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Project Myanmar

03/04/23 - 03/01/24

Support to the formulation of Action Documents under Special Measures 2023 - Myanmar

Project Mali

24/03/23 - 30/04/24

Evaluation of Country Strategic Plan for Mali, 2020-2024

Project Ethiopia

16/01/23 - 24/07/23

EVALUATION OF DCI-FOOD INTERVENTIONS FOR IMPROVING NUTRITION IN ETHIOPIA.

The objective of the assignment was to analyse the performance of two interventions in Ethiopia financed by the EU in the Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture sector, under the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and Global Public Goods and Challenges thematic programme, as follows:

• Project 1: Diet Quality Improvement by Fortification with Climate-smart, Nutrition-Smart Orange-fleshed Sweet potato in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR), Ethiopia, also named Quality Diets for Better Health (QDBH).

• Project 2: Developing innovative food solutions to increase the quality of nutritious foods for young children, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women (DARE).

The assignment aimed to provide the relevant services of the European Union and the interested stakeholders with an overall independent assessment of the performance of both the completed DCI-FOOD Project Quality Diets for Better Health through an ex-post evaluation following the end of the project on 23 December 2021, and the ongoing Developing innovative food solutions to increase the quality of nutritious foods for young children, adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women through a mid-term review of the project which had been ongoing since 24 June 2020 and was expected to close on 24 June 2024.

The evaluation assignment aimed to address a set of specific questions (per project) through a systematic and objective process that sought to provide credible, verifiable (data triangulation), and useful information and analysis on what worked and what did not work, what helped or hindered the achievement of the specific objectives (causal analysis). The knowledge thereby capitalised highlighted the achievement and key lessons learned, conclusions, and related recommendations to improve current and future interventions. The ex-post evaluation of Project 1 used the standard DAC evaluation criteria, with a focus on effectiveness, sustainability, and impact. The evaluation did not analyse the relevance, coherence, and efficiency of the intervention, as those criteria had been taken into account by the mid-term evaluation, and the project implementation was completed. The mid-term review of Project 2 focused on relevance, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness, and perspectives of sustainability. The review did not analyse the impact, as the project was only halfway through its implementation, and it was too early to measure the impact. Both interventions were evaluated based on EU specific evaluation criteria (EU added value), as well as whether gender equality and women’s empowerment, environment and adaptation to climate change, conflict sensitivity were mainstreamed, and if the principle of Leave No One Behind and the Human Rights-Based Approach was followed during the whole project cycle. The main users of the evaluation were the EU Delegation to Ethiopia, INTPA Unit F3, the EU-FAO FIRST facility in Ethiopia, the implementing partners (UNICEF, GAIN, OSSREA, CIP, and PIN), the Southern