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This project is part of the program “DUKINGIRE IBIDUKIKIJE – Conservation and enhancement of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity for green growth of rural communities in Burundi” which supports the preservation of natural ecosystems (including two protected areas) in the context of integrated landscape management and wants to help enhance their goods and services.

This program will contribute to sustainably improving the living conditions of the population of the areas of intervention, including displaced persons and returnees, as well as economic and social development from the country. Particular attention will be given to the communities living around the areas protected so that human pressure on them is reduced and that these communities contribute to their sustainable management.

The program is structured around three components:

• Component 1 – Governance and sustainable and inclusive / participatory management of areas protected areas, in particular the Kibira and Rusizi National Parks, are improved.
• Component 2 – Integrated land restoration and management practices and mechanisms and water resources are improved.
• Component 3 – Organization, monitoring and management of the water supply service for drinking water in rural areas are improved for the benefit and thanks to the participation of local populations, with a focus on groups in vulnerable situations.

This program will be implemented in the Kibira and Rusizi National Parks, their buffer zones, as well as in micro-basins which feed the Rusizi River and which will be identified in start of the program on the basis of environmental vulnerability criteria (the program will therefore cover the provinces of Cibitoke and Bubanza, and a municipality in the province of Bujumbura rural).

The specific objective of this contract is as follows:

Contribute to strengthening the efficiency and effectiveness of actions for the protection and enhancement of ecosystem services in the Rusizi river basin, implemented under the program “DUKINGIRE IBIDUKIKIJE - Conservation and enhancement of natural ecosystems and their biodiversity for green growth of rural communities in Burundi”.

This will involve the provision of a team of experts who will accompany and support the implementation and monitoring of actions, facilitate sector coordination and provide quality technical expertise to the entire program.

The general objective (impact) of this action is to contribute to the sustainable economic and social development of the Democratic Republic of Congo, through the EU's strategy in the DRC which aims at (i) the sustainable stabilisation of the country, (ii) the reduction of inequalities, and (iii) the contribution to the preservation of global public goods, as specified in the Multiannual Indicative Programme 2021-27. The specific objective of this contract is to strengthen the partnership between the EU and the DRC through actions designed to support and complement interventions carried out under the MIP or regional and global programmes in the DRC.

The products expected from this contract are as follows:

• Product 1: The preparation (identification and formulation) and implementation of the EU-DRC MIP is improved, as is its complementarity with regional or global programmes.
• Product 2: Political dialogue between the EU and the DRC is better informed and coordinated with the other partners, in particular the Member States, on joint programming and Team Europe Initiatives, at both strategic and operational levels.
• Product 3: Knowledge of issues relating to the EU's action and presence in the DRC, including outside the MIP's priority areas, is deepened.
• Product 4: The management and technical capacities of programme implementation partners are strengthened.
• Product 5: The programme monitoring, evaluation and audit system has been strengthened.
• Product 6: Information on the investment and economic governance framework in the DRC and on specific investment themes or projects, particularly in relation to the Global Gateway strategy or the EIP, is improved.
• Product 7: Technical assistance missions in support of improving the business climate or implementing the Global Gateway strategy or the EIP in the DRC are encouraged.
• Product 8: The visibility of EU-DRC cooperation, the EU's overall objectives and its multilateral agenda among the authorities and the general public is improved.
• Product 9: Cultural cooperation between the EU and the DRC is being stepped up.
• Product 10: Actors or entities that contribute to the achievement of the EU's strategic objectives in the DRC and worldwide, and do not fall within the scope of multi-annual programming, are supported on an ad hoc basis.

This contract covers all the products of the Technical Cooperation Facility. However, for related products 8 and 9, specific contracts outside the present contract will be concluded by the Delegation, which should be able to cover the vast majority of culture and communication and visibility actions.

This public contract consists of the provision of evaluation expertise services by means of a framework contract. The following type of assignments are included in this framework contract:

• Intervention-level evaluation;
• Country, regional or thematic portfolio evaluations;
• Cross-cutting evaluations in a specific theme, sector or approach implemented by Enabel.

Enabel’s portfolio covers institutional support programmes as well as implementation. Enabel operates at the national (country) level, regional (one or several districts) level as well as local (decentralised) level. The geographical scope of this public contract covers all countries where Enabel intervenes with its partners as well as Belgium.

