RFP: Consultant Report on Best Practice, Role, Structure and Operations of State-Funded ECAs

15/05/2019
Secretariat Update

On behalf of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit we are sharing the below request for expressions of interest in a consultancy project focused on best practice in official export credits, for application to an export capacity building project in Greece. - Please send any questions or expressions of interest to GIZ directly.

In the context of the “Export Promotion Plus” technical support project in Greece, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH (www.giz.de), the German governmental development agency providing services in the field of international development cooperation, is seeking expressions of interest from senior/individual consultants to draft a recommendations report/study for the “Definition of good practices and lessons learned (from EU and Third countries) regarding role, structures and operations of state-funded export credit insurance agencies”.

Details via attached document: GIZ-Express of Interest-Specialist-Export Credit Insurance-Good Practices

Expressions of interest must be submitted to: Project Manager, Dr. Richard Epstein, Email: richard.epstein@giz.de, with a copy to Project Expert, Nikos Archontis, Email: nikolaos.archontis@giz.de; and must be received no later than May 31th, 2019 at 17:00 local time, specifically mentioning in the subject of the email: Export Credit Insurance Good Practices.

Please contact GIZ GmbH directly for further information, or clarifications, via nikolaos.archontis@giz.de.

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