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The project Governance for Inclusive Development (GovID) in Ghana aimed to contribute to the development of Governance by improving transparency, internal accountability, participation, decentralisation, and provision of public services and public finance management (PFM) so that national and sub-national Governance actors are able to finance inclusive development in Ghana.

The consultancy provided advisory services delivered by a national long-term expert, who managed a pool of international, regional and national short-term experts in the form of technical consultancy services. The key intervention areas were to:

• strengthen revenue management at the national level;
• strengthen municipal capacities for collecting internally generated funds (IGF) at the sub-national level;
• strengthen capacities for inclusive budget management at national and local levels;
• strengthen accountability mechanisms for budget execution;
• enable subnational public actors to identify and further develop local economic development potentials in cooperation with medium-sized enterprises in the agricultural and food industries.

To implement this strategy, the project combined measures in all three areas of capacity development. At the individual level, the project trained technical and managerial staff to implement the reform elements in the selected institutions and organizations. At the organizational level, the project supported the relevant stakeholders at the national, regional and local levels through organizational, strategy and process development that strengthen their mandates in the design and implementation of domestic revenue mobilisation (Ministry of Finance (MoF), Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), local authorities), the evidence-based budget planning and reliable allocation of funds (MoF, selected sectoral ministries, local authorities), accountability over the use of funds (Internal Audit Agency (IAA), audit committees, Court of Auditors, local authorities, civil society), and demand-oriented regional economic development (municipalities, medium-sized enterprises of agricultural and food industry). At the cooperation and societal level, the project supported the partners in the establishment of joint working groups and cooperation procedures and the development and adaptation of regulatory frameworks.

The overall objective was to promote inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development of Timor-Leste. The purpose was to increase the effectiveness of National Authorizing Office (NAO) services in delivering the EU - Timor-Leste development cooperation.

The Cooperation Support Facility was designed to contribute to the succesful preparation, implementation, evaluation, and visibility of the development cooperation between the EU and Timor-Leste, aminly through the increase of the effectiveness of NAO services in delivering the EU-TL development cooperation.

The project placed particular emphasis on supporting Timor-Leste’s efforts towards regional integration and enhancing its presence on the international stage. This was achieved through technical assistance provided for the review of Timor-Leste’s Market Access Offer and a detailed cost-benefit analysis aimed at facilitating the country's accession to ASEAN. The project also prioritized capacity building through workshops and dialogue sessions with key stakeholders to ensure alignment with international standards, increasing the visibility of EU-Timor-Leste cooperation efforts, and ensuring that communication and visibility campaigns were effectively implemented to promote both social development initiatives and environmental awareness, such as the EU Plastic Reduction Campaign.

The results to be achieved were as follows:

• Result 1: Improved capacity of the NAO office to oversee programming, identification and evaluation of programme and projects.
• Result 2: Improved capacity for programme implementation of line Ministries and other stakeholders in focal sectors in line with EU policies and strategies.
• Result 3: Increased visibility of the EU - Timor-Leste cooperation and greater awareness on EU and its Member States’ fundamental values, history and culture.

Implemented projects include the following:

• Support services to the launch event of the Skills for Employment and Resilience project.
• Support services for the realization of the Policy Dialogue Meeting on EU Budget Support for Partnership for Improving Nutrition in Timor-Leste (PINTL).
• Support services for the realization of the Policy Dialogue Meeting on Supporting Programme to Deconcentrating and Decentralization process in TL (SPDD-TL).
• Support services for the organization of TL Civil Society Organisations Dialogue.
• TA for support TL Market Access Offer and Cost Benefit Analysis to integrate ASEAN, which included a Synthesis of the meetings with the stakeholders, and beneficiaries; Review of the Timor-Leste Market Access Offer and Cost Benefit Analysis to accede to ASEAN; Power Point Presentation of main findings and recommendations for a validation workshop; Inception Report, Draft Final Report and Final Report.
• Support services for the acquisition of EU-TL Cooperation Visibility and Communication products.
• Support services to the organization of the Photo competition: “Skills and Crafts – The role of women in transferring knowledge and handicraft.
• Support services to EU Plastic Reduction Campaign.
• Organization of Communication & Visibility workshops.
• Support the construction of a Bordalo II’s artwork in Dili
• Support services for the acquisition of a European Union Visibility Item – Backdrop
• Support services for printing projects fiche form

This appraisal reviewed the Project Document (PD) for the 'Rural Economic Development' (RED) Project Phase I in Ethiopia. The main focus was on the overall feasibility of the program, including its theory of change (TOC) and results framework, resources and implementation and management arrangements, and how they contributed to a sustainable impact.

