Congo (Brazzaville)

The general objective of this technical assistance is to promote and facilitate the participation of civil society organisations (CSOs) in general, and women in particular, at all levels of the country's public and socio-economic spheres, through the structural and operational strengthening of Congolese CSOs and those working specifically on the promotion and enhancement of women and young people, including support for the consolidation of women's leadership. The aim is to support and build the capacity of Congolese civil society organisations (CSOs), and of women's and youth organisations in particular, as players in sustainable development and inclusive growth.

SO1: Strengthen the capacities of Congolese civil society, its structuring and networking around existing joint actions financed by the EU, including organisations managed by women and/or working on the promotion and enhancement of women's rights;

SO2: Facilitate the representativeness and contribution to social, economic and political dialogue of organisations, particularly those managed by women and/or working on the promotion and enhancement of women's rights;

SO3: Strengthen the capacity of Congolese civil society organisations, particularly women's organisations, to participate in public debate, and in drawing up and monitoring national policies and socio-economic development programmes;

SO4: To improve knowledge of civil society in general and women's organisations in particular, and the visibility of their actions.

The overall objective of this contract is to strengthen environmental governance and the sustainable management of natural resources in the Republic of Congo, by aligning national policies with international commitments and promoting the participation of all stakeholders.

Specific Objectives:

• SO1: The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) of the Republic of Congo is revised
• SO2: The implementing regulations of the Wildlife Law are developed and validated through a participatory process
• SO3: Steering and monitoring committees (COPIL) for the national components of ODEBAC and NaturAfrica are organized

The overall objective of this technical assistance is to support and strengthen the capacities of Congolese civil society organizations (CSOs) as actors of sustainable development and inclusive growth.

Specific objectives

• Strengthen the capacities of Congolese civil society, its structuring and its networking around common actions;
• Strengthen the participation of Congolese civil society as an actor of good governance and accountability;
• To improve the knowledge of civil society and the visibility of its actions.

The evaluation was mainly dedicated to providing the relevant services of the European Union, interested stakeholders and the general public with the following information:

• an analysis of the systemic contribution of the various interventions financed under the financing agreement submitted for evaluation, paying particular attention to its results, in comparison with the expected objectives, and the reasons supporting these results
• lessons learned, conclusions and associated recommendations, so as to improve, where appropriate, other present and future interventions on the reduction of illegal logging of timber and forest products.

In particular, this evaluation measured the performance of the intervention, its determining factors and those which justify the quality of the results obtained. It served as a basis for planning future EU interventions in the same sector. In concrete terms, the evaluation provided, among other things, information on:

• the nature of the mechanism and / or the application put in place, as well as its state of operation during and after the period of implementation of the financing agreement submitted for evaluation.

The main users of this evaluation was the EU services and the Congolese government, as this evaluation allowed lessons to be learned on the implementation of targeted actions for a better projection on future interventions.

The Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a partnership of the 10 Nile Basin riparian states with a shared vision objective to promote sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable utilization of and benefit from the shared Nile Basin water resources. Nile Basin countries face increasing challenges of meeting the requirements of their rapidly growing populations in the face of dwindling resources that are threatened by emerging pressures like climate change, land use change and degradation, urbanization, etc. The challenges result in increased efforts at utilization of the Nile waters for agricultural, domestic, industrial and environmental purposes. Countries are embarking on large-scale developments for water utilization and water-related use in riparian countries which have major implications for current and future availability of water resources.

The assignment took the basin perspective and looked at the transboundary governance mechanisms in place. Especially national level arrangements such as policies and Transboundary Water Management (TWM) units served the various transboundary mechanisms a country subscribes to at the same time.

The objective was to facilitate and document a joint review and learning process on provisions for transboundary cooperation in national policies and related institutional arrangements.

The primary work of the project consisted of the following tasks:

• Task 1: Finalization of the NBI Policy Handbook
• Task 2: Guidance Document on key TWM principles for national water policies
• Task 3: Review of experience and mapping of cross-border cooperation arrangements in Nile Basin
• Task 4: Review of experience of the national level organizational arrangements for TWM
• Task 5: Collaborative assessment of progress of implementation of TWM principles in

National Water Policies

• Task 6: Action plan for transboundary water policy at national and regional level
• Task 7: Policy Synthesis Report – Status of TWM governance and Implementation of

SDG 6.5.2. in the Nile Basin

• Task 8: Blended Learning Module
• Prepare and facilitate Policy Roundtables

The project "PASSMAR Outcome 2: National maritime legislative and regulatory frameworks are adopted and law enforcement is strengthened" was co-financed by the EU under the 11th European Development Fund. It aimed to enable ECCAS coastal states to prosecute cases of piracy and other maritime crimes in accordance with the Yaoundé Code of Conduct and to increase response and cooperation in Zones A and D.

