References

The overall objective of access to drinking water and sanitation under the 10th EDF (FED/2010/021976) which this study is a part of, was to fight against poverty by improving the living conditions and population health through extensive, sustainable and equitable access to drinking water.
Its specific objective was to contribute to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by improving the access to drinking water and sanitation in the project's intervention area and strengthening the institutional framework.

The global objective of this assignment was to support the two Hydro-meteorological Institutes
of Bosnia-Herzegovina in the preparation of the "Hydrological forecasting system for Sava
River Basin (Phase 1. Bosna River)" project.

The overall objective of the intervention was to provide support to the National Planning Commission in strengthening its monitoring and evaluation capacities and systems in order to achieve its national Monitoring and Evaluation mandate.

The general objective of the technical assistance was to assure a swift and safe implementation of the interventions that were financed through Programme Estimates of the Programme for strengthening Public Financial Management and Statistic (PAR-GS). The project aimed at improving the expenditure management of Programme Estimates as well as the management of all contracts and financial engagements resulting from the two components of the programme – (i) Public Financial Management and (ii) Statistics.

The global objective was to assist the GoM and the EC in the formulation of a programme in support of access to justice and democratic accountability under the 11th EDF. The Judiciary is largely seen as independent, but only about 10% of the Malawian population has access to the formal Justice system, whereas the majority relies on the informal Justice System.

The specific objective of this service contract was to recruit an expert in administrative and financial field to ensure the controlling of management within the Project Management Unit (PMU) of the "Support to the Seaworthiness of River and Lake Waterways in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)" project, which was also the project structure that was responsible for the project.

The global objective of the assignment was to design the MDTF, in order to ensure its prompt, smooth and efficient functioning.

The global objective of this contract is to produce an independent evaluation of the Youth Empowerment through Culture and Sport Programme (Financing Agreement DCI-AFS/2009/020-372).

The overall objective of the mid-term evaluation (the 'Evaluation') was to assess the progress of the Regional Housing Programme relating to beneficiaries and sustainability. Thereby the progress was assessed against the objectives and results set forth in the Framework Programme of the Joint Regional Programme on Durable Solutions for Refugees and Displaced Persons and as these were further developed in the Country Feasibility Reports.
The overall RHP objective, as defined in the Joint Programme document, was to comprehensively contribute towards completion of the protracted displacement situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Republic of Croatia and Republic of Serbia by providing durable and sustainable housing solutions with full respect for the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons and the mutual obligation to closely cooperate and synchronize activities in order to ensure durable solutions for them, either through voluntary return and reintegration or local integration.
The relevant outputs of the Framework Programme were the following:

• Housing in accordance with appropriate minimum standards and related public infrastructure with utilities 'connection provided to beneficiaries (both for households in the return area in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia, and in places of local integration in all Partner Countries);
• Return and reintegration of returning beneficiaries facilitated (applicable to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republic of Croatia);
• Local integration in the places of displacement facilitated (applicable to all four

Partner Countries);

• Collective centres in Croatia accommodating returnees closed, and where refugees were accommodated closed;
• All 1991-1995 refugees residing in CCs in Serbia moved to housing units provided within the RHP.
• Adequate housing solutions within institutions of social welfare system in Bosnia and

Herzegovina provided;

• Accommodation and care in newly built homes for elderly in Montenegro and Croatia provided, following the closure of collective centres in Croatia.
• Inclusion and integration in social welfare system facilitated (applicable to BiH, Montenegro and Croatia).

The following general questions were in particular needed to be addressed:

• Are the original RHP targets for beneficiaries and beneficiary types still a valid reflection of existing needs?
• Is the RHP reaching and addressing the needs of the families that most need its support?
• Is the RHP on target to achieve sustainable solutions?
• What are the Governments doing to ensure full respect for rights of refugees and IDPs?
• What are the gaps and how they could be addressed?

The global objective was to assist Lebanon in identifying and formulating a reform development programme to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants (MoFAE) to be financed under the Annual Action Programme (AAP) 2016