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title: Joint Review of Poverty Reduction Strategy Budget Support Programmes
ID: 5323
time: October 28, 2014
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After a first Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (2003-2005), Benin has recently entered the second phase of the PRSP process with the development of a new strategy for the period 2007-2009. The strategy provides the overall and unique framework for public interventions of the government and thus for the harmonisation of development partners’ support. Each year, […]


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title: Targeted support and strengthening implementation and management capacities of the Common Fund for Education
ID: 5369
time: October 28, 2014
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Education is a priority for the Government of Burundi, which spends nearly 25% of its recurrent budget. With the support of its technical and financial partners, it has recently developed a new Sector Development Plan for Education and Training (PSDEF) for the period 2012-2020. The program covers the entire system from preschool to higher education, […]


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title: Technical Assistance to Support Programme to Decentralisation and Municipal Investments (PADIC)
ID: 5435
time: October 28, 2014
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The overall objective of the technical assistance market aims at supporting the Government in its fight against poverty through local governance improvement. Its specific objective is to improve the decentralisation process and local governance through a strengthening of stakeholder’s capacities. The programme is based on the application of orientations of EU “backbone strategy”. The supports […]


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title: Study on private education institutions (market analysis and feasibility of a financial and technical support programme)
ID: 5221
time: October 27, 2014
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the French Agency for Development (AFD) have asked to study the opportunity and the modalities of a possible Financial and Technical Support Programme for Private Primary Education Institutions. The objective of such a programme would be to (i) improve access to financial resources for private education institutions (ii) to […]


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title: Support for the implication of Non State Actors (NSA) within the European Union – Central African Republic cooperation
ID: 5246
time: October 27, 2014
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In spite of the concern of the EC of implying the greatest number of NSA’s within the decentralised co-operation, the procedures of calls for proposals of the EC, the administrative requirements which must be achieved to be eligible within the frameworks of these calls, as well as the different forms to be filled, remain complicated […]


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title: Poverty Reduction Budgetary Support Programme. Consultancy to evaluate the reliability of statistics for social sector indicators for an EDF 9-funded budget support programme in Lesotho
ID: 5200
time: October 27, 2014
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The EDF 8-funded Poverty Reduction Budgetary Support Programme (PRBSP) allocates a maximum of € 17 million in budget support to Lesotho in the period 2002-04. An innovative feature of the PRBSP is the reorientation from an “input” approach to one that is associated with “outcome achievements” as measured through performance indicators and benchmarks associated with […]


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title: Combined external evaluation of the first phase and identification of a second phase of Kasese District Rural Community Development Program
ID: 5272
time: October 27, 2014
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The Government of Uganda has been implementing the Decentralisation Policy for the last 13 years and remarkable achievements have been recorded. However, the Government is continuing to put in place mechanisms that will lead to efficient planning, management and delivery of basic services by strengthening the capacity of the Local Governments to execute their mandates.The […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the Decentralisation within the framework of the “Support Programme for Administrative Reform and Decentralisation (PARAD)” – Technical Assistance to the Support Programme in the northern region of Mali (ADERE – Nord)
ID: 5223
time: October 27, 2014
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The Government of Mali has set in place a national mechanism in support of municipalities within the framework of the decentralisation process in the country. This support mechanism consist of two major components: a technical support aimed at reinforcing municipalities in their role of contracting authority, channelled through Support Centres (Centres de Conseil Communaux) under […]


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title: PEFA Assessment
ID: 5247
time: October 27, 2014
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The objective of the study is to measure the impact of reforms that are currently being implemented in the area of Public Finance Management. Type of services provided PROMAN provides three international experts specialised in public finance management to carry out a PEFA assessment both at the centralised and decentralised levels. Work includes: Evaluation of […]


