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The main objectives of this assessment were the following:

1) The effectiveness of the EU assistance in terms of achievement of policy objectives (outcomes) and results along all PAR areas; covering (i) the extent to which the main beneficiary institutions have used/ translated the project deliverables into government actions or improved their capacities and implemented the Action Plan on PAR; (ii) impact assessment of the Technical Assistance on institutional reforms.

2) The adequacy of the EU assistance types vis-à-vis objectives of the programmes and vis-a-vis the needs that institutions had on PAR based on the objectives of the action plan on PAR where an Action Plan was available.

3) Effectiveness of the EU assistance in improving the implementation of PAR and functioning of the PAR coordination process in BiH, capacities of PARCO and PAR co-ordinators and the coordination structure at political and technical level.

4) The effectiveness of donor co-ordination in PAR sector with special focus on PAR fund.

5) Potential future support needs in ranked order, including analyse and recommendations concerning each aid modality.

The main purpose of this exercise is to produce an independent assessment of the past and current support of the EU in food and nutrition security, sustainable agriculture and fisheries at country, regional and global levels. The evaluation aims more specifically at:

• Informing strategic decisions on the implementation and future mid-term review of the new Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF);
• Improving cooperation with EU partners under the new MFF and in the light of the new EU Sustainable Agri-Food Systems (SAFS) approach;
• Nurturing the design of new interventions in support of Agri-Food Systems transformations;
• Guiding choices for scaling up and replicating innovative/pilot approaches.

The evaluation covers non-spending (e.g., policy dialogue and advocacy) and spending activities funded under geographic (DCI Latin America, DCI Asia, EDF for Africa and Pacific and Caribbean) and thematic financing instruments (DCI-FOOD, DCI-ENV/DCI-GPGC, etc). The analysis considers interventions financed through other thematic budget lines such as the DCI-CSO&LA, and the Trust funds (e.g. the EU Trust Fund for Africa, Trust Fund Bêkou, Trust Fund for Colombia).

The temporal scope focuses on the MFF 2014-2020 and considers any major developments that occurred in 2021.

The geographical scope of the evaluation is essentially worldwide, but in practice will focus on 59 partner countries for which food and nutrition security or sustainable agriculture have been a priority sector in the previous MFF (2014-2020). A thorough selection of case studies identified a representative and evaluable sample of countries: Niger, Kenya, Malawi, Colombia, Haiti and Cambodia.

Following the 2020 4th Biennial Report and the 2019 EU Achievements Report, four EU priorities for addressing the challenges of food and nutrition security, as well as sustainable agriculture, are at the heart of the evaluation:

• Enhancing the resilience of the most vulnerable to food crises;
• Fostering specific nutrition outcomes;
• Increasing responsible investments in agriculture and food systems;
• Stimulating innovations for sustainable agri-food systems.

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 in the field of energy, low carbon, climate issues and green financing.

This evaluation has two overarching objectives. Firstly, to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the European Union (EU) and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the EU's past and current cooperation with Georgia during the period 2014-2020. And secondly, to identify key lessons and to produce recommendations in order to inform the responsible decision makers, notably in NEAR and the EEAS, on how to improve the current and future strategies, programmes and actions of the EU.

In addition, the specific objectives for this evaluation are:

• Assess the performance (relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, coherence, impact, sustainability and EU value added) of EU support (policy dialogue and financial assistance);
• Provide recommendations for the next programming period.

The thematic scope of the evaluation covers: public administration reform; agriculture and rural development; justice sector reform; economic development and market opportunities; strengthening institutions and good governance, including rule of law; connectivity, energy security and efficiency, environment and climate change; mobility, people-to-people contacts, education; and complementary support.

It is intended to provide advice to EU external action actors, inform them about the result and impact of EU support, and contribute to improved programming, monitoring, reporting and implementation of current EU interventions in Georgia.

Publication: https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2022-10/GEO%20CSE%20-%20Final%20Report%20-%20September%202022.pdf

The overall objective of the project of which this contract is a part is to foster a credible, inclusive and transparent electoral process in the Central African Republic.

This contract has the following specific objectives:

• the electoral framework in CAR is comprehensive and coherent;
• the organization of the presidential, legislative and local elections 2020/2021 is done by ANE in compliance with the legal framework ;
• The communication of the ANE (National Authority of Elections) with the actors of the electoral process is objective, factual and precise;
• ANE is strengthened in the work that it will be called upon to build in the post-election period, which may include evaluations, the perpetuation of achievements, and the preparation of electoral reform projects.

The mission will contribute to the adoption of effective solutions, the choice of measures aimed at sustainability, and the strengthening of beneficiaries' capacities by focusing as much as possible on the transfer of skills.

The Somalia Country Programme (2019-2023) and Peace and Stabilisation Programme (2018-2022) operated in a political challenging and fluid context. In order to ensure proper tracking of the engagements and their developments, progress and results, both programmes, were receiving assistance in ensuring the necessary quality assurance of the management of the result frameworks, theory of change and the risks identified and reporting by setting up and running a robust monitoring and reporting system.

