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If you already have a supplier profile, please login to the Supplier Portal, then search for the negotiation using the reference number UNDP-HQ-00455, following the instructions in the user guide. UNDP\'s response aims to prevent the complete economic breakdown of the Afghan economy and to assist Afghans in constructing a new economic model that is centered around private sector-led recovery. Within the scope private sector led economic recovery, ICPSD will support Afghanistan\xe2\x80\x99s Financial and Banking Sector, Private Sector Resilience and Islamic Finance through the delivery of the following activities:

• Technical Support to the Financial and Banking Sector
• Private Sector Resilience: Agricultural Value Chains and Access to Energy for Industrial Parks
• Islamic Finance: Technical Assistance to Afghanistan Microfinance Sector for Economic Recovery and Women Empowerment

Agriculture is key for Afghanistan\xe2\x80\x99s trade and for the livelihood of its people. More than 80% of the country\xe2\x80\x99s population, and almost 90% of the people living in poverty are in rural areas. For example, in 2011/12 agriculture was a source of income for 49% of all households and the main source of income for 30%. Agriculture also employed about 43% of the total workforce in 2019. Moreover, 75% of Afghanistan\xe2\x80\x99s exports are in agricultural goods. The manufacturing sector depends on agricultural production as well. An estimated 90% of the manufacturing industry and a large portion of its exports depend on agricultural production. The GVC upstream trade and input supply actors have successfully shaped the quality and compliance regime worldwide, which is now an established policy tool. GVC actors need to influence the management of the chain with quality products and timely delivery of products, receive logistics and intermediation services and buy inputs. The potential role of the \xe2\x80\x98hidden middle\xe2\x80\x99 value chain actors as socially compliant suppliers would contribute to sustainable practices and higher incomes of producers is especially notable in the light of SDG 2 which aims to end hunger, achieve food and nutrition security and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030 Output 3 will engage GVC upstream and downstream actors as leveraged interventions where an intervention in one entity can produce big changes conforming with the UNDP\xe2\x80\x99s value proposition. Private sector engagement deep dive consultation established linkages with three leveraged interventions entry points private sector partners that have the potential of and willingness to partnership forming, committed to and aligned with UNDP pro-poor value proposition The UNDP IICPSD requires a consultant with a strong understanding of the business community in Dubai for the targeted value chains to facilitate meaningful partnerships with private sector entities. Their familiarity with the international trade and businesses for the targeted value chain crops and livestock will contribute UNDP\'s pro-poor value proposition and support the missing-middle agricultural value chain actors in Afghanistan in accessing global trading partners