The main issues studied included: a review of the TOC and the results framework, including the provisional indicators; a review of how the project design catered for adaptive management; an assessment of how well local ownership, capacity, and commitment were demonstrated in the PD.

Other specific issues included: project management, organisational and administrative arrangements, financial management and audit arrangements, the cross-cutting objectives related to environmental and climate aspects, the risk assessment and risk management plan, linkages with other ongoing or planned programmes in the sector, possibilities for cooperation with Finnish companies, and a review of the proposed budget to verify that it was in proportion to expected results.

The appraisal was based on the draft PD, taking into account the identification mission report and the reports and reviews of the current programmes, MFA quality assurance group documents, as well as other relevant documents. The appraisal was done as a desk review.

The Joint End-Term-Review of i) EHA - Roll out the National Results Based Financing Policy in the Acholi Sub-Region and ii) LSF - Leveraging strategic health financing for Universal Health Coverage was commissioned by Enabel.

EHA and LSF aimed to contribute to Universal health coverage with focus on primary health care services in Tanzania. EHA runs from 2019 up to 2024, and covers the West Acholi region with a budget of EUR 9,7 million. LSF runs from 2021 up to 2024, and covers the West Acholi, Rwenzori and West Acholi regions with a budget of EUR 4 million.

The end-term review served the purposes of accountability (through performance assessment), and learning and steering (by explaining what works and does not work, and why, as well as through evidence-based lessons for other interventions and recommendations for decision-making). It addressed the six evaluation criteria of relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability, as well as the cross-cutting issues of gender and youth empowerment, among others.

Qualitative data were collected during a two-week field mission (including stakeholder interviews, focus group discussions with leadership and members of cooperatives, and direct observation) and in remote interviews. The review also drew on documents and existing quantitative M&E and survey data.

The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders with:

• An overall independent assessment of the performance of selected CT-P/CVE measures funded by FPI.2 during the years 2017-2022, paying particular attention to its different levels of results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results
• As a particular approach to regional actions, a specific case study shall be carried out to assess the regional framework for support to CT-P/CVE measures in the Asian context, managed by the Regional Team in Bangkok. It is expected that the present evaluation assesses the relevance, added value and success of developing a model for CT and P/CVE actions, respectively, which have been replicated in different countries/contexts in Asia/Pacific (in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Maldives for CT; and in Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka and Maldives for P/CVE). If deemed relevant, links can also be made to regional approaches in other RTs;
• Key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future interventions.

In particular, this evaluation will serve the contracting authority and other interested services to better understand the performance of the Intervention, its enabling factors and those hampering a proper delivery of results to inform the planning and implementation of current and future support to tackle CTP/CVE.

The main use of the results of the evaluation is expected to be

• To draw general lessons that can be used for the future approach to interventions in the sector
• To draw specific lessons that can be replicated in other similar interventions
• To draw specific lessons from the regional approaches, in particular the one applied by the Regional Team in Bangkok in terms of stocktaking, dynamics and replicability.

The main users of this evaluation will be the contracting authority, FPI.2, including its Regional Teams in Bangkok, Nairobi, Dakar, Eastern Europe and Central Asia (managed from Brussels). The Regional Team in Brasilia is less involved since they currently do not manage any CT-P/CVE projects.

The global objective of this study was to enhance the understanding of the reported recent attempts to radicalise and recruit individuals (including, but not limited to, dynamics of recruitment, motivations, target groups and threat posed) in the countries covered by the scope of the study, and of the threats they pose. To achieve this, the study looked into the interrelated relevant phenomena (including grievances, political dynamics and foreign religious influences). The final aim was to contribute to the development of potential EU support to address these challenges and build resilience and social cohesion.

The specific objectives of the project were:

• To investigate the dynamics of the reported growth of radicalisation and recruitment efforts in Liberia and in Guinea- Conakry (possibly linked to the expansion of Wahhabism/Salafism in the region).
• To assess the threat posed by such potential expansion and its interrelations with relevant national and regional causes of fragility.
• To assess the gaps, needs and interest for a possible EU intervention, complementing existing efforts. This assessment should consider opportunities, challenges and risks of such an intervention.

The members of the Sahel Alliance have chosen to concentrate their efforts in five priority sectors of intervention, in line with the development priorities established by the G5 Sahel countries: Agriculture, rural development and food security; Decentralisation and basic services; Education and youth employment; Energy; Governance.