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title: Feasibility Study “Civil Society Support Programme through Local Development Initiatives”
ID: 5201
time: October 27, 2014
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The participation of non-state actors has been retained as one of the fundamental principles of cooperation within the Cotonou Agreement. Within this context, the 9th EDF foresees “institutional support to non-state actors/civil society, principally focusing on local development initiatives”. A total budget of 15 million EUR is foreseen. Within this context, a pre-feasibility study was […]


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title: Technical Assistance for the start-up of the Programme ‘Strengthening Capacities of Civil Society Organisations in Burkina Faso’
ID: 5277
time: October 27, 2014
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The programme ‘Strengthening Capacities of Civil Society Organisations in Burkina Faso (Programme de Renforcement des capacités des Organisations de la Société civile (PROS) has as principal objective to strengthen the participation of civil society organisations (CSOs) to the development process. The programme is fully in line both with the Cotonou Agreement and with national policies. […]


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title: Feasibility Study to Define EC Support to Education in Eritrea
ID: 5232
time: October 27, 2014
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Education has consistently been one of the top priorities of the Eritrean Government, since the country gained its independence in 1993. During 2003, the Government presented donors with a comprehensive strategy for the sector and a 5-year plan for rehabilitating and expanding education services provision, focusing on basic education, secondary education, vocational education and training, […]


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title: Preparation of the 9th EDF Education Programme Draft Financing Proposal
ID: 5249
time: October 27, 2014
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The protracted civil war has had a significant negative impact on Liberia’s infrastructure, the economy (and economic planning), the development of institutions and its productive capacity. Conflict and mismanagement have taken Liberia to the bottom of the Human Development Index. The EC is currently preparing the EDF 9 Programme for Liberia based on the needs […]


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title: Final Evaluation of the Education Support Programme (“Projet d’Appui au Système Educatif Guinéen – PASEG”)
ID: 5202
time: October 27, 2014
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The PASEG programme in Guinea consists of three main components : Training of central and decentralized administrations; Support to curriculum development (primary and secondary education); Training of trainers and continuous training. The objective of the evaluation is to measure the efficiency of the actions undertaken in each component, the efficiency of the training provided and […]


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title: Education Advisor to the National Authorising Officer and the EC Delegation in Sudan
ID: 5278
time: October 27, 2014
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Education is one of the two focal sectors for the EC Delegation in Sudan. Since 2005 the Delegation has supported projects in improvement of basic education and enhancement of decentralization and planning capacities at Federal and State level. Under the 9th EDF two strategic projects were developed with UN agencies support: a Baseline Educational Survey […]


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title: Formulation mission “Kasese District Poverty Reduction Programme”
ID: 5233
time: October 27, 2014
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Uganda’s decentralisation policy aims to devolve power, improve good governance, ensure popular participation and enshrines the principle of subsidiarity. The Kasese District has been steadily developing its capacity to implement poverty focused development through increasing skills and competence in participatory planning and the design of district strategies for human resource development, revenue enhancement, operations and […]


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title: Sustainable Regional Development Programme in the Region of Kidal (DDRK) – PHASE 3
ID: 5250
time: October 27, 2014
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The overall objective of the Third Phase of this Sustainable Development Project is to substantially reduce the poverty in the Kidal Region, more specifically to improve access to quality social services and income generating economic opportunities. The project is concentrating on four results: Capacity of Local Communities to plan and manage public services and economic […]


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title: Education Sector Strategy Support Programme
ID: 5203
time: October 27, 2014
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Cameroon has a developed but seriously deteriorated education system. The Ministry of National Education (MINEDUC) has therefore developed a sector strategy document, adopted in June 2001, which clearly shows the four Government priorities in Education by 2011: universal primary education, improving access and equity in other education levels; improving quality and relevance of teaching; improving […]


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title: Identification Mission for a programme of “Institutional Support to the Monitoring and Implementation of the Action Plan for Strengthening Budget Management”
ID: 5279
time: October 27, 2014
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The Government of Burkina Faso adopted in 2002 an ‘Action Planfor Strengthening Budget Management (PRGB). This action plan serves as a framework for the priority reforms in budget management within the administration and has as global objective to improve in a sustainable way the transparency, reliability and efficacy of the management of budgetary expenses. The […]


