Trade Facilitation Lead

POSITION TITLE:     Trade Facilitation Lead

LOCATION:               Dhaka, Bangladesh

GROUP:                    Agriculture, Resilience, and Water

REPORTS TO:          Chief of Party

 

PROJECT SUMMARY:

 

The Systems for Expanded Trade and Uptake (SETU) project is a five-year USDA Food for Progress initiative implemented by Winrock International in Bangladesh. SETU seeks to expand international trade in agricultural goods by improving the efficiency, transparency, predictability, and effectiveness of trade related processes and institutions. The project will strengthen the trade enabling environment through four complementary areas of work: improving legal frameworks and processes for trade and sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures; operationalizing risk management systems; increasing private sector engagement in trade related reforms; and strengthening trade infrastructure and access to finance. Through these activities, SETU will work with Government of Bangladesh (GoB) agencies, private sector stakeholders, fin