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Final review of the intervention “Institutional support project to the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Local Government (MATDRE) for the strategic steering of decentralization and deconcentration”. The aim of the project was to make the planning, management, cooperation, technical support and monitoring –evaluation activities of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization within the framework of the implementation of the national Decentralization/deconcentration more effective, efficient and sustainable.

The purpose of the review was to provide answers to "how"- and "why"-questions, assess the value of the results achieved and of the whole implementation process of the intervention.

The review aimed:

• To support steering. On the basis of in-depth analyses, the review offered useful recommendations that are evidence-based.
• To contribute to learning. By analysing the development process, the review allowed to explain what works, what does not work and why, and to thus draw lessons for other interventions or for the elaboration of new policies, strategies and programmes.
• Accountability to the donor, partner and other internal actors by supplying an external assessment of the progress made and the results achieved.

Overall objective of the contract:

Technical assistance and provision of expertise to carry out communication and outreach activities to promote the JAES.

Namely

• to contribute to the development and expansion of the visibility on the implementation of the JAES
• to raise further awareness on the new Pan-African Programme, and the African Peace Facility
• to propose and implement a new communication strategy for the year 2015 in order to meet these objectives.

L'objectif général du projet était de:

• Réaliser l'évaluation finale du projet (en termes de pertinence, efficience, efficacité, impact et durabilité).

Les objectifs spécifiques étaient:

• Effectuer le bilan de la mise en œuvre du projet dans son ensemble, c’est-à-dire toutes les activités menées pendant les 5 ans ainsi que les résultats/objectifs atteints.
• Tirer les leçons apprises (bonnes et mauvaises), proposer des actions pour maintenir ou renforcer les avantages du projet et émettre des recommandations pour la formulation éventuelle d'un nouveau projet/programme.

The expert strengthened the capacity of the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs' national legal advisers so that they can assist the President on exerting its functions, namely ensuring the due administrative course of legal diplomas submitted for promulgation, as well as following-up decrees and other acts of legal and constitutional competence of the President.

The overall objective of the ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Management in the CARIFORUM programme of which this contract was a part was to reduce vulnerability to long term impacts of natural hazards, including the potential impacts of climate change, thereby achieving regional and national sustainable development and poverty reduction goals in the CARIFORUM States. The purpose of the programme was to strengthen regional, national and community level capacities for disaster risk reduction, preparedness, management and coordinated response to natural hazards and the effects of climate change.

The main objectives of the mid-term evaluation were to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the European Union, the CARIFORUM and the programme implementing partners with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the intervention (ACP-EU Natural Disaster Risk Management in the CARIFORUM programme), paying particularly attention to the results of the project against its objectives
• key lessons and recommendations in order to improve current and future action
• recommendations for a possible follow-up programme to be financed under the 11th EDF Regional programme and/or other source of funding

The global objective of this assignment was to strengthen the capacity of the NAO’s office, in the identification, implementation, coordination and pro-active monitoring and evaluation of the EDF funded cooperation programme, in line with the Cotonou Partnership Agreement, EDF and other relevant procedures. This objective was to be achieved through the implementation of the following:

• To assess the organisational structure and capacity of the Office of the NAO in discharging its role as foreseen in the Cotonou Agreement;
• To strengthen the capacity of the NAO in providing inputs in the programming and implementation of the 11th EDF and in contributing to the MOFED Aid Coordination mandate;
• To assess and design an aid information management system for tracking and reporting development cooperation inflows; and
• To explore and design further Technical Assistance.

The global objective of this assignment was to improve the visibility of EU activities in Azerbaijan.

The specific objective of this assignment was to update the EU Delegation's communication strategy and to develop and implement large scale visibility and communication activities for the EUD, namely:

Organisation and Implementation of two large scale open air events for about 5,000-10,000 participants each, in 2015 (Eurovillage Baku) and 2016 (EU Bus Tour incl. Eurovillage in Ganja).

Eurovillage was organised in a prominent public space in the cities, with stands for the EU Delegation and Member States, information booths, and various activity stands such as photo booth, face painting, dance lessons of European dances and karaoke of European songs. A stage was built up for performances and an entertainment programme. Quizzes and games were proposed and the visitors could win EU goodies. Caterers provided various European food and drinks. Walk around artists, dressed as European fairy tale characters entertained the participants.

