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The purposes of this contract were as follows:

• To generate, analyze and disseminate relevant, timely and reliable statistical information on the living conditions of Afghan households;
• To assure the transition from a project-based approach to NRVA to a recurrent program-based activity under full ownership of the Central Statistics Organisation (CSO) by building, training and involving the core departments and functions;
• Ensure consistency in the implementation of the NRVA with the framework set by Afghan National Statistic Plan and available funding mechanisms

The European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps Regulation shall strengthen the Union's capacity of providing needs-based humanitarian assistance, and contribute to building resilience of vulnerable people. It lays down the rules and procedures for the operation of the EU Aid Volunteers.

The interim evaluation of the implementation of the EU Aid Volunteers Initiative specifically evaluated the results obtained and the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the implementation of the Regulation, as well as the impact in the humanitarian sector and the cost-effectiveness of the programme. It covered the evaluation criteria of relevance, coherence, EU added value, effectiveness, and efficiency/ cost effectiveness.

The objective of the assignment was to produce a meta-analysis which highlights the key trends observed in evaluation reports published by EVA-11. The report fed into an annual report requested by the Finnish Parliament.

The following issues were analysed:

• Description of EVA-11 evaluation portfolio
• Key findings summarised by trend/theme
• Main conclusions by trend/theme
• Main recommendations
• Evaluation challenges

The study provided relevant information to the Government of Guinea and the European Commission justifying the development of a technical landfill center (TLC) within the framework of the Urban Development and Sanitation Program in Guinea (SANITA) to be financed by the 11th FED.

The specific objectives of this contract included:

• Identify and make a comparative analysis of the sites of a TLC.
• Evaluate the technical, economic and financial feasibility for setting up a TLC.
• Evaluate the environmental and social impact and propose a management plan to remedy it.
• Develop the 'Design and Build' tender dossier.
• Develop the terms of reference for technical assistance for the examination of offers related to the Design & Build contract, the contractualization with the successful tenderer as well as the control mission for monitoring the rehabilitation.

The objective of the FWC was to provide, via individual assignments defined and contracted through Specific Contracts, short-term expertise which can be mobilised at very short notice.

The FWC covered activities in the area of: E-learning, Face-to-face training, Communication events and campaigns, including their promotion and information tools, Multi-media materials: audio-visual (documentaries, reports, stock-shots, spots…), websites (development and design), CD, DVD etc., Production of publications, Development of communication strategy. These activities also took place in countries benefitting from external aid. Technical assistance covered any geographic area, within or outside the European Union.

The Specific Terms of Reference, part of each Specific Contract, described the objectives and required outputs of each individual assignment.

Specific assignments:

