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The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the services of the European Union in charge of the listed contracts (i.e., DG NEAR and DG INTPA) with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the interventions Supporting Human Rights, Activists and Human Rights Monitors in Syria V, Supporting Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders in Syria IV and Supporting Human Rights and Human Rights Defenders in Syria III, paying particular attention to the results measured against the expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results;
• key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Interventions.

In particular, this evaluation will serve the EU to further assess the utility of future support of the entity against the considerable fiduciary risk that comes with the high confidentiality of its operations and the difficulty of tracing financial flows. Furthermore, the evaluation will help the EU to understand whether the supported entity is sufficiently adapting and transforming itself, in view of the current political context and trends in Syria to become sustainable by creating a reputation among all Syrians for being an impartial whistle-blower on human rights violations when many similar organisations are often perceived as partial opposition bodies, pushing a particular political agenda, and therefore not taken seriously by other groups.

The main users of this evaluation will be the EU Delegation to Syria, DG INTPA Directorate G (Unit G.1) as well as DG NEAR Directorate B.1 (Middle East)

The objective of the contract was to support the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia and the Beneficiaries to ensure the timely, efficient and effective implementation of the Public Administration Sector Reform Contract to be implemented under the IPA 2015 national programme. In particular terms, the project: 1) assessed compliance of the Beneficiaries with the General and Specific Conditions for the release of fixed and variable tranches as set out in the Policy Matrix for the Sector Budget Support component of the Public Administration Reform and Public Finance Management Sector Reform Contract and 2) provided recommendations to the EU Delegation to the Republic of Serbia concerning the value of the tranches to be disbursed.

The overall objective of the project of this contract was to increase awareness and visibility of the EU-Mozambique cooperation partnership to the wider public, and improve the understanding of EU cooperation policies and partnership with Mozambique.

The purpose of this contract was to provide comprehensive visibility and communication services to the EUD to Mozambique. These communication services covered every aspect of the organisation and implementation of the EUD’s visibility and communications strategy, as directed by the management of the EUD.

DSIF provides concessional loans for funding of sustainable infrastructure projects, which cannot otherwise be financed on commercial terms in developing countries. The projects have to be sustainable, support the national development plans and contribute to sustainable growth and employment in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. The evaluation of DSIF served learning and accountability purposes for both the Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU)/DSIF and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

This evaluation had two objectives. The first objective was to assess DSIF’s relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, development impact and sustainability as well as commercial outcomes through its investments in developing countries. The evaluation applied the updated OECD/DAC evaluation criteria to DSIF investment projects. It involved an analysis of the project portfolio in terms of geographies, sectors and types of projects and funds, and the development of the portfolio composition over time. The evaluation included all DSIF activities since the last evaluation in 2002, although with an emphasis on the last ten years of operation. It included DSIF investments and, to the extent relevant, activities related to project preparation managed by DSIF.

The second objective was to assess the policy directions of the MFA and DSIF’s mandate over the evaluation period and provide an assessment of DSIF’s envisaged future role in Danish development cooperation, and whether the organisation was fit for purpose. During the evaluation period, Danish development policy had evolved, and expectations and requirements from the MFA towards DSIF had accordingly led to adjustments in the mandate. The evaluation took into account these changes in development policy and adjusted DSIF mandate when assessing its performance during the evaluation period, including changes in CSR/sustainability polices and the commercial framework under which this development finance instrument worked. The evaluation assessed the extent to which policy-driven initiatives derived from the Danish development policies had the potential to influence DSIFs portfolio, which was otherwise based on client demand. In this context the evaluation assessed the relevance of the adjustments made to the DSIF-mandate and, to the extent possible also, assessed whether the DSIF organisational set-up was Fit for Purpose, including risk management as well as results measurement and communication.

Case studies, including field visits were implemented in Bangladesh, Ghana, Mozambique, and Vietnam.

This independent evaluation of WFP Country Strategic Plan in Bolivia assessed the strategic positionning, added-value and results of WFP operations in the Country from 2018 to 2021.

