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The purpose of the service was to carry out the mid-term evaluation of the implementation of the financing agreement for the "PAJM" program CRIS 023-652 and to formulate recommendations and suggestions for any adaptation necessary to achieve the expected results according to Annex II DTA to the financing agreement, point 4.2.

The overall objective of the Monitoring for Environment and Security in Africa (MESA) programme was: “to support African decision-makers and planners in designing and implementing national, regional and continental policies and development plans towards sustainable development, thereby advancing the socioeconomic progress and well-being of African populations towards achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).”
The overall purpose of this training contract was to implement the “Strategy for Capacity Development and Training in MESA” by ensuring that MESA stakeholders are sufficiently trained so as to ensure a smooth and effective implementation of the MESA programme. This included increasing the information management, decision-making and planning capacity of African continental, regional and national institutions mandated for environment, climate, food security and related responsibilities by enhancing access to and exploitation of relevant Earth Observation applications in Africa.

The global objective of the assignment was to assist the National Treasury and the EU Delegation to South Africa to design two programmes aimed at
(i) improving public service delivery and performance in municipalities through enhanced financial management and organisational (institutional & human) capacity in line with the mandates of local government.
(ii) supporting the implementation of the National System of Innovation (NSI), including innovation for service delivery, and possibly other aspects related to innovation.

The main objectives of the evaluation were to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the European Union and the partner government with an overall independent assessment of the current and past performance of the EU-Funded programmes in the fields of security and safety, paying particularly attention to the results of the projects against their designed objectives and the security objectives of the EU more particular in the fields of CVE and CT. A strategical rather than operational focus was expected.

The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part was to ensure the
successful achievement of objectives of Transport OP and IPA financial assistance to Turkey.
The purpose of this contract was to disseminate information and ensure publicity of the
activities implemented and policies enshrined under Transport Operational Programme financed
from the EU IPA Funds.

The global objective of the evaluation was to provide the EUD to BiH with sufficient information to make an informed judgment about the past performance of the selected projects (their efficiency, effectiveness and impact), to document lessons learned and to provide practical recommendations for follow-up action.

Evaluation of three regional forestry projects in the Mekong, Andean and Central American regions financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. The specific objectives of the evaluation were to:

• Assess the added value of the regional approach compared to a country-based approach;
• Assess the success of the programmes in promoting sustainable forestry based livelihoods and increasing income of small producers;
• Identify the lessons learned from developing value chains and payment for ecosystem services.

The aim of the project was to contribute to improving water governance and management of water resources and to the sustainable development and maintenance of water infrastructure in ACP countries, through strengthening and promoting Water Operators Partnership.

The global objective of this assignment was to contribute towards effective implementation of
Integrated Catchment Management in Lesotho through operationalisation of the ICM
framework, including improved coordination among relevant stakeholders in line with the
Long-term Water and Sanitation Strategy.

The objective of the consultancy was: To provide the Comptroller General of the Republic with methodological guidelines for the execution of the audit work carried out by the institution in compliance with the functions established in the National Constitution. The guidelines were based on the Paraguayan Government Auditing Standards (NAGUPY), and considered the Audit Manual (MAGUP) for the implementation of government control. They also were aligned with the International Standards on Auditing for Supreme Audit Institutions (ISSAI), considered the Integrated Audit Control System (SICA) and also took into account the elements set out in the latest version of the COSO for the evaluation of the Internal Control System.