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This evaluation provides the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Finland with a comprehensive assessment of the achievements, challenges, and impacts of implementing the policy priority area on sustainable management and use of natural resources. It includes four evaluations covering forests and biodiversity, water resources management, energy and circular economy, and disaster risk reduction (including meteorology), with a synthesis report offering meta-level insights and identifying opportunities for Finnish private sector engagement. The evaluation focuses on the OECD DAC criteria of effectiveness and impact, delivering evidence-based recommendations to enhance future policy and operational strategies while addressing resource constraints and exploring geospatial data applications for improved monitoring and evaluation.

The evaluation covers all European Union (EU) external action support to IPA Roma inclusion projects in the Western Balkans and Türkiye between 2016 and 2023. The main objectives of this assignment are to: i) provide an independent and evidence-based assessment of the EU's past and current external action support in the area of Roma inclusion; and ii) provide lessons learnt and recommendations at EU level to inform ongoing and future decision-making in improving current and future EU strategies, programmes and actions on Roma inclusion.

The overall objective is to independently monitor and/or verify that SJF supported activities are being implemented with quality and integrity by NGOs, Government partners and participating UN entities and to assess the impact of SJF funded programmes on the target beneficiaries in line with fiduciary principles. Independent verification will also assess the extent to which the SJF is achieving its objective, contribute to organizational learning and recommend ways in which the Fund should enhance coherence, alignment, and harmonisation based on UNSDG Pooled-Financing mechanism best practices and the Funding Compact.

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The global objective (Impact) to which this action contributes is to contribute to enhanced youth engagement and youth inclusion in the programmes and policies of the European Union Delegation to Malawi.

The project aims to strengthen the EU’s engagement with Argentina on external impacts of EU Green Deal policies and regulatory frameworks, with emphasis on the regulation on deforestation and forest degradation, through the use of EU’s digital tools.

Under this framework agreement, suppliers will provide advice and expertise to FCDO in the thematic areas of education, gender and social inclusion.

The general objective is to help strengthen democratic governance in Burundi by building the technical capacity of the National Communication Council and the Ombudsman Institution of the Republic of Burundi.

The purpose of this contract is:

• To support the EUD and relevant Government bodies in the more effective delivery of quality primary education services, through targeted technical assistance that will provide institutional strengthening support, capacity building, policy advice and evidence-based research, as required;
• To support the EUD and relevant Government bodies in the more effective delivery of TVET services, through targeted technical assistance that will provide institutional strengthening support, capacity building, policy advice and evidence-based research, as required. Support to the establishment of a SWAP in TVET, through enhanced results-based planning, management and assessment and improved coordination across the TVET sector;
• To support the relevant Government bodies responsible for Finance and Procurement in improving the Public Financial Management (PFM) system in ensuring adequate and equitable financing and management of funds.
• To support the EUD in (i) facilitating more effective policy dialogue with MoE and MoPME by providing technical inputs for strategic thinking on further policy analysis, development and implementation within the education sector in Bangladesh; (ii) periodic monitoring and assessment of overall sector performance and progress in the implementation of the NEP, Sector Budget Support (SBS) eligibility criteria and assessment of progress towards the HCDP21 disbursement linked indicators (DLI) targets of the TVET sector and, if required, for the primary education sector.

The overall objective of this contract is to contribute to the use an evidence-based approach for programming and implementing interventions in the North of Africa region as well as informing policymaking around the themes of the EUTF in the region.

• Specific Objective 1: The EUTF management team benefits from an efficient MLS monitoring

and reporting on the progresses of EUTF initiatives in the North of Africa window.

• Specific Objective 2: The EUTF management team benefits from a learning strategy generating

evidence-based knowledge to inform policymaking and future programming in the region.