• 06/2011-10/2011, Algeria: Training on the financial and contractual procedures of the beneficiary countries. Budget: 18,967 €
• 09/2011-12/2012, ACP countries: CRIS training in HQ and EU Delegations located in ACP countries. Budget: 78,440,00 €
• 08/2011-08/2012, Brussels: Updating the brochure “Instruments and thematic programs”. Budget: 28,834 €
• 10/2011-10/2012. ACP countries: CRIS training in HQ and EU Delegations located in ACP countries. Budget: 109,820 €
• 11/2011-11/2012, Brussels: External support to DEVCO to update and improve the virtual library within the capacity4dev "Public Group on Public Sector Reform & Decentralisation". Budget: 39,000 €
• 10/2011-01/2012, South Africa: Conceptualisation, Construction and Dismantling of a Stand "EU Response to Climate Change in South Africa and beyond". Budget: 120,000 €
• 12/2011-07/2012, Western Balkans: Video clip and brochure on theme "EU membership - What's in it for me?" Budget: 119,742 €
• 01/2011-12/2013, Azerbaijan: Support to the designing and implementation of a Communication Strategy for the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan. Budget: 150,000 €
• 12/2011-05/2012, Algeria: Training in the management of the project cycle and procedures for allocation and management of grant contracts from the EU for NGOs in Algeria. Budget: 45,930 €
• 01/2012-04/2012, Malaysia: Project Cycle Management & Proposal Writing Training & Workshop for Non-State Actors and Local Authorities. Budget: 15,640 €
• 01/2012-01/2013, Belgium: Child Rights Training and Advisory Services. Budget: 149,966 €
• 01/2012-06/2012, Brussels: External support to DEVCO for the mapping of EU interventions in the field of decentralisation and local governance. Budget: 44,610 €
• 12/2011-03/2013, Belarus: Communications and Editorial Support for EU-Funded Assistance and Cooperation Programmes in Belarus. Budget: 165,853 €
• 03/2012-03/2013, ACP countries: CRIS training in HQ and EU Delegations located in ACP countries. Budget: 80,250 €
• 03/2012-03/2013, ACP countries: CRIS training in HQ and EU Delegations located in ACP countries. Budget: 90,950 €
• 05/2012-11/2012, Afghanistan : Raise Awareness of General Population on MoPH key priority areas and Public Health Service. Budget: 140,943 €
• 06/2012-06/2013, Chad: Capacity building of EDF programmes and projects staff in Chad (Phase II). Budget : 129,910 €
• 10/2012-11/2013, ACP countries: CRIS training in HQ and EU Delegations located in ACP countries. Budget: 121,000 €
• 09/2012-09/2013, worldwide: Contract to provide service to support the management and running of a community network focused on food security. Budget: 192,116 €
• 11/2012-06/2014, ACP countries: Africa EU communication strategy. Budget: 545,110 €
• 10/2012-04/2013, Brussels: Communication and visibility for EURO-SOLAR. Budget: 74,958 €
• 02/2013, Algeria: Training on european procedures for the directors and accountants of cooperation programmes. Budget: 19,999 €
• 12/2012-02/2013, Belarus : EU Assistance Information and Communication Strategy in Belarus. Budget : 32,870 €
• 01-12/2013, Brussels: 4th European Report on Development (ERD) - Preparation of the publication and its communication and promotion campaign. Budget: 579,937.10 €
• 12/2012-05/2013, Belarus: Production of a Cooperation Planer and Reference Kit on Cooperation. Budget: 80,000 €
• 01/2013-01/2014, Brussels: EuropeAid Public Relations campaign. Budget: 969,287.50 €
• 03/2013-05/2014, Belarus: Communication and Editorial Support for EU funded assistance in Belarus. Budget: 164,890 €
• 03/2013-05/2014, Belarus: PR support for EU-funded assistance in Belarus. Budget: 84,950 €
• 01-06/2013, Algeria: Training on association management, project cycle management and on the procedures for assignment and management of EU-funded contracts. Budget : 93,799 €
• 01/2013-04/2013, Algeria: Preparation of a communication and visibility plan for the EU Delegation in Algeria. Budget: 33,500 €
• 01/2013-12/2014, ACP countries: Gender Communication and Training 2013-2014. Budget: 179,832 €
• 03/2013-10/2014, Jordan: Improving the visibility and communication strategy of the Trade and Transport Facilitation reform in Jordan. Budget: 169,992 €
• 12/2012-01/2015, Azerbaijan: Implementation of large scale visibility activities for the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan. Budget: 299,920 €
• 02/2013-ongoing, Chad: Design of Information Materials on EU-Chad Projects. Budget: 96,875 €
• 06/2013-ongoing, Europe: Capacity-Building in the area of Development Cooperation Policy (Capacity Building Scheme VII 2013-2014)

Enhancing the ODA reporting capacities and systems of EU Member States. Budget: 549,998 €

• 06/2013-ongoing, Belgium: Technical assistance for Communication and Visibility measures for the Intra-ACP programme 'Support to the Air transport sector and Satellite service application'. Budget: 99,930 €
• 10/2013-ongoing, Bosnia and Herzegovina: Training of EU Delegation Operations staff for IPA programming and implementation. Budget: 34,620 €
• 03/2014-ongoing, Asia: FLEGT ASIA - Production of publications. Budget: 84,938 €
• 01/2014-ongoing, Pakistan: Improving Communication and Visibility of EU Cooperation in Pakistan in Rural Development. Budget: 300,000 €
• 01/2014-ongoing, Belgium: Communication Strategy for the European Year of Development 2015. Budget: 370,640 €
• 01/2014-ongoing, Belgium: Communication and Knowledge Management activities - DEVCO C2. Budget: 99,840 €
• 01/2014-ongoing, Belarus: PR, visibility and communication support for EU-funded assistance in Belarus. Budget: 299,958 €

The principal objectives of the evaluation were to present the following to the concerned departments of the EU’s international cooperation, to the partner government and, if need be, to the general public:

• a global, totally independent assessment of the results of the intervention (1st phase of the project Rehabilitation of basic social services and reinforcement of local authorities’ capacities in the poles of development (PDD)) by putting a special focus on the results of the project in relation to its objectives;
• the principal lessons learnt of the intervention as well as recommendations in order to improve the measures in place and future actions.

