Curriculum Development and Training Delivery during the 2nd...

Objectives of Assignment

One main objective of the ‘Building the Palestinian Agricultural Insurance Systems and Services’ project is to establish a robust insurance system in collaboration with various stakeholders. The project aims to enhance the resilience of Palestinian farmers and producers in the agricultural sector against production and market risks caused by climate change and infrastructure vulnerabilities. A key focus of the project is to provide capacity building opportunities for staff from, the Palestinian Agricultural Development and Risk Insurance Fund (PADRRIF) of being the Center of Excellence for Agriculture Risk Management, insurance companies and other relevant public sector entities. The goal is to equip them with a comprehensive understanding of the key principles, functions and operations of agricultural insurance. Oxfam’s vision is to develop a targeted technical capacity building program that primarily involves PADRRIF, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), the Palestine Capital Market Authority (PCMA), , and individual insurance companies. Additionally, other stakeholders such as potential distributors like Microfinance Institutions (MFIs may be included in the program during its implementation.

Based on this, Oxfam is requesting  interested firms/experts to provide full proposal for the trainings that will be conducted in the 2nd quarter.

Expected Results:

The expected result of this assignment is to successfully prepare for and deliver a number of training courses within the second quarter of the Oxfam’s Agro-insurance Capacity Building Programme covering certain technical topics, and specifically tailored to meet the needs of the project's stakeholders. To realize the capacity building programme transformative change and to increase the capacities and confidence of partner organizations under this project; the final output is to make sure that staff receive adequate training for the purposes of operationalizing the agricultural insurance system and ensure that they are competent for the work they undertake in both the public and private sector. The developed curriculum should include and define the course/ series of courses for each operation under the system to make sure that the programme will create positive improvements in competency-based learning in the Agricultural insurance system.

It is important to note that this Terms of Reference (TOR) specifically pertains to the training activities scheduled for the second quarter, with each quarter lasting four months. Oxfam will issue separate ToRs for subsequent quarters, taking into account the outcomes and assessments conducted in the previous quarter and the availability of budget. These subsequent ToRs will address specific objectives and training requirements identified through ongoing evaluation processes. This approach ensures that the training programme remains adaptable to the changing priorities and demands of the Agricultural Insurance project. Through continuous evaluation and necessary adjustments, Oxfam aims to optimize the effectiveness and relevance of the training initiatives throughout the entire project duration.

During its first quarter of the technical capacity-building component Oxfam concluded the following four courses:

1. Underwriting for crop and livestock insurance
2. Claim process and loss adjustment for crop and livestock insurance.

• Policy wording and insurance agreements

1. Agricultural and agricultural insurance (AI) policy development

For the second quarter (specified in this ToR), Oxfam is expecting submitted proposals by trainers or service providers that covers the following topics:

1. Agricultural risk management & Agricultural insurance core actuarial principles and practice as part of product development.
2. Reinsurance and reinsurance agreements.

• Agro-insurance product design.

1. Agro-insurance financial management, fundamentals aspect of Takaful agricultural insurance and IFRS standards/principles

for the full TOR please see the attached file Curriculum Development and Training Delivery