Bangsamoro Agri Enterprise Tender

Project ID
210124
Thematic Priority
Creating Shared Prosperity
LocationPhilippines
Project ManagerVirpi STUCKI
Donors
Regular Programme Of Technical Cooperation
European Union
Funds
EURO Trust Fund Finance by EU
Regular Programme of Technical Cooperati
Gender Marker1 (Limited expected contribution to GE)
The Island of Mindanao in the Philippines has undergone social unrest in the past decades due to the Moro Conflict. Since 1960s, political tensions and open hostilities have developed between Philippines’ Government and Moro Muslim rebel groups. To defuse these tensions, lengthy peace negotiations led to the establishment of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in 2019. UNIDO's action fits in this context by supporting the development of BARMM’s agribusiness sector. The project aims to support agribusinesses in post-conflict Bangsamoro to increase their sales to the Filipino market and their exports to the market of Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) (General Objective). To contribute to the achievement of this objective the action will ensure that:1. BARMM’s institutions enforce the implementation of the reviewed Halal and sea products’ standards and certification procedures (Outcome 1);2. Local testing laboratories are upgraded to ensure compliance to the reviewed Halal and sea products’ standards (Outcome 2); and3. Supported local agribusinesses obtain the certification for the reviewed Halal and sea products’ standards (Outcome 3). UNIDO’s intervention is part of the EU Bangsamoro Agri-Enterprise Programme (EU BAEP) towards peaceful, cohesive, secure & inclusive development in Bangsamoro.