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Project Cambodia

08/10/21 - 30/12/22

TA-9621 REG: Preparation of the Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project, Call-off notice 2

The fishery sector plays a vital role in the Cambodian economy, accounting for 5% of GDP, employing around  655,000 people directly and with an estimated 2 million people (indirectly) relying on fisheries for their living. Nevertheless, the overexploitation and unsustainable use of coastal and marine resources, coupled with ecosystem degradation and climate change, is putting the livelihoods of the fishery-dependent population at risk. Various structural constraints, such as under-developed or lack of quality post-harvest infrastructure and difficult access to credit for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, are further hampering the sector’s ability to grow and add value to the GDP and household income.

In response to such challenges, the Government of Cambodia has recently adopted the Strategic Planning Framework for Fisheries (SPFF) 2020-2024, calling for the “management, conservation, and development of sustainable fisheries resources to contribute to ensuring people’s food security and to socio-economic development in order to enhance people’s livelihoods and the nation’s prosperity”.

ADB is planning to support the Government of Cambodia in the implementation of its strategic plan for the coastal and marine fisheries sector through the proposed Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project (the Project), running for six years from mid-2022. The Project will assist the Government of Cambodia by enhancing coastal and marine ecosystem-based adaptation and mitigation (output 1), improving climate-resilient post-harvest infrastructure (output 2), promoting investment in safe and sustainable fisheries value chain (output 3), and establishing a marine financing facility (output 4).

The Project will contribute to the development of enhanced and sustainable coastal and marine ecosystems and fisheries value chains in Cambodia’s four coastal provinces of Kampot, Kep, Koh Kong, and Preah Sihanouk. The Project expected impact is sustainable and resilient coastal and marine fisheries resources.

To assist the Government in preparing the Project, under call-off 2, the ADB has contracted Landell Mills to provide transaction technical assistance (TRTA) for the design of fisheries value chain financing instruments and a self-sustaining Marine Financing Facility (MFF). The MFF is expected to adopt a sector-wide approach and promote the innovative use of public funds to crowd in private investments in non-revenue and revenue-generating activities.

In light of the above, Landell Mills’ team will assess the country’s current financial capacity, existing financial resources and financial schemes in the fisheries sector. This will inform the design of innovative financing instruments, the frameworks for the establishment of innovative financing vehicles in the form of the MFF and the interest for possible partnerships with the private sector (unlocking additional finance).

Project Palestine

30/09/21 - 30/10/22

Evaluation of WFP Country Strategic Plan for Palestine (2018-2022)

Project Uganda

13/09/21 - 21/02/22

End of Programme Evaluation of FINMAP III (3rd Financial Management and Accountability Programme)

Project Niger

07/09/21 - 30/04/22

Diagnostic and modernization plan of weather, climate, water and early warning services in Niger (Economist)

Project Timor-leste

03/09/21 - 31/10/24

Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project: Quality Improvement and Marketing Consultant

The coffee sub-sector is Timor-Leste’s largest non-oil export and is grown by 38% of all households. However, around half of the planted area consists of old trees that require replanting and rehabilitation and most smallholders do not consistently apply good practices for production and pest management. As a result, average yields are among the lowest in the world (150-200 kg per ha).

Improving productivity and price realization can have a significant impact on coffee dependent poor household incomes. However, many smallholder producers are constrained by gaps in knowledge and understanding of good agricultural practices, limited financial inclusion, difficulties in accessing high quality inputs and technical advice, poor transport links and market infrastructure, and continued dependence on middlemen.

The Minister of Agriculture’s capacity to help drive improvements across the sector is limited by a number of constraints.

To support the development of the coffee sector as a pro-poor driver for development and put the government front and centre of improvements the Asian Development Bank helped to launch the Timor-Leste National Coffee Sector Development Plan (2019–2030) in collaboration with the government.

