EOI - Study on Wood value chain development for value addition and job creation in the Congo Basin - ENCR
Type de consultant: Individual Consultant
Lieu de la mission: Home based
Date de publication: 11-mai-2026
Date de clôture: 25-mai-2026
Domaine: Agriculture, Human and Social Development;
Project Goal: The study seeks to unlock the development potential of the wood sector in fostering diversification, strengthening its functionality, and promoting accountable and equitable private sector participation to accelerate economic growth. It aims to create pathways for integrating local and international private sector actors into wood value chains, while addressing critical barriers such as governance weaknesses, regulatory inefficiencies, infrastructural gaps, and the need for sustainable and inclusive practices.
Study Objectives: The study will analyse wood value chains, identify constraints and opportunities for investments that could generate added value and formal employment in the Congo Basin, with focus on cross-border processing zones. Based on existing roadmaps or plans developed at national level, it will propose a roadmap setting out the necessary policy and regulatory reforms, structural investments and financing mechanisms to revitalise regional wood value chains, with a view to strengthening intra-regional trade based on economic corridors and reducing dependence on finished wood products imports. Finally, the study will propose a portfolio of priority forestry projects that could be supported by the Bank to ensure the development of secondary and tertiary wood products industries at national and regional levels, highlighting those that can constitute cross-border processing zones.
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