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title: Final Project Evaluation of the Support to INTERFUND (Capacity building of NGOs and CBOs) in South Africa
ID: 5234
time: October 27, 2014
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The framework for development cooperation between the European Commission (EC) and South Africa is set out in the Multi-annual Indicative Programme (MIP). The decade since the end of apartheid in 1994 witnessed a shift in EC support from direct funding of non-governmental organisations (NGOs), under the Special Programme of Assistance to the Victims of Apartheid, […]


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title: Elaboration of a Strategy and a Multi-Annual Plan for Support to the Study and Planning Department and the Finance Administration of the Ministry of Basic Education and Literacy
ID: 5252
time: October 27, 2014
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The objectives of the Basic Education Ten Year Plan (PDDEB) of Burkina Faso as adopted in 1999 are to increase the education level of the population in general and in rural areas in particular, to enhance the institutional capacity of within the sector, to reduce gender inequalities, and to promote decentralision and deconcentration. The Second […]


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title: Joint Review Mission of the Second Educational Sector Development Programme (ESDP II) – Education Expert
ID: 5204
time: October 27, 2014
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The Education Sector Development Program (ESDP) has been introduced in Ethiopia in the context of the deterioration of the whole social and educational situation after long years of internal and external conflicts in Ethiopia and its region. Within the Ethiopian PRSP, the education sector is one of the main priorities for the overall development of […]


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title: Support to Capacity Building in Public Investment within the Burkina Faso Administration
ID: 5280
time: October 27, 2014
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The Government of Burkina Faso adopted in 2002 an ‘Action Planfor Strengthening Budget Management (PRGB). This action plan serves as a framework for the priority reforms in budget management within the administration and has as global objective to improve in a sustainable way the transparency, reliability and efficacy of the management of budgetary expenses. More […]


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title: Joint Evaluation of the Danish Bilateral Aid Program to Benin 1990-2006
ID: 5235
time: October 27, 2014
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The global objective is to evaluate the results of Danish Bilateral Aid during the period 1990-2006 and its contribution to overall poverty reduction in Benin. However, the efforts and the results will also be evaluated within the perspective of the historical context and the standards applied when the decisions were taken. As such key reference […]


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title: Micro-Projects in the Eastern Cape: Phase 1 review and formulation of Phase 2
ID: 5253
time: October 27, 2014
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The Eastern Cape is one of the poorest of South Africa’s nine provinces. Just over half the population have adequate access to safe water and under one-third are served by electricity. Despite strong economic performance is 2000 and 2001 when the province’s economy grew by 6,2% and 5,3% respectively, it is overly dependent on limited […]


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title: Support to the preparation and implementation of the “Rehabilitation and Re-launch Programme of the Horticulture/fruit sector in Burundi”
ID: 5205
time: October 27, 2014
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The fruit and horticultural sector was long time neglected in Burundi; only in 1988 when the Government pursued to diversify the export products of the country, attention was paid to the horticulture and fruit sector. However, the socio-political crisis of 1993 first slowed down and finally completely interrupted the development of this promising sector. During […]


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title: Mission in Support to the Start-up of the “Programme for Capacity Building in Civil Society Organisations”
ID: 5282
time: October 27, 2014
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The Programme for Capacity Building for Civil Society Organisations (PROS) has as principal objective to strengthen the participation in the development process of Civil Society Organisations (CSO). The programme is fully within the scope of the Cotonou Agreement. It also fits within the context of national policy as it helps to strengthen the dialogue as […]


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title: Sustainable Development Programme in the Region of Kidal (DDRK) – PHASE 2
ID: 5240
time: October 27, 2014
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The overall objective of the DDRK Phase II programme remains to contribute to a sustainable improvement of the living conditions of the population of the Kidal region. Phase II will be embedded stronger within/reinforce the ongoing process of decentralisation. On a national level, the programme falls under the authority of the Ministry of Territorial Administration […]


