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The Forests for the Future Facility (F4) provides strategic and technical support to the European Commission and to partner countries, to improve the number, quality and effectiveness of EU interventions in the forest-relevant sectors.

The general objective of this contract is to encourage the emergence of a civil society that can fully play its role both as a player in development alongside the most disadvantaged and discriminated against social groups and as a player in governance, influential in promoting more relevant, effective and inclusive public policies.

This evaluation has two overarching objectives. Firstly, it aims to provide an independent and comprehensive assessment of the performance and strategic relevance of the EU’s partnership with the Republic of Guinea. Secondly, it seeks to identify key lessons and produce forward-looking recommendations to inform responsible decision-makers – particularly within the European External Action Service and the Directorate-General for International Partnerships – on how to enhance the quality, coherence, and impact of the EU’s current and future strategies, programming, and actions in Guinea.

The overall objective is to enhance EU engagement with civil society in Mozambique.

The overall objective of the Press and Public Information Office (hereafter 'PPI Office') is to publish messages which will show the impact and achievements of the Mission to key target audiences, creating interest, partnership, and support for the Mission in carrying out its mandate.

The general purpose of this assignment is to provide the relevant EU services, EU and non-EU donors
of the trust fund, African partner countries and the wider public with an independent final evaluation of
the EUTF for Africa. The EUTF for Africa is financing interventions in several countries in Africa, crossed by the major migration routes, including countries in the Sahel and Lake Chad regions, the Horn of Africa and North Africa. The final evaluation covers the period since the EUTF for Africa inception in November 2015 until December 2024. Thematically, the evaluation focuses on the EUTF's objective of addressing the root causes of irregular migration and forced displacement.

To ensure the long-term sustainability and resilience of Sierra Leone's forest sector, the goal of the contract is to develop an SEA on the forest sector to inform strategic decisions, integrate measures for enhanced climate resilience and disaster risk reduction, and promote a just transition to a green economy.

WFP Pakistan is implementing a USDA-funded school meals project in the Karachi Division of the Sindh Province from 2026 to 2030. In addition to school meal provision, the project includes complementary and system-strengthening support in several areas. It expects to reach approximately 100,000 (pre-)primary students in more than 600 schools.
WFP Pakistan has commissioned a baseline study (2026), midterm evaluation (2028), and endline evaluation (2030) of the project. The evaluation series aims to assess the performance of the project and related activities in key outcome areas (accounting), and strengthen implementation, document lessons learned and develop key operational procedures and guidelines (learning). The evaluation will adopt an integrated mixed methods design that combines a quasi-experimental (difference-in differences) impact framework with theory-based qualitative enquiry.

This contract will contribute to the overall objective of the Programme, which is to ensure food security and access to healthcare services, promote income-generating activities, and reduce the risk of disasters, particularly for the most vulnerable populations, including women and children.
The Programme focuses on:
- Strengthening food security for the most vulnerable groups and enhancing their capacity to engage in income-generating activities in provinces most affected by food crises.
- Improving the health of the Afghan population.
- Promoting anticipatory responses to recurrent crises resulting from climate shocks, through disaster risk reduction and management.

As a joint AU-German Government initiative, the GIZ project "Citizen Engagement and Innovative Data Use for Africa's Development (DataCipation)" project aims to strengthen the engagement between AU Organs, Regional Economic Communities, Member States and citizens leveraging data, digital and non-digital approaches for good governance and development.
Core activities are the development and implementation of communication formats enabling participatory, inclusive and creative engagement for citizens in line with the AU brand identity as well as capacity development for AU staff on interactive communication tools and methodologies.
As a second project under this contract, the GIZ Support Project to the AfCFTA (AfCFTA project) is supported through professional communication services.