To date, the following evaluations and assessments were implemented or are currently implemented:

• End-term review of the Sustainable Agriculture Kigoma Regional Project (SAKIRP)
• Mid-term Review of the European Union Trust Fund (EUTF) Support Programme for Refugee Settlements in Northern Uganda (SPRS-NU): Livelihood and Labor Market Relevant Skills Development for Refugees and Host Communities
• Joint End-Term-Review of i) UGA180371T - (EHA) Roll out the National Results Based Financing Policy in the Acholi Sub-Region and ii) UGA20003 - (LSF) Leveraging strategic health financing for Universal Health Coverage
• Mid Term Review of the project 'Renewable Energy for Rural Development – Phase 2' implemented by the Belgian Development Cooperation
• Mid-term Review of the Beekeeping Value Chain Support (BEVAC) Programme in Tanzania
• Final Evaluation of the African Union-European Union Digital for Development Hub Project (or AU-EU D4D Hub Project)
• Final Evaluation of the Cooperation programme 2019-2024 between Rwanda and Belgium.

The overall objective (Impact) to which this action contributes is to support third countries to build up their capacity to carry out RPBA/PDNA/PRNA, through provision of technical expertise. Various activities are foreseen, including deployment of experts in RPBA/PDNA/PRNA missions, and provision of training and capacity building activities to national authorities and regional/international organizations, tripartite training events, as well as information sessions for EU entities.

The specific objectives/outcomes of this contract are as follows:

• To assist, together with the UN and the WB, countries affected by crisis with identifying, developing, and implementing recovery activities through RPBA/PDNA/PRNA processes. This will often consist of supporting joint RPBA/PDNA/PRNA missions in-country/in region (in coordination with EU Heads of Delegations, the European Commission, and with the European External Action Service). While such support could cover any relevant technical field (longer-term and shorter-term expertise), it is foreseen that a particular emphasis is put on expertise in mission planning and development of final reports/recovery frameworks;
• To support further development of the joint RPBA/PDNA/PRNA methodologies, tools, training programmes;
• To promote the values and principles of the EU as a global actor;
• To ensure inclusiveness of RPBA/PDNA/PRNA processes.

The specific objectives of this contract are as follow:

• Outcome 1: To support the ongoing and planned sectoral EU-India policy dialogues and partnerships on topics of EU and EU-India mutual interest; and
• Outcome 2: To contribute to policy convergence of EU-India policy approaches in the global arena.

The expected outputs of this contract are as follows:

• Solid basis is established for operationalisation of the EU-India strategic partnership, as well as other key strategies and agreements shaping EU-India relations.
• People-to-people contacts are strengthened.
• Dissemination of relevant and updated information to target audiences on the EU-India strategic partnership, and more specifically on topics of key relevance to the sectoral policy dialogues is improved.
• Additional thematic areas for EU-India sectoral cooperation are identified, explored, and developed, including beyond India (regional, trilateral or global).
• Mutual understanding, trust, and knowledge of policy objectives and strategic interests between the EU and India are further strengthened.

The overall objective is to independently monitor and/or verify that SJF supported activities are being implemented with quality and integrity by NGOs, Government partners and participating UN entities and to assess the impact of SJF funded programmes on the target beneficiaries in line with fiduciary principles. Independent verification will also assess the extent to which the SJF is achieving its objective, contribute to organizational learning and recommend ways in which the Fund should enhance coherence, alignment, and harmonisation based on UNSDG Pooled-Financing mechanism best practices and the Funding Compact.

The scope of work encompasses monitoring activities, which may be of either an “overt” or a more “low-profile” nature. The exact nature of the assignment will depend, among other factors, on the proposed methodology, the sensitivity/type of information requested, and the local security context at the time of deployment.

Six cross-cutting programmatic themes and approaches guide all investments by the SJF:

• Gender equality and women empowerment
• Leave no one behind
• Social contract and legitimacy
• Capacity sharing and exit strategies
• Anti-corruption
• Environment and Climate Security

The objective of the FWC is to provide, via individual assignments defined and contracted through Specific Contracts, expertise which can be mobilised at short notice. The expertise may be required at any stage of the project cycle (except financial audits) and may cover the following sectors related to Sustainable management of natural resources and resilience:

Agriculture

1.1. Crop production, storage, conservation, transformation, and marketing /value chains

1.2. Vegetable, fruit and cash crop productio n storage, conservation, transformation and marketing /value chains

1.3. Legal aspects

1.4. Alternative production systems (organic farming, agroforestry, permaculture)

2. Livestock

2.1. Livestock regeneration plans

2.2. Veterinary, animal health, animal identification, quarantine and border inspection posts

2.3. Trade of animal products

2.4. Production, conservation, storage and marketing of animal products

2.5. Legal aspects

3. Sustainable Forestry management and conservation

3.1. Forest inventories, forest management plans, forest establishment and plantation management

3.2. Agroforestry, community and environmental development programmes

3.3. Strategic and operational resource development and wood supply plans

3.4. Forestry industry development plans

4. Fishery and aquaculture

4.1. Marine and fresh water aquaculture

4.2. Assessment of fish stocks and sustainable fish resources exploitation

4.3. Legal aspects

5. Land management

5.1. Land use planning, Land information systems and applications,

5.2. Land reform policies

5.3. Land registration and cadastre, Land market development, estate economic assessments

6. Food security & nutrition

6.1. Assessment of national stocks

6.2. National statistics on food production

6.3. Forecasts of famine and early warning systems

6.4. Transitory and chronic food insecurity

6.5. Nutrition

7. Food safety

7.1. Tracing, food control

7.2. Legal aspects

8. Extension/Training/Human Resources Development/Institutional development

8.1. Extension services

8.2. Training of personnel

8.3. Sectoral organisations (farmers, producers, traders)

8.4. Institutional strengthening

9. Rural Infrastructure

9.1. Rural infrastructure planning, development and rehabilitation (Market infrastructure, irrigation and drainage, etc.)

