The consultant will be responsible for the timely delivery of the Tech Monitor editions. The duties and responsibilities of the consultant shall be the following:

•     For special theme articles - send out ‘call for articles’ emails to partner institutions, experts/authors from different member States of the Asia and the Pacific region. The email would contain guidelines for authors and a tentative deadline for article submission and getting confirmations. Follow up with reminder emails, as needed.
•     For Tech Scan and Tech Market Scan- source relevant articles from the internet ensuring coverage from a large number of member States, finalise the contents after thorough internal reviews.
•     Finalise other sections like Tech Events (Key upcoming Events related to technology to be held in different member States are sourced), Introductory Note (Prepare draft write-up and finalize it in consultation with the Head, APCTT) , Finalise Cover Page in consultation with the Vendor and APCTT Team members.
•     Finalize quarterly edition of tech monitor in coordination with the vendor. The tasks includes frequent liaising with the vendor on copyediting, typesetting, layout, formatting, etc..

Deliverables:

    Develop the following editions of the periodical Tech Monitor, for timely release (i) July – September 2023 edition, (ii) October – December 2023 edition, (iii) January - March 2024 edition.

    Develop strategy plan for the outreach and dissemination of the tech monitor.

    Develops at least 3 concept notes / proposals for cooperation project.