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LIFE is the main European Commission funding mechanism for improving the state of the environment in the European Union.

Particip GmbH was responsible for the management of the NEEMO EEIG. Particip provided the Administrative Team, the financial management, and one of the two Managing Directors of NEEMO EEIG, and was therefore responsible for ensuring an effective operation of business activities and the compliance with contractual requirements. The overall management tasks included budgeting, accounting and controlling, as well as guaranteeing high team performance and quality assurance.

The general objective of LIFE is to contribute to the implementation, updating and development of EU environmental and climate policy and legislation by co-financing projects with European added value. The general objectives of LIFE shall be pursued through two sub-programmes:

• Environment consisting of three strands; nature and biodiversity, environment and resource efficiency, governance and information
• Climate Action consisting of three strands; climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, governance and information

The specific objectives of LIFE are:

• To contribute to the shift towards a resource-efficient, low-carbon and climate resilient economy, to the protection and improvement of the quality of the environment and to halting and reversing biodiversity loss, including the support of the Natura 2000 network and tackling the degradation of ecosystems;
• To improve the development, implementation and enforcement of Union environmental and climate change policy and legislation, and to act as a catalyst for, and promote, the integration and mainstreaming of environmental and climate objectives into other Union policies and public and private sector practice, including by increasing the public and private sector’s capacity;
• To support better environmental and climate governance at all levels, including better involvement of civil society, NGOs and local actors;
• To support the implementation of the 7th Environment Action Programme.

The NEEMO EEIG provided about 160 long-term experts specialised in monitoring and evaluation, in communication activities and in thematic fields related to EU environmental policy. The experts monitored more than 1000 projects that are financed via the LIFE instrument.

The overall objective of this contract was to enhance the visibility of the EU – Vanuatu cooperation and promote greater awareness and understanding among key stakeholders in the public, private and civil society sectors on issues related to EU- Vanuatu development cooperation.

The specific objectives of the contract were:

• To better outreach citizens and key stakeholders both in the Pacific and Europe to show-case the tangible results of the EU – Vanuatu development cooperation;
• To strengthen understanding and engagement of the target audience in the various areas of development cooperation between the EU and Vanuatu.

Specific attention was paid to EU's efforts to promote development of value chains, climate change resilience, ocean governance, food security, and gender equality, inclusive growth and good governance.

This independant evaluation of WFP Country Strategic Plan (CSP) in Nepal assessed the strategic positionning, added-value and results of WFP operations in the Country from 2018 to 2022.

The evaluation served the double purpose of accountability (performance and result assessment) and learning (why certain results occurred or not, lessons and evidence for decision-making). It is envisioned that the evaluation will inform the design of the new CSP for Nepal, which was scheduled for Executive Board consideration in November 2023.

CSP key sectors and activities included:

• Emergency preparedness and response, including cash-based transfers
• Nutrition and school feeding
• Social protection
• Livelihoods activities, including smallholder farmer support
• Resilience, disaster risk reduction and climate change
• Institutional capacity strengthening

Cross-cutting themes included: Gender equality and empowerment of women (GEEW), humanitarian principles and protection, accountability to affected populations (AAP), WFP partnership strategy

The evaluation employed a mixed-method approach that triangulates qualitative and quantitative data from a variety of sources. For this purpose, the evaluation team conducted interviews with different stakeholders including WFP staff at HQ, regional and country level, WFP cooperating partners, donors, UN agencies, government entities as well as focus group discussions with the beneficiaries.

Link to the publication: https://www.wfp.org/publications/evaluation-nepal-wfp-country-strategic-plan-2019-2023

The overarching goal of the project was to develop the institutional capacities for establishment of the Emission Trading System (ETS) in Ukraine on the basis of the EU experience in implementation of the Directive 2003/87/EC. The project focused its cooperation with MENR on the following output:

Institutional and capacity building of the Competent Authority and other stakeholders relevant for ETS based on the EU experience in implementing the Directive 2003/87/EC.

The consultancy ensured that the training materials for staff of the Competent Authority (CA) were available and used in trainings and that other capacity building measures were implemented to prepare staff of the CA to fulfil their tasks under Monitoring, Reporting and Verficiation (MRV) and ETS. In order to ensure a correct functioning of the MRV system, an extensive capacity building preceded the actual performance of the tasks by the CA. The capacity building assignment included the development of training materials on different levels of detail, the conduction of trainings, study tours, on-the-job trainings, etc.

This was accomplished by the following tasks:

Task 1: Development of capacity development program and training materials for the CA

Task 2: Implementation of the capacity development program

The global objective of this assignment was to contribute to fostering a functioning, pluralistic, participatory and representative democracy and the consolidation of a resilient civil society by promoting a culture of fundamental rights and dialogue in Türkiye. As all EU funded actions, this has also contributed to promoting cross-cutting issues such as environment and climate change, rights based approach, gender equality rights of persons with disability and indigenous peoples.