10. Climate Change

10.1. Climate change: resilience, adaptation and mitigation

11. Sustainable Natural Resource management

11.1. Sustainable management and protection of natural resources, biodiversity and ecosystems (soil erosion/salinization/fertility, national parks ecosystem protection, fight against desertification, etc.)

11.2. Sustainable Water management including planning (e.g. integrated river basin management), supply, waste water treatment (incl. waste water reuse and energy generation)

11.3. Environmental protection

11.4. Pollution including chemicals, plastics, waste, air pollution and greenhouse gases emissions

11.5. Green economy (incl. sustainable and resource efficient production and consumption), Blue Economy

11.6. Ocean governance including marine/coastal zones protection

12. Disaster Risk Reduction

12.1. Disaster Risk Reduction, including climate and environmental risks/disaster management

The expertise may cover any geographic area in the world, either inside or outside the EU.

The Specific Terms of Reference (Specific ToR), which form part of each Specific Contract, shall describe the objectives and required outputs of each individual assignment.

The Ukraine Facility (the Facility) is a key instrument of the European Union’s strategy to address the scale and complexity of the challenges facing Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s ongoing war of aggression. This mid-term evaluation (MTE) is a stock-taking, lesson-learning, and forward-looking exercise, whose general objective is to provide the European Commission and other key stakeholders with an independent assessment of progress towards the Facility’s objective.

The specific objectives of the evaluation are:

• To provide a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the relevance, implementation conditions, and performance of the Facility as a performance-based instrument, with particular attention to efficiency, effectiveness, and EU added value.
• To assess the protection of the financial interests of the Union.
• To identify lessons learned (positive and negative), best practices, and recommendations, particularly regarding:
  • the impact on the administrative capacities of Ukrainian public institutions (including monitoring and reporting) and the link to actual results and their sustainability;
  • the administrative costs for Commission services in terms of expertise and processes; and
  • the factors that facilitate or hinder the effectiveness of the Facility in achieving its objectives.

The main objectives of this assignment are: i) to provide the relevant services of the European Union (EU) with an overall independent assessment of the performance of the EU cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) MIP (2021-2027); and ii) to identify key lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations in order to inform decision-makers on how to improve current and future EU objectives, instruments and implementation arrangements targeting SSA, in the context of the design of the Multi-Annual Financial Framework 2028-2034 and the next programming document for SSA.

In particular, this evaluation aims to: i) assess to what extent the design and the implementation arrangements of the SSA MIP are suited to deliver on its intended objectives and the Global Gateway agenda in particular; and ii) assess to what extent the design and the implementation arrangements of the SSA MIP are flexible and responsive to fragility and to continuously evolving geopolitical contexts and shifts.

The main purpose of the BSMA is to ensure that funds of the two World Bank-financed projects, namely the Sudan SANAD – Emergency Crisis Response Safety Nets Project and the Sudan Primary Education Emergency Project (P504621), are used for the intended purpose.

The BSMA will carry out its support and monitoring activities consistent with the terms of the grant agreements concluded by the World Bank with WFP and UNICEF, respectively, including the terms of personal data protection. The BSMA consultancy assignment is additional to the normal monitoring and evaluation (M&E) functions that will be carried out by WFP and UNICEF, respectively, and will monitor and review the following:

• Monitor the progress of project activities in accordance with their overall plans. This includes data collection, field visits, and progress reporting.
• Monitor that results are being achieved in accordance with each projects’ results framework. This includes confirmation of the projects targets in the Results Frameworks.
• Monitor the implementation of the environmental and social risk management instruments as set out in the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), and provide recommendations to address the challenges, if any. Provide recommendations for continuous improvement, relevance, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability of activities.
• Monitor the mitigation and management of risks outlined in the project documents and provide recommendations to reduce or manage potential risks or constraints identified through the BSMA.
• Provide evidence-based, credible, and useful information to enable the incorporation of conclusions, lessons, and recommendations into the future decision-making processes of the World Bank projects.
• The BSMA will utilise the World Bank’s Geo-Enabling Initiative for Monitoring and Supervision (GEMS) to enhance transparency and accountability of the BSMA services, where possible, given the Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) context.