The plan calls for a significant increase in productivity and improvement in quality. Long-term goals to be achieved over the life of the plan include:

Doubling of Timor Leste’s coffee production by 2030 to 20,000 tons annuallySignificant increase in quality as measured by the percentages of grades sold at the speciality and premium price levels by 2030.270% increase in the value of exports of Timor-Leste Coffee by 2030.

Despite constraints there are opportunities which include:

Expanding markets for speciality coffee. For potential buyers, Timor coffees have a nice cachet and interesting story Quality-focused buyers are actively increasing their purchasing of better Timor coffeeTimorese coffee is an attractive price point Government commitment to the sector is strongThere is potential to expand areas of production. Significant room for improvements in production and quality.

The Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project will support the government to implement the plan to address the constraints and unlock the opportunities. The project will strengthen value chains, better market linkages and improved gender actions, improved quality throughout the coffee chain, and better market information, to improve the sector long-run potential. The innovative project is designed to improve the lives of coffee farmers.

Project Timor-leste

03/09/21 - 31/10/24

Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project: Agronomic Research and Testing Consultant

The coffee sub-sector is Timor-Leste’s largest non-oil export and is grown by 38% of all households. However, around half of the planted area consists of old trees that require replanting and rehabilitation and most smallholders do not consistently apply good practices for production and pest management. As a result, average yields are among the lowest in the world (150-200 kg per ha).

Improving productivity and price realization can have a significant impact on coffee dependent poor household incomes. However, many smallholder producers are constrained by gaps in knowledge and understanding of good agricultural practices, limited financial inclusion, difficulties in accessing high quality inputs and technical advice, poor transport links and market infrastructure, and continued dependence on middlemen.

The Minister of Agriculture’s capacity to help drive improvements across the sector is limited by a number of constraints.

To support the development of the coffee sector as a pro-poor driver for development and put the government front and centre of improvements the Asian Development Bank helped to launch the Timor-Leste National Coffee Sector Development Plan (2019–2030) in collaboration with the government.

The plan calls for a significant increase in productivity and improvement in quality. Long-term goals to be achieved over the life of the plan include:

Doubling of Timor Leste’s coffee production by 2030 to 20,000 tons annuallySignificant increase in quality as measured by the percentages of grades sold at the speciality and premium price levels by 2030.270% increase in the value of exports of Timor-Leste Coffee by 2030.

Despite constraints there are opportunities which include:

Expanding markets for speciality coffee. For potential buyers, Timor coffees have a nice cachet and interesting story Quality-focused buyers are actively increasing their purchasing of better Timor coffeeTimorese coffee is an attractive price point Government commitment to the sector is strongThere is potential to expand areas of production. Significant room for improvements in production and quality.

The Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project will support the government to implement the plan to address the constraints and unlock the opportunities. The project will strengthen value chains, better market linkages and improved gender actions, improved quality throughout the coffee chain, and better market information, to improve the sector long-run potential. The innovative project is designed to improve the lives of coffee farmers.

This project - Agronomic Research and Testing Consultant– as part of the Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project, is evidence-based and provides support to the research & development (R&D) sector specific to the coffee variety and coffee technology sub-sectors.

Project Timor-leste

03/09/21 - 31/10/24

Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project: Implementation Support Consultant

The coffee sub-sector is Timor-Leste’s largest non-oil export and is grown by 38% of all households. However, around half of the planted area consists of old trees that require replanting and rehabilitation and most smallholders do not consistently apply good practices for production and pest management. As a result, average yields are among the lowest in the world (150-200 kg per ha).

Improving productivity and price realization can have a significant impact on coffee dependent poor household incomes. However, many smallholder producers are constrained by gaps in knowledge and understanding of good agricultural practices, limited financial inclusion, difficulties in accessing high quality inputs and technical advice, poor transport links and market infrastructure, and continued dependence on middlemen.

The Minister of Agriculture’s capacity to help drive improvements across the sector is limited by a number of constraints.

