Lots and sectors

EC Framework Contract 129783/C/SER/Multi; Commission 2011

Lot 2: Communication and Training

1. E-learning
2. Face-to-face training
3. Communication events and campaigns, including their promotion and information tools
4. Multi-media materials: audio-visual (documentaries, reports, stock-shots, spots...), websites (development and design), CD, DVD etc.
5. Production of publications
6. Development of communication strategy

EC Framework Contract 127054/C/SER/multi; Beneficiaries 2009

Lot 1: Rural development and food security

1. Agricultural primary production, included horticulture
2. Forestry
3. Land management (land reform, land use planning and farm restructuring)
4. Rural infrastructure incl. irrigation and drainage
5. Equipment definition (agriculture equipment, laboratories...)
6. Crop protection and disease control
7. Animal production and health
8. Agricultural production and marketing groups (inclusive co-operatives)
9. Food safety (safe for consumption)
10. Food security

Lot 6: Environment

1. Sustainable management and protection of natural resources and Ecosystems (forests, fight against desertification, lakes etc.)
2. Climate change
3. Nature protection and Bio-diversity
4. Marine environment and management of coastal areas
5. Urban environment
6. Waste management (incl. public/private management structures aspects)
7. Industrial pollution control
8. Water management inclusive planning (e.g. integrated river basin management), supply, waste water treatment
9. Air pollution
10. Natura 2000 network
11. Chemicals (standards, transportation, packaging)
12. Environmental risks/disaster management

Lot 7: Governance and Home Affairs

A. Governance

A.1. Promotion and protection of human rights
In the context of the human rights approach to poverty reduction, inclusive focus on people's participation and empowerment, linkage to national and international human rights norms and standards, equality and non-discrimination, monitoring and accountability.

1. Promotion and protection of fundamental human rights
2. Social, economic and cultural rights
3. Political and civil rights (women rights, freedom of movement, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, children, minorities, migrants...)

A.2. Support to democratisation

4. Democratisation processes (incl. civic education)
5. Social and political roots of conflicts (conflict prevention)
6. Elections (excluding exploratory mission for election observers and election observers' missions)
7. Role and functioning of the Parliament
8. Citizenship (representative legitimacy, participation and political accountability)
9. Media freedom

A.3. Reinforcement of the rule of law and administration of justice

10. Reinforcement of the rule of law
11. Reform of judiciary (legal reform, justice and protection of human rights, capacity building, training of magistrates and prosecution officers...)
12. Penal regime (sentencing and detention, pre-trial, juvenile detention...)
13. Awareness and prevention of corruption
14. Police reform
15. Security sector reform (including exercise of civilian control over the military)

A.4 Public administration reform, and civil service reform

16. Public administration reform and organisational development of public institutions (including policy formulation, planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation...)
17. Civil service reform (including legal code, human resources management - recruitment, training, salaries...)

A.5. Decentralisation and local developm

18. Decentralisation (subsidiarity, legislation, accountability)
19. Support to local authorities (local and regional levels including municipalities)
20. Community based development (empowerment and participatory approaches, gender issues, micro-projects)
21. Local development strategies (social, economic, multi-sector)

A.6. Enhancement of the role of civil society

22. Organisations (Non Governmental organisations, Community Based Organisations, media, trade unions...), roles (service delivery and advocacy) and recognition (legal framework). Including participatory organisation analysis and needs diagnostics
23. Capacity building (development of strategies, management and human resource development) (including design and delivery of training/mentoring/tutoring and other forms of support in all aspects of organisation at strategic and functional level, advocacy, internal governance, decision-making processes, accountability and transparency, fund raising ) and networking (networking at local, national, regional and international level, coalition building, intermediary organisations, dialogue with government institutions)

B. Home Affairs, the fight against organised crime (incl. drugs) and terrorism

24. Home Affairs, the fight against organised crime (incl. drugs) and terrorism

Lot 9: Culture, Education, Employment and Social

A. Culture

1. Culture (development policies, intercultural dialogue, cultural heritage, audio-visual, cultural industries and tourism)

B. Education (formal and non-formal)

2. Early childhood education (Pre-school education)
3. Primary education (All elementary and first cycle systematic instruction for children)
4. Secondary education (Second cycle systematic instruction at both junior and senior levels)
5. Higher education (Degree and diploma programmes at universities, colleges and polytechnics; scholarships)
6. Basic life skills for youth and adults (including literacy and numeracy training)
7. Education sector analysis, reform and management (Education sector policy, financing, planning and programming; aid to education ministries, administration and management systems; institutional capacity assessment and building; school management and governance; curriculum and materials development)

B. Vocational Education and Training - VET (formal and non-formal)

8. Elementary vocational training, secondary level technical education and advanced technical training
9. VET sub-sector analysis, reform and management (including analysis and measures to strengthen the links between VET and the Labour market and to promote involvement of the private sector)

C. Labour Market and Employment (formal and non-formal)

10. Structure and characteristics of the labour force (Labour force participation and trends; Characteristics of job seekers and job search procedures; Industrial, occupational, age, qualification and gender structure of employment and trends; Gender and regional growth of employment and trends; Part-time employment, short-term contracts and hours of work; Self employment and employment in family enterprises; Employment in the public sector; Employment projections)
11. Labour market settings/management, employment services and offices (Employment offices; Market share of public employment offices; Private employment offices; Other mechanisms of intermediation)
12. Wage policy and labour market (Collective/sector agreements/conventions; Wages, productivity, inflation and unemployment; Changes in labour remuneration, productivity and unit labour costs in manufacturing and other sectors of the economy; Public/private sector salaries; Flexibility of labour remuneration in relation to productivity and unemployment; Efficiency of the process of wage determination)
13. Social dialogue (Main statutes and laws governing industrial relations; Structure and organisation of labour unions; Labour-union participation; The employers' organisations; Collective bargaining and collective agreements; Industrial action and procedures for resolving industrial disputes)
14. Job creation (Incidence of job loss on various groups; Labour mobility and turnover)

D. Use of Information and Knowledge Economy

15. Use of Information and Knowledge Economy

E. Social Inclusion and Protection (formal and informal)

16. Social situation and impact analysis
17. Social policy institutions and their management
18. Pension policy, legislation, systems and reform
19. Social inclusion and assistance policies and systems (Subsidies, cash transfers, special programmes for vulnerable and marginal groups e.g. the elderly, the disabled, female headed households, orphans, street children,...)

F. Poverty

20. Poverty analysis and monitoring (including Millennium Development Goals and Poverty Reduction Strategies, stakeholder and final beneficiary analysis)

Lot 11: Macro economy, Statistics and Public finance management

A. Macro economy

1. Macroeconomic analysis / reforms (e.g. national accounts, fiscal, balance of payment, monetary)
2. Debt issues
3. Economic growth
4. Poverty analysis

B. Statistics

5. National statistical systems (e.g. data collection, analysis, publishing, quality control),
6. Performance measurement and monitoring (e.g. indicators identification, setting targets, quality control)

C. Public financial management (PFM)

7. Assessment, diagnosis and reform of Public financial management, incl. PEFA framework
8. Audit (Internal and external)
9. Revenue (e.g. direct and indirect, personal and corporate, excises)
10. Budgeting (e.g. policy, planning, preparation, execution, reporting and audit)
11. Public procurement
12. Public sector accounting systems (e.g. chart of accounts, single/double, cash/accruals)