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The purpose of this assignment is to collect, collate and systematically present, in the form of Evaluation Portraits and Country Evaluation Briefs, findings from existing evaluations and other documents of development interventions in five Norwegian partner countries: Ethiopia, Haiti, Mali, Myanmar, Nepal and Tanzania.

The objective of this assignment is to provide accessible and relevant knowledge about Norwegian and other donors’ development efforts in Norway’s partner countries through systematising findings from existing evaluations of development interventions. The exercise emphasises learning, supplementing a growing database of systematised, relevant, context-specific and accessible information. Beyond its intrinsic value, this knowledge forms a basis for development policies and strategies, contributes to development efforts in the field and reveals knowledge gaps that could be covered by future evaluations.

The main target groups for the study are the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norad and Norwegian embassies in the selected partner countries and elsewhere.

The assignment is guided by the following questions:

• What are the key contextual features characterising each of the studied case countries?
• How do these contextual features affect development interventions in the respective country/-ies?
• What is the nature of the programmes and projects studied, including levels of development support?
• What are the major obstacles/challenges faced by those interventions?
• What are the major findings in the assessed material concerning the goals, methods, challenges, results and sustainability of the interventions studied?
• How do the programmes and projects perform in terms of such cross-cutting issues as gender equality, environmental concerns and anti-corruption?
• Which, intended and, if any, unintended effects of the programmes and projects, positive and negative, can be identified?

In line with the policy priorities referred to under 1.4, the purposes of this contract are to provide advisory services and support with a view to:

• Purpose 1: Help improve the quality of the EU's development aid in health in the medium and long term through adequate support at the key steps of the project/programme cycle and through the increase in know-how and capacity of staff in charge of operations in the health sector
• Purpose 2: Support the EU in the continuing definition and/or adaptation of coherent EU policies for global health aid
• Purpose 3: Support the EU in its contribution to the improvement of the governance of the global health aid architecture and mechanisms, in its ambition to increase the coherence and the complementarity between interventions at bilateral and global levels; and in the definition of its own approaches to cooperation in the health sector
• Purpose 4: Enhance the accountability framework of the EU through adequate resource tracking and impact monitoring and to enhance its visibility at all levels, while respecting the EU commitments in terms of aid effectiveness
• Purpose 5: On a request base and resources allowing, to reinforce partner countries and, more generally, to reinforce the technical capacities of all stakeholders through targeted technical assistance and sharing of knowledge and know-how, in order to facilitate and improve the EU cooperation in the field of health

The objective of the FWC was to provide, via individual assignments defined and contracted through Specific Contracts, short-term technical assistance which can be mobilised at very short notice (normally within about 3 weeks).

The beneficiaries of the short-term technical assistance available via this Framework Contract (FWC) are exclusively third countries benefiting from the Commission’s External aid programmes. The FWC had no overall contractual amount or maximum budget. The implementation duration (not exceeding two years) and the contractual amount (not exceeding € 300,000) were fixed for each individual assignment. These maxima included the possible addenda.

The various assignments were financed from the different budget lines for external aid (the European Communities general budget) and the European Development Fund (EDF).

Implemented missions:

• 06.03.2014 - ongoing: Botswana; Preparation of the 11th EDF SADC programme in the field of Regional Political Cooperation, Budget: €183,443
• 02.04.2014 - ongoing: Cameroon; Evaluation à mi parcour du PASC, Budget: €52,713
• 24.03.2014-ongoing: Niger; Mid-term evaluation of the support programme to civil society (PASOC) II in Niger, Budget: €64,500
• 22.04.2014-ongoing: Uganda; Identification of 11th EDF good governance pillar, Budget: 158,280
• 14.04.2014-ongoing: Azerbaijan; Study on Azerbaijani-Georgian project for 'Implementation of Infrastructure at the 'Red Bridge' Crossing Point', Budget: €55,000
• 22.04.2014-ongoing: Pakistan; Appraisal of EU electoral interventions 2009-2013 to feed into EU ongoing federal and provincial parliamentary programmes, Budget: €99,928
• 09.06.2014-ongoing: Malawi; Mid Term Evaluation of the Democratic Governance Programme in Malawi, Budget: €90,000
• 20.05.2014-ongoing: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Corruption risk assessment in the education and health sectors in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Budget: €93,990
• 13.05.2014-ongoing: Mauritania; Election Expert Mission to Mauritania 2014, Budget: €217,898
• 22.06.2014-ongoing: Nigeria; Mid-term Evaluation of the programme Support to the Office of NAO II FED/2010/021-980, Budget: €93,998
• 30.05.2014-ongoing: South Africa; Review of Technical Assistance Models in South Africa, Budget €121,595
• 23.06.2014-ongoing: South Africa; Technical Assistance to Strengthening the e-Learning of the National School of Government, Budget: €108,200
• 01.06.2014-ongoing: Mauritania; Evaluation of the "Program implementation of the 10th EDF (PAMO EDF 10) and instructions for a new program", Budget: €115,000
• 15.08.2014-ongoing: Haiti; Sectoral state of affairs and formulation of component 'Institutional Support' - part II the "Support Programme for Reconstruction and Development of Neighborhoods", Budget: €74,625
• 01.09.2014-ongoing: Armenia; Review of the Sector Support Programme for Support to Justice Reform in Armenia 'Phase II' Project, Budget: €161,992

1) Sound comparative analysis on status quo, coherencies, complementarities and conflicts between national timber legality systems in ASEAN and ASEAN + 3 developed

2) Intervention options for the EU to support the implementation of the ASEAN workplan on FLEG, including an ASEAN common position on timber legality and development of an ASEAN timber legality baseline supportive to robust and effective VPA agreements identified

3) Intervention options for the EU to maintain the momentum of forest governance and trade approaches in ASEAN +3 developed

4) Formulation of a detailed design of the regional support programme through Identification and

Formulation of an Action Document (AD) in line with EU guidelines and official updated templates

DEVCO’s Civil Society and Foundations unit is also tasked with contributing to strengthen communication, information sharing and coordination (within DEVCO and with European External Action Service, EU Delegations in partner countries and, where appropriate, with line DGs, EU Member States and the Council) and improving visibility and understanding of the EU development cooperation on sector related issues.