The overall objective of this contract is to produce the 5-years Technical Report in line with the needs of the SA needs. In line with the commitments of the SA and its members, the Sahel Alliance Coordination Unit (UCA) plans to produce a SA 5 years results report in 2023.

The 5 years results report will include the following elements:

• Analysis of the evolution of the national indicators included in the Alliance results framework in relation to the target values set by the G5 Sahel countries.
• The analysis of the aggregated results of the projects included in the Alliance Sahel portfolio in line with the project indicators included in the Alliance Sahel results framework.
• Analysis of the achievements attributable to the Sahel Alliance stricto sensu will beproduced, in order to show whatthe platform has collectivelyachieved and what its membersare achieving individually.

The following elements should be taken into consideration while drafting the report:

• A qualitative analysis will be needed, particularly in terms of Sahel Alliance member organizations contribution to the provision of basic services;
• The contexts of Sahelian countries (crisis, displacement of population, COVID-19, etc.) should be taken into account in the analysis of results where possible;
• Where possible, the results obtained should be read with regard to the existing policy messages and the sectoral notes issued by the sectoral and thematic coordination groups of the SA in order to measure their operational translation

The overall objective of this assignment was to contribute to improving the electoral and democratic framework of Malawi during the inter-election period and raising awareness and understanding of the EU EOM recommendations and technical issues related to their implementation.

In general, an EFM supports the consolidation of democracy, institution-building and democratic elections in Malawi in the context of the implementation of the 2019 EU EOM recommendations.

The specific objectives of the Mission included:

• Assess the state of play of the implementation of the recommendations of the 2019 EU EOM to Malawi;
• Assess any electoral reforms adopted since the last EOM or which are under consideration (e.g. draft legislation) or planned and the degree to which these reflect EOM recommendations and their alignment with international standards for democratic elections;
• Identify which EOM recommendations are most relevant to the prevailing country situation and the current phase of the electoral cycle;
• Generate additional impetus for – or contribute to ongoing debates on – electoral reform;
• Identify areas of agreement and disagreement on EU EOM recommendations among the stakeholders and any political, technical, financial obstacles to electoral reform;
• Propose actions to overcome obstacles to electoral reform, including measures to develop support for and national ownership of the recommendations;
• If helpful and requested, assist the EU Delegation, EEAS and INTPA in their assessment on whether ongoing cooperation and conflict prevention projects are addressing the recommendations made by EU EOMs. Based on a brief overview of existing programmes, provide needed information to support identification of potential additional election/democracy support action that could contribute to strengthening the implementation of the recommendations and/or to the overall improvement of the electoral framework;
• Contribute to analysis by the EU Delegation, EEAS and INTPA with information to originate any other possible EU actions that could contribute to strengthening the implementation of the recommendations and/or to the overall improvement of the electoral framework;
• Prepare/update with EU Delegation a follow-up plan to EU EOM recommendations.

The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the strategies and programmes of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Djibouti and Mauritania. Its specific objectives were to take stock of the results achieved by the AfDB in Djibouti and Mauritania, to put them into perspective in relation to the resources deployed, and finally to identify lessons learned that could help the AfDB improve the effectiveness of its cooperation in these two countries. In line with the BDEV guidelines, the evaluation determined the relevance of the strategies and programmes adopted by the AfDB and set out in the CSPs, as well as their effectiveness, sustainability, efficiency and contribution to achieving the development objectives of each of the two countries concerned for the period 2011-2020.

The evaluation took place in a difficult political, economic and social context in both countries, marked by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Indeed, the economic and social impact of the pandemic had a negative influence on the implementation of development actions supported by the AfDB, if only because of the response put in place by governments, in particular travel restrictions.

The general objective of this service contract is to strengthen DG REFORM capacity of designing, monitoring, and evaluating projects.

The three outcomes of this contract are as follows:

Outcome 1: DG REFORM staff have developed consolidated skills and expertise in designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating technical support projects, using the principles and methodology of the Logical Framework Approach

Outcome 2: DG REFORM policy officers have been empowered to embed evaluation concepts and tools at each step of the project management cycle (design, contracting, implementation, evaluation)

Outcome 3: DG REFORM has developed an evaluation strategy to assess outcomes and impact of groups of projects

In the medium and long run, the achievement of the outcome of this service contract should contribute towards the development of a strong evaluation culture in DG REFORM (impact)