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The mission consisted of carrying out a mid-term evaluation of the FPRCI in order to evaluate:

• the organisational structure in relation to the statutory tasks
• technical and financial management systems
• technical and financial internal and external control
• coordination with key partners
• reporting, achievement and adequacy of objectives, outcomes and outputs

The Evaluation of the European Union’s Regional Level Cooperation with Latin America (2009-2017) evaluated the design and the implementation of policies, strategies and sector programmes of the EU’s past and current development cooperation support to Latin America.

The overall objective of the evaluation was to provide NDF with an independent assessment of NCF as a facility.

The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development is being implemented by all countries since January 2016. The Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) is currently aligning its development policy with the implementation of the Agenda 2030. This is based on three pillars: the implementation of the Agenda in Germany, the support of the partner countries of the German Development Cooperation, and the implemetation on the international level. The sectoral project (SV) Agenda 2030 advises the BMZ on sustainable development on all three pillars.
Due to the the dynamics, the thematic scope and the complexity of the Agenda 2030, the SV demands through this assignment the support of profound expertise on various topics.
In this context, the contractor supported the content and conceptual work of the SV Agenda 2030 with input. Within the scope of the scientific support, the contractor works, on request, together with the SV Agenda 2030 on various topics and provides specific services. A pool of 3 specialists was provided.

The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the Policy Planning and Governance decision and all its component, 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 and future Actions.

The overall objective of the project, of which this contract will be a part, is to improve and
enhance the structure and performance of the TVET system and TVET delivery in Egypt to better
respond to the new socio-economic needs, in particular, youth employability and increased
competitiveness in the context of the country’s current and future development.
This project supports the TVET II programme in raising awareness about its activities through the
development and implementation of a communication and visibility strategy and plan to ensure a
wide dissemination amongst beneficiaries and stakeholders.

The overall objective of this assignment was to contribute to improving the electoral and democratic framework during the inter-election period and raising awareness and understanding of the EU EOM recommendations and technical issues related to their implementation. The mission supported the consolidation of democracy, institution building and democratic elections in Ghana in the context of the implementation of the 2016 EU EOM recommendations.

Effective and efficient public administration in Kosovo, capable of implementing principles of good administration and contributing to fulfilment of SAA obligations well established. Service delivery to citizens and business improved through supporting the implementation of the Law on General Administrative Procedures (LGAP) by providing technical assistance to strengthen regulatory and operational framework for administrative actions in Kosovo.

The evaluation focused particularly on knowledge management, decision making and learning as part of results-based management (RBM). It examined collaboration, organisational learning and capacity development throughout the implementation of RBM loops. Moreover, the evaluation provided an analysis of the progress of RBM and deepened the recommendations of the previous evaluations. It assessed how coherently the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) implements knowledge management in development policy and co-operation.

The objective of the evaluation was to identify relevant and effective approaches, methodologies, instruments in the Agriculture, Rural Development and Forest sectors’ interventions to support the implementation of current programmes and the planning of possible future cooperation in the Agriculture, Rural Development and Forest Sector.