20/08/20 - 19/12/27
The overall objective of this contract is to enhance EU relations, partnership and cooperation with Cambodia through more effective communication and visibility of the EU's principles and values, external policies and actions.
The specific objectives of the project are as follows:
The project will achieve these objectives by delivering the following results:
The target audience of the project is:
15/08/20 - 14/02/23
In PNG, coffee production, primarily done by smallholders, is the backbone of the rural economy and accounts for 30% of the total labour force.
The vast majority of coffee produced in PNG is grown by smallholders on farms averaging one hectare whose livelihoods depend on a successful coffee crop.
In PNG, the quality and productivity of coffee has been declining and smallholder farmers’ yields are 50-60% below their potential.
Improving productivity and price realization can have a significant impact on 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.
Olam, a leading food and agri-business company, agreed a USD 163 Million loan with ADB to support Olam’s $211 million investment plan across Asia including PNG by financing an expansion in the firm’s processing of midstream products, while providing permanent working capital investments for smallholder farmers.
The loan will help the farmers integrate into more formalised coffee value chains and the global economy, expanding their production and operations, improving livelihoods by promoting inclusive and sustainable development, while for Olam, improved quality and quantity of production will increase its profitability, which in turn should lead to better farm gate prices.
14/05/20 - 14/11/22
Background
Private sector growth, industrial development and job creation are key development priorities for the SADC region. Since 2014 each SADC summit has dealt with the question of how the region can attain industrial development that can generate entrepreneurial activity, job creation and tax revenue. The Revised Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP) 2015-2020 recommends frontloading industrialisation in order to facilitate and accelerate regional integration with the hope of achieving socio-economic and equitable growth.
Other pressing concerns are linked to climate change, drought and food production. Southern Africa has a huge potential for increasing agricultural production, especially in areas with good rainfall such as Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Tanzania and Angola. However, the region remains a net food importer and increased climate variability make a large amount of the SADC population vulnerable. Strategies for addressing food security, including assisting affected populations with food supplies as well as providing emergency livestock supplementary feeds are thus of critical importance.
Objective
The SADC Dialogue Facility will support the process of regional integration within SADC through structured dialogue with key stakeholders on thematic areas of importance to the SADC regional integration agenda. It will work within and strengthen existing mechanisms such as the SADC-ICP Dialogue groups and existing CSO platforms. The project builds on previous successful dialogues with the EU and other cooperating partners.
Results
Landell Mills has been contracted to set-up and manage the SADC Dialogue Facility (SDF) and will work closely with the SADC Secretariat to achieve the following results:
01/05/20 - 30/11/20
The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union and the interested stakeholders with:
In particular, this evaluation of BIOPAMA I and II will serve to understand the performance of the Action, its enabling factors, those hampering a proper delivery of results and the key elements for ensuring its sustainability in order to adjust its design, priorities or strategic approach. It will serve as well to inform the planning of the future EU interventions and Actions related to biodiversity conservation. BIOPAMA I and II have to be evaluated together because they logically constitute one action. They involve the same implementing partners, the same beneficiaries, and project partners (ROs) and aim at achieving the same objectives through the same means.
The main users of this evaluation will be DG DEVCO, ACP Secretariat, EU Delegations in ACP countries, IUCN, JRC, ROs and other stakeholders as appropriate.
15/04/20 - 14/04/23
The UK’s long term aim in Syria is to achieve a genuine, sustainable and inclusive political settlement to end the conflict. FCDO’s focus in Syria has been to minimise human suffering, protect civilians from harm and improve the resilience of communities to the impact of the conflict. FCDO has funded a range of projects across Syria, through multilateral agencies and international and national non-governmental organisations (NGOs), implemented in both Government controlled and non-Government controlled areas. Projects funded by FCDO aim to deliver results across the country, including in hard-to-reach locations, and cover a wide range of sectors, including: Agriculture/Livelihoods, Education, Food Security, Health, Non-Food Items Shelter, Protection, WASH and Multisector Cash. The primary beneficiaries of FCDO projects in Syria are people in need of humanitarian assistance (particularly those in acute need), including: people in hard-to-reach locations; internally displaced people (IDPs); refugees (e.g. Palestinian); vulnerable people (including children, women, elderly people, people with disabilities, etc.).
