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Effective international cooperation depends on sound evidence, strong monitoring systems and continuous learning. Through MELDEA, Particip supports the European Commission in strengthening the quality, performance and accountability of EU external action worldwide.

The project works primarily with DG INTPA and DG NEAR and supports Commission headquarters, EU Delegations and other stakeholders involved in designing, managing, monitoring and evaluating EU-funded interventions. Its geographic scope is global, covering Africa, Asia, the European Neighbourhood, Latin America and the Caribbean, Oceania and the Western Balkans.

Particip manages the lead consortium through SQuaRE by MEL and is responsible for approximately 98% of implementation.

Our work spans the entire programming, monitoring, evaluation and learning cycle. We provide methodological support for programme and intervention design, quality assurance of strategic and programming documents, monitoring and results reporting, and methodological and operational support to the EU’s Results-Oriented Monitoring system. The project also strengthens evaluation management and quality assurance and supports knowledge management and institutional learning.

Training, learning events and tailored methodological guidance help Commission staff and implementing partners apply good practice consistently. The project also supports the use of results data, the dissemination of evaluation knowledge and the continuous improvement of Commission tools and working methods.

A central achievement of MELDEA is the creation of an integrated support structure connecting programming, monitoring, evaluation, results management and knowledge sharing. Rather than treating these functions separately, the project helps turn evidence into learning and learning into better decisions.

Through MELDEA, Particip contributes to a more evidence-driven, consistent and learning-oriented approach to EU international cooperation.

From biodiversity conservation to clean energy, Europe’s environmental ambitions depend on thousands of projects turning policy into practical results. Particip helps the European Commission monitor the quality, progress and long-term impact of projects funded through the LIFE programme.

LIFE is the EU’s principal funding instrument for environment and climate action. It supports four major areas: Nature and Biodiversity; Circular Economy and Quality of Life; Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; and Clean Energy Transition.

Particip plays a central management role through ELMEN EEIG, which is managed by Particip. We provide its Administrative Team and financial management and appoint one of its two Managing Directors. Our responsibilities include budgeting, accounting, controlling, contractual compliance, quality assurance and ensuring the effective operation of the expert network.

Around 130 long-term experts provide specialised technical, financial, monitoring and evaluation expertise. Together, they monitor more than 1,000 LIFE-funded projects.

Activities include reviewing technical and financial reports, assessing project results and communication materials, conducting on-site monitoring visits, carrying out ex-post evaluations of completed projects and preparing technical studies. The team also supports LIFE events and delivers workshops and training to beneficiaries and interested organisations.

The assignment creates a bridge between EU environmental policy and implementation on the ground. Systematic monitoring allows challenges to be identified early, supports beneficiaries in improving project delivery and provides the Commission with evidence on performance and longer-term results.

Through this large-scale monitoring system, Particip contributes to stronger project quality, better use of EU funding and more effective implementation of Europe’s environmental and climate objectives.

Ukraine’s path towards EU membership is closely linked to the alignment of its environmental legislation and institutions with European standards. Particip leads a major technical-assistance project supporting Ukraine in this process while helping ensure that environmental sustainability is embedded in recovery and reconstruction.

The project focuses on Chapter 27 of the EU acquis on Environment. Particip leads the consortium with EPL and IDOM and is responsible for 90% of the assignment.

Our work combines legal approximation, institutional strengthening, environmental assessment, compliance assurance and strategic communication.

The first area supports the alignment of environmental legislation, standards and policies with EU requirements, including in air quality, industrial pollution, water quality and waste management.

The second strengthens the capacity of Ukrainian authorities to implement and enforce these reforms. Activities address environmental assessments, cross-sectoral mainstreaming of environmental considerations, environmental monitoring and stronger environmental inspection and compliance systems. This helps connect legal reform with practical implementation.

The third area focuses on transparency and public awareness. The project supports improved access to environmental information and communication on the benefits of environmental reform and green reconstruction.

Particip mobilises specialists in environmental policy, environmental assessments, compliance assurance and communication, together with a broad pool of additional expertise.

Implementation started in 2026, so longer-term results are still emerging. An important early contribution is the establishment of a coordinated support structure that connects legislation, institutional capacity, enforcement and public communication.

By linking EU accession requirements with the practical challenges of reconstruction, the project helps ensure that environmental sustainability becomes an integral part of Ukraine’s future development.

Improving education requires more than individual training courses. Sustainable change depends on strong teachers, effective management systems and institutions capable of continuously developing professional skills.

