Entrepreneurship in the territories: is it the right time?
Mekong Institute (MI)
MI is an intergovernmental organization that contributes to regional cooperation and integration through capacity development, dialogue, and advocacy for sustainable socioeconomic development and poverty alleviation in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).
Founded and represented by Cambodia, China, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam, MI’s strategies are aligned with the core tenets of the GMS Cooperation Program Strategic Framework 2030, ASEAN Economic Community, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. MI supports these frameworks through the implementation of projects across the areas of Trade and Investment Facilitation, Agricultural Development and Commercialization, and Sustainable Energy and Environment, while addressing issues of social inclusion and vulnerability, digital economy and innovation, and labor mobility to cement holistic and sustainable development impacts in the subregion and beyond. For more details, please visit www.mekonginstitute.org.
Trade and Investment Facilitation (TIF) Department
The Trade and investment Facilitation Department of Mekong Institute is implementing several activities including multi-year capacity development projects in the GMS countries. This includes
- Capacity Building on Regional Project Design, Implementation, Monitoring & Evaluation of MKCF Projects,
- Transport and Logistics Information System in Lancang-Mekong Region,
- Special Economic Zones (SEZs) Promotion for Intra-regional Trade and Investment in the Lancang-Mekong Region,
- Promoting Agribusinesses for Trading through High-Speed Train in Lancang-Mekong Countries,
- Promoting Creative Industry for Heritage Tourism Development in the Mekong Region,
- Mekong Sustainable Supply Chains Transformation and Advancement,
- Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation: Addressing Transnational Challenges in the Mekong Subregion,
- Mekong-Republic of Korea Cooperation Fund Coordination and Management,
- Digital trade facilitation for Agricultural Resilience and Modernization.
The capacity development activities under these projects involve training programs, workshops, research, seminars, structured learning visits and action research in the GMS countries and beyond.
Position description
Reporting to the Director of TIF, the Program Coordinator performs two interrelated roles. Firstly, working with the Program Team to deliver the program capacity development activities, to monitor the activities for data collection purposes; and, to coordinate follow up activities with team leaders. The second role is to support GMS-focused research on emerging issues related to department focus and MI thematic areas.
Deliverables, responsibilities and tasks
Key deliverables
- Delivery of content in capacity development activities according to the department’s focus area.
- Coordination of expert inputs and implementation of capacity development activities according to the department’s focus area.
- Develop concept notes for capacity development activities.
- Inputs for case studies for content development.
- Contributions to research projects as required.
- Coordinate with MEL department and input data/information to the MI’s MEL system.
- Draft and submission activity reports and contribution to 6 monthly report to MI Council.
- Demonstrable acquisition of knowledge in program content to further own professional development
Main responsibilities and tasks
- Coordinate the implementation of capacity development activities (workshops, structured learning visits, seminars, etc.) under assigned areas.
- Lead teams and serve as Team Leader or Lead Facilitator by coordinating with subject matter experts to arrange facilitation of all capacity development activities under the thematic area. This includes working with resource persons in preparing session plan and materials, facilitating learning activities and synthesising and evaluating each training session or module.
- Lead coordination and provision of support for research processes undertaken in collaboration with MI local partners on emerging issues related to the thematic area for case studies and policy dialogue.
- In coordination with M&E unit, design evaluation forms for activities, administer pre-test, post-test, and on-line evaluation system.
- Devise the budget for project activities.
- Disburse activities budgets and report on expenditure according to MI procedures
- Responsible for project completion reports, evaluation reports and post activity follow up in accordance with MI standard and or as required by funding partners under the guidance of MI management.
- Liaise with MI Coordinating Agencies, government officials, local partners, development partners and collaborating agencies as required for capacity development activities.
- Contribute to information releases on thematic area for MI website and contribute to MI publications (Mekong Connection, Course Design Statement, Brochures, etc.).
- Any other reasonable task requested by management.
