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The project “Enhancement of Procurement Capacity of Local Government Authorities in Tanzania” contributed to ensuring systems and structures of governance to uphold the rule of law which are democratic, effective, accountable, predictable, transparent, inclusive and corruption free at all levels.

The evaluation provided answered to "how" and "why" questions and was essential for assessing the value of the achieved results and of the implementation process of the whole intervention.

The evaluation served the following functions:

• To support steering. On the basis of in-depth analyses, the review offered useful recommendations that are based on data (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.

The project supported the environmental policy and law reform which the government of the Republic of Armenia initiated in recent years with the cooperation of the EU, other international donors such as UNDP and UNEP, and also bilateral projects financed by the German BMUB.

The overall goal of the assignment was to support the Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection (MNP) in the further development of climate-relevant environmental legislation (climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation), in particular the implementation of necessary steps with highest priority:

• The finalization of the draft law on environmental policy and;
• The adaptation of the sectoral environmental legislation.

The assignment lead to the following results:

• The finalised draftlaw on environmental policy was prepared.
• Based on review of relevant sectoral environmental legislation including legislation on: air, water, waste, EIA, (environmental) supervision, levies, and others, a series of draft amendments to relevant sectoral legislation necessary to bring relevant sectoral legislation in line with the Draft Law on Environmental Policy were developed. This output includes emission limit values (ELV) for air and waste water as well as EIA criteria by components.
• A Final draft legislation package for submission to law-making procedures was prepared following consultations with all stakeholders, revisions and modifications according to comments and proposals received in the consultation processes, including:
  • the draft Law on Environmental Policy,
  • the draft amendments to sectoral environmental legislation,
  • explanatory memoranda, as required for the respective law-making procedures.
• Relevant target groups/ stakeholders were involved, informed and trained throughout the project through adequate information and consultations.
• A strategy and plan for follow-up activities to complement the environmental law reform were prepared.

The overall objective was to promote European higher education to students and academic staff in Asia and Central Asia, and to promote cooperation activities between European and third country higher education institutions.

The result achieved was the organisation of at least five higher education fairs in Central Asia and Asia in the period 2014 to 2016.

We provided all related and necessary support, ranging from the identification (design of the fairs: themes, venue, timing, participants, visibility/communication strategy, budget), implementation (logistic), follow-up (reference documents, quality monitoring, dissemination of results).

The Annual Report is a legal obligation for the European Commission to report to the European Council and the European Parliament on development and external assistance and their implementation. Furthermore, it also serves as a public information tool.

Global objective:

• Production of the “Annual Report 2016 on the implementation of the

European Union's instruments for financing external actions in 2015

• Production of the accompanying Staff Working Document
• Production of a Factsheet with infographics

L'objectif général était de contribuer à ce que le projet d'appui à la gestion des frontières atteigne ses résultats escomptés et participe à la réalisation des objectifs qu'il poursuit.

L'objectif spécifique était de fournir aux parties prenantes sénégalaises et européennes une évaluation indépendante et motivée sur la pertinence et la performance du projet à mi-parcours.

Thorough systematisation of the EU bilateral support provided to the Colombian Directorate for the Comprehensive Action against Antipersonnel Mines (DAICMA).The project highlighted the results achieved, lessons learned, best practices resulting from the EU support as well as identify remaining gaps.

The global objective of the assignment was to deliver a strategic approach for EU-Thailand cooperation that will contribute to Thailand's achievement of sustainable development (SDGs), leading to reduced inequality and higher income status and at the same time demonstrating the impact and added-value of the EU contributions.

Drawing lessons learned from EU relations with other upper middle income countries (such as Mexico, South Korea, Brazil), the specific objective of the study was to review and assess Thailand's current state of development and the applicable EU instruments/initiatives and prepare a strategic approach for EU-Thailand cooperation in order to contribute to the political/policy dialogue and facilitate Thailand's achievement of inclusive and sustainable development, in line with the country SDGs' commitments. The cross-cutting issues such as gender equality, good governance, and environmental sustainability will be taken into account in the approach that will be developed.

L’objectif général de l’intervention a été d’appuyer le Tchad dans la mise en œuvre d’une réponse nationale aux défis posés par le changement climatique, et de contribuer ainsi à l’émergence d’une économie résiliente au changement climatique et à faibles émissions de carbone.

L’objectif spécifique était:

• d’améliorer la gouvernance climatique, par l’intégration du changement climatique dans quelques politiques sectorielles clés et la réalisation de projets de terrain s’inscrivant dans les priorités du PANA et des priorités connexes.

Ces objectifs sont conformes aux objectifs de l’AMCC, et s’inscrivent plus particulièrement dans les domaines prioritaires que sont l’intégration du changement climatique, l’adaptation et, pour le volet « énergie renouvelables », l’amélioration de l’accès au marché du carbone.

L´objectif(s) généraux a été de:

Contribuer à la mise en œuvre de 4 projets-pilote de terrain en appuyant le Ministère de l'Environnement et de la Pêche (MEP) et la Délégation de l'Union Européenne (DUE) dans ce processus d’évaluation des demandes de subvention reçues dans le cadre de l’appel à propositions Référence : EuropeAid/137-512/ID/ACT/TD.

Les Objectifs particulies étaient:

• Les évaluations des étapes n°1 (notes succinctes de présentation) et n°2 (demandes complètes) sont validées et approuvées par les parties impliquées. Les documents de contractualisation (conditions particulières et annexes aux contrats) sont validés par les parties impliquées.

The mission assessed whether the CliFor program as it was proposed and executed to date was able to achieve the expected results in the Financing Agreement DCI- ALA/2013/330-728 and the various operational plans. The experts evaluated the relevance of the Financing Agreements and the effectiveness of the Contracts and subsidies, including technical and administrative agreements, the logical framework, the planning through the budgets and the coherence of the budget. Moreover, the mission reviewed the strategy and methodology developed by the program and gave an opinion on the management of the program, the actual achievement of the program and the impact that the achievements had. Another important topic of the analysis was to assess the relevance, suitability and sustainability of the the CliFor program.