The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes is :

• To provide monitoring and evaluation services to assess the results achieved through the EU’s development cooperation, and to provide support on communication and visibility in line with the Delegation’s communication strategy.

The specific objectives of this contract are as follows:

• 1. To conduct results-oriented monitoring of EU-funded projects in Iraq and to implement a results-oriented monitoring based on innovative approaches in the field that allows improving the steering and delivery of programmes to Iraq.
• 2. To provide an assessment of achievements, the quality and the results of interventions based on evaluation approaches adapted to the specific intervention under observation in order to deliver evaluations that allow for institutional learning and improved programming cycles.
• 3. To disseminate information about the EU’s engagement in Iraq and notably its cooperation activity in an accessible manner with a focus on communicating EU values and EU results, in particular to stakeholders in Iraq and the general population.

There are 3 main components each associated to a results that the project will aim to achieve

• Component 1: Results-oriented monitoring of EU-Funded projects in IR
  • R-1: Provided a results-oriented assessment of ongoing operations
• Component 2: Evaluations of the EU’s cooperation projects in Iraq

R-2: Provided evaluations of achievements, the quality and the results of interventions based on evaluation approaches adapted to the intervention under observation

• Component 3: Communication of EU engagement in Iraq

R-3: Disseminated information about EU engagement in Iraq and notably cooperation initiatives and projects (including results) in an accessible manner with a focus on communicating results across various platforms and towards various audiences