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The purpose of this contract was:

• To support the EUD and relevant Government bodies in the more effective delivery of quality primary education services, through targeted technical assistance that will provide institutional strengthening support, capacity building, policy advice and evidence-based research, as required;
• To support the EUD and relevant Government bodies in the more effective delivery of TVET services, through targeted technical assistance that will provide institutional strengthening support, capacity building, policy advice and evidence-based research, as required. Support to the establishment of a SWAP in TVET, through enhanced results-based planning, management and assessment and improved coordination across the TVET sector;
• To support the relevant Government bodies responsible for Finance and Procurement in improving the Public Financial Management (PFM) system in ensuring adequate and equitable financing and management of funds.
• To support the EUD in (i) facilitating more effective policy dialogue with MoE and MoPME by providing technical inputs for strategic thinking on further policy analysis, development and implementation within the education sector in Bangladesh; (ii) periodic monitoring and assessment of overall sector performance and progress in the implementation of the NEP, Sector Budget Support (SBS) eligibility criteria and assessment of progress towards the HCDP21 disbursement linked indicators (DLI) targets of the TVET sector and, if required, for the primary education sector.

The overall objective of this contract was to support the work of the EU Delegation to Honduras in enhancing the capacity of CSOs working in the country to act as actors of development and in their role as watchdogs and contributors to the GGIA’s 360-degree approach.

The objective of COWASH is to increase and sustain coverage of safe water supply, sanitation and hygiene in rural areas of the selected woredas. This appraisal provided an independent view of the feasibility and implementability of the planned project and supported the finalisation of the Project Document. The issues under review offered a comprehensive assessment of whether the PD provides feasible and practical guidance for implementation. Potential problem areas were identified and workable solutions were proposed.

The Government of Papua New Guinea has obtained a Grant from the Asian Development Bank to implement the proposed 'Building Resilience to Climate Change in Papua New Guinea (BRCC) Project)'. The project will help implement PNG’s Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) 1 aimed at achieving transformational change in addressing the current and future threats from climate change and related hazards.
The purpose of this assignment is to support the Project Management Unit (PMU) in:

• Project implementation and administration
• Developing the necessary capacity development including training and transfer of skills to PMU personnel to improve their project management and implementation skills, and
• Strengthening CCDA’s overall capacity for future management and implementation of similar projects.

The objective of the monitoring and communication Assignment was to support the Danish Embassy in Addis Ababa in
(a) establishing and facilitating a functioning monitoring and risk management system for the Country Programme and other development engagements that will help improve programme effectiveness, facilitate learning and ensure informed decisionmaking by the Embassy and its partners, and maximise transparency and accountability regarding the development of the programme;
(b) communicating to both the Ethiopian and Danish general public and certain specific target groups relevant achievements and results obtained by the Country Programme and other partnerships in the Embassy’s country portfolio.

The objective of the mission will be to strengthen the capacities of COGEBISCO and other actors involved in the asset recovery chain.

With this Evaluation the EU intends to reflect on its cooperation approach with Nigeria in the
last ten years. This includes the thematic and geographical focus as well as the choice of
implementing partners, EU interests and the objectives of the cooperation with Nigeria, from
the point of view of both strategic partnerships and jointly developed policies, and the positioning
of the EU and Member States in the current political and socioeconomic context of Nigeria.
The Evaluation is commissioned for accountability purposes (the last country evaluation was
conducted in 2010), and at the same time has a strong learning and forward-looking element.

The monitoring and evaluation technical services mobilized under this multi-sector action aimed to continue assessing the extent to which the strategic objectives of the EUTF were achieved. The contract built on the existing Monitoring and Evaluation (hereafter M&E) system put in place by the Fund in December 2016 and served to complement the regular M&E activities carried out by the EUTF operational team at headquarters as well as the internal monitoring conducted by EUTF local officers, at country level.
In particular, the contract served:
I. To provide evidence-based knowledge on progresses achieved by EU Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (EUTF Syria) financed projects, and to inform on their management, through regular and ad-hoc Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM);
II. To measure the effectiveness of EUTF actions, through centralized data collection and analysis, based on disaggregated quarterly Results Reporting;
III. To evaluate the sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness of EUTF-funded programmes at thematic and geographic level and to assess potential prospects of impact, through portfolio evaluations.

The evaluation will assess the African Development Bank’s Regional Integration Strategy for Southern Africa (SA-RISP) 2020–2026, covering implementation from 2020 to 2024. It will review the Bank’s sovereign and non-sovereign lending operations alongside non-lending activities such as policy dialogue, analytical work, and technical assistance. The study will examine the strategy’s relevance, design, and coherence with regional and continental frameworks (SADC, COMESA, AfCFTA), as well as its effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability. It will also analyse the institutional, operational, and policy factors that enabled or hindered results, and draw lessons and recommendations to inform the design of the next SA-RISP.

The project aimed to strengthen the EU's engagement with Colombia on external impacts of EU Green Deal policies and regulatory frameworks, with emphasis on the regulation on deforestation and forest degradation, through the use of EU's digital tools.