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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.

This backward and forward-looking evaluation supported the SDC in achieving the objectives of the Dispatch on Switzerland’s International Cooperation 2017-2020 and contributing to the achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and Sustainable Development Goals as set out in the Agenda 2030. Ultimately, the evaluation formulated recommendations on how Disaster Risk Reduction may be addressed in the new Dispatch 2021–2024.

The global objective was to develop a programme which addresses gap areas and neglected agendas related to culture and the cultural and creative industries which have not been sufficiently addressed by the national authorities, by previous EU interventions and programmes and by other donors.
The specific objectives were to obtain a comprehensive overview of all cultural activity in the EaP region for the period 2016-2020; to provide a comprehensive overview and analysis of areas and agendas related to culture in the six EaP countries which have been insufficiently addressed hitherto by the national authorities or by donors and partners including the EU; to carry out a Needs Assessment focused on needs and opportunities in the EaP region related to culture issues and the cultural and creative industries; and to identify and shape an EaP regional culture programme which responds to the identified needs and opportunities and addresses gap areas.

The global objective for this assignment was:
1.Production of the “2018 Annual Report on the implementation of the European Union's instruments for financing external actions in 2017”,
2. Editing of the Staff Working Document, and drafting the Annual Report
3. Analysis of data for online presentation of data visualisation products
4. Production of: infographics, an animated video presentation of the Annual Report, a PowerPoint presentation, an HTML version of the Annual Report
5. Including editing, drafting, translation, lay-out, design, printing