References

Under the contract, the Terms of Reference (ToR) document (including detailed budget estimation) was prepared for this project.

The global objective of the assignment was to ensure an appropriate integration of environmental and climate change concerns in the implementation of the 11th EDF's objective of promotion of inclusive growth agriculture through value chains support.

The aim of this mission was to support the Government of Georgia in implementing the livelihood Strategy by revising its Implementation Action Plan (Livelihood Action Plan) with a view to accelerate the socio-economic integration of Internally Displaced People (IDP) and improve their livelihoods through inclusive community, municipal, regional and national development activities.

Phase II of the SmartFish Programme follows from the implementation of Phase 1. Therefore,
the project objectives are carried over from Phase 1. The overall development objective is
"to contribute to an increased level of social, economic and environmental development and
deeper regional integration in the ESA-IO region through the sustainable exploitation of
fisheries resources".

In the context of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), the Republic of Serbia designed a three-year project “Socio-economic Development of the Danube Serbia Region” (SEDDSR) under the IPA Programme for Serbia. The project was launched in July 2012 with the budget of €19.5 million combined of funds from the IPA 2011 programme and the Republic of Austria’s assistance programme.
The mid-term evaluation determined the relevance, intermediate effects, efficiency, and processes of the project following the OECD/DAC evaluation criteria. The final evaluation was based on effectiveness, including the level of achieving the project purpose, and on sustainability.

The specific objectives of this contract were the following:

• enhance the staff capacity of the EDF Unit;
• improve the organisation and the functioning of the EDF Unit;
• support the EDF Unit in the implementation of its programming, monitoring and evaluation activities.

The purpose of the evaluation was to assess to what extent the EU support to transport sector helped improving regional integration, economic growth, social development, effective public administration and security, and facilitation of movements of goods and services. In addition, the evaluation assessed to what extent the EU assistance has been relevant, efficient, effective and sustainable in providing the expected impacts along with the EU added value of interventions. It also assessed the coherence with the relevant EU policies and the partner Governments’ priorities and activities.

The focus was on the monitoring of progress, the quality and the results of interventions in the context of an evolving cooperation policy with an increasing emphasis on result-oriented approaches. Evaluations provided an understanding of the cause and effects links between activities and results and in this case in particular the effectiveness and efficiency of the EU intervention in the basic education system in Jordan under the EU Support to the Second Phase of the Education Reform programme and in particular in relation to the support to the Syrian refuges in the field of education by both the Ministry of Education and the UN agencies and their partners.

Global objectives of this project:
To contribute to a better insertion of the EC cooperation in the CSLP and to increase its impact on the economic and social development of Mauritania with regards to capacity strenghening of the Mauritanian administration.

This study reviewed the ways and means in which Technical Assistance (TA) has been deployed within South Africa during the period 2004 to 2014. International development cooperation is moving from grant funding to the use of concessional loans and technical assistance for recipient countries, so this study was intended to provide information on TA received by South Africa and ascertain how best it can be used in the future.
The study focussed on the technical assistance provided in the employment creation, infrastructure, education and justice/legislature sectors.