CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI)

The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC) consortium represented by AFA, is the Regional Implementing Agency (RIA) for the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program (APFP), a five-year program financed by an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) grant; the Assuring Resiliency of Family Farmers amidst Covid19 (ARISE), a two-year project financed by an IFAD grant; and the Support to Farmers’ Organizations in Asia (FO4A.), a four-year program financed through European Union and IFAD grants. The overall goal of these programs is to contribute to rural poverty reduction, increase income and improve livelihood, food and nutrition security and safety of rural smallholders and family farmers, notably through instrumental support to their organizations at national, sub-regional and regional levels in Asia and the Pacific. Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) is signed between the RIA and each National Implementing Agency (NIA) acting as sub-recipient of the grants and responsible for implementing the programs at national level.

OBJECTIVE

AFA is seeking expression of interest from reputable audit firms belonging to Category A, B or C that has an international affiliation for AFA’s institutional audit starting year 2021.

DESCRIPTION

Institutional external audit for the year 2021 with agreed-upon procedures as specified in the Terms of Reference (TOR) for each project.

REQUIREMENTS

The audit firm:

  1. should have experience with non-profit organizations that have multi-donors and implementing partners across Asia.
  2. is familiar with the international donor organizations’ policies and procedures, especially of IFAD and EU.
  3. able to meet the necessary requirements set by the Terms of Reference from each project (see attached)
  4. preferably with working knowledge and appreciation of Farmers Organizations

DEADLINE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE EOI TOGETHER WITH THE COMPANY PROFILE

17 March 2022

Please kindly send your EOI together with company profile to Ms. Maruja Ventura at  afamaru@asianfarmers.org and mandatory cc to the following email addresses: mohdzidni@yahoo.com and afalany@asianfarmers.org

Shortlisted audit firms will be invited to an orientation meeting where details of the TOR will be discussed. Two (2) days from the date of orientation, shortlisted audit firms will be requested to submit a proposal. Based on the review of the proposals, AFA shall notify and set an appointment with the selected audit firm.

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TOR Auditor

ToR – Ext. Auditor for RIA 2022 for APFP ARISE