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The current objective is to improve the performance of the Swiss HoA programme. This will be achieved thanks to a broad shift in posture, achieved through four highlevel outcomes: (a) improved monitoring and risk governance of the SDC HoA programme, (b) increased benefits for the most vulnerable people, including in hard-to-reach areas, through better targeting by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), (c) increased number and improved quality of partnerships with local actors, and (d) improved state-led national development plan (NDP) and sustainable development goals (SDG) monitoring.

To better achieve this it is believed that third-party monitoring should be applied at the project, portfolio and strategy level, backed up by community feedback mechanisms to increase accountability to beneficiaries, and implementing partner risk assessments, audit field spot checks, in addition to training and capacity building of implementing partners. SDC will therefore be able to improve the tracking of its projects in Somalia, and also to extend the mix of aid modalities, and allow the management of projects to focus to a greater extent on risk management and trust.

Through its Whole-of-Government Regional Cooperation Strategy Horn of Africa (CS Horn of Africa) 2018-2021, Switzerland has the following priorities:

• Geographic target: At risk regions of the Horn of Africa, mainly Somalia (including Somaliland), and the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) of Kenya (i.e. North-Eastern Kenya) and Ethiopia (i.e. South-Eastern Ethiopia). Switzerland aims at stronger focusing its intervention to rural and harder-to-reach areas.
• Population target: pastoralists, agro-pastoralists, most vulnerable parts of population (including displacement-affected communities). Switzerland aims at better including marginalized and disadvantaged groups, such as minority groups in Somalia.
• Thematic target: Governance, Food Security, Health, Protection/Migration.
• A new Regional Cooperation Programme for the Horn of Africa will be developed in 2021 for the period 2022-25. It is expected that only minor adjustments to the mentioned geographic, population and thematic targets will occur.

Project Components and Phases. FRAP is made up of the following elements:

a) Third-Party Monitoring (TPM) (subject of this tender) and a Digital Platform b) Support to the International NGO Safety Organization (INSO) c) Possibly support to the Somalia UN Risk Management Unit (UN RMU) d) Possibly direct or indirect support to the National Bureau of Statistics of Somalia

As part of the first element, the Kulmis Support Team (KST) works with SDC, implementing partners and digital platform developers to ensure all SDC M&E tools and IP progress data are accurately transferred to the digital platform. This task also including supporting implementing partners during this transaction process, as providing trainings, supporting on filling and uploading specific progress monitoring tools, undertaking the initial QA-QC in data management, etc. In addition to that, KST regularly provides feedback to developers to ensure the digital platform is user friendly and reflects the accurate data, along with regular updates on data protocol to be adopted.

The overall objective (impact) to which this action contributes is: to increase the Commission’s capacity to strengthen resilience and better link humanitarian, development and peace actions (HDP nexus approach) in a conflict-sensitive way in fragile and conflict-affected countries, and in partner countries affected by a sudden shock.

The specific objectives (Outcomes) of this contract are as follows:

• To support the preparation and implementation of the resilience component of the RRP and the mainstreaming of resilience in geographic and thematic projects and programmes.
• To strengthen coordination and synergies between DG INTPA, DG ECHO, FPI, EEAS, and wherever relevant and possible “Team Europe” following a HDP nexus approach. Similarly, strengthen coordination and synergies with other humanitarian, development and peace actors on the ground.
• To support the Commission efforts to ensure that all actions in fragile and conflict affected countries are conflict sensitive, as per NDICI-GE and good international practice.
• To support the Commission´s effort to advance different policy areas related to resilience, peace and security and their implementation.

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.

Haiti is evolving in a context of institutional fragility and unstable democratic governance, aggravated by the assassination of the President in 2021 and an ongoing constitutional crisis. This context of fragility and chronic instability has led to a confusion of roles between civil society and the political class. The decay of the State and the absence of coherent public policies over the long term have forced many CSOs to fill in the gaps (substitution logics) to respond, as best they can, to the needs of the population. In this context, the role of Haitian civil society remains essential, both in advocating for public policies that improve the situation of the population, and in providing basic services and reinforcing community solidarity and a spirit of citizenship.

With PAIESC, the EU is continuing its support to civil society after the 10th and 11th EDF. The programme aims to contribute to the consolidation of democracy and civic culture in Haiti through the growing, inclusive and effective participation of emerging civil society players, particularly young people, in the country's democratic, economic and social development process. It should therefore contribute to strengthening the organisational, technical, advocacy and proposal capacities of civil society players. PAIESC will be implemented through programme estimates.

General objective

Contribute to the consolidation of democracy and civic culture in Haiti

Specific objectives

• To provide technical assistance for the coordination, planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of PAIESC, as well as its financial and contractual management.
• Provide the technical assistance and management, support and supervision measures required within the framework of the resources provided for in this contract, to ensure that the Programme Specification and related activities run smoothly, in particular the strengthening of the strategic, institutional and operational capacities of CSOs (in particular, NGOs), institutional and operational capacities of Haitian CSOs (including CBOs and small formal or informal associations in communities) to be responsible, informed and competent partners in economic, political and social life, and to support small communities in tackling structural problems through cascading grants to be awarded under the programme estimate

The overall objective underlying the proposed specific contract is to support the Contracting Authority (INTPA G5) and its partners to coordinate, manage and deliver on the components of the TEI. The technical assistance is primarily focused on coordination/management support and delivery of TEI processes and outputs, while providing capacity for targeted substantive IFF/TOC inputs as needed.

Specific objectives are:

1. Ensure smooth, efficient and inclusive coordination of all TEIs stakeholders within and among the Strategic Steering Group and the Management Committee.