To support the development of the coffee sector as a pro-poor driver for development and put the government front and centre of improvements the Asian Development Bank helped to launch the Timor-Leste National Coffee Sector Development Plan (2019–2030) in collaboration with the government.

The plan calls for a significant increase in productivity and improvement in quality. Long-term goals to be achieved over the life of the plan include:

Doubling of Timor Leste’s coffee production by 2030 to 20,000 tons annuallySignificant increase in quality as measured by the percentages of grades sold at the speciality and premium price levels by 2030.270% increase in the value of exports of Timor-Leste Coffee by 2030.

Despite constraints there are opportunities which include:

Expanding markets for speciality coffee. For potential buyers, Timor coffees have a nice cachet and interesting story Quality-focused buyers are actively increasing their purchasing of better Timor coffeeTimorese coffee is an attractive price point Government commitment to the sector is strongThere is potential to expand areas of production. Significant room for improvements in production and quality.

The Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project will support the government to implement the plan to address the constraints and unlock the opportunities.

The project will strengthen value chains, better market linkages and improved gender actions, improved quality throughout the coffee chain, and better market information, to improve the sector long-run potential.

The innovative project is designed to improve the lives of coffee farmers.

The Implementation Support Consultant (ISC) under the Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project will specifically target productivity and quality improvements.

Project Namibia

01/09/21 - 01/01/24

Technical Assistance of Consulting Engineers for Works Contracts

The agriculture sector, and the livestock sub-sector in particular, remain underdeveloped in Namibia. For instance, the lack of proper infrastructure to control livestock movements poses a constant risk of importing animal diseases from infected areas, as it happened with the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak of July 2015. This has caused additional restrictions to the movement and trade of livestock throughout the Northern Communal Areas (NCAs), with additional dampening effects on the whole value chain. The marketing of livestock and livestock products in the NCAs thus continues to be hampered by the presence of Transboundary Animal Diseases (TADs), like FMD, Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia (CBPP) and others. In turn, the absence of formal marketing opportunities for livestock has further denied opportunities for Commodity Based Trade (CBT).

Consequently, in order to enhance the management of disease control and eradication strategies in the NCAs, livestock movement across the country's borders with Angola needs to be closely monitored. As it is necessary to build infrastructure along the northern border to enable livestock containment, testing and isolation, Namibia’s Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Land Reform (MAWLR) has aimed to construct new veterinary offices and animal handling infrastructure by the border to ensure efficient and effective control. Given the absence of a formal slaughter market in the NCAs since mid-2015, the Government started in 2018 the operationalisation of abattoirs through lease agreements with third parties. In addition, the construction of meat processing facilities will further enhance the value chain for the livestock farmers in the NCAs, while the construction of feedlots will complement the objective of quarantining animals while they are being prepared for the markets.

This Project thus aims to overall enhance the livelihood and entrepreneurship capacities of livestock farming communities in Namibia’s NCAs by addressing the limited marketing opportunities available to livestock farmers for commodity-based trade in the region. It seeks to rehabilitate and/or construct a range of facilities that are pivotal to the livestock value chain development in the region and the facilitation of market access, including feedlots, animal handling and meat processing facilities, artificial insemination centres, and agricultural development centres.

Project Swaziland

18/08/21 - 19/11/21

Final evaluation sugar sector Eswatini

The sugar industry is of critical importance to Eswatini’s development, employing over 12,000 people and contributing 12% to GDP. Eswatini has a clear comparative advantage in the sector, ranking in the top five global sugar producers in terms of efficiency.Between 2009 and 2014, the EU contributed almost €120 million (approx. 1.2 billion SZL) through the 10th EDF to boost Eswatini's development initiatives including the support to the sugar sector. Eswatini was also a major beneficiary of Commission funding in support of the adaptation of its sugar industry in line with the phasing out of the favourable Sugar Protocol and received a total allocation of €129m for the period 2006-2013. Under this budget, the EU supports the implementation of the country’s National Adaptation Strategy (NAS), which aims to ensure the continued economic viability of the sugar sector in the country. NAS seeks to enhance the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development of Eswatini (MEPD) and others for strengthened implementation of the NAS; increase the productivity and efficiency of small and medium scale sugarcane growers; improve transport infrastructure to reduce the costs of transporting sugarcane to the mills; preserve and enhance market access for sugar, and improve the living standards of rural communities dependent on sugar production.