The overall objective of the Assignment was to support the Client in:

• establishing and facilitating a functioning MEAL including risk management system for the two programmes and their engagement documents based on an improved result framework, theory of change and risk set up in order for the Client to strengthen programme efficiency and effectiveness, facilitate learning and ensure informed decision-making by the Client and its partners related to the implementation and development of the programmes; and
• communicating to both the Somalia and Danish general public and other identified recipients, relevant achievements and results obtained by the two programmes.

The overall objective of the Somalia Country Programme (2019 – 2023) (SCP) was to contribute to: “Basic building blocks put in place for the development of a resilient, stable and peaceful Somalia based on responsive and inclusive governance and a growing and poverty-reducing economy”. The SCP contained three Thematic Programmes (TPs):

1) Strengthen resilient, responsive and inclusive governance able to deliver basic services and to promote and protect fundamental human rights.

2) Develop an enabling economic environment through core economic institutions and regulations and strengthen inclusive private sector led development and economic growth through critical and diversified livelihoods.

3) Develop protection and safety nets to enhance resilience, enable durable solutions and reduce forced displacement.

The main objective of the Peace and Stabilisation Programme (2018-2022) (PSP-HoA) was “improved peace and stability in the Horn of Africa by strengthening local, national and regional actors’ capacity and ability to manage conflict and insecurity, counter threats and exercise legitimate authority”. The PSP-HoA had three overriding Thematic Programmes (TPs):

1) Strengthened regional conflict management capacity and efforts of the actors engaged in promoting stabilisation and security in Somalia

2) Reduced levels of violent extremism in the Horn of Africa with a particular focus on Somalia through prevention and disengagement..

3) Improved capacity to exercise regional and governmental authority across land and maritime borders.

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland (MFA) commissioned an evaluation of Finnish Development Policy Influencing in the European Union. The purpose of this evaluation was to assess the relevance, effectiveness and coherence of the different development policy influencing activities of the Finnish MFA in relation to the EU and its institutions, and to provide guidance to the Ministry on further strengthening of the influencing activities for the future. The evaluation was mostly forward-looking and utilization focused, providing strategic information to inform future developments of the influencing agenda.

The objectives of this evaluation were:

• To assess how Finland has managed to promote Agenda2030, Building Back Better (and Greener), and Finland’s Development Policy objectives in the EU, as well as the common development cooperation practices and principles by the member states.
• To assess the effectiveness of various influencing activities, means and channels and Finland’s best opportunities to influence (intuitions and bodies, country delegations, interventions etc.) taking into account available human and financial resources.
• To analyze the factors (structures, processes, tools, capacity, other) that have facilitated/enabled or hindered the positive results of the influencing activities.
• To provide insight on the best opportunities and ways to engage and influence in the future, especially under the new EU funding instrument and the evolving development cooperation scene.
• To provide insight on how the Ministry together with other relevant stakeholders could develop their practices in order to maximize influence for the future, taking into account available human and financial resources.

The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union and theinterested stakeholders with: 1) An overall independent assessment of the past performance of ‘EU-South East Asia Cooperationon Mitigating Climate Change impact from Civil Aviation (EU-CCCA)’, paying particular attention to its results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results; 2) Key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Actions.

This evaluation will serve as an external view as to whether performance of this Action can be considered satisfactory/lacking expected progress, identify its enabling factors and those hampering proper delivery of results. The evaluation is to provide recommendations, taking into account the possiblyidentified problems and opportunities. As the findings may serve to inform the planning of the possible future EU interventions and Actions in the same sector, the exercise should encompass both forward and backward looking perspectives.

General Objective:

Accompany Tunisia in its process of territorial reinforcement and reduction of regional and local disparities in the framework of the decentralization process.

Specific objectives:

• Improve knowledge and promote ownership of the decentralization / deconcentration reform by its actors and beneficiaries.

To achieve this goal in a coherent and inclusive way, the approach must be based on an overall strategy, which contributes to the progress and success of the IPDLI Program and, more broadly, to the understanding and internalization by all stakeholders of the supported reforms, hence each one is called to take in charge their role and responsibilities in their specific registe.

Results to Achieve:

• R1: Develop a coherent, comprehensive and evolving communication strategy around the decentralization / deconcentration reform in Tunisia
• R2: Detail the communication strategy around the decentralization / deconcentration reform in Tunisia into actions
• R3: Support IPAPD and the Ministry of Local Affairs and the Environment for planning, designing, producing, disseminating and putting online communication tools

The general objective of this contract was to contribute to the implementation of the 2021-2027 cooperation programme between the Union of Comoros and the European Union in terms of improving food security and sustainable management of natural resources.

The specific objective of this contract was to formulate a "Green & Blue Pact programme integrated to the territorial specificities of the Comoros”, financed under the EU Delegation's 2022 Action Programme (AAP 2022).

This EUR 20 million programme aimed to:

• promote the conservation and community-based integrated sustainable management of natural resources, biodiversity and terrestrial/coastal and marine ecosystems;
• improve the sustainability of food systems with an impact on food security and nutrition of the population;
• strengthen the dynamics of institutional and local governance through planning and monitoring-evaluation tools, adapted to the challenges and specificities of the territory.