2. Support high-level knowledge management, monitoring and information sharing to enhance the coordination, coherence, complementarity and visibility of actions taken by the EU and TEI members in the areas covered by the TEI.

3. Provide a platform for EU actors and African partners to align approaches, ensuring a unified stance and stronger visibility in regional and global fora.

The objective of the FWC is to provide, via individual assignments defined and contracted through Specific Contracts, expertise which can be mobilised at short notice. The quality of the services, which may make use of expertise either internal or external to the Framework Contractor, must be guaranteed by the Framework Contractor who will provide the appropriate internal technical skills and resources.

The FWC has no funds on its own. The main instrument within external action is the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - Global Europe (NDICI-Global Europe).

The implementation duration (not exceeding 48 months) and the contractual amount (not exceeding € 1,999,999) are fixed for each individual assignment.

The thematic division is articulated according to the priority areas of the EU International Partnerships and Lot 9 focuses on the following sectors:

• Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA)
• Human Rights
• Support to democratisation
• Reinforcement of the rule of law and administration of justice
• Public administration reform and organisational development of public institutions
• Elections
• Gender equality and women’s empowerment

The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes is to enable the EU to address short and medium-term foreign policy goals and opportunities, in/with Hong Kong (and Macao) by deepening EU relations and dialogues, and by forging alliances and partnerships, through enhanced engagement.

The specific objectives (Outcomes) of this contract are as follows: Support multi-stakeholder EU-Hong Kong (and Macao) dialogues through further engagement and outreach in key domains for bilateral relations.

The expected outputs of this contract are as follows:

• EU-Hong Kong (and Macao) dialogue and public- and economic-diplomacy outreach supported with the aim to strengthen cross-sectoral engagement with key relevant stakeholders, including through people-to-people engagement, on topics of mutual interest and by identifying areas with potential for further enhancement of bilateral ties.

The foreseen set of activities under the intervention will consist of, but is not necessarily limited to the following three components:

• Provision of specialised technical assistance in the key existing and possible new priority sectors
• Organisation of events and exchanges of experiences and best practices
• Awareness raising activities in thematic fields of strategic relevance to the partnership through outreach to potential multipliers

The specific objective (Outcome) of this contract is to assess compliance of the national administration with the General and Specific Conditions for the release of fixed and variable tranches as set out in the Appendix for Budget Support for Public Administration Reform and to provide recommendations to the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia concerning the value of the tranches to be disbursed.

The Forests for the Future Facility (F4) provides strategic and technical support to the European Commission and to partner countries, to contribute to healthy forest ecosystems able to create decent jobs and to enhance economic growth in partner countries. F4 has a demand-driven approach to improve the number, quality and effectiveness of EU interventions in the forest-relevant sectors. F4's main themes are linked to sustainable forest management, private sector investment, policy reforms and sustainable value chains.

The F4 serves as a platform for dialogue and exchange as well as practical cooperation to address the interlinkages between development, poverty reduction, trade, climate change, biodiversity and forest.

F4 is based on two mutually reinforcing pillars: on the one hand a platform for policy dialogue and knowledge exchange and on the other hand a source of technical and financial support to implement forest-related programmes.

Specifically, the F4 Facility constitutes a team of experts that provides technical assistance to the Commission staff (Commission Headquarter in Brussels and EU delegations, as appropriate) and partner countries to improve the quality of forest-relevant programmes or activities at any stage of their cycle (negotiation, programming, identification, formulation, implementation and evaluation).

The Facility is able to address the full spectrum of the forest sector from legal and sustainable forest management and conservation to trade and consumption aspects, by developing sustainable value chain analysis through a holistic approach, looking extensively at economic, social and environmental indications.

In this context, the Facility promotes the concept of Forest Partnership, integrating programming documents, Team Europe Initiatives and additional policies, which may arise.

Particular attention is given to the role of private sector (smallholder farmers, MSMEs) as a driver of inclusive and sustainable forest sector growth and to enhance civil society ability and capacity to participate in the decision-making and monitoring process.

The Facility also has to be able to assess and develop policies/strategies (reforms, governance, legal framework, institutional strengthening, financing plan, fiscal incentives) within the forest sector as well as sectors that may have an impact on forests, like agriculture, infrastructure, mining.

The overall objective of the project is to facilitate the delivery of EU funded support under the Aid programme in view of preparing the Turkish Cypriot community for the implementation of the acquis communautaire following a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem.

Specific Objective 1: To improve the interpretation and translation sectors in Cyprus in line with EU standards

1.1 To provide technical support and guidance in using CAT (Phrase) Software and for legal translation/interpretation

1.2 To provide technical assistance for setting up the internal structures of the Bicommunal Professional Association of Translators and Interpreters in Cyprus and implementing activities targeting professionals and youth.

Specific Objective 2: To improve the “legislative processes” in the TCc in view of TAIEX supported legal texts and bring them in line with EU standards

2.1 To provide support for the process and procedures of legal texts drafting.

2.2 To improve awareness and understanding of EU policies, especially for the most active sectors of TAIEX support as per EU acquis in the Turkish Cypriot community, in addition to improving the understanding on the general functioning and structures within the Commission.

2.3 To provide support for the use of the Database developed by the previous EU Legal and Linguistic Support Project for TAIEX supported legal texts.

Specific Objective 3: To promote Cypriot linguistic heritage, network and solidarity amongst professionals and youth

3.1 To conduct awareness raising and networking events, in view of promoting Cypriot linguistic heritage

3.2 To improve interest for interpretation and translation profession, as well as multilingualism and to improve the network and solidarity amongst the professional interpreters and translators