01/05/05 - 01/01/06
TanzaniaHand-washing Initiative – Consumer Research
The World Bank and a number of partners are implementing a global initiative aimed at promoting the use of hand-washing with soap in developing countries in order to reduce childhood mortality, diarrheal disease and acute respiratory infection. This consumer research will enable the World Bank to assist the Government of Tanzania to design an appropriate hand-washing campaign. The research will be used to develop the insights needed to design and effective programme to promote hand-washing with soap.
Then specific objectives of the assignment are:
- to record current hand-washing practices and their context
- to understand what drives and facilitates hand-washing in communities
- to identify target audiences
- to document current channels of communication
01/05/05 - 01/09/05
EPA Economic Partnership Agreement Study - Rules of Origin
Landell Mills was contracted to carry out an EPA study on the Rules of Origin in ACP countries. The rules of origin constitute one of the essential elements to be incorporated in the partnership agreements being negotiated. During the first phase of the EPA negotiations, the ACP Group identified the rules of origin as one of the issues of common interest to all ACP countries and highlighted the need for identical rules of origin for all ACP regions or countries.
The overall objective of the study was to provide the ACP side with sufficient information and analyses to support their proposals for a new set of rules of origin that are transparent and simple enough to improve the access of ACP products to the EU market, and to attract investment and promote industrialization in the ACP countries
01/05/05 - 01/07/05
01/04/05 - 01/08/05
The key objectives of the project were:
The Project aims to raise the income of tea and fruit farmers. This is to be done through provision of a credit line for field development, nursery operations and small and medium-scale processing of these crops. To support this credit line, the Project will provide beneficiaries with a package of technology and market information to improve their agricultural practices and bargaining power. In addition to economic benefits, the Project is expected to have a positive environmental impact as a result of the canopy cover from the tea and fruit crops cover. For tea, the Project will help rehabilitate 1,500 ha of tea, replant and newly plant approximately 2,300 ha, for fruit, targeted new planting is about 23,000 ha including replanting of 7,500 ha on deforested land.
01/03/05 - 01/01/08
Service contract for a monitoring system of the implementation of projects and programmes of External Co-operation financed by the European Community, lot 5 (MED)
The wider objective was the promotion of the Euro-Med Partnership (Barcelona Declaration and Berlin Council) through the implementation of appropriate programmes/projects with sustainable impacts/ results.
The main objective of the project was to gather results-oriented information on projects in the field and to report on progress in order to maintain and, where possible, improve the quality of external co-operation activities through timely, independent and well-targeted information on project implementation. The contractor provided the EC (Heads of Delegations and Headquarters) clear, objective, consistent and user-friendly overview (monitoring) information on projects being implemented.
The information was mainly provided through appropriate high quality monitoring reports on technical and managerial aspects of project implementation. Reports are centralised in one database. Reports are self standing outputs as well as a basis for further analysis.
Missions were undertaken to countries including Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Syria, Jordan, West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and various EU states
01/03/05 - 01/12/06
Uganda – independent review of the national forestry authority (NFA)
The overall objective of the study was to review the progress to date of the NFA against its stated targets and to make constructive recommendations to improve the performance, impact and sustainability of the NFA. In particular the following should be included:
01/03/05 - 01/06/05
Impact Assessment of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Djibouti
Landell Mills was contracted by the ACP-secretariat in Brussels to conduct a study for the Government of Djibouti into the impact of Djibouti entering an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. The project included two workshops and looked at the different strategies/positions to adopt during current WTO, COMESA and ACP-EU negotiations. The study also examined the potential importance and impact of Djibouti accepting a common external tariff barrier within the ESA grouping of the COMESA organisation.
Services were provided in development economics, trade policy analysis, and fiscal expertise including macroeconomic & fiscal adjustments processes. The study included a rigorous and detailed analysis of the economy of Djibouti. The study proposed a radical re-organisation and strengthening of the capacity of the Ministry of Trade and Industry to conduct trade and commercial negotiations.
01/02/05 - 01/09/05
Landell Mills has been contracted by the EC delegation in Eritrea in order to conduct a study:
01/01/05 - 01/01/10
Tourism-led Local Economic Development Programme – Greater Tzaneen and Greater Letaba Local Municipalities, Limpopo Province
The objective of the programme – known locally as the Mefakeng Project - was to enhance the livelihoods of poor rural and township communities in Limpopo Province. The chosen method – using innovative approaches - was to promote tourism-based community owned enterprises. The innovative approaches included fostering private/public partnerships at grass-roots level. The Programme set out to identify and the poorest and most disadvantaged communities within the designated area. During the implementation of the Programme, the Programme Management Unit (PMU) continuously developed the capacity of permanent staff in the local authorities so as to ensure sustainable long term support for the communities and their enterprises. .
TDI in association with local South African consultancies PondoCROP Socio Economic Services and Tlhago Consulting- provided the expert staffing for the Programme Management Unit. TDI also provided a number of specific technical inputs. The PMU was responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the programme. The main elements of the Programme are shown below
The achieved results were as follows:
· The establishment of four tourist-based development projects specifically aimed at poor and disadvantaged rural communities within the Mopani District of Limpopo Province: notably within the Greater Tzaneen and the Greater Letaba Municipalities: both of which are predominantly poor, disadvantaged and rural in nature.
· The use of local labour and skills in the design and construction of the facilities
· Successful training and capacity building for local young people, aspiring local entrepreneurs, and local officials
01/01/05 - 16/10/09
The overall objective of ‘Technical Assistance Contract for the Agricultural Development Project’ is to increase farmers’ revenues in the fruits and vegetable sector by optimal use of the production factors, improving products’ quality to better respond to market demand, and supporting new marketing channels for agricultural products.
Its specific objectives are to:
The chief beneficiaries of the project will be small and medium scale farmers in the fruit and vegetable sector. The project has many secondary beneficiaries including fruit and vegetable exporters, the Ministry of Agriculture, LARI (Lebanese Agricultural Research institute), NCSR (National Scientific Research Council) and CCIA (Chamber of Commerce for Industry and Agriculture).