Being the mid-term evaluation, its principal objective was related to the weak performance of the implementation of the Project less than a year before the expiry of the contract, which had already been extended to D+7. It seemed to be crucial to identify the underlying causes for that in an independent and detailed way, which allowed the evaluator to propose short-term correcting solutions in order to finalize or reorient the foreseen activities in an appropriate way, to strengthen the achievement of the results and to limit decommitments upon expiry of the convention.

In the framework of its Partnership Instrument, the EU is pursuing action in support of the worldwide abolition of death penalty which is a top foreign policy objective and priority in the EU external human rights policy.

Asia appears as the next frontier in the international campaign against capital punishment. With eight retentionist countries of out 10 ASEAN Member States, South-East Asia (SEA) is a region where capital punishment remains a general standard, with strong roots in local history, cultures and religions/beliefs. A project "Moving away from Death Penalty in South-East Asia" has therefore been designed under the EU's Partnership Instrument. One of its components was this regional awareness campaign with the global objective to promote the abolition of death penalty in South-East Asia

++Specific objectives:++

• accompany the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) death penalty study and recommendation process;
• develop and deploy a communication plan and tools in support of regional action on death penalty.

The general objective of this contract was to assist the EU Delegation in Tunisia in the identification (phase 1) and the formulation (phase 2) of a budget support program for the implementation of the Strategy and Action Plan for the Reform of Justice, thus complementing JRSP I and II.

The program was to contribute to the reform of justice in order to reaffirm the independence of the justice and to enhance its effectiveness in the provision of public services to Tunisian citizens.

Specific objectives:

To draw up an inventory of the progress made in the implementation of the Strategy for Reform of Justice 2016-2020. This was based on the consolidation of the achievements of phases I and II of the JRSP. Other areas of justice were also covered in this new program, including civil and commercial justice. Moreover, administrative and financial justice underwent major reforms under the new provisions of the 2014 Constitution. Budget support also included technical assistance / institutional support as well as support to society so as to speed up the planned reforms.

Following the identification of the areas of intervention and in agreement with the beneficiary authorities, the mission formulated the support program in detail, demonstrating its relevance and consistency with policy objectives and instruments of the EU and the country, its feasibility, its complementarity with the actions of other donors, as well as with projects already underway or planned by the EU. The missionl drafted all the documents necessary for the implementation of the action.

The general objective of the assignment is to support the Tunisian authorities (presidency of the Government and concerned ministries united in a steering committee) in conducting functional reviews in order to reform the public administration.

The specific objectives of the mission are as follows:

• support to the Tunisian government in the launch of functional reviews of four ministerial departments;
• follow-up the good implementation of the functional reviews and assure coherence and coordination between the processes followed within each entity concerned, until a final document will have been prepared by each team.

The Evaluation of the EU development cooperation support to Higher Education in partner countries (2007-2014) evaluated the design and the implementation of policies, strategies and sector programmes of the EU’s past and current development cooperation support to higher education.

The main objectives of the evaluation were:

• to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the EU and the wider public with an independent assessment of the development cooperation support provided to higher education in partner countries over the period 2007-2014;
• to identify key lessons and forward-looking recommendations.

The evaluation used the five standard OECD/DAC evaluation criteria, namely relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability. In addition, the evaluation also looked at the EU added value and the 3Cs.

The evaluation was conducted in four phases

• An Inception Phase, focusing on the design and the methodology of the evaluation including the reconstruction of the intervention logic and the compilation of a comprehensive inventory incl. monetary flow of all relevant activities between 2007 and 2014;
• A Desk Phase, focusing on gathering and analysing existing data and information (through literature/document reviews and interviews/focus groups/surveys);
• A Field Phase, including preparation of field missions, visits to the case study countries (Cameroon, the Dominican republic, Egypt, Guatemala, Kenya, Mexico, Moldova, South Africa) and drafting of country notes;
• A Synthesis Phase, producing a final report and dissemination of results to concerned stakeholders.

The report is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/strategic-evaluation-eu-development-co-operation-support-higher-education-partner-countries-2007_en