The specific objective of this assignment was to assist the EU Delegation to Türkiye in assessing the concept notes (CN) submitted in the framework of the calls for proposals stemming from the following activities of the Civil Society Facility Programme 2021-2023 for Türkiye:

• Activity 5 - Support CSOs working on human and fundamental rights (EUR 5.5 million)
• Activity 15 - Civil Society Action towards European Green Deal (EUR 5 million)

The main objectives of this assignment are to: i) provide an independent evidence-based assessment of the contribution of EU external action support in the policy area of Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE), including achieved results in line with the objectives of the GAP III, the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 and other relevant overall policy frameworks for gender equality such as the Agenda 2030, CEDAW, the Beijing Platform for Action, and ii) based on the above, identify lessons learnt and recommendations to inform the EU programming process in order to improve the implementation of future EU external action.

In particular, this evaluation aims to:

• measure the level of effectiveness of mainstreaming GEWE into the 2021-2027 bilateral, multi-country/regional, and thematic programming (including MIPs and, for the Enlargement Region, Strategic Responses);
• assess the added value of GAP III requirements for the EU and EU Member States (EU MS) to develop GAP III Country Level Implementation Plans (CLIPs);
• assess the progress in the implementation of the EU Action Plan on WPS including in the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)/ Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) context;
• assess results achieved on Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE), which is part of GAP III’s third pillar on key thematic areas of engagement;
• identify lessons learnt and best good practices that can help improve the effective implementation of GAP III at global, regional and country level;
• provide recommendations to ensure a coherent EU approach on supporting WEE, as well as the effectiveness of the EU actions.

The purpose of the Exploratory Mission was to collect factual information concerning this election process, in line with the criteria contained in the Commission Communication on Electoral Assistance and

Observation [COM(2000)191].

The experts did in particular:

• Assess the pre-election situation in the light of international standards for democratic elections and national legislation. The assessment will cover: (i) Political situation, (ii) Legal and Electoral framework, (iii) election administration, (iv) voter registration, (v) party and candidate registration, (vi) human rights and fundamental freedoms, (vii) potential for electoral violence, (viii) traditional and online media, as well as social media, (ix) security aspects, (x) logistics and operational matters, (xi) use of electoral ICT and (xii) any other relevant issues relating to the elections and possible deployment of an EU EOM.
• Assess, when relevant, the state of implementation of recommendations of previous EU election missions (both EU EOMs and EEMs).
• Make necessary preliminary logistics related enquiries and provide advice on how to organise the operational component of a possible EU EOM.
• Assess the security situation in the country, in particular in connection with the possible deployment of an EU EOM.

Advise on the composition, number and length of stay of the Core Team members and long and short-term observers of the EU EOM.

• Draft tentative specifications and Terms of Reference of a possible EU EOM and related estimated costs and budget breakdown.
• Assess the relevance of providing support to domestic observer organisations.
• Acquire updated information on EU election support (both EU and Member States) and other major partners (Canada, Norway and Switzerland) and possible other major actors plans in this field, including in the area of electoral assistance.
• Liaise closely with domestic and international election observation organisations that may be present on the ground regarding the preparation of elections.
• Prepare a number of specific reports as outlined in section 'VI. Output' of these ToR.
• If necessary, participate in the briefing of the EU EOM Core Team should the deployment of an EU EOM be decided.

The objective of the Framework Contract (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 is guaranteed by the Consortium, which provides the appropriate technical skills and resources. This FWC provides expertise for the implementation of External Aid.

The FWC has no overall contract amount or maximum budget. The contract amount is fixed at the level of each individual assignment in the Specific Contract and the maximum value of a specific contract under this framework contract cannot exceed 999,999 EUR.

The various Specific Contracts are governed by the EU External Aid Programmes under which they are financed. These EU External Aid Programmes include the European Development Fund (EDF), as well as the Programmes financed from the EU General Budget.

The evaluation examines the role of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the development communications and assesses the efficiency and coherence of the current organisational processes and practices. The effectiveness of various development communications means, modalities and channels that are currently at the MFA disposal is assessed. Based on the related findings the evaluation draws justified conclusions and makes recommendations for enhancing the efficiency, effectiveness and coherence of the Ministry’s development communications for various audiences.

The temporal scope of the evaluation covers the years 2015- 2022. The evaluation only covers activities funded by MFA Finland, including those of programme CSOs that received funding for development communication, while the main focus is on VIE-30 communications.

The evaluation is based on two tracks of inquiry. The first inquiry track is descriptive (how has MFA supported and implemented development communication and global education), and the second is evaluative (how effective, efficient and coherent has the MFA been in funding and implementing development communication).

The global objective of this Technical Assistance was to support the Government of Uganda, namely the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), in streamlining and strengthening existing capacities and coordination mechanisms with the Local Development Partners Group (LDPG) in terms of planning, budgeting, overseeing, coordination, monitoring, and implementation and performance evaluation.

The specific objective of this project was to assist the MoFPED, specifically the Directorate of Debt and Cash Policy (DARC) and the Accountant General office (Directorate of Treasury Services and Assets Management - TSD) in its overall coordination and overseeing of external aid.

Long Term Technical Assistance was being provided to achieve the following expected results:

1) MoFPED (DARC and TSD) are enabled to closely monitor and supervise the implementation and financial performance EU and other donors funded projects/programmes.

2) Dialogue between DPs and MoFPED on ODA is strengthened

3) GoU is enabled to benefit from the opportunities offered at global and regional level and to be systematically involved in regional integration initiatives, including COMESA, IGAD, EAC, etc.

4) MoFPED contributes successfully to the achievement of the objectives of the Partnership Coordination Programme