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 about a potential scale-up). It is envisioned that the evaluation will inform the design of the new CSP for Bolivia, which is scheduled for Executive Board consideration in November 2022.

CSP key sectors and activities included:

• Emergency preparedness (incl. early warning systems) and response (including food for assets/ cash-based transfers)
• Nutrition (including nutritional education) and social protection
• Smallholder farmer support (including market support, training, and links with school feeding)
• Institutional capacity strengthening

Cross-cutting themes include: 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 triangulated qualitative and quantitative 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 cooperation partners, ministries as well as focus group discussions with the beneficiaries.

Link to the publication: https://www.wfp.org/publications/evaluation-bolivia-wfp-country-strategic-plan-2018-2022

The overall objective of this project is to increase awareness, understanding and support for EU-South Africa development cooperation and its achievements in South Africa, particularly for South African audiences.

The specific objectives are:

• To communicate effectively EU-South Africa development cooperation, its activities and impact to the South African public.
• To collect and create success stories, case stories and results across sectors to enhance knowledge management and derive lessons learned for future cooperation.
• To sensitize South African partners working on Development Cooperation on the importance and practicalities of communication and visibility in the implementation of EU-SA cooperation programmes.
• To improve the impact of EU-funded project visibility activities.

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 global objective of the project was to raise awareness about the comprehension of the EU and its support and actions in Ivory Coast, particularly targeting the ivorian audience.

The specific objectives were the following:

• develop a global communication and visibility strategy for the EU-Ivory Coast partnership, including the annual strategy of the EUD in Ivory Coast and its project.
• effectively communicate about the EU's values and the benefits from the EU-Ivory Coast partnership to the ivorian audience.
• communicate and ensure visibility of the partnership that is i) integrating a real political dialogue about issues of common interest, beyond the cooperation aspects; ii) going beyond the classical cooperation (project type) to support the government's reform (budget support); iii) based on universally shared values and the living together
• raise awareness of the ivorian audience for the EU's programmes
• enhance the impact of visibility activities of EU financed project in the short, middle and long term on the living situation of population and the country's development.

The general objective of the mission was to provide the European Union Delegation (EUD) in Tunisia with a tool for managing information and geo-localized visualization on the activities of cooperation projects, and in particular their results and performance indicators, in order to improve the visibility of EU projects in Tunisia.

The specific objectives were as follows:

• To set up an information management system on EU projects in Tunisia and to feed it with information on the activities of EU projects in Tunisia with data from programmes and projects, in particular those relating to performance, which the provider extracts from the various documents and reports available;
• To develop an interactive mapping tool to visualize all these data from relevant by: a geographical location, sectors, partners or contractors of implementation, funding instruments, disaggregated indicators (e.g. by category of beneficiaries, age, geer);
• To produce regular reports, maps, theme sheets, diagrams, dashboards and monitoring the results of indicators (at project and thematic level) on the EU interventions in Tunisia.

The aim was to set up a web interface that allow communication, and production of information related to the interventions of the European Union in Tunisia.

The aim was to set up a web interface that make it possible to communicate, consult and produce information related to the interventions of the European Union in Tunisia.

The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the EU and the interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the five PI Actions in the digital sphere to be evaluated, paying particular attention to their intermediate or final results measured against its expected objectives, and the reasons underpinning such results;
• key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Actions, as well as on thematic level and on approaches taken to influence the related policies effectively.

The specific rationale for undertaking this evaluation is to assess policy coherence and relevance, outcomes and impact of PI activities in the field of international digital cooperation, as well as the added value of the PI activities, in strengthening the EU’s partnerships/alliances and its position in global fora in the digital domain, as well as reinforcing multilateralism, as expressed in the specific objectives of the PI.

This evaluation contract covers five actions to be evaluated. The work to be covered under this contract is a hybrid evaluation of individual actions and, drawing thematic conclusions, recommendations and lessons learned, where possible, when looking at the package of these projects as a whole and the approaches taken on how to influence effectively EU interests in international digital cooperation.