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title: Technical assistance to develop a joint monitoring and evaluation tool for Education Sector Reform in Tanzania
ID: 5255
time: October 27, 2014
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The global objective is to support the monitoring and evaluation of the performance of education sector reform in Tanzania. A systemic and pro-poor/pro-vulnerable approach should be promoted. The specific objective is to develop for the education sector a Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) to be used to review progress particularly during annual sector reviews (including the […]


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title: Formulation of a Financing Proposal for an “Education and Training Sector Policy Support Programme”
ID: 5207
time: October 27, 2014
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The EC and the Government of Botswana have agreed upon the HRD as focal sector under the 9th EDF. Although Botswana has made a remarkable progress in the social spheres since independence, the HIV/AIDS pandemic have a depressing effect on health indicators and economic development. Unemployment and poverty remain main concerns.In this context, whilst sustaining […]


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title: Identification Mission for a programme in support of the “Action Plan for the Integrated Management of Water Resources”
ID: 5284
time: October 27, 2014
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The Government of Burkina Faso adopted in May 2002 an ‘Action Planfor Integrated Management of Water Resources (PAGIRE). This action plan aims to implement, over a period of 15 years, the institutional, legal and fiscal framework as well as the human and financial resources for a sustainable and fair management of water resources. When PAGIRE […]


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title: Technical assistance to the 2nd project of fight against child trafficking in Benin
ID: 5242
time: October 27, 2014
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The general objective of the project is the improvement of living conditions and the respect of children’s rights in Benin. The specific object is the support to the fight against child trafficking and exploitation. In particular the project’s objective is to set up a Central Technical Assistance Office (“Bureau Central d’Assistance Technique” – BCAT) with […]


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title: Study on Criteria for Pupil’s Selection & Special Curriculum Development – Laroo Boarding Primary School, Gulu Municipality
ID: 5261
time: October 27, 2014
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The introduction of Universal Primary Education in Uganda coincided with the intensification of the security crisis in the North. The potential gains from UPE were shattered by the destruction of building and instructional materials, displacement of pupils and teachers as well as the trauma of children knowing that they were the special target of the […]


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title: Evaluation of EU Support to the Primary Education Development Plan – (PEDP)
ID: 5211
time: October 27, 2014
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The EC supports the implementation of the Primary Education Development Plan (PEDP) in Tanzania. The PEDP is a decentralized sub-sector programme being implemented since July 2001 by the Ministry of Education and Culture together with Po-RALG (President’s Office for Regional Administration and Local Government). 8th EDF Funds under the Financing Agreement 8.ACP.TA.041 is contributing to […]


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title: Design of a plan for consolidating the “National Action Plan for Reform of the Judiciary”
ID: 5285
time: October 27, 2014
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The Government of Burkina Faso adopted a ‘National Action Planfor the Reform of the Judiciary (PANRJ). This sector policy document assesses the judiciary through a detailed analysis of the main problems, weaknesses and constraints in the sector and on the basis thereof proposes reform measures with as overall objective “to strengthen place of the judiciary […]


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title: Mid-Term Evaluation of the Poverty Reduction Support Progarmme
ID: 5243
time: October 27, 2014
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Poverty reduction, one of the core objectives of the EU-Niger cooperation, requires approaches that take into account the social spectrum and the differences invulnerability between the various social groups, included within households. So as to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the EU interventions in Niger with respect to poverty reduction a horizontal support programme […]


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title: Harmonization and alignment for aid effectiveness in South Africa
ID: 5262
time: October 27, 2014
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The overall objective of this project is to collect timely indicative baseline data on the harmonization and alignment of aid effectiveness in South Africa, taking into account the revised targets of the Paris declarations of March 2005. Ultimately the study should provide more accurate benchmarks and realistic targets for the coming five years and the […]


