Pacific Labour Mobility Support Program’s (PLMSP) role is to provide the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and governments in 9 PICs and Timor-Leste with support to enable workers to access PALM scheme in inclusive ways that maximise the benefits for the workers and national economies while minimising risks from labour mobility participation. Palladium is contracted to deliver PLMSP on behalf of DFAT.