References

The CBR Facility was a 5-year $350m reform and capacity building program, funded through the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund. CBR was jointly implemented by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Independent Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission (IARCSC).
The Facility's objective was to improve the capacity and performance of selected line ministries through a series of capacity and institution building programs. In return for reforms, line ministries received resources to recruit, pay and manage skilled national staff, who became part of the ministry’s professional civil service.

• Particip supported the MoF and IARCSC in various HR related activities.
• Particip reviewed and improved recruitment processes and procedures, management and evaluation of performance, and assure transparent and effective HR processes.
• Particip developed an HR database and reporting system for progress tracking and control.
• Particip assisted development and implementation of a Mid-level Management Development Programme and Management Internship Programme.

The global objective was to support the EU Delegation to Belarus and the Government of Belarus in the preparation of documents needed for launching a twinning project with the Ministry of Emergency Situations to be financed under the European Neighbourhood Instrument.
The specific objective of this contract was to draft a twinning fiche to improve civil protection and disaster risk management services of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus by applying best practices from the EU Member States in implementation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

The global objective was to improve efficiency and professionalism in the judiciary with regards to a broader access to justice.

Global objective:

• To increase NGOs capacity to perform their roles as independent development actors more

effectively.

The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the EU, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with:

• An overall independent assessment of the past performance of the projects "Enhancing Kazakhstan’s Sector Competitiveness through better Regulations and Institutions" and

"Civil Service Reform and Modernisation of the Government of Kazakhstan"; and

• Key lessons and recommendations in order to improve future actions.

More specifically, the evaluation team

• Conducted an overall independent assessment about the performance of the two projects, paying particularly attention to the actual impact of the projects’ actions against their objectives; and
• Identified key lessons and propose practical recommendations for relevant follow-up actions by the Delegation of the EU and national stakeholders, taking full account that Kazakhstan is a graduated country without any new bilateral cooperation under the DCI instrument since 2014.

The global objective of the assignment was to provide technical assistance (TA) to the Government of Azerbaijan in supporting the development of an independent, professional, impartial and fair judicial system and improving the services provided by the agencies that implement criminal court orders.

Mid-term evaluation of the European Union (EU) “Support to Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue MMD” support project implemented by International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). The overall objectives of the project “Support to Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue” were to maximise the development potential of migration and mobility within Africa and between Africa and the EU and to provide comprehensive responses to migration and mobility in full respect of human rights.
The MTE aimed to provide independent insights into further improving effective, efficient and economic delivery on results in order to inform the project implementation and make adjustments if necessary through the evaluation of the management and delivery set-up, structures and processes of the ongoing project.

This evaluation assessed Finland’s development co-operation activities and policy influencing on gender equality and commitment to enhance the rights of women and girls as a cross-cutting objective as well as the priority objective of funding. The emphasis in this evaluation was on co-operation where gender equality is the priority objective.
The main objective of this evaluation was to assess the value and merit of programmes and policy influencing in those initiatives where Gender equality, especially rights of women and girls has been the main objective of the initiative, or the mainstreaming has been prioritised in the initiative or it has been a condition for Finland’s engagement with an organization.

The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the IfS/IcSP support to mine;

action related projects and programmes;

• key lessons and recommendations in order to improve current (if relevant) and future actions;
• recommendations for the future within the frame of the EU guidelines on Mine Action that are currently subject to review.

The Task Force was requested to feed the debate with a large variety of documents and analysis, both on the content and on the form of the possible future partnership beyond 2020.