Madagascar

22 February 2021 — G/TFA/N/MDG/3  

Under the project to develop corridors and trade facilitation, which it finances, the African Development Bank (AfDB) included a trade facilitation component. In this connection, the National Trade Facilitation Committee (NTFC) of Madagascar was consulted in 2019 with regard to the component's strategic direction and identifying the activities of the NTFC road map to be included in it. The strategic priorities adopted include the establishment of a trade information portal.
The AfDB is therefore providing technical assistance for the recruitment of two consultancy firms to carry out the following missions:

Mission Assistance à la Maîtrise d'Ouvrage, AMOA (Project Management Assistance Mission):
- Compilation and specification of the comprehensive requirements for the creation and establishment of the Portail d'Information Commerciale, PIC (Trade Information Portal);
– Specification of the operational requirements and description of the overall operational process of the PIC;
– Collection, collation and authentication of the relevant documents and resources;
– Management and monitoring of deliverables/successful execution of the technical mission.

Mission Maître d'œuvre, MOE, (Project Management Mission):
- Definition and guarantee of the technical design of the PIC in line with what has been identified by the AMOA. The MOE will provide the function architecture document and the technical architecture document. It is basically responsible for the development of the PIC;
-Planning, design and construction/setting up of the website (PIC);
-Digitization of documents and optimization of the document filing system;
-Technical support for solution deployment and assistance/guarantee (Tierce Maintenance Applicative, TMA (Third-Party Application Maintenance)).