Landell Mills was the main contractor for Phase II of the Syria Independent Monitoring (SIM) contract whose purpose was to monitor the FCDO’s entire humanitarian programme in Syria (and a more limited number of the FCDO’s Conflict, Security and Stability Fund interventions) through ‘real time’ data collection to help track progress of individual projects, identify and mitigate risks, and learn lessons for future design. Given the conflict-affected, high risk environment and lack of direct access by FCDO’s Office for Syria, this third party monitoring contract provided vital insights into the social, economic, political and environmental context within which FCDO’s partners were seeking to deliver support.
25/03/20 - 20/09/22
Coffee is an important sector in Indonesia but primarily characterized by unorganized, small-scale farming. The vast majority of coffee produced in Indonesia, the second largest coffee producing country in the world, is grown by smallholders on farms averaging around one hectare whose livelihoods depend on a successful coffee crop.
Smallholder coffee farmers across Indonesia face common challenges that include ageing trees, lack of access to finance and quality inputs, low yields, lack of storage and market infrastructure, limited local value addition, and dependence on middlemen.
In Indonesia, low yields (three times lower than that of Viet Nam) are due to the poor penetration rate of extension services and access to/adoption of technology being very low among smallholder coffee farmers.
Olam, a leading food and agri-business company, agreed a USD 163 Million loan with ADB to support Olam’s $211 million investment plan across Asia including Indonesia by financing an expansion in the firm’s processing of midstream products, while providing permanent working capital investments for smallholder farmers.
23/03/20 - 23/01/23
The project is designed to enhance the profile of the EU in Ethiopia by improving awareness about its bilateral co-operation with Ethiopia, through increased information, communication and visibility activities.
LM has been contracted to provide professional and technical support to the EU Delegation to Ethiopia’s implementation of information, communication and visibility activities to increase awareness and understanding of the EU’s bilateral co-operation with Ethiopia.
The project’s goal is that public, regional and national understanding and appreciation of the EU-Ethiopia relationship will be deepened, and that the EU will gain increased media exposure and attention commensurate with its role in Ethiopia.
09/03/20 - 09/01/21
The project aimed to increase the visibility of the EU and grow regional and individual awareness of the achievements of the ‘Towards free movement of persons and transhumance in the IGAD region’ project.
09/03/20 - 22/05/22
08/03/20 - 07/03/23
After three decades of authoritarian regime, on the basis of the Constitutional Agreement reached in Khartoum on 17 August 2019, Sudan was until October 2020 led by a civilian-led Government. The transition represented a critical opportunity to meet the legitimate aspirations of the Sudanese population for a more peaceful, prosperous and inclusive country.
Being firmly committed to the political and economic transition, the EU had sought to provide support that would contribute to the stabilisation of the country and its inclusive development. Following a request from the Prime Minister and scoping missions led by other donors, a need for human capacity reinforcement, as well as equipment to the Prime Minister Executive Office (PMEO) and line ministries, was established. This process identified five clusters where support was needed:
The intervention logic of the project was that by immediately supporting the core of the Government, the project would help to facilitate the transition towards democracy. It would achieve this by ensuring the promotion of better governance as well the adoption of policies that support the aims of the revolution, namely that of freedom, peace and justice.
Through this action – as implemented by Landell Mills, the EU Delegation supported the Prime Minister's Executive Office and other core government structures with crucial resources in terms of policy advice, capacity building and equipment.
The overall objective of the project, of which the Landell Mills contract is a part, has been to contribute to the democratic transition in Sudan. The purpose of the contract has been to reinforce the Prime Minister's Executive Office and relevant line ministries to achieve the top priorities of peace, economic recovery, transition to civilian democracy and inclusive, accountable and responsive governance systems set by the government. The beneficiaries have been staff of Prime Ministers Executive Office, staff of line ministries, non-state actors and others.