English to Portuguese Translation and Desktop Publishingnew

UNDP Mozambique’s Economic Diversification Portfolio (EDP) supports efforts to build more diversified and inclusive local economies. It works with government institutions, businesses and development partners to identify economic opportunities and test approaches that can strengthen local enterprise development and value chains.

One of the initiatives developed under the EDP is the Innovation Challenge Award, piloted in the provinces of Niassa and Manica. The initiative sought to identify and support local enterprises with potential to contribute to economic diversification, productive inclusion and job creation. Its approach combined outreach to businesses, business development support, competitive selection, due diligence, grant financing, implementation monitoring and learning.

The report, Innovation Challenge Award: Lessons from a Portfolio Experiment in Local Economic Diversification, explains how the initiative was designed and implemented, presents early results and discusses the challenges and lessons that emerged. A Portuguese version will make this experience more accessible to government counterparts, provincial stakeholders, enterprises and development partners in Mozambique.

UNDP Mozambique is seeking an Online Volunteer to translate its learning report, Innovation Challenge Award: Lessons from a Portfolio Experiment in Local Economic Diversification, from English into Portuguese (Mozambique), and prepare the translated version through desktop publishing.

The volunteer will work with the report’s existing design, ensuring that the translated text is accurately incorporated and that headings, tables, figures, captions, references and page layout remain clear and consistent. The volunteer will also proofread the Portuguese version and incorporate feedback from the UNDP team.

The expected deliverables are a complete, proofread and formatted Portuguese version of the report in an editable format, and a final PDF.