04/01/13 - 01/09/13
The purpose of this contract, awarded to Landell Mills, is to establish and develop a programme to support agri-silviculture in Antananarivo, Madagascar (ASA). This request results from the observation of a gap between supply and demand for certain food commodities and wood fuel (coal and firewood) in urban areas, which has led to inflationary pressure on retail prices and poses a threat to food security in the country. Upstream, owing to multiple constraints, producers often recover only a small part of the added value generated, and they are seeing widespread environmental degradation as a result of erosion. This situation is exacerbating the vulnerability of a significant part of agri-silviculture consumers and producers in the Antananarivo area.
This task of establishing and developing an ASA programme will serve to support decision-making and is aimed at securing approval by the relevant departments of the EC at Brussels and the subsequent funding of the programme.
The expected results are:
- Objective and verifiable criteria demonstrating the relevance and feasibility of the project
- Working documents consisting of an identification report, a formulation report, an identification sheet and action fiche, and technical and administrative provisions and their appendices.
During the identification phase, the team of experts recognised the importance of including land-related matters in the development of the ASA programme (obtainment of titles from land tenure offices, access to land tenure certificates etc.). Accordingly, an amendment to the Landell Mills contract was agreed in order to include a surveyor in the current team.
The terms of reference of the study provided that the focus areas of the ASA programme include production resources (soil, water etc.), commodity chains including rice, vegetables and short-cycle, small-scale animal husbandry, and possibly training and organisational support for producers. With regard to wood fuel, the areas for study will focus on supply (reforestation and carbonisation) and demand (energy efficiency through the distribution of improved woodstoves). The relevance of coordinating responses given to agriculture and forestry issues is also to be explored in more detail.
The identification and formulation study led to the ASA programme being drawn up around three main outcomes: (i) structuring and building capacity among producers, (ii) facilitating and securing investments and (iii) improving supply, both in terms of quality and quantity, through production intensification.
01/01/13 - 31/05/13
Landell Mills is working closely with the fisheries administrations of Samoa and Tonga to sustainably manage the deepwater snapper fisheries within their maritime zones.
The five month project aims to enhance awareness on pertinent issues related to the management of deepwater snapper fisheries; update and make available stock information; devise a deep water snapper fisheries management plan for Samoa; review and update a deep water snapper fisheries management plan for Tonga, and; develop a simple and robust set of indicators that are appropriate, acceptable and effective in both countries that can be used by the fisheries administration to monitor the sustainable and equitable management of deepwater snapper.
Our team comprises expertise in fisheries management, policy, guidelines and stock assessments.
The work is being commissioned by the ACP FISH II Programme Management Unit in Brussels. It aims to contribute to the sustainable and equitable management of fisheries in ACP regions, thus leading to poverty alleviation and improving food security in ACP States.
10/12/12 - 30/09/13
01/12/12 - 31/12/13
The practical design, physical implementation and subsequent reporting of applied Collaborative Investigation Projects (“CIP”s) in seven South Asian countries is a key component of a two-phase Regional Training Programme in animal and human health epidemiology being implemented by Massey University, funded by the European Commission Avian and Human Influenza Trust Fund, administered by the World Bank (Grant No. TF098536).
The overarching aim of the Regional Training Programme is to strengthen institutional capacities in epidemiology and biosecurity to manage zoonotic diseases by introducing and operationalising the ‘One Health’ concept in selectednational institutions of the participating countries, which are directly or indirectly responsible for diagnosis, preparedness, response, prevention and control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) and other zoonoses. The participating countries are: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
The CIPs involvethe application and further development of practical skills and training in epidemiological investigation of zoonotic diseases involving both the human and animal health sectors in each country through the practice of collaborative design,physical implementation, scientific reporting and policy development. The CIPs must be focussed on zoonotic disease priorities in each country that address critical needs and key constraints to achieving a coordinated One Health approach to surveillance and biosecurity, identified through prior consultation by Massey with governments and regional stakeholders.
