Dates: 2019-2021

Client: Ministry of Finance, Department for Contracting and Financing of EU Funded Programmes CFCU in Belgrade

Description: The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows:
To support the preparation of Serbia’s accession and increase the understanding of European Union policies and underpinning values by enhancing Serbian participation in EU Programmes.
The purpose of this contract is as follows:
To improve EU Programmes funds absorption by reinforcing management and implementation capacities of Serbian administration and potential beneficiaries
Result 1: National Contact Points, relevant Government administration bodies and potential applicants capacities strengthened and institutions prepared for participation in EU Programmes
Output 1:TNA report and training plan
Output 2:Delivery of specialized trainings
Output 3: Two seminars for potential applicants held
Result 2: Comprehensive analysis of participation of The Republic of Serbia in EU Programmes and support to MEl delivered
Output 1: Evaluation Report of the participation of The Republic of Serbia in the EU Programmes in the current fmancial perspective, with the provision of recommendations
Output 2: Reporting template for NCP’s tailored according with the provisions from the Evaluation Report delivered and approved by Mel
Result 3: Visibility activities of NCP’s supported
Output 1: Web page set up, and administered by the Contractor
Output 2: Ad hoc visibility support to NCP’s delivered

Dates: 2019

Client: Client: NAO South Africa

Description: Systematic and timely evaluation of its programmes and activities is an established priority of the European Commission . The focus of evaluations is on the assessment of achievements, the quality and the results of Actions in the context of an evolving cooperation policy with an increasing emphasis on result-oriented approaches and the contribution towards the implementation of the SDGs.
From this perspective, evaluations should look for evidence of why, whether or how these results are linked to the EU intervention and seek to identify the factors driving or hindering progress.
Evaluations should provide an understanding of the cause and effect links between: inputs and activities, and outputs, outcomes and impacts. Evaluations should serve accountability, decision making, learning and management purposes.
The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with:
Produce an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the PrimCareSPSP, paying particular attention to its results measured against its expected objectives (including the PrimCare SPSP contribution towards the Government of South Africa health strategies and policies, by providing opportunities to advance towards Universal Health Coverage (National Health Insurance); and the reasons underpinning such results; comparison with other aid modalities (grant projects and complementary measures supported in the PrimCare SPSP), in order to assess the complementarity and synergy (or discrepancy) of these modalities with budget support; the effects of the budget support operation on the M&E systems .
Document key lessons learnt, best practice, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Actions, specifically in middle and high-middle income countries, in line with the SDG 3.8 of advancing universal health coverage, by also producing case studies, videos, cost-effectiveness, efficiency and scalability analysis (“value for money”/business cases), for ease of communicating what the programme has achieved, as described below in the requested services;
The evaluation will take stock of what has been achieved with the main purpose to allow for lessons learnt and recommendations to inform on:
• the conditions under which budget support has an effect (or not) and the possible intensity and nature (positive or negative) of such effect in South Africa;
• the design and implementation of future budget support operations in the health sector in middle and upper-middle income countries, in the post 2020 scenario and its linkages to SDG-related cooperation;

Dates: 2019-2022
Client: EUD Morocco

Description: The general objective of the project is to conduct independent monitoring missions intended mainly to verify the fulfilment of the conditions for eligibility for budget support as well as the degree of achievement of performance indicators for variable tranches.
Specific objectives are to:
– Contribute to ensuring regular monitoring of the implementation of the third phase of the National Literacy Strategy Support Program;
– Check and document, on the basis of supporting documents provided by the Moroccan authorities and possibly from secondary sources, the achievement of the general conditions and performance indicators as approved in the financing agreement;
– Analyse the progress of the program in relation to the areas of intervention and expected results and make a structured analysis;
– Develop alerts and recommendations to the authorities for regular monitoring and coordinated implementation of the program;
– Support the sectoral dialogue in place with all stakeholders in the sector (Moroccan institutions, technical and financial partners and civil society).
The 4 specific objectives / 7 expected results are:
Specific objective A: Increase the number of learners in literacy programs, especially for the target groups of young people, rural people and men, in line with the quantitative government objectives.
Result 1: The literacy of young people, rural areas, parents of pupils, men and people with disabilities is strengthened.
Specific objective B: Improve the training engineering system and the quality of training, in particular by adopting an andragogical approach and the diversification of learning methods (including the use of ICT);
Result 2: A real training engineering is implemented.
Result 3: Adapted and flexible andragogy is applied.
Specific objective C: Make the socio-economic integration of the literate effective, by setting up bridges to the vocational training system, support to set up income-generating activities and monitoring of learners;

Dates: 2019-2020

Client: Client: EUD Jamaica

Description: Systematic and timely evaluation of its programmes and activities is an established priority of the European Commission. The focus of evaluations is on the assessment of achievements, the quality and the results of Actions in the context of an evolving cooperation policy with an increasing emphasis on result-oriented approaches and the contribution towards the implementation of the SDGs.
From this perspective, evaluations should look for evidence of why, whether or how these results are linked to the EU intervention and seek to identify the factors driving or hindering progress.
Evaluations should provide an understanding of the cause and effect links between: inputs and activities, and outputs, outcomes and impacts. Evaluations should serve accountability, decision making, learning and management purposes.
The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union and interested stakeholders with:
• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the PROMAC, paying particular attention to its intermediate 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 Actions.
In particular, this evaluation will serve the European Union, both the Headquarters and its Delegation to Jamaica and the Government of Jamaica, represented by the Planning Institute of Jamaica and the Ministry of Health, who are also the main users of this evaluation.

Dates: 2019-2020

Client: EUD Paraguay

Description:

General objective:

Improve the educational quality through the new Initial Teacher Training as well as the preparation of the new Master Plan for teacher training and pedagogical practice in classroom.

Specific objectives:

Component 1: Initial Teacher Training

1. Elaborate curricular designs and study programs for the initial training of Teachers of Basic School Education (1st and 2nd cycles) and of Language, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences of the 3rd cycle of BSE and Middle Education.
2. Develop study programs in accordance with the curriculum of initial training of teachers of Basic School Education (1st and 2nd cycles) and of Language, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences of the 3rd cycle of BSE and Middle Education.

For Component 1: Initial Teacher Training, the Vice Ministry of Higher Education will be the responsible instance.

Component 2: Master Plan

1. Prepare the Master Plan with its component package: progress / scope maps and sequence (horizontal and vertical) of learning contents by curricular area, system of pedagogical innovations
2. Design the standardized model for monitoring the implementation of the Master Plan, using a WEBAPP (UX / UI) platform, BIG DATA, specifying the specifications for the acquisition of the platform.

For Component 2: Master Plan, the Vice Ministry of Basic General Education will be the responsible instance.