Therefore, the overall objective of this assignment was to design an action plan to support and assist the implementation of the communication strategy elaborated by DEVCO Civil Society and Foundations unit.

The specific objectives were to raise awareness, promote and increase knowledge and visibility of the Civil Society and Foundations' policy and initiatives with, amongst others, its Framework Partnership Agreement signatories, EU institutions, development actors and the general audience in the EU and partner countries through the design and production of multimedia, visibility and other materials as required.

The SIRF project was a sub-component of the EU-PFMO and thereby contributed to its objective of greater efficiency, effectiveness, transparency and accountability in the Vietnamese budget processes. The projects supported the national partners by delivering strategic, procedural and technical advisory aiming to reform revenue forecasting in Viet Nam via a four-stage-process:

i.) Development of a concept for revenue forecasting, including a capacity development (CD) strategy: The concept for revenue forecasting was developed in accordance with a) partner requirements, b) international standards and c) the institutional, procedural and technical framework. ON the basis of the new concept, a capacity development strategy for the involved partner institutions (Interministerial Working Group, State Budget Department, Budget Planning Department, National Institute for Finance, Training Centre for Finance Officers) was developed and procurement needs were assessed.

ii.) Implementation of trainings in revenue forecasting: On the basis of the CD-strategy developed in phase 1, trainings for all stakeholders were conducted. This was done in close cooperation with a national institute in order to ensure sustainability beyond project duration.

iii.) Advisory services/mentoring throughout the implementation process in 2017: Vietnamese partners were assisted in the process of implementing the new revenue estimation concept throughout 2017. The mentoring and advisory was delivered via a support desk consisting of the expert team and regular mentoring visits.

iv.) Evaluation of revenue forecasting in 2017: Following the implementation process in 2017, the quality of revenue forecasting in Vietnam was assessed in order to identify areas where further support was needed. Furthermore, an adequate monitoring and evaluation system, which allows for project monitoring (by partners, GIZ and contracting party) and project steering in accordance with the five success factors of Capacity Works was developed.

The objective of this Gender Facility II was to enhance IcSP projects effectiveness by strengthening IcSP staff capacities to take up and apply of gender-sensitive approaches in project design and implementation.

The project provided IcSP staff at Headquarters and EU Delegations/Regional Teams with training, guidance notes and technical assistance on practical ways to apply gender sensitivity at project design and implementation.

The overall objective of the project was to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the overall Mine Action Programme in Egypt.

The specific objectives of the final evaluation were:

• To conduct a comprehensive review of the performance of the programme, in particular of the interventions implemented in Marsa Matrouh governorate;
• To verify and explain achieved results (including unexpected results) attributable to the programme;
• To assess the sustainability of the intervention benefits and their impact;
• To identify lessons learned and make recommendations.

Le bénéficiaire de ce projet etait le CENEAP (Centre National d'Etudes et d'Analyse pour la Population et le Développement).

Le projet visait à aider le CENEAP à répondre à la question suivante: "Comment renforcer le rôle de la société civile organisée et consolider la participation citoyenne dans la gestion des services publics locaux?"

Les objectifs particuliers de ce projet consistaient à

• analyser la réalité de la participation de la société civile dans la gestion des affaires locales (diagnostic/évaluation) en faisant un inventaire des réussites et des échecs de démocratie locale participative en Algérie.
• étudier les attentes des citoyens pour participer à la gestion des services publics locaux et dans quels services publics ils souhaitent être le plus actifs.
• chercher les réponses des citoyens à la question "comment développer les capacités de la société civile dans la gestion des affaires locales" et proposer un modèle/processus permettant une meilleures participation de la société civile dans la gestion des affaires locale.

A dysfunctional justice system in urban and semi-urban areas and the lack of a formal justice system in rural areas restrict access to justice for the vast majority of the citizens of Pakistan. This applies particularly to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in northwest of Pakistan and its bordering provinces Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.

In 2012, the EU and Pakistan adopted a 5-Year Engagement Plan that reinforces the EU’s commitment to a stable, democratic and pluralistic Pakistan. In particular, the EU has supported the development of KP and FATA in the field of Good governance, Human Rights and the Rule of Law (RoL). In 2017, the EU received a request from the Pakistani government to provide technical assistance in the strengthening of the RoL in the process of the planned merger of the FATA with KP.

Therefore, the global objective of the assignment was to assist the EU Delegation in the design of a programme under the AAP 2018 to reinforce the RoL in the FATA, KP and Balochistan.

The specific objectives were to:

• Analyse the RoL sector in KP, FATA and Balochistan under consideration of potential political developments and assess feasibility of a RoL intervention in this volatile environment
• Conduct multi-stakeholder consultations to obtain a consensus and good level of ownership from all relevant counterparts for the future programme and advise on possible modalities of assistance acceptable to national stakeholders
• Propose an intervention and develop a full set of draft programming documents required for the project identification, formulation and contracting