To achieve this, UNODC has built on existing legal reform initiatives, training and advice for prosecutors, judges and law enforcement officials in three ECCAS pilot countries, namely Cameroon, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. In addition, some new countries were subject to a legal assessment, including Angola, Congo and the DRC.

UNODC also supported legal cooperation, developing memoranda of understanding to improve the quality and quantity of prosecutions. Actions have included: strengthening prosecutorial capacity, improving regional investigative and prosecutorial cooperation, legal reforms where necessary in the Gulf of Guinea countries, and legal support for existing cases on an ad hoc / request basis.

The aim of this contract was twofold:

• To show the impact of EDF projects on the target audiences identified by the EU Delegation, and in particular the "Resilient Cities in the Republic of Congo" Programme.
• Demonstrate the added value of EU actions in the Republic of Congo, focusing on the added value of the "Resilient Cities in the Republic of Congo" Programme.

More sically

• Facilitate the understanding of the Congolese public on the EU intervention in the Republic of Congo.

Congo as a whole and in particular in the field of development support decentralisation and urban sanitation

• Inform the beneficiaries of the "Resilient Cities" project of its progress and impact.

Increase ownership and stakeholder participation in the actions of communicati

• Giving high visibility to EU communication campaigns

The overall objective of this project was to increase knowledge about the EU and the EU-Congo cooperation among the Congolese population.

The specific objectives of this contract were the following:

• To assist the Delegation of the European Union in Congo in implementing its communication strategy
• To facilitate the Congolese public's understanding of the role played by the EU and its values through its cooperation with Congo
• Making the impact of EU-Congo cooperation activities more visible and measurable

The overall objective of this study was to:

Support the National Authorizing Officer of the European Development Fund (EDF) and the Delegation of the European Union in drawing up terms of reference for supporting and strengthening the civil society in the case of the implementation of the APV-FLEGT process in the Republic of Congo

The specific objectives of this contract were:

• Analyse the independent observation mission conducted by the CAGDF since 2014 with regards to the content of the Memorandum of Understanding signed with the MEF (objectives, activities, publications, transparency, operating, organisational and funding modalities) and the capacity-building objectives of the civil society included in the VPA, as well as the links which the IO maintains with other civil society organizations,
• Draft a Description of the Action and a Budget for the next direct grant to CADGF to carry out mandated Independent Observation and guidelines for the Call for Proposals for Non-Mandated Independent Monitoring Support

La mission d'une assistance technique internationale (AT) a contribué à l'atteinte des résultats, objectifs et impacts attendus du programme.

L'AT a assuré:

(i) une transition effective du 10è au 11è FED;

(ii) une transition de la phase actuelle du programme (formulation des actions) à celle d'une mise en œuvre concrète des interventions en cours de planification;

(iii) la définition des prérequis pour l'entrée en vigueur effective de la future Cellule de Coordination du programme.

The global objectives of the project were:

1. To improve the public’s knowledge of the European Union (EU) and EU-Congolese cooperation in the Republic of Congo

2. To assist the Delegation of the European Union (DEU) in Congo with the implementation of the communication strategy

In the context of the global objectives, the following specific objectives have been achieved:

• Coordinate the organisation of, and take care of the logistical aspects and broadcasting of communication and visibility events for the DEU and the National Authorising Officer (NAO).
• Contribute to the DEU and NAO’s design and production of communication and visibility outputs.
• Assist in and supervise the preparation of the communication products for the projects.
• Assist the DEU and the NAO with media relations.
• Monitor the press coverage (written, TV and radio) of certain topics selected by the DEU concerning the presence of the EU in the Republic of Congo.
• Monitor and evaluate communication and visibility activities.
• Introduce the graphic materials for the communication and visibility documents produced by the DEU, the NAO and the projects.
• Propose a graphic charter common to all documents produced by the EU in Congo.
• If requested by the DEU, assist the cooperation projects with the implementation of their communication plans.