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The overall objective of lot 2 Framework Contract is to provide, as defined via individual assignments and contracted through specific contracts, short-term expertise to support electoral processes in partner countries.

The main objective is to provide Monitoring and Evaluation Services in support to UNSOS in Somalia. Monitoring services will focus on responding to ongoing requests to review and assess the Strategic Communication and Public Information activities undertaken by UNSOS, UNSOM and ATMIS. As part of these services, Particip will provide 24/7 automated/recorded monitoring for all broadcasted client radio and television programs as well as UNSOS-supported community radios for the duration of the contract. Evaluation services shall include in-depth desk reviews of relevant documents, interviews, field visits, focus group discussions, surveys and analysis of public opinion.

The objective of the framework contract is to provide expertise, via individual
assignments, which can be mobilised at short notice. The contractor shall provide the human and material resources necessary to provide the following services (non-exhaustive list):

• identifying and deploying external Conflict Prevention, Mediation and Dialogue

experts, be that in Brussels or to the field, to support the EU;

• engaging in knowledge management, including conflict analyses, lessons-learned studies and workshops, development and publication of best practices and guidelines;
• training and internal capacity-building in connection with mediation- and dialogue-related tasks and situation awareness for EEAS staff at headquarters, EU deployed in missions and heads of delegations and their staff.

The Forests for the Future Facility (F4) provides strategic and technical support to the European Commission and to partner countries, to improve the number, quality and effectiveness of EU interventions in the forest-relevant sectors.

The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes to is to strengthen civic resilience
and grassroots democracy in the Eastern Partnership.
The specific objective (Outcome) of this contract is to improve the quality and effectiveness of EU
support to civil society through continuous monitoring and analysis of EU-funded civil society
projects.

The monitoring and evaluation technical services to be mobilized under the present multi-sector action aim to continue assessing the extent to which the strategic objectives of the EUTF are being achieved. The contract builds on the existing Monitoring and Evaluation (hereafter M&E) system put in place by the Fund in December 2016 and serves 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.
In particular, the contract serves:
I. To provide evidence-based knowledge on progresses achieved by EU Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian
Crisis (EUTF Syria) financed projects, and to inform on their management, through regular and ad-hoc Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM);
II. To measure the effectiveness of EUTF actions, through centralized data collection and analysis, based on
disaggregated quarterly Results Reporting;
III. 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 overall objective of the contract is to boost a sustainable blue economy through improved donor coordination, enhanced evidence-based policy dialogue and more effective cooperation.

The overall objective to which the present action contributes is to substantially increase
visibility, awareness, understanding and perception of the EU in Nepal.
Specific objectives

• Improved EU Delegation’s engagement with key stakeholders and key target audiences across Nepal to support the EU policy agenda
• Meaningful improvements to policies and/or programmes in Nepal supported by the EU.

The objective is to assist the EU delegation to Mali, and the EDF National Authorising Officer (NAO) in the regular monitoring of all of its current and future projects financed by the European Union through its various financial instruments (EDF, UTF, LB, regional funds, etc.).
The activities to be carried out include: (1) field monitoring missions, (2) development of a remote monitoring system, (3) analysis of all monitoring data from different sources (own, communities, project manager, document review, etc.) in order to estimate the qualitative and quantitative implementation levels for operations, and (4) identification of corrective measures to improve project implementation.
The sectors concerned are those covered by all EU funded projects. These mainly involve: infrastructure (roads, water and sanitation), agriculture and food security, governance, justice and human rights, education, etc. However, the EU also finances projects in other sectors such as security and migration, etc.

Results Oriented Monitoring (ROM) reviews aim to assist the European Commission’s services and EU Delegations in monitoring of and reporting on EU financed development and cooperation projects and programmes in third countries through independent reviews of the progress of their implementation and the achievement of project results.