The target group of the Eurovillages was the large public, but mainly families with children and young adults.

Particip supported the EU Delegation in developing the event concept and in all steps of its implementation, including (but not limited to):

• Managing and overseeing the event preparation and implementation
• Establishing a detailed event proposal, provision of all necessary authorisations from local administration
• Rent of venue, rent or production of all equipment (tents, banners, tables, chairs, umbrellas, stage with large screen etc.), contracting work force for security, first aid, build-up, dismantling and transport of materials before, during and after the event.
• Establishing detailed programme for the main stage, liaising with and contracting European artists for various performances. Examples of personalities or artists who have been present at the Eurovillage: Joan Franka and band (singer from the Netherlands), Ana Rucner (cello player from Croatia), Berti Vogts (football personality from Germany), Traffic (band from Estonia), Iza Zaro (street artist from France) etc.
• Liaison and contracting of local staff for the activity stands (face painting, karaoke, dances etc.)
• Liaison and contracting of various local caterers providing European food and drinks
• Liaison and coordination of volunteers supporting the event (as support staff for stands etc.), including various briefing meetings and a thank-you event after each Euro-village
• Developing visual identity for the events and its application to all of the promotional items and communication material of the activity
• Provision of video footage of the events and post-event videos in English and Azerbaijani
• Design and production of information and promotion materials used in the context of the events. Items included: balloons, t-shirts, baseball caps, keyrings, stamps
• Design and production of “Eurovillage passports”, a booklet with a foreword from the EU Ambassador. With this booklet, participants could collect points at all stands and obtain a present once completed.
• Provision of comprehensive media outreach to ensure media coverage of the events.
• Survey amongst the visitors to collect information about their impressions and knowledge of the EU.
• Financial management with all involved stakeholders and reporting to the EU Delegation as per ToR.
• The EU Delegation's stand was designed to highlight EU involvement in Azerbaijan and especially the region where the bus tour was conducted.
• Furthermore the project designed and prepared visibility materials, to serve during and beyond the events:four project videos, a web-page template for EU projects and various promotional items.

The overall objective of the assignment was to improve and to strengthen the capacity of the EU Delegation and its direct counterpart in Serbia as regards the IPA II performance indicators, monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

The purpose of the contract was to:

1. Provide capacity development to staff tasked with programming and managing of IPA II, along with their beneficiary institutions, in terms of defining and managing performance indicators in the context of programming IPA;

2. Provide capacity development to staff tasked with programming and managing IPA II as well as its beneficiaries, with particular reference to monitoring and evaluation.

The purpose was achieved through training workshops for performance indicators, monitoring and evaluation and delivery of face to face trainings to IPA II beneficiaries.

The global objectives of the evaluation were:

a) to provide the relevant external and co-operation services and other impacted services of the EU (FPI, EEAS, DEVCO, NEAR) with an independent assessment of the achievement of the intended results of EU election observation missions and b) to identify key lessons and forward looking recommendations in order to improve future actions in this field.

The specific objectives of the evaluation were as follows:

a) The evaluation will assess EU election observation activities worldwide during the period January 2012–June 2016, using two of the standard five DAC criteria for evaluating Development Assistance, namely those of effectiveness and impact. As the evaluation should reflect a results-oriented management approach, these two DAC criteria were selected being the most relevant for this purpose.

b) The difference of this evaluation, compared to the wider one on the EIDHR in the context of the Mid Term Review Report, is that it is more focused on effectiveness and impact and takes also into consideration the beneficiaries' side with field visits of the evaluators in countries in which EU election observation has been conducted. This evaluation has also a shorter time span.

The aim of this project was to understand how and why gender inequalities persist in Haiti (while overcoming preconceptions, particularly with regard to foster care or schooling), and in particular in the priority sectors of European cooperation (EDF, other EC tools, Member States, etc.); how they interact with other inequalities and how they impact on human rights.

The aim was also to identify the efforts made by the EU and the MS in Haiti to move towards gender equality and the emancipation of women, and the results and benefits obtained.

Finally, the analysis would look at the commitment and capacity of the Haitian government and its partners to work on these issues of gender equality.