Regional Trade for Development - Advancing Digital and Green Transition for Agriculture, Manufacturing and Processing MSMEs

Through the AANZFTA Implementation Support Program (AISP) and the RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), RT4D provides tailored support to enhance the capabilities of ASEAN Member States by strengthening skills, building networks, facilitating policy options and ensuring that trade benefits everyone, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), women and people with disability. The Governments of Australia and New Zealand have committed up to AUD 53.3 million to fund RT4D from 2020–21 to 2027–28.

Project Summary

The RCEP Implementation Support Program (RISP), implemented through the Regional Trade for Development (RT4D) Facility, supports ASEAN Member States to realise the benefits of RCEP through capacity-building support and access to technical expertise. The project 'Advancing Digital and Green Transition for Agriculture, Manufacturing and Processing MSMEs’ is approved under the RISP. The project aims to strengthen the competitiveness of Vietnamese MSMEs in the agriculture, food processing and manufacturing sectors by strengthening their capacity to implement digital technologies and green business practices. It will:

strengthen MSMEs’ knowledge and understanding of digital transformation and green business practices through enterprise-level dual transition strategies;

deliver two two-day training workshops on digital transformation and green growth, tailored to the agriculture, food processing and manufacturing sectors;

provide intensive advisory support through six one-day sector-based group coaching sessions;

support approximately 15 participating MSMEs to assess their digital and green transition needs, develop or refine practical enterprise-level transition strategies and identify feasible actions for implementation;

support participating MSMEs to improve resource efficiency, optimise energy, water and material use, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen environmentally sustainable business practices;

develop two successful business model packages; and

share practical models, lessons learned and recommendations to encourage wider learning and adoption.

The Opportunity

RT4D is seeking a consulting firm/organisation or consortium (hereinafter referred to as “the Consultant”) to manage and deliver both technical and event organisation services for the project, in close collaboration with the RT4D Facility and the Project Proponent. The final Project outputs will be subject to comments, amendments, and approval from the RT4D Facility Team, the Project Proponent and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). The services will be delivered in accordance with the requirements set out in the Request for Proposal (RFP) and Terms of Reference (ToR).

Timeline:

Invitation Issue Date: Friday, 9 October 2026

Last Queries Date: 11:59 PM (ICT) Friday, 23 October 2026

Closing Date and Time: 11:59 PM (ICT) Sunday, 1 November 2026

Please check RT4D’s website for complete ToR.