The objective of the contracted Services is to coordinate, facilitate and provide all necessary non-consulting services and any other services required that result in the planning, physical implementation and reporting of CIPs that: a) achieve the specified project objectives, and b) strengthen the capacities of the personnel and institutions involved in applied epidemiology and biosecurity to manage zoonotic diseases using a One Health approach.
14/11/12 - 14/11/13
The objective of this mission is to provide technical support in terms of capacity building to the Ministry of Finance in the following domains:
1. Sector policy planning and budgeting, aiming among other things, at the development of a global Medium Term Expenditure Framework for the Education Sector in close coordination with the Ministry of Finance.
2. National accounts systems and PFM aggregates in close coordination with the Central Administration for Statistics of Lebanon (CAS). Provision of better PFM and Macro date to investors and citizens.
3. Development of a Strategic Management Decision Making Tool. This includes the development of an integrated and comprehensive economic and financial model for the purpose of supporting MoF decisions.
4. Assessment and upgrading of IT systems at the Ministry of Finance and related ministries concerning notably: budget preparation module, commitment module, budget advances module, budget execution module, income tax and VAT module (SIGTAS), liabilities and deposits module, stamps system, cashier system, accountability system, and debt module (DMFAS).
11/11/12 - 15/12/12
The specific objective of the consultancy was to develop a simplified Performance Assessment Framework (PAF) for the period 2012-2017 to facilitate the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of the progress made in the implementation of the National Adaptation Strategy (NAS) and prepare a technical assistance plan including draft TORs for key technical assistance interventions in preparation of the continued NAS implementation. NAS was completed by the Government of St.Kitts and Nevis for the period 2006-2013 and indentified Tourism, Agricultural Diversification and Financial Services, as sectors which would foster sustainable social and economic development. The PAF is a critical tool in monitoring and reporting of progress in the implementation of the NAS and its focal sectors.
09/11/12 - 09/12/12
Landell Mills mobilised an exploratory mission (ExM) to Paraguay between 09/11/2012 and 03/12/12 to evaluate whether it would be useful, appropriate and feasible to deploy an EU Electoral Observation Mission during the General election planned for 21/04/2013.
The assessment included:
01/11/12 - 28/02/13
The overall objective of the mission is to support the Government of Jamaica in its efforts to improve the contribution of the private sector to GDP growth.
The specific objective of the mission is to support the government of Jamaica in the identification and in the formulation of the EPA Capacity Building Programme II (EPA-II).
Landell Mills provides a Private Sector Development Specialist to lead the team and work with the various donors and implementing organisations. The services provided are as follows:
Identification
Formulation
15/10/12 - 31/12/13
The global objective is to support SETSAN, the Food Security Secretariat based in the Ministry of Agriculture, in the preparation and initial implementation of the monitoring framework of the MDG initiative programme in Mozambique.
The specific objectives are:
01/10/12 - 25/10/13
The Climate Change Impact and Adaptation Study in the Mekong Delta supported the Government's National Target Plan for responding to climate change, as well as Vietnam's commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It complemented the Government's national socioeconomic development plan and Comprehensive Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy. The study promoted increased climate change resilience in the region and contributes to poverty reduction through:
(i) climate proofed socioeconomic development planning at provincial level (e.g., urban land use planning to avoid flooding of sensitive areas, adjusting agricultural patterns to adapt to changing drought or salinity conditions, providing such protective infrastructure as dikes, or enhancing natural protective ecosystems);
(ii) adoption of regional adaptation measures to protect agricultural production and thus the livelihoods of poor, near poor, and rural households through structural and non-structural measures; and
(iii) development of climate- resilient infrastructure in the transport and energy sectors that will aid in protecting the livelihoods of vulnerable groups, as well as in supporting overall economic development.
The study was split into two parts: Part A and Part B. This TA (Part B) dealt with climate change adaptation and planning and follows directly from Part A which dealt with climate change prediction and impact assessment. The TA included follow on outputs including:
1. Identification of appropriate climate change adaptation measures for target provinces and targeted regional sectors;
2. . Design of pre-feasibility level analysis of proposed pilot projects for scaling up and replication of the TA outcomes and support to collaborative mechanisms for information sharing and coordinated action on climate change.
3. Awareness raising and institutional capacity building