RFP_006_2026_Natl Firm cover GreenAgricultural FinanceProduct&Financial Training

RFP_006_2026_Natl Firm cover GreenAgricultural FinanceProduct&Financial Training Request for proposal Description Name of Service: RFP_006_2026_ National consultancy firm to support technical assistance for financial institutions strengthening green financial product development, financial literacy enhancement and capacity building. Project: Financing Agrochemical Reduction and Management (FARM) in Lao PDR. Duty Station: Vientiane Capital and four target provinces (Oudomxay, Luang Namtha, Bokeo, Xieng Khouang). Duration of Assignment: 11 months. Scope of Work: The selected firm will be responsible for the following tasks: Task 1: Inception, review of completed work and completion of the financial literacy diagnostic Review the financing landscape assessment (financial institutions, national public funds and other financing sources), the project baseline assessments and the financial literacy diagnostic instrument, protocol and any data already collected. Confirm the current context, identify only material gaps or changes in the inception report. Complete the diagnostic in target sites not yet covered (Xieng Khuang,Luang Namtha and Bokeo provinces, using the established instrument and protocol without modification to ensure data comparability across all project sites. Sites with existing data shall not be re-surveyed. Produce a diagnostic report and consolidated dashboard covering all project target areas, combining existing and newly collected data. Conduct stakeholder mapping and consultations with financial institutions (commercial banks, microfinance institutions (MFIs), Village Development Funds (VDFs), public banks including Rural Development Bank and Agriculture Promotion Bank), insurers, government institutions (DOA, the Department of Agricultural Extension and Cooperatives (DAEC), the Bank of the Lao PDR (BoL), the Ministry of Finance (MoF), MAE), private sector actors and farmer organizations. Task 2: Demand led design of financing arrangements, green finance products and FI operational toolkit Farmer capital-demand assessment: Consult farm households, farmer groups and cooperatives in the target provinces to establish their demand for capital: the purposes for which finance is needed during and after the transition to safer practices (including the indicative eligible uses); the size of capital needed per household and per group; its timing relative to the crop calendar; the tenor and repayment capacity that farm cash flows can support; the so