01/02/10 - 01/01/12
Monitoring of Support to Eleven Farmers Associations Projects in Mozambique
Aims:
• to monitor the progress and performance of the eleven projects, including the appropriate usage of funds by assessing the efficiency, effectiveness, potential impact and likely sustainability
• to advise the grant beneficiaries on measures to improve the project performance
Monitoring of eleven “Support to Farmers’ Association” projects in Mozambique
Wider objective:
to provide the European Commission with a neutral viewpoint on the progress of eleven ongoing projects selected under the call for proposal "Support to Farmers´ Associations"
Specific objectives:
Required outputs:
The expert will produce a minimum of three Results-Oriented Monitoring reports, covering eleven projects (each monitored on average three times) with a focus on efficiency (and cost effectiveness), effectiveness, potential impact and likely sustainability
01/02/10 - 28/07/10
Landell Mills Ltd was assisting the EU Delegation in Afghanistan and the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation & Development ( MRRD) to formulate a new five-year programme in rural governance and development.
The overall objective of the new programme were to contribute to state building and to improve socio-economic recovery in Afghanistan. In particular, the programme aimed to achieve the following results:
The formulation mission specifically evaluated:
Field visits to provinces were conducted to critically asses the contribution of local offices of the MRRD to the development process.
05/01/10 - 05/04/10
The global objective of this evaluation was to i) assess how effectively and efficiently all three REOPA (Rural Employment Opportunities for Public Assets) components have progressed in attaining the programme objectives, ii) assess performance of REOPA-CSC team on technical assistance and capacity strengthening, iii) assess performance of NGOs in providing training to the crew women, iv) identify lessons learned and vi) make appropriate recommendations of general and specific nature for any adjustment during the remaining implementation period of REOPA. The outcome of the mid term evaluation has also enable the EC, GoB and UNDP to form an opinion on future interventions where food security and safety net actions are increasingly involving local governments and grass root level organisations.
01/01/10 - 09/12/12
Establishing and Strengthening of a Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) System in Fisheries
The overall objective of the project is to establish a sustainable fisheries sector by strengthening the capacity of authorities to protect marine resources and enforce appropriate fishing management practices. To achieve this, a central national system of water area surveillance was established within the framework of the European Common Fisheries Policies (CFP).
Results:
01/01/10 - 27/02/12
The overall objective of the Institutional Review of the Barbados Sugar Cane Industry is to facilitate the transition from the traditional sugar industry to a new sugar cane industry that functions more efficiently and that is more profitable than its predecessor. From this overall objective derives a threefold purpose, which is:
The results to be achieved are the following:
01/01/10 - 26/10/11
The overall objective of this project was to provide support to the Ministry of Rural Transformation and other sector Ministries in setting up and piloting a system for implementing and monitoring the Strategic Plan for Rural Development.
The primary purpose of the project was to review, develop and implement, in consultation with all relevant stakeholders (including sector Ministries) and in close partnership with the Ministry of Rural Transformation, the following:
The expected outcomes were:
01/01/10 - 01/07/10
Mid-term evaluation of the Rural Employment Opportunities for Public Assets (REOPA), Bangladesh
The overall objective of REOPA was to contribute to the long term sustainable socio-economic development of rural Bangladesh. REOPA contributes to poverty alleviation in rural areas and mainstreaming women into development programmes, as indicated in the Government of Bangladesh's PRSP and Bangladesh's commitment to the MDGs.
The purposes of REOPA are:
Wider Objective of the mid-term evaluation of REOPA:
Specific Objectives of the mid-term evaluation of REOPA:
The mission needed to identify lessons learned and present recommendations of general and specific nature to GoB, UNDP and EC for any adjustment within REOPA and for the preparation of similar poverty alleviation/rural development/food security projects in the future
01/12/09 - 01/08/11
Results-oriented monitoring of operations financed by the European Commission under the Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries (ROM Food Facility)
The overall project objective is to contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Food Facility instrument.
The contract purpose is to ascertain whether the objectives of the Food Facility have been met and formulate recommendations with a view to improving relevant future development cooperation operations.
The project activities are:
1) ROM FF project start-up
2) preparation of ROM workplan and mission plan
3) organization, preparation and implementation of ROM missions
4) drafting, QC and dissemination of Project Synopses, Monitoring Reports and BCSs
5) elaboration of other ROM outputs (Annual Report, Horizontal, Synthesis and Special Reports)
6) operation of the proposed system for the analysis and synthesis of ROM results
7) quality management – quality assurance of the ROM project activities, outputs, results
8) co-operation/communications with all actors involved, in EU and in the regions of the Food Facility instrument
9) management reporting
10) ROM project wrap-up and hand-over