Consultancy for Developing a Feasibility Study on Establishing a Certification System for Genebanks -Crop Trust

Location: Remote

Organization: Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust)

Deadline:  22 April 2025

Job Description

Summary

The objective of the proposed consultancy is to develop a comprehensive feasibility study outlining the process that the Crop Trust could follow to establish and manage a certification system for genebanks.

Description

The Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) is committed to ensuring the long-term conservation and availability of crop diversity in genebanks for food and nutritional security worldwide. In line with this mission, the Crop Trust is exploring the possibility of establishing and managing a certification system to enhance the transparency, efficiency, and reliability of genebank operations world-wide. The certification system would set benchmarks, recognize excellence, and promote best practices.

A document prepared for the PRO-GRACE project (“Blueprint for a Genebank Quality Certification System”) has outlined the merits, possible scope and potential components of a genebank certification system in the context of Europe. Building on this foundation, the Crop Trust intends to commission a feasibility study to describe and evaluate the most appropriate options it may have for putting in place a process to develop and implement a system globally. This paper will serve as a basis for consultation with key stakeholders.

The objective of the proposed consultancy is to develop a comprehensive feasibility study outlining the process that the Crop Trust could follow to establish and manage a certification system for genebanks. The study will address the system’s scope, design, operational framework, cost and potential implementation pathways while incorporating insights from existing documentation and selected stakeholders. The study will assess whether the creation of a certification system has a reasonable chance of success given factors like demand, cost, potential risks and technical requirements.

Application

• Interested applicants are requested to submit their proposals based on the Terms of Reference below to the procurement office no later than 23:59 CEST on 22 April 2025.
• Only emails, including proposal documents, sent solely to: procurement@croptrust.org will be considered.
• Please note, any documents sent (even in copy) to individual members of the Crop Trust, will be automatically excluded from the tender process.