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This framework contract was set up to support the implementation of EIB's evaluations, EIB/EV regularly calls upon the support of experienced evaluation consultancy companies with appropriate sector expertise and language skills.

To enhance the overall effectiveness of the European aid to Madagascar in support of the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the development of EU Joint Cooperation Strategy Paper 2021-2027.

This pilot evaluation was commissioned by the WFP Regional Bureau of Nairobi (in cooperation with WFP Rwanda and the Farm to Market Alliance) and assessed the introduction of an innovative food safety technology for aflatoxin reduction in the Rwanda maize value chain. The direct users of the technology were agro-processors and traders that sourced maize from smallholder cooperatives. By solving the aflatoxin problem in maize, the pilot sought to connect smallholder farmers with premium buyers of domestically produced maize.
The evaluation covered the pilot period from October to December 2021 and served the double purpose of accountability and learning (with emphasis on the latter). The evaluation team used a range of qualitative and quantitative tools and data, including a large-scale field survey of smallholder farmers and qualitative primary data collected in the South of Rwanda. The analysis addressed the standard international evaluation criteria and mainstreamed gender throughout.

The purpose of this assignment is to collect, collate and systematically present, in the form of Evaluation Portraits and Country Evaluation Briefs, findings from existing evaluations and other documents of development interventions in five Norwegian partner countries: Colombia, Ghana, Uganda, Indonesia and Niger. The objective of this assignment is to provide accessible and relevant knowledge about Norwegian and other donors’ development efforts in Norway’s partner countries through systematising findings from existing evaluations of development interventions.

The overall objective of the project was to enhance the visibility of EU development cooperation in Bangladesh.

The purpose of the technical assistance is to enhance the quality of data related to climate finance flows in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Strengthen the reliability of data collection methodology and process in the Euro-Mediterranean region regarding climate finance, especially regarding private sector commitments for adaptation projects, is essential to guide political action.
It is in particular possible to better identify the improvement potential regarding the attractiveness of UNFCCC nonannex I UfM Member States to receive international support for their climate action.
Thanks to the information provided, the UfM Regional Climate Finance Committee and the UfM Climate Change Expert Group will therefore be in capacity to discuss the design of instruments supporting the emergence of projects from certain types of populations or certain sectors and facilitate the emergence of intermediaries between project promoters and donors.
It will also contribute to the preparation of a future UfM Ministerial Declaration providing a renewed mandate
for UfM climate action.

The evaluation of the R4 Rural Resilience Initiative was commissioned by WFP Zimbabwe. The R4 Initiative managed climate-related risk to enhance the food and nutrition security of farming households. Its integrated risk management strategy iwasbased on four pillars: risk reduction, risk transfer, risk reserves and prudent risk taking.
The evaluation period covered the first phase of the R4 Initative in Zimbabwe, which ran from January 2018 to June 2021 and targeted 6,000 beneficiaries in the rural districts of Masvingo and Rushinga.
The evaluation served the double purpose of accountability and learning and addresses the evaluation criteria of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability. It employed a mixed methods approach combining qualitative and quantitative, remote and field-based methods.

The overall objective of the project was to achieve increased visibility of EU and the EU assistance provided to the Republic of Moldova, while providing targeted information on tangible results for the Moldovan citizens. The focus of this contract was EU values and assistance provided to the country, taking as reference the framework of the Association Agreement (AA) and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA). In addition to this, increased focus was placed on visibility of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP), the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), the Eastern Partnership (EaP) and EU regional policies.

The purpose of this project was to contribute to the modernization of the vocational education and training system of Montenegro by equipping learners for lifelong learning and employment in line with modern rapid technological development, new labour market jobs and thereby overcomes the lack of skills needed in the labour market. These objectives were achieved through the development of professional qualifications and training of VET teachers and in-company trainers in vocational and practical education as well as through the improvement of student-centred learning and practical teaching and learning.

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• To hold the participants of past and future conferences on 'Supporting the future of Syria and the region’ accountable for the financial pledges made at the conference, to inform neighbouring countries of the international support they will receive as they implement their policy commitments, and to increase accurate, timely and comprehensive information on the international response to the Syrian crisis in order to inform relevant stakeholders gap analysis and programming (donors, UN & implementing partners, etc).
• To address the discrepancy between the funding of the different response plans and the commitments of the pledges in Lebanon and Jordan; and to facilitate the publication of conclusions and data with consistent methodology.
• To contribute to the monitoring of the key mutual policy commitments towards Lebanon and Jordan made by donors and partners countries on the occasion of the Brussels conferences.
• To allow the EU to communicate clearly on the support provided to Syria and the region.