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The objective of the project was to improve vocational education at lower secondary level in order to promote the development of a skilled labour force adapted to the needs of the country. Technical and advisory services were provided to ensure the effective and timely implementation of the HRDP 2. The expected results and related activities of our technical assistance project were:

• Result 1: (Access) Increase the access to lower secondary level vocational institutions.
• Result 2: (Quality) Improve conditions for quality education delivery.
• Result 3: (Management) Improve VET system governance, increase state capacity for cooperation and coordination at national and provincial levels, and promote a greater involvement of the business community.

The objective of the project was to contribute to the implementation of the EU Global Strategy, the 2017 Resilience Communication, as well as the New EU Consensus on Development and support actions undertaken as part of the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus, by strengthening the implementation of these policy priorities for ACP and OCT regions.
The project also contributed to analytical inputs to increase impact and effectiveness of DEVCO responses to crisis and help build long-term resilience in all partner countries.
Ultimately, the purpose of the project was to serve the exclusive interest of the most fragile and conflict-affected countries or/and those who are in a major crisis. To that effect, it supported DG DEVCO in mainstreaming resilience, ensuring in-depth analysis and knowledge transfer both in-house and for the targeted countries.

Georgia signed its Association Agreement with the European Union (“EU”) in 2014, which includes obligations to improve solid waste management throughout the country.
The assignment supported the implementation of a Stakeholder Participation Programme, the implementation of an Environmental and Social Action Plan (“ESAP”) as well as providing support to the Municipalities to prepare Municipal Waste Management Plans.

The general objective of the study was to make a prospective assessment of the results achieved in terms of gender equality through the implementation of the National Gender Policy (NGP) 2009-2019, to specify the shortcomings, the lessons learned, to identify the perspectives and major strategic orientations in relation to the international commitments ratified by the country and to formulate a new national gender strategy 2020-2030.

From this perspective, evaluations looked for evidence of why, whether or how these results are linked to the EU intervention and seek to identify the factors driving or hindering progress.
Evaluations provided an understanding of the cause and effect links between: inputs and activities, and outputs, outcomes and impacts. Evaluations should serve accountability, decision making, learning and management purposes.

The overall objective of the project of is to raise awareness of EU support to and impact on agricultural and rural development in Georgia.
The purposes of this contract is to communicate to Georgian citizens and the international community about the EU support, the achievements in agriculture sector reform in Georgia through the ENPARD programme and the importance of agriculture sector reform in regards to the economic development of Georgia.

The purpose of this mission was to finalize the formulation of a strategy to support administrative reform within the framework of the Hakama II budget support programme for good governance; a formulation of the public administration reform axis.

The overall objective of this assignment was to undertake a comprehensive review of existing institutional arrangements within SADC with a view of recommending changes in order to rationalize, streamline decision-making and enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
More specifically, this assignment was expected to examine structures within SADC including the Secretariat and the Organ and characterise, among other issues, their functions, roles and responsibilities vis-à-vis the overall SADC vision and mandate; their capacities, operational and management processes in relation to their functions, roles and responsibilities; the linkages (or lack of); and the gaps within and among with the view to recommending a more efficient and effective institutional arrangement that will drive the SADC regional integration agenda.

The objective of the Framework Contract was to provide, via individual assignments defined and contracted through Specific Contracts, short-term expertise which can be mobilised at very short notice. Technical assistance may cover any geographic area, within or outside the European Union. The Specific Terms of Reference, part of each Specific Contract, shall describe accurately and in details the objectives and required outputs of each individual assignment.

The general objective of this mission was to contribute to the strengthening of regional integration in Central Africa through the improvement of capacities for the management of migration flows. In other words, it involved improving the research capacities of the ECCAS General Secretariat with a view to improving the situation of migrants and strengthening the migration/development relationship.