References

The evaluation assessed the cooperation of the European Union and Spain with Nicaragua between 2009 and 2017, covering both programming and political dialogue.
*Due to the political crisis in Nicaragua as from April 2018, the Contracting Authority decided to stop this evaluation upon conclusion of the desk stage. The last report produced was the desk report and included preliminary conclusions and recommendations.

The Justice, Security, Accountability & Transparency Project (JSAT) is valued at 12.6 million EUR and was funded by the EU under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The JSAT was implemented jointly by two Ministries (Ministry of National Security and Ministry of Justice), the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) and Civil Society Organizations. The overall objective of the JSAT was to improve the standard of living and quality of life of Jamaican citizens by strengthening governance and oversight, with particular regard to the functioning of the security and justice systems. The purpose of the Technical Assistance (TA) was to provide project management support and build the capacity of the Ministries of National Security and Justice, and to support INDECOM to ensure the efficient implementation of the JSAT Project.

The overall objective of this project was to increase awareness, understanding, and support for the EU and its activities in Georgia, particularly among Georgian audiences. The specific objective was to do so with particular emphasis on the EU support to improve waste management practices in the country through active participation within society.
Concretely, this has been done by raising awareness, informing, engaging and building capacity among the key audiences, and by enhancing communication and cooperation among the key stakeholders and counterparts of this initiative. This increased the visibility of the EU activities and awareness of waste related issues, while demonstrating its importance for the whole country.

The overall objective of the project was to contribute to the strengthening of the mobilisation, management and coordination of all development assistance to PNG, ensuring its effectiveness and alignment with national strategies and development plans.
The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the Institutional Capacity Building of the National Authorising Officer System in PNG - Phase II, paying particular attention to its results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results;
• key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current if relevant and future Actions.

The systematic and timely evaluation of its programs and activities is a clear priority for the European Commission. The objective of the evaluations is to take stock of the achievements, quality and results of the Actions, in the context of a strategy of cooperation in constant evolution that is increasingly based on results-oriented approaches. From this perspective, evaluations should seek evidence of why, which and how these results are linked to the EU intervention and identify the key factors that motivate or hinder progress.

The evaluation comprised two forestry projects of the Finnish cooperation: 'Development of Management Information System for the Forestry Sector in Viet Nam, Phase II' (FORMIS II), and 'People Participation in Improvement of Forest Governance and Poverty Alleviation in Vietnam' (PFG). It covered the period 2014-2018 and assessed the achieved results, impacts, values and merits of both projects.

Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) reviews aim to assist the European Commission’s services and EU Delegations in monitoring of and reporting on EU financed development and cooperation projects and programmes in third countries through independent reviews of the progress of their implementation and the achievement of project results.

The EPJUST II programme was designed to address some of the weaknesses identified in rule of law in the Philippines, in particular key obstacles related to justice accessibility and enforceability.
The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with:

• An overall independent assessment of the past performance of the EPJUST II Programme, paying

particular attention to its intermediate results measured against its objectives;

• Key recommendations about sustainability of the action and exit strategy
• Key lessons and recommendations, to be drawn also from the evaluation in order to improve

current implementation and future actions.

Elaboration of a study that presents a current environmental profile of Mali and identifies the specific environmental problems as well as the necessary actions to reduce the possible negative impacts on the environment by cooperation supporters, respectively to improve the consideration of the environmental aspects in these supports.

Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) reviews aim to assist the European Commission’s services and EU Delegations in monitoring of and reporting on EU financed development and cooperation projects and programmes in third countries through independent reviews of the progress of their implementation and the achievement of project results.