The key interventions falling under this EU support, and those to be evaluated by this assignment, are:

Swaziland Annual Action Programme 2009 - Accompanying Measures for Sugar – Support to Sugarcane Small growers, Diversification and NAS CoordinationSwaziland Annual Action Programme 2010 - Accompanying Measures for Sugar – Road Transport InfrastructureSwaziland Annual Action Programme 2011 – Improving the Competitiveness of the Sugar Industry and Reducing PovertyThe main objectives of this evaluation is to provide the relevant services of the European
Union with:
an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the EU measures in the sugar sector, paying particular attention to its results measured against its expected objectives, and the reasons underpinning such results;key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve future Interventions.

Project South sudan

14/07/21 - 30/09/22

Evaluation of the South Sudan WFP Interim Country Strategic Plan 2018-2021

CSPEs encompass the entirety of WFP activities during a specific period. Their purpose is twofold: 1) to provide evaluation evidence and learning on WFP's performance for country-level strategic decisions, specifically for developing the next Country Strategic Plan (CSP) and 2) to provide accountability for results to WFP stakeholders. These evaluations are mandatory for all CSPs and are carried out in line with the WFP Policy on Country Strategic Plan and WFP Evaluation Policy.For countries where a country-led strategic review cannot be completed, WFP operations in-country are delivered through an Interim Country Strategic Plan (ICSP) that is based on existing strategies, studies, assessments, analysis and data. These Interim CSPs are used as a transition document until a strategic review-informed CSP can be developed. The evaluation will cover WFP strategy and activities (including cross-cutting results) for the period 2018-mid 2021. The main unit of analysis is the South Sudan ICSP, understood as the set of strategic outcomes, outputs, activities and inputs as approved by WFP Executive Board (EB), and revised through subsequent budget revisions. The evaluation will also look at how the ICSP builds on or departs from the two main previous operations (PRRO 200572 and EMOP 200859); it will also assess if the strategic shift envisaged since the last country portfolio evaluation has taken place and, if so, what the consequences are. Finally, the evaluation will assess WFP activities in South Sudan not explicitly included in the ICSP documents (if any) during the period covered by the evaluation. In connection to this, the evaluation will focus on assessing WFP contributions to the ICSP strategic outcomes, establishing plausible causal relations between the outputs of WFP activities, the implementation process, the operational environment and the changes observed at outcome level, including any unintended consequences, positive or negative. In so doing, the evaluation will also analyse WFP’s partnership strategy, including WFP strategic positioning in complex, dynamic contexts, particularly as it relates to the government and the international community.

The evaluation scope will include an assessment of how relevant and effective WFP was in responding to the COVID-19 crisis in South Sudan. In doing so, it will also consider how BRs and adaptations of WFP interventions in response to the crisis have affected other interventions planned under the ICSP.

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Evaluation of WFP Country Strategic Plan for Palestine (2018-2022)

End of Programme Evaluation of FINMAP III (3rd Financial Management and Accountability Programme)

Diagnostic and modernization plan of weather, climate, water and early warning services in Niger (Economist)

Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project: Quality Improvement and Marketing Consultant

Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project: Agronomic Research and Testing Consultant

Coffee and Agroforestry Livelihood Improvement Project: Implementation Support Consultant

Technical Assistance of Consulting Engineers for Works Contracts

Final evaluation sugar sector Eswatini

Evaluation of the South Sudan WFP Interim Country Strategic Plan 2018-2021