The objective of the Third Party Monitoring and Evaluation activity was to monitor and evaluate the execution and implementation of EU funded projects in Somalia. Monitoring missions were carried out in all the regions of Somalia, including direct field visits in all the locations where the project activities were being implemented. Suitable methods for the monitoring were being developed, taking into consideration the security situation and political context.Findings and suggestions for improvement in programme management and results delivery were being delivered for each monitored project.
In addition to monitoring and evaluation of the projects, support was provided foridentification and formulation of new EU programmes/projects, which could best contribute to the broader EU cooperation strategy and development in Somalia. The project provided sector wide linkages, achievements, lessons learned, recommendations to inform future programmes.
The result to be achieved were as follows:

• Result 1: Provide specific monitoring reports on the implementation progress of ongoing EUTF & EDF priority projects. These reports should clearly reflect relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact, conclusions and any other relevant information collected during the monitoring mission.
• Result 2: Recommendations, and where relevant, improved indicators of outputs, outcomes and impact that can be applied in the remainder of the implementation of the projects.
• Result 3: Share with the EU, Somali authorities and implementing partners the lessons learnt, achievements and best practices on a sector wide level in a user-friendly accessible manner.