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The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with:

• An overall independent assessment of the past performance of the EUROsociAL+, paying particular attention to its intermediate results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results;
• Key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future interventions

The overall objective of the project is to “contribute to the stabilization of the regions of Gao and Timbuktu and to the resilience of communities and local authorities”. The specific objective is “local development and the governance of local authorities are improved in the 42 municipalities of intervention in the regions of Gao and Timbuktu”.
These objectives are measured through the improvement of the performance of the beneficiaries institutions and organizations (local authorities, associations and cooperatives and guidance and
professional integration of the Timbuktu region) in order to have a positive impact on the
local governance, the level of income of the populations and to reduce the unemployment rate of
youth.

The Evaluation focuses on the development cooperation of the European Union (EU) with the Central African Republic (CAR), the cooperation strategy since 2008 and its implementation from 2014 to 2019.
This evaluation had two overarching objectives. Firstly, to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the European Union (EU) and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the EU's past and current cooperation with Central African Republic. And secondly, to identify key lessons and to produce recommendations in order to inform the responsible decision makers on how to improve the current and future strategies, programmes and actions of the EU.

The general objective of the mid-term evaluation is to provide an independent assessment and evidence on the performance of CBC Programmes between IPA II Beneficiaries from their launch in 2014 until 2019.

Systematic and timely evaluation of its programmes and activities is an established priority of the European Commission. Evaluation focuses on the analysis of the achievements, the attainment and the quality of the results of actions, in the context of an evolving cooperation policy, with an increasing emphasis on results-oriented approaches and contribution to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
From this perspective, evaluators should find evidence of why, where and how these results are linked to the EU intervention and try to identify the factors driving or hindering progress.
Evaluators should provide an explanation of the causal links between inputs and activities, and outputs, outcomes and impacts. The evaluators' work should encourage accountability, decision-making, learning and management.
The main purpose of this evaluation was to provide the relevant EU services and interested stakeholders (including technical and financial partners and civil society organisations) with the following information

• an overall and independent analysis of
  • the overall coherence of the Spring Convention (choice and articulation/complementarity of components, choice of partners, management modes, calls for proposals, timetable, etc). The analysis of coherence was also put into perspective with EU projects and programmes in Morocco on the professional integration of vulnerable Moroccan populations.
  • the performance of the projects implemented under the latter, and more specifically the two following projects, paying particular attention to their results in comparison with the expected objectives. The factors (positive or negative) underlying these results have been identified.
  • Support for the creation and development of entrepreneurship projects and cooperatives among refugees in Morocco' (UNHCR).
  • Work4Integration
• The evaluation of the Work4Integration project was carried out in order to identify lessons learnt, conclusions and associated recommendations, so as to improve/guide, if necessary, the remaining actions of the Work4Integration project and to help sustain them in order to systematise good practices.

In particular, this evaluation served to understand how the programme's articulation, as well as the implementation arrangements proposed under each of the projects, have allowed the performance of the actions as demonstrated to date (response to the needs of care and training of the beneficiaries and reduction of the vulnerabilities/empowerment of the target populations), the effectiveness of the capacity building of the national actors, as well as the institutionalisation of the established cooperation mechanisms and processes.
The evaluation covered the relevance of the procedures and tools for information and selection of beneficiaries as developed and applied in each of the projects (particularly in terms of employability), the determining factors in the professional and socio-economic integration of migrants and refugees, the structural (or other) reasons underlying the delays in the deployment of certain activities and the achievement of certain results.
The evaluation of the Financing Agreement and its projects served as a basis for the planning of future EU actions and interventions in the same sector, notably in the framework of the UTF funding allocated for Morocco under phase III of the DEV-pillar of the Regional Development and Protection programme, Reference: T05-EUTF-NOA-REG-08 (the specific objective for Morocco was: Self-sufficiency of target groups and host communities is enhanced).

Support the EC in the implemention of the 2019 #2030isnow campaign of the EU Development Communication Network, with the main objective to raise awareness of European development cooperation policies and activities in support of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

The Government of Somaliland (GoSL) was supported to improve capacity to perform key government functions, strengthen its policy capabilities and improve civil service management including support to improve institutional, organizational and individual level capacity to improve public sector performance.
Organizational performance is directly dependent on the quality of staff performing well-defined functions on the basis of clearly defined mandates and availability of appropriate tools and enabling work conditions.
The Civil Service Strengthening Project (CSSP), funded by the World Bank, aimed to support the GoSL to conduct a rapid assessment of mandates, functions and staffing requirements of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) including taking them through a visioning process to define their vision, mission and value system.
The key objective was to support the establishment and/or strengthening of Human resources and the Policy and planning departments in the beneficiary institutions (BIs) and the roll out of related reforms in these areas.

This ex-post evaluation assessed interventions funded under the IPA programs in support of civil society in Turkey, managed primarily under IMBC.
For the purpose of the evaluation, a limited number of projects financed under the IPA II 2014 allocations was part of the assessment.
The evaluation did not only describe what has been achieved (or what the Intervention contributed to achieve) but particularly why and upon what conditions results have been (or have not been) achieved.

The purpose of this project was to contribute to the preschool education system reforms in order to enable a constructive start to lifelong learning.
The aim of this project was to support the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development and Local Self Governments to continue reform of pre­ school education, such as improving the preschool education as part of the lifelong learning to plan and manage pre-school education on the local level and to implement modem pedagogical approaches in pre-school education.

Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) reviews aim to assist the European Commission’s services and EU Delegations in monitoring of and reporting on EU financed development and cooperation projects and programmes in third countries through independent reviews of the progress of their implementation and the achievement of project results.