References

The Governance Support Programme provided extensive support to the South African government in remedying structural shortcomings in the delivery of public services. The project objective was to improve human resource management, levels of professionalism and human resources development in two national administrative entities, two provincial administrations and four municipalities.

Mid-Term Review of the intervention “Support to the development of human resources of beneficiary organisations “SDHR” The SDHR project addressed problems related to skill gaps of human resources in strategically selected beneficiary organizations, particularly in the priority sectors of the Belgian-Ugandan Bilateral Cooperation (Health, Education and Environment). The purpose of the review was to provide answers to "how"- and "why"-questions, assess the value of the results achieved and of the whole implementation process of the intervention.

The Particip team contributes to enhancing the role of the cultural and creative sector in fostering innovation, cross­sectorial development and growth in the field of (cultural) tourism in the Northern Dimension area.

The Governance Support Programme (GSP) aimed at improving the framework conditions for coherent, coordinated and evidence-based policy implementation within the multi-level system of South African government.
The project formed part of the GSP and supported the harmonisation of country-wide monitoring systems and frameworks which measure the performance of municipalities.

The overall objective of the assignment is to further improve quality control, visibility,
operationalisation and added value to the work of the UfM primarily with regards to projects and/or
initiatives through the established Project Monitoring System.

The project “Capacity Building for Planning Reform (CDPR)” aimed at strengthening the capacity of selected national and sub national governments in improved planning and budgeting.
The Mid-term Review provided answered to "how" and "why" questions and was essential for assessing the value of the achieved results and of the implementation process of the whole intervention.

The overall objective was to recruit assessors to assist the Contracting Authority in the selection of the best proposals received under the call for proposals for "SWIM II Demonstration Projects" and to achieve a highquality, complete and coherent selection process of projects in line with the criteria set in the Guidelines for applicants.

The global objective of the project was to increase the visibility of the EU development work done in Viet Nam and to promote the EU`s positive image.

The review examined the Cotonou Partnership Agreement (CPA) that defines the EU cooperation with the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, reconstructed intervention logics for all three pillars (political, economic and development cooperation (incl. human and social dimension), revised EQs and JCs, and analysed evaluation reports with the aim to:

• identify qualified or rated evidence linked to the achievement of the objectives of the CPA in the 111 evaluation reports (country, regional, thematic, aid modalities),
• examine the achievements according to DAC criteria, namely relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value,
• make conclusions about evolution and trends throughout the existence of the CPA per judgement criterion,
• conclude main lessons learnt from the evaluations, and
• indicate gaps of information and suggest ways to fill them.

As a supporting tool at the analysis stage, the review used the software MAXQDA that served the purpose of better organising the reading work.
The review was one of the four elements that helped prepare a comprehensive evaluation of the CPA.
After the finalisation of the assignment, the contract was extended in order to conduct an additional task, which was a review of additional reports in order to identify results of EU development cooperation since the adoption of the European Consensus for Development; the review was embedded in the EU efforts at implementing Agenda 2030.

L'évaluation avait pour principaux objectifs:

• de fournir aux services de coopération extérieure concernés de l’Union européenne et au gouvernement partenaire (le BON, le Ministère de l'Environnement, particulièrement la Direction Changement Climatique - DCC):
• une appréciation globale, en toute indépendance, des résultats de toutes les activités conduites dans le cadre du programme AP3C à date, en s’attachant plus particulièrement aux résultats du projet par rapport à ses objectifs;
• les principaux enseignements de l'intervention et des recommandations afin d’améliorer les futures actions.