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The overall objective of the project is to support the Government of Moldova to implement its reform Agenda and in particular to assist the government in developing the capacities required for the implementation of the Association Agreement (AA), including the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), as well as to ensure the necessary follow-up for the post Visa Liberalisation stage.
Specifically, the project aims at strengthening policy-making at sector level, strategic planning and policy management capacities, enhancing stakeholders’ knowledge and awareness of EU policies, legislation and regulations.
Specific advice will be given to ensure the political, institutional and financial feasibility of the reforms in order to ensure their effective implementation.

The overall objective of the assignment was raising the awareness of young people worldwide about the activities of the EU on development and cooperation and especially about the positive impact they have on changing people’s lives for the better.
The specific objective was achieving this by creating enhanced international, regional and national media exposure by means of having a fresh different perspective on the EU-funded projects: a blogging competition and a reporting trip of 4 young people on 3 continents (Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America and Caribbean).

Development of a regional support programme, enhancing and consolidating regional cooperation on
sustainable trade of legal wood and advancing the FLEGT agenda in VPA (Voluntary Partnership Agreements) and non-VPA countries in the Asian region (Indicative amount EUR 5.5 million)

The global objective of this assignment is to support the EU in the implementation of its policies and programmes in health aid and the adaptations and adjustments required under its related policies (in particular regarding, but not limited to, The Agenda for Change, The Future of Budget Support, The EU Role in Global Health and the forthcoming Programme for Action on Global Health).
To achieve this global objective, these advisory services will also contribute to strengthen in a durable way the capacity of the EC staff in EU Delegations involved in health aid.
The envisaged support is to be provided through external advisory service (AS) of appropriate profile, technical and policy qualification and solid experience in the implementation of health aid. The AS will be provided primarily to the European Commission services (DEVCO headquarters and EU Delegations [EUD]) and – to a limited extent – to beneficiary countries institutions in the attainment and monitoring of the aforementioned objectives on global health.

The global objective was to provide technical assistance to Government of South Africa, and in particular the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, to analyze the existing data sources and methods of data collection on incidents of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the public and private sector. Related intolerance includes discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender and disability.
Data refers to any piece of information in numerical or any other form.
The requested technical assistance also assisted the government of South Africa with statistical information in the design of country responses to meet its obligations in terms of the DOPA, the ICERD and other international Human Rights treaties referring to discriminations.

The contract will help to implement the Delegation of the European Union to Turkey's communication support programme with the purpose of increasing the public knowledge and understanding of the EU during the accession negotiation process and explaining implications of EU accession in Turkey.

The overall objective of the assignment was to assist the Government of Swaziland in the reduction of poverty in Swaziland.
The purpose of the project was to improve the speed, the quality and the amount of the EU support to Swaziland. The programme aimed to develop the capacity of the NAO support unit to enable the NAO to effectively and efficiently perform and fulfil all of the responsibilities as set out in Article 35 of Annex IV of the Cotonou Agreement. The project also developped the capacity of line ministries, parastatals and NSAs to manage EDF/EU funds and strengthen their capability to design and implement policies, as well as to optimise absorption capacity.

The objective of the FWC was to provide, via individual assignments defined and contracted through Specific Contracts, short-term technical assistance which can be mobilised at very short notice (normally within about 3 weeks).

The global objective of this project is to provide a short-term expertise to support the EUD in planning for the implementation and monitoring of GAP II for the period 2018-20.

The overall objective of the assignment is to further strengthen the capacity of the staff of the EC
(including EUDs) and of the ENI partner countries involved in the design, monitoring and
implementation of EU assistance in line with sector focused approach and results based
management principles.
The specific objectives are to:
1. Increase the capacity of EC and ENI partner countries' staff to design, implement and monitor programmes/ actions in line with sector focused approach;
2. Improve the quality of actions/interventions and the achievement and reporting of results;
3. Increase the capacity of EC and ENI partner countries' staff to design and manage
evaluations.
Staff provided:
5 Short-term Experts - 246 wd