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Following intensive consultations that took place in 2016, Canada refocused its international assistance on helping the poorest and most vulnerable people and supporting fragile states.

Within this broader context, support has been requested by the International Assistance Evaluation Division (PRA) of Global Affairs Canada for the planning of an evaluation of gender equality programming in the Middle East. In this regard, a review of evaluations by other donors of development and humanitarian assistance programmes in the region has been considered as necessary.

The purpose of this study is to review available thematic evaluations, country programme evaluations, major project evaluations and possibly other essential documents related to the achievement of gender equality outcomes in the Middle East.

The focus of the study has been on three countries: Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt. The countries were chosen on the basis of amount and quality of the available literature rather than total spending of Global Canada’s which is highest in Jordan, Syria, and Iraq.

The objective of this project is to analyse the capacity of mainstream primary schools to identify and support learners with special educational needs in Malawi.

The results from the capacity analysis and their reflection against best practices will lead to realistic recommendations to enhance support to learners with special educational needs.

The project is devided in three main phases:

1. Literature review and case studies

2. Capacity assessment of mainstream primary schools to support learners with Special Education Needs

3. Consultation and formulation of recommendations

Canada is significantly involved in the DRC through projects addressing children and youth, maternal, newborn and child health care (MNCH), security and protection, as well as governance and the advancement of democracy. Since 2006, Canada has been an important player in the DRC and in the Great Lakes Region, notably in the fight against sexual violence and holding criminals accountable.

The review covers all international assistance programming including humanitarian assistance, stabilization, and development projects. The main focus is on the most recent years in order to reflect changing contexts (2012-2018).

DRC review focuses on responsiveness and agility in fragile states, program and policy coherence, and women and girls programming.

The review will generate recommendations to improve the relevance, effectiveness, sustainability, and efficiency of programs.

At this point, PRA is planning an evaluation of Global Affairs Canada’s international assistance in the DRC in accordance with the Treasury Board Policy on Results, which requires that all departments conduct an evaluation of the relevance and performance of all ongoing programs every five years.

The socio-economic reintegration component of the Programme to Support the Security Sector Reform (PSSSR-SER) focused on the socio-economic reintegration of vulnerable populations that have emerged including defence and security forces that were restructured. Thus, the technical assistance supported the implementation of the National Programme for Socio-economic Reintegration (NPSER) .

The NPSER formed part of the Security Sector Reform and was in keeping with the goal of helping to stabilise the country, to smooth the path towards peace consolidation. The NPSER was designed using an innovative approach, targeting sustainability and resilience by (i) integrating the most vulnerable members of the community at risk of being socially excluded (former defence and security forces), into the target group, and (ii) rehabilitating the target group by getting them involved in economic activities at community level, initiated and supervised by partner civil society organisations.

The approach involved the following steps:

• social dialogue, social cohesion and reconciliation,
• rehabilitation and socio-economic reintegration of vulnerable populations, including ex-combatants, in partnership with civil society organisations working in the programme intervention areas
• economic recovery in local communities, and
• capacity building for participants, local actors, and the institutional partnership, sensitisation, provision of security, and communication.

The NPSER strategy involved creating temporary jobs and sustainable economic opportunities for the populations at risk from social exclusion, through the rebuilding of communities, promotion of social cohesion and setting up tools to encourage saving. This strategy aimed at the socio-economic reintegration of populations at risk and contributes to local development. The micro-projects for creating temporary jobs were initiated and supported by 13 civil society organisations, with which the project contracted and accompanied throughout the implementation of activities. CSOs were therefore the main implementing partners with the microfinance institution.

The implementation of the NPSER was divided into three (3) phases, supporting the participants for a four-year period.

Phase 1 (inclusion) :

• creation of temporary jobs and of individual capital for the participants
• rebuilding of the communities with a commitment from all parties concerned (participants, local authorities, civil society organisations, the private sector).

Phase 2 (ownership) :

• choice of participants in manufacturing or service activities,
• self-help by creating sustainable jobs and reviving income-generating activities.

Phase 3 (towards sustainability):

• consolidation of the jobs created and the initatives taken by the participants through networking
• help in creating associations and cooperatives to better manage the value chains.

General objectives:

• The mission provided relevant information to the Government of Guinea and the European Commission justifying support for solid and liquid waste management in certain secondary cities and/or regional capitals.

Specific objectives:

The specific objectives of this project were as follows:

• To formulate an integrated strategic approach to support liquid and solid sanitation in certain cities in Guinea;
• To develop a proposal for an action document (including the financing of secondary cities and key infrastructures in Conakry, such as a water treatment plant and a technical landfill center) in accordance with the model and including its annexes (cross-cutting issues, implementation form, logical framework, budget).

The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the European Union and the interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the CRIMLEA programme (phases 1 and 2), paying particular attention to its 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 Action, and;
• key insights and concrete recommendations in terms of geographic scope, methodological approaches and support activities to feed into the design of a third phase which is envisaged during the first half of 2019 under the 11th EDF cross-regional envelope for maritime security in the EA-SA-IO region (available resources: five million EUR).

The overall objective of the project was to enhance the EU's image in Pakistan as a strong partner of Pakistan. The purpose of the project was to ensure the visibility of cooperation programmes in complementarity with the messages of the EU Delegation to Pakistan, in order to enhance the image and visibility of EU as a partner of Pakistan.

The expected results to be achieved were:

• communication strategy was developed by the contractor, approved by the EU Delegation and implemented by the contractor.
• Clear EU image and messaging was established, rooted in an agreed set of overall and specific messages.
• A comprehensive and strategically sequenced communication campaign was implemented.
• Sustained links with the media were established, with improved coverage – in terms both of quantity and quality – across print, broadcast and digital media.

The overall objective was to compile and analyse the necessary information for the EU Delegation to Jordan to take an informed decision on the way forward regarding the project "Decentralisation and Local Development Support Programme".

The specific assignment included:

1. To conduct an evaluation of the above mentioned project;

2. To re-formulate the project, if deemed relevant and feasible, under a new approach

3. To monitor the remaining period of implementation of the project.

The objective of this project was to provide the support of an electoral / legal expert to the European Service for External Action, and in particular to the Delegation of the European Union (DUE) in Abidjan, to take stock of the situation. the implementation of the recommendations of the electoral missions deployed by the EU and the electoral framework in Côte d'Ivoire in the context of the preparation of the next elections of Côte d'Ivoire and to make proposals, by setting priorities short, medium and long term, which will guide the action of the European Union.

The electoral / legal expert studied, on the basis of the recommendations made by the EOM 2010 and the MEEs 2011 and 2015, the institutional and legal evolutions relating to the electoral framework and respect for public liberties, and drew up a final report of study covering the entire exercise.

The overall objective of this Final Evaluation is to analyse the compliance of four Technical Assistance projects with the Objectives and Expected Results defined by their Terms of Reference.

The specific objectives are to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the Support to the Justice Sector Policy Reforms in Moldova (Annual Action Programme 2011) package, paying particular attention to:

• Its final results measured against its objectives
• Key lessons and recommendations in order to improve current (where relevant) and future actions.

In particular, this final evaluation will serve to evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU-added value of the EU assistance provided until now to the sector.