Through the AREN programme, Particip supports Malian education authorities in strengthening teacher training and improving the quality of formal and non-formal education.

Particip is the sole implementing company and contractual lead for the programme.

AREN works through three complementary pathways. The first strengthens teachers’ professional competencies. The second improves teacher recruitment and management. The third reinforces the system for training teacher trainers, helping build national capacity for continued professional development.

The programme is designed around existing Malian institutions and human resources. Rather than establishing parallel structures, it works with national stakeholders and builds on existing systems. Activities are adapted to different regional and institutional realities and aim to strengthen collaboration between the actors responsible for teacher education and management.

Particip provides an international Team Leader, National Team Leader, Administrative and Financial Director and national coordination capacity in Tombouctou, Sikasso and Mopti. This structure combines international experience with strong national ownership.

Implementation follows three phases: start-up and co-construction, a four-year implementation period, and a final phase focused on consolidation and preparation of future support. Particip is also responsible for preparing the programme document for a possible follow-up phase covering 2029–2033.

A key contribution of AREN is bringing teacher competencies, human-resource management and teacher-training institutions together within one coherent approach.

Through this systemic focus, the programme aims to create the institutional foundations for lasting improvements in teaching quality and contributes directly to Sustainable Development Goal 4 on quality education.

The European Union and ASEAN cooperate across a growing range of economic, political and global challenges. Making that partnership visible and relevant to citizens requires communication that is strategic, creative and adapted to very different audiences.

Particip leads the Strategic Communication Facility for the EU in ASEAN together with PT Indo Ad.

The Facility supports multiannual communication across the ASEAN region, helping raise awareness of the EU’s international partnerships and external-policy priorities and strengthen understanding of the EU’s role as a partner to ASEAN.

The project works through two complementary strands.

The first develops large-scale communication campaigns aimed particularly at younger audiences. These campaigns seek to increase awareness of the EU–ASEAN partnership and communicate the practical relevance of initiatives such as the Global Gateway.

The second provides targeted political communication around high-level events and milestones. This includes summits, ministerial and senior-official meetings, Team Europe missions and major Global Gateway initiatives.

Particip coordinates the strategic, creative and operational inputs needed to deliver communication across a diverse regional environment. The aim is to connect individual activities to a coherent long-term narrative rather than treating them as isolated communication events.

Implementation began in 2026, so longer-term changes in public awareness and perception are still being measured. An important early achievement is the establishment of a dedicated regional mechanism capable of combining broad public communication with targeted support to high-level political engagement.

The multiannual approach provides continuity, allows messages to build over time and creates stronger links between individual EU initiatives and the wider EU–ASEAN relationship.

Through the Facility, Particip combines strategic communication, campaign management and public diplomacy to make international cooperation more visible, understandable and relevant across Southeast Asia.

The relationship between the European Union and Kenya spans political cooperation, trade, investment, development and global challenges. The EU–Kenya Dialogue Facility II helps transform this broad partnership into practical dialogue, evidence and action.

Particip leads the consortium with GOPA PACE and is responsible for 70% of the project.

The Facility supports major elements of the EU–Kenya partnership, including the High-Level Strategic Dialogue, the Kenya Multiannual Indicative Programme, the Economic Partnership Agreement, Team Europe Initiatives, Global Gateway and public diplomacy.

A central task is the development and monitoring of a Partnership Dialogue Action Plan in close cooperation with the EU Delegation. The Facility also prepares studies and policy papers, provides technical expertise and capacity building, facilitates stakeholder consultations and supports meetings, conferences and training.

Its flexible structure allows the EU Delegation to mobilise targeted expertise in response to emerging policy and cooperation needs.

This flexibility is already visible in the range of assignments delivered. Activities have included a EuroCham Roundtable, a Joint Sector Working Group, the ARE Energy Forum, the National Energy Policy Launch and the Human Rights Defenders Award event. The Facility has also carried out an assessment of EuroCham’s financial sustainability and supported the design of an initiative to transition health and education services for refugees and host communities towards nationally owned systems.

These assignments span energy, human rights, economic cooperation, social services and institutional development, reflecting the breadth of the EU–Kenya relationship.

The Facility’s key strength is its ability to connect strategic political dialogue with concrete technical action. Through research, expert advice, stakeholder engagement and capacity development, Particip helps turn partnership priorities into practical initiatives and stronger cooperation.