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title: Feasibility Study on a Programme for the Strengthening of the Capacity of Teacher Training (SCOTT) – Puntland and Somaliland
ID: 5216
time: October 27, 2014
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Within the framework of the EC Strategy for the Implementation of Special Aid to Somalia (SISAS), the Somalia Education and Training Sector Strategy, improved access to basic services in education and training has been identified as a priority in the programming of interventions. Despite substantial improvements in broadening access to basic education promotion of the […]


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title: Technical Intermediate Evaluation of the Support to Capacity Building in the National Institute of Statistics and Demographics and the statistics departments of the social ministries.
ID: 5286
time: October 27, 2014
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The European Commission decided to provide an institutional support through long term and short term technical assistance in order to structure the national statistical system and reduce the problems in its running. This “Support to Capacity Building in the National Institute of Statistics and Demographics (INDS) and the statistics departments of the social ministries (ARCS) […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the VET sector reform programme
ID: 5244
time: October 27, 2014
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The main objective of the program is to increase and improve the VET sector in order to answer to the social and economical needs of the country. The project will support the different teams of the Ministry, mainly in the development of a VET sector strategy (definition of objectives, results, results indicators and budget needed), […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the Francistown College of Technical and Vocational Education (CTVE) and the Vocational Training Centre (VTC)
ID: 5264
time: October 27, 2014
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The overall objective of the Francistwon CTVE/VTC Vocational Training Programme, co-financed by the EDF (15 Million Euro) and the Government of Botswana (12.3 Million Euro),is to improve the standard of living for school leavers and unemployed. Its purpose is to increase the effectiveness and capacity of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Cooperation in the Republic of Chad
ID: 5219
time: October 27, 2014
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The support project to the MEPC aims at improving the capacities for programming and management of EC aid and to strengthen capacities for coordination of all external aid to Chad, specifically the planning, implementation and monitoring of the National Poverty Reduction Strategy. The function of NAO in Chad is entrusted to the Minister of the […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the General Directorate for Cooperation (DGCOOP) for the follow-up of the implementation of the 9th EDF and the finalisation of the identification of the 10th EDF
ID: 5287
time: October 27, 2014
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The Technical Assistance should be understood within the general context of the transition to the 10th EDF and a new phase in the support to the services of the National Authorising Officer. It will moreover allow a close and effective follow-up of the steps taken in preparation of the implementation of the 10th EDF and […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the preparation of a Strategy and the Identification of a Post – Emergency Programme for Eastern Congo
ID: 5245
time: October 27, 2014
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The war has had a devastating effect on the population of RDC; specifically the eastern regions have suffered tremendously. Since 2001 the EC has been engaged in providing humanitarian assistance in these regions. It is only since the end of 2003 that the security situation allowed the undertaking of rehabilitation activities. At the end of […]


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title: Final Evaluation of the Basic Education School Map Project in Niger – 8th EDF
ID: 5266
time: October 27, 2014
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The objective of the mission is to evaluate the results reached by the project in light of its setup, objectives, and the specific context of its implementation. It’s important to verify to what degree the School Map has met, in a prompt and well suited way, the demand of Niger’s authorities and services for good […]


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title: Sustainable Development Programme in the Region of Kidal (DDRK)
ID: 5172
time: October 24, 2014
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The DDRK programme aims at triggering off a sustainable development process in the Kidal region. The region of Kidal is a vast desertic area of 260.000 km2, situated in the north of the country bordering Algeria and Niger, and populated mainly by (semi-) nomadic Touaregs. The region is characterized by an extreme scarcity of natural […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the Basic Education Sector (PASEB)
ID: 5173
time: October 24, 2014
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In line with the interventions already carried out in the framework of the Structural Adjustment Programme, the project aims at: Strengthening of planning and management capacity of the Regional Directorates of Basic Education and Alphabetisation, key issue for the successful implementation of the decentralization process; Improvement of the quality of teaching through teacher training, up-grading […]


