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The overall objective of this technical assistance project is to strengthen the professional media sector in Tunisia and to guarantee the dissemination of independent and pluralistic information guaranteeing freedom of expression.

Results to be achieved are, among others:

• Governments are strengthened in defining and exercising their roles and responsibilities in the development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and monitoring of public media policies.
• Public media (radio, television and news agency Tunis Afrique-TAP) are strengthened in their vision and strategic capacities and have initiated internal structural reform.
• The economic viability of the media is analyzed and reviewed for their plurality and independence.
• Concertation structures ensure the participation of media professionals, civil society organizations, academics and citizens in the definition of public media policies.
• Ethics and editorial strategy are incorporated into the mainstream media.
• Media managers are strengthened in the management and direction of media companies.
• Media regulation and monitoring is structured and implemented by trained teams.
• Access to information for public institutions is reinforced by public communicators.
• The image of women in Tunisian society is valued and reinforced in the media.
• Young people are encouraged and strengthened by the experience and sense of leadership.
• School and out-of-school education for media understanding is strengthened.
• The social partners and civil society are strengthened in their decisions.
• The media training activity is decentralized and rooted at the regional level.
• Local deployment of regional radios, television and the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) national news agency is consolidated.
• Local media capacities are strengthened and their relations with local civil society strengthened.
• Media professionals, civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens of the region are sensitized to issues of freedom of expression and the media.

The purpose of the Election Expert Mission (EEM) was to collect and analyse factual information, assess and report on the electoral process against international commitments, standards and good practice for democratic elections in line with the criteria contained in the Commission Communication on Electoral Assistance and Observation [COM(2000)191]. The experts also formulated recommendations to improve future electoral processes and assess, when relevant, the state of implementation of recommendations made by previous electoral missions.

Systematic and timely evaluation of its programmes and activities is an established priority of the European Commission. The focus of evaluations is on the assessment of achievements, the quality and the results of Actions in the context of an evolving cooperation policy with an increasing emphasis on result-oriented approaches and the contribution towards EU foreign policy objectives and the implementation of the SDGs. From this perspective, evaluations should look for evidence of why, whether or how these results are linked to the EU intervention and seek to identify the factors driving or hindering progress. Evaluations should provide an understanding of the cause and effect links between: inputs and activities, and outputs, outcomes and impacts. Evaluations should serve accountability, decision making, learning and management purposes.

The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union and the interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the SPIPA project, 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 Actions.

The global objective of this assignment was to support civil society in protection and promotion of democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms worldwide.

The specific objective of this assignment was to provide technical support to the European Commission for the evaluation and selection of the proposals received under the 2019 EIDHR global call for proposals.

The evaluation will assess the Action using the five standard DAC evaluation criteria, namely: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. In addition, the evaluation will assess two EU specific evaluation criteria:

• the EU added value (the extent to which the Action adds benefits to what would have resulted from Member States' interventions only);
• the coherence of the Action itself, with the EU strategy in the Pacific and with other EU policies and Member State Actions.

And in addition:

• The matching of the needs of national and local partners;
• The materialisation of the expected results (or perhaps only some of them) and their facilitating and contrasting factors;
• The performance of the management and its capacity to adapt to changing conditions;
• The governing mechanisms of the Action;
• The contribution to SDGs (4,5,13).

The overall objective was to contribute to the reduction of risks for the population and to interventions funded by the European Union for capacity building as well as the establishment of a basis for the sustainability of essential public services in the Goma Volcano Observatory.

Objective 1: Technically strengthen the GVO to refine the monitoring and analysis of risks related to

the exceptional activity of the Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira volcanoes by capitalizing on project support and previous support financed by European cooperation.

Objective 2: To work towards the institutional and scientific strengthening of the GVO through targeted support to the

training programme and the promotion of study visits and scientific exchanges.

Objective 3: Strengthen the sustainability of essential services of the GVO from the development of partnerships and other strategies.

The Federal Republic of Somalia received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Somalia Capacity Injection Project. The World Bank worked with the Federal Government of Somalia and the Government of Puntland State of Somalia to develop the Capacity Injection Project to support the flagship programme. A key component of the project sought to ++improve policies and procedures for civil service management++ including development of public sector pay and grading policy and implementation plan to include ++reclassification of civil service jobs and implementation of pay and grading reforms++. This necessitated the provision of technical assistance to establish civil service jobs (establishment posts) across ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on the basis of clear organizational mandates, optimal structures and functional responsibilities.

The objective of the assignment was to carry out a combination of field work and diagnostic analysis of public sector pay and grading trends and living standard assessment in Somalia and propose solutions that would ++provide adequate incentive for improved performance of civil servants++ and also ++enable efficient and effective management of public government’s wage bill++ as aligned to national strategies and development aspirations to promote sustainable growth.

The pay and grading assignment focused on identification of strengths and weaknesses of existing compensation and incentive structures, systems and processes. The team also undertook analysis of information from the labor market and review of existing reports of government on pay and grading options, salary harmonization, recurrent cost and reform financing (RCRF) and other remuneration policies and packages administered by international development partners in Somalia. The proposed solutions took account of labor market realities in East Africa and other regions, and pay and grading practices and reform in fragile and conflict affected countries with similar development characteristics.

++Key Deliverables++

• Overview report on the current pay and grading system
• Report on analysis of macroeconomic situation relevant to pay reform and wage bill management in Puntland
• Report on analysis of labour markets
• Analytical report on pay policy options and possible funding sources
• Analytical report on grading options
• Consolidated report on public sector pay and benefits policy including medium- and long-term objectives, and short-to-medium-term implementation measures
• Consolidated report on grading system for Puntland civil service
• Report on salary and benefits structure
• Financial model for appraising size, shape and cost of the civil service
• Salary administration guidelines
• Workshop reports including reports on training and transfer of skills and knowledge to government counterparts, and technical discussions and validation of proposals
• Action plan and roadmap for implementation of new grade and pay structure
• Arrangements and guidelines to facilitate smooth transition from current pay and grading system to the proposed system.

The overall objective of the assignment was to allow the EU, its Member States and broader public to assess the performance and impact of their collective AfT.

The specific objective of the assignment was to prepare the EU AfT Progress Report 2020 and its associated deliverables.

The specific objective of the assignment was to contribute to the implementation of the Improvement Plan by the Inter-Ministerial Technical Task Team for Violence Against Women and Children through the mapping of existing services offered by all government departments to women and children victims of violence.

As a result a comprehensive package of services responsive to the needs of women and children in all their diversity were defined and positioned to inform, in particular, the ways in which government’s response to victims of violence can be improved.

The overall objective of the project is the development and reinforcement of the communication and visibility of the 'Making a success of advanced status' programme.

Specific objectives:

• Implement the RSA communication and visibility strategy as a tool and vehicle for the regulatory convergence process towards the EU;
• Promote the benefits, challenges and opportunities of Morocco's regulatory convergence process by implementing the communication and visibility strategy for the benefit of the identified target groups;
• Engage the public sector, the private sector and the civil society related to the reforms by the RSA programme;
• Strengthen the process of consultation between the public sector, the private sector and civil society in sectors related to the RSA programme;
• Inform the RSA stakeholders about the instruments proposed by the program (TA, twinning, TAIEX, SIGMA projects) and the way to have access to these actions.