The Voices for Mekong Forests (V4MF) project is a European Union (EU) funded project. The overarching rationale of the project is that for forests to be sustainably managed, civil society must have the capacity to organize them to share information, strengthen their negotiating positions and effectively present their concerns and solutions to policy-makers. The project notably contributes to the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreements (FLEGT-VPA) initiative and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) by helping to ensure they are built on multi-stakeholder processes.

WWF is taking lead the project component related to the development and implementation of the Forest Governance Monitoring System (FGMS) for NSAs to monitor the forest governance situation during the project lifetime. Up to now, the FGMS application has been successfully developed, and the pilot of data collection in the field has been conducted in January 2020. Based on the collected information, the FGMS report was completed accordingly.

Currently, the FGMS report and FGMS manual are in Vietnamese version, the translation of these documents into English for communication purpose as well as experience sharing with partners in the Mekong region related to this activity is necessary. For this reason, the V4MF project is seeking a qualified consultant to do this assignment.