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This mission is designed to improve the favourable environment for the development of growth-oriented Senegalese SMEs; and to strengthen the business ecosystem for selected clusters in Senegal.

The project focuses on primary (PHC/BPHS) and secondary (SHC/EPHS) health care facilities. The TPM aims to independently verify the implementation processes and outcomes achieved by contracted Service Providers (SPs), including community-level verification.
In particular, TPM activities include:

• Monitoring Health Facility Functionality;
• Conducting HMIS Data and Community verification;
• Assessing Drug Procurement, Distribution, and Storage;
• Monitoring Quality of Care through Quantified Quality Metrics (QQM) Approach, Minimum Standards of Services (MSS), and High-Impact Value Interventions (HIVA)-specific monitoring.

Additionally, the project aims to verify that health workers have received third-party training and assess training and protocols on gender-based violence at EPHS facilities.

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 main objectives of this sector evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union and the interested stakeholders with:

• An overview of the FPI funded actions to counter disinformation/FIMI
• An overall independent assessment of the past performance of the actions relevant to countering foreign interference and manipulation of information, funded under different strands of budget managed by the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (NDICI-Crisis Response, NDICI-Foreign Policy Needs, Thematic MIP Peace and Stability, Instrument Contributing for Stability and Peace Article 3, 4 and 5 respectively), paying particular attention to their approach, the coherence of the approach taken in different countries, intermediate or final results measured against expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results;
• An in-detail evaluation of 12 actions to be selected in the inception period;
• Key lessons learned and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Actions, particularly concerning the approach taken to countering FIMI and disinformation in third countries;
• Key lessons learned to improve coordination and articulation with other actions and initiatives in the field of countering FIMI/disinformation implemented by other EC services (NEAR, INTPA, COMM, CNCT, JRC, RTD) and EEAS.

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

• an overall independent assessment of the performance of the Civil Society Fund III, paying particular attention to its different levels of results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results
• key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future interventions.

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.

The “Sustainability Pathways for EU-Brazil Business Ties” project aims to strengthen the EU’s bilateral and multilateral engagement with Brazil on external impacts of EU Green Deal policies and regulatory frameworks with emphasis on the deforestation regulation.

UNICEF is supporting the Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare in strengthening
systems for Early Childhood Development (ECD) through the following broad activities: i. Capacity building of CBCC caregivers through training and supervision; ii. Provision of ECD learning and stimulation materials; iii. Provision of CBCC playing materials and equipment; iv. Minor rehabilitation of CBCC infrastructure; v. Counselling of parents on positive parenting and vi. Transition of children from CBCC to early primary school.
Particip will carry out assessment and mapping community-based childcare centres in consultation with UNICEF, Ministry of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare and respective district social welfare offices). At the conclusion of the assignment, the institution is expected to submit a detailed assessment and mapping report.

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 of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows:
To conduct independent and objective monitoring activities of EU Priority projects implemented in various regions in Somalia funded under the EUTF funding instruments. (A list of ongoing EUTF projects is attached and those most likely to be monitored are indicated.).