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The overall objective of the assignment is to improve and to strengthen the capacity of the beneficiaries in the enlargement and neighbourhood countries on IPA II and ENI performance indicators, monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

The specific objectives are to:

1. Provide capacity development activities to IPA II/ENI beneficiaries in defining and managing performance indicators in the context of IPA and ENI programmes;

2. Provide capacity development activities to IPA II/ENI beneficiaries on monitoring and evaluation.

Particip

1. Designed the training programme/s and materials on (1) performance indicators in the context of IPA and ENI programmes and (2) undertaking monitoring and evaluation in the enlargement and neighbourhood countries

2. Delivered the pilot training workshops in ENI and IPA countries and in DG NEAR services

3. Fine-tuned the training programme/s on (1) performance indicators in the context of IPA and ENI programmes and (2) undertaking monitoring and evaluation in the enlargement and neighbourhood countries.

4. Delivered deep and comprehensive training workshops and "on the job training" in IPA II beneficiaries

5. Evaluated the training activities, prepared of a final report

Total training/workshops to deliver: 17

Total people trained: 478

The main objective of the evaluation was “to assess to what extent General Budget Support (GBS) and Sector Budget Support (SBS) in Ghana contributed to achieve their expected results, notably by assisting the partner government to implement its national / sector strategies, and to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of its policies, strategies and spending actions.” The evaluation also analysed how GBS and SBS have contributed to improved transparency within national systems and stronger accountability. The evaluation took stock of what had been achieved to identify lessons learnt and propose recommendations to inform on:

• the conditions under which GBS/SBS has an effect (or not) and the possible intensity and nature (positive or negative) of such an effect in Ghana;
• the design and implementation of future operations, taking into account the added value from contributions of/interrelations between different elements of the BS package;
• the impact of withholding BS by several partners from 2013-2015;
• recommendations for the Government of Ghana and its partners to maximise BS impacts;
• constraints in government policies, institutional structures and administrative arrangements in Ghana, which might impede the effectiveness and impact of public policy, and therefore of BS.

The evaluation covered 11 years of BS to Ghana, from 2005 until 2015. It encompassed all BS operations financed during this period and considered other aid modalities (basket/common funds, projects) to assess the complementarity and synergy between them.

The evaluation included an in depth analysis of the contribution of BS to development outcomes in three sectors: Health, Environment and Agriculture. The evaluation also analysed the role of governance, especially decentralisation and justice, as well as Private Sector Development in the context of BS. In addition to that, it assessed how and to what extent gender was mainstreamed in both BS and the supported policies.

The evaluation was carried out by a joint EU-IEG team. The IEG evaluators focused on the analysis of PFM, macroeconomics and agriculture. The EU evaluators (Particip team) covered all other topics and assumed the overall coordinating role and leadership in drafting the reports.

The report is available at:

https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/joint-strategic-evaluation-budget-support-ghana-2005-2015_en

The main objective of the evaluation was to analyse and evaluate the capacity building support provided to civil society by both regional and bilateral programmes during the period 2012-2016. This evaluation has focused on the efforts funded under ENPI and ENI.

The evaluation was also supposed to provide a series of recommendations to support innovative ways for contributing to building capacities of civil society organizations at a regional level in the future in complementarity with the political objectives as set out in the revised ENP and in the 2012 Communication of the European Commission - The roots of democracy and sustainable development: Europe's engagement with Civil Society in external relations and related Council Conclusions, as well as the EU Country Roadmaps for Engagement with Civil Society, a joint initiative between the European Union and Member States which aims to strengthen the strategic engagement with civil society.

Specific objectives

• to provide an overall independent assessment of the support given by the European Union to build capacities of civil society in the Neighbourhood South from both regional and national programmes - mainly through i) the Technical Assistance programme of the Civil Society Facility; ii) the Regional Grants of the Civil Society Facility; iii) bilateral support to capacity building (managed by EU Delegations) and iv) specific support to two institutions: Anna Lindh Foundation and European Endowment for Democracy. The assessment was supposed to take a look into issues related to their design, implementation and overall performance;
• Drawing up from key lessons; provide recommendations in order to inform the identification of current and future regional initiatives supporting capacities of civil society, especially in light of the complementarity and added value that can be given to efforts implemented at the national level

The gender analysis provided information on persisting gender inequalities in Guatemala and the underlying reasons. It has:

• taken into account the situation of exclusion of indegenous women and how this interrelates with other types of inequalities and
• its impact on the realization of human rights and/or the access to the benefits of development initiatives.

Likewise, it contained a reference to the commitment and capacity of the Guatemalan government to work on gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.

The mission assessed whether the MOSEF Program achieved the results provided for in DCI-ALA/2010/021-598 Financing Agreement. It provided an assessment on the relevance of the Financing Agreements and the effectiveness of the Contracts and subsidies, including the DTAs, the logical framework, the planning through the budgets and the congruence of the same. Moreover, the mission assessed the strategy and methodology developed by the Program and provided an opinion on the management of the Program, the current achievement of the Program and its impact on the forestry sector and specifically on the Forestry Policy. The evaluation also assessed the relevance and sustainability of the Programme.

Global Objectives

The overall aim of this project / assignment is to ensure water and wastewater service quality and efficiency to consumers in Palestine at affordable prices.

Specific Objectives

The specific objectives of project / assignment were:

SO1: Conduct a baseline survey on the existing wastewater and desalination systems and operations in Palestine

SO2: Develop monitoring indicators, tools and procedures for wastewater and desalination in Palestine

The Palestinian Water Law of 2014 has established the WSRC. The overall aim of the WSRC was to ensure water and wastewater service quality and efficiency to consumers in Palestine at affordable prices. The WSRC’s role is to monitor operational processes related to water and those of wastewater management including wastewater collection, treatment and disposal, and reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation.

To be in full readiness the WSRC needs some other tools to be completed including the establishment of baseline data and situational report on the operational processes of water and wastewater (WW) services.

The WSRC has already prepared a number of tools for water related activities, but not for wastewater or desalination operations. In addition, the Council is to set the necessary quality standards for WW and desalination (DS) water services.

As part of its support to the WSRC, EU funded a project to develop and enhance the Council's capacity, through the development of performance indicators, as well as standards and tools for WW and DS water services.

The Financing Agreement ENPI/2011/022-671 (IDP IV) foresees under its Chapter 3, 'Monitoring, Evaluation and Audit' for the Budget support component, that the Programme will be externally reviewed prior to the release of the second, third, fourth and fifth instalments, to assess compliance with the conditions for releases. These external reviews have been and will be timed to meet the indicative disbursement schedule and have been and will be carried out by independent teams of experts specifically engaged for this purpose, to verify the indicators for disbursement and assess compliance with conditions.

The global objective of this contract was to implement the Monitoring and Evaluation provisions of the Financing Agreement IDP IV (Support to conflict affected/displaced population and host communities in Georgia) and have compliance reviews of budget support conditions undertaken by independent teams of experts.

The specific objective of this contract was to carry out the compliance reviews of the budget support conditions under Addendum 1 and Addendum 2 of the IDP IV program, in order to assess the level of disbursement for the 4th (3rd variable tranche) and 5th (4th variable tranches) Budget Support tranches against their General and Specific conditions.

The objective of this MTR was to assess the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the program implementation.

More particularly, the objective was to evaluate the theory of change of RESET through understanding and documenting i. the context and capacity of implementation and ii. the process and intermediate products the program attained in relation to its overall objectives and expected results as defined in the Programme design and its contribution to the Resilience Building in Ethiopia as per the model developed in the RESET Concept Not

The purpose of this evaluation was to provide an assessment and evidence on the scope and performance of the implemented and on-going EU support for Security Sector Reform (SSR) provided by the IfS and the IcSP from 2007 to 2016. The project aimed at providing recommendations for the improvement of the design and the implementation of EU support to SSR in line with the principles laid down in the joint communication JOIN (2016)31 final - "Elements for an EU-wide strategic framework to support security sector reform" and the Global Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy.

The evaluation has provided the European Commission, the European External Action Service, and other relevant stakeholders with:

• an independent assessment of the overall IfS/IcSP support to SSR (2007-2016), paying particularly attention to the results achieved against its objectives;
• key lessons and recommendations to FPI.2 in order to improve current and future support for SSR financed under the IcSP;
• recommendations to the European Commission on the best way to approach and improve its support to SSR both in terms of the use of policy dialogue and financial assistance following the adoption of the new EU SSR policy framework.

The results of the evaluation will be used to:

• demonstrate whether already on-going/planned IcSP interventions in the area of SSR have taken on board the past lessons learned;
• feed into the future overall evaluation or impact assessment of the IcSP.

This evaluation aimed to:

a) assess the performance (relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, coherence, impact, sustainability and EU added value) of the IfS/IcSP support to SSR between 2007-

2016;

b) assess the coherence, complementarity and coordination of EU interventions financed from IfS/IcSP with other actions financed from other EU instruments, CFSP/CSDP actions and actions carried out by Member States, regional and international donors (state and/or international organisations) for SSR in the beneficiary countries;

c) identify and document key lessons learned;

d) provide conclusions and recommendations both at policy and financial instrument level on how to further improve the support provided to SSR under the IcSP, including cross-fertilisation with other instruments.

The global objective of this assignement is to contribute to provide visibility to the impact of EASE, as well as other EU-funded environment and climate change mitigation related interventions in Nigeria.

The specific objectives of this mission are:

• To promote the results of EU funded interventions in Nigeria with environment and climate change mitigation activities, linking them to broader development goals.
• To raise awareness about the linkages between energy and environmental protection, climate change mitigation.