Iraq

The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes is :

• To provide monitoring and evaluation services to assess the results achieved through the EU’s development cooperation, and to provide support on communication and visibility in line with the Delegation’s communication strategy.

The specific objectives of this contract are as follows:

• 1.
  To conduct results-oriented monitoring of EU-funded projects in Iraq and to implement a results-oriented monitoring based on innovative approaches in the field that allows improving the steering and delivery of programmes to Iraq.
• 2.
  To provide an assessment of achievements, the quality and the results of interventions based on evaluation approaches adapted to the specific intervention under observation in order to deliver evaluations that allow for institutional learning and improved programming cycles.
• 3.
  To disseminate information about the EU’s engagement in Iraq and notably its cooperation activity in an accessible manner with a focus on communicating EU values and EU results, in particular to stakeholders in Iraq and the general population.

There are 3 main components each associated to a results that the project will aim to achieve

• Component 1: Results-oriented monitoring of EU-Funded projects in IRAQ
  • R-1: Provided a results-oriented assessment of ongoing operations
• Component 2: Evaluations of the EU’s cooperation projects in Iraq

R-2: Provided evaluations of achievements, the quality and the results of interventions based on evaluation approaches adapted to the intervention under observation

• Component 3: Communication of EU engagement in Iraq

R-3: Disseminated information about EU engagement in Iraq and notably cooperation initiatives and projects (including results) in an accessible manner with a focus on communicating results across various platforms and towards various audiences

Overall objective

The Overall Objective of the project of which this contract was: to support the implementation of a comprehensive and effective Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism, established by the EU Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis.

Purposes

• 1.
  To provide evidence-based knowledge on progresses achieved by EUTF in Response to the Syrian Crisis financed projects, and to inform on their management, through regular and ad-hoc Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM).
• 2.
  To measure the effectiveness of EUTF actions, through centralized data collection and analysis, based on disaggregated quarterly results reporting.
• 3.
  To evaluate the sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness of EUTF-funded Programmes at thematic and geographic level and to assess potential prospects of impact, through portfolio evaluations.

The monitoring and evaluation technical services mobilised under the present multi-sector action aimed to continue assessing the extent to which the strategic objectives of the EUTF were achieved. The project built on the existing M&E system put in place by the EUTF in December 2016 and served to complement the regular M&E activities carried out by the EUTF operational team at headquarters as well as the internal monitoring conducted by EUTF local officers, at country level.

Target group

The target group of this contract were EUTF project partners, management, donors, other involved EU services, direct beneficiaries, as well as the general public.

Results achieved

• R1 An independent and real-time EUTF ROM mechanism put in place and continuously improved, in line with the increasing monitoring needs of the EUTF.
• R2 The EUTF system for regular results reporting remained in place and was continuously improved in line with the increasing reporting needs of the EUTF.
• R3 A portfolio evaluation framework remained in place and was continuously improved in line with the evolving needs of the EUTF.

Overall objective

The Overall Objective is to establish a comprehensive Monitoring and Evaluation mechanism: for the EUTF in response to the Syrian crises, the 'MADAD Fund'.

Purpose:

The purposes of this contract are:

l. Results-Oriented Monitoring: To monitor the implementation of and develop recommendations for ongoing MADAD-financed projects and provide evidence­ based know ledge on the results and outputs, through the use of SMART qualitative and quantitative indicators.

2. Data Collection: To assess effectiveness of the EUTF at thematic and geographic level, through regular data collection and systematization as well as sector/country analysis.

3. Impact-focussed Evaluation: To assess the sustainability, efficiency and effectiveness of Madad-funded programs and evaluate prospects of impact.

The global objective of this project was to provide a short-term expertise to support the EUD in planning for the implementation and monitoring of GAP II for the period 2018-20.

More specifically, the objective was to conduct two Gender Analyses (GAs), one for Yemen and one for Iraq, focusing on the EU development and cooperation strategic areas for each respective country to inform and effectively mainstream gender into the design and formulation of future projects/programmes of the EU Delegation to Yemen/Iraq and EU Member States (EUMS).

To this end, the GAs provided an understanding of the gender inequalities that persist in the economic and political spheres in Yemen and in Iraq, their causes, the changes prompted by the conflict (ongoing in Yemen, and recent in Iraq), and of local authorities' and non-state actors' capacity to work on gender equality in these contexts.