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title: Technical Assistance to the Government of Namibia for the Mid-Term Review of the Namibia Human Resource Development Programme
ID: 5175
time: October 24, 2014
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The purpose of the Namibia HRDP is improved education and training responding to social and economic opportunities and constraints in the country. The programme covers 5 main areas of support: Science and Mathematics Education including the upgrading of secondary school teachers, the collaboration between institutions involved and improved management; Community Skills Development Programme (Vocational skills […]


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title: Annual organizational and financial audits of Ministries of Health and Education
ID: 5181
time: October 24, 2014
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Since 2000, the Government of Cameroun has embarked on a medium-term economic and financial reform programme. The improvement of the management of public expenditures and good governance are principal elements of the reform agenda. In 2000, the EC and the Government signed a cooperation agreement on the mobilisation of 3,6 Mrds FCFA budgetary support, accompanied […]


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title: Technical Audit of the Production Tools of the Coffee Sector
ID: 5182
time: October 24, 2014
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This audit was performed within the context of the disengagement of the State of Burundi in the production and commercial activities of the coffee sector. It was supervised by a Steering Committee which consisted of the following members: Ministry of Finance; Ministry of Agriculture ; Public Entreprises Service ; Cellule d’Appui à la Gestion des […]


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title: Final evaluation of “Support to Interfund – Capacity Building of NGOs and CSOs”
ID: 5185
time: October 24, 2014
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The International Fundraising Consortium – South Africa (Interfund), is contributing with the support of the EU, to a three-year programme of support to the strengthening of capacity at all institutional levels of the NGOs and CSOs. The overall objective of the project is to empower poor and marginalised communities, to strengthen their organisational capacity and […]


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title: Fourth Multi-Annual Micro-Projets Programme (7th EDF) – Final and Mid-Term Evaluation
ID: 5188
time: October 24, 2014
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The objective of the fourth multi-annual programme for Micro projects, as for the previous three projects is to contribute to the improvement of the living conditions of the most disadvantaged population of Togo, particularly in the rural areas and the suburbs., thought the promotion of initiatives and the participation of local organizations. The Program consists […]


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title: Institutional Support to the Office in Charge of the Management of EU Cooperation Programmes
ID: 5189
time: October 24, 2014
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The European Union is the major donor in Burkina Faso with support being granted through the 7th, 8th and 9th European Fund for Development (EDF), regional programmes, as well as within the framework of STABEX, SYSMIN, Structural Adjustment Fund and the International European Bank. Furthermore, the EU provides support to different budget lines including food […]


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title: Mid-Term Review of the Micro-Project programmes (phases I and II) financed by the 8th EDF: 8 ACP ZA 12 and 8 ACP ZA 45
ID: 5191
time: October 24, 2014
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In order to respond to the needs of local communities with regard to development, the EDF participates in the financing of micro-projects at a local level which (a) have an economic and social impact on the life of the people, (b) meet a demonstrated and observed priority need, and (c) will be undertaken at the […]


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title: Final Evaluation of the “Library Books and Training for Historically Disadvantaged Institutions Programme”
ID: 5192
time: October 24, 2014
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The programme to be evaluated is the €13 million Library Books and Training for Historically Disadvantaged Institutions Programme designed to build capacity in the libraries and departments of Library Science in the 17 Historically Disadvantaged Institutions (HDI) of the South African Higher Education sector. The Programme addresses the imbalances of the past with respect to […]


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title: Gender Resource Team
ID: 5193
time: October 24, 2014
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The Country Strategy Paper 2003-2005/06 (CSP) between South Africa and the European Commission has four areas of co-operation: Equitable access to and sustainable provision of social services; Equitable and sustainable economic growth; Deepening democracy; Regional integration and co-operation.It also foresees that the impact of co-operation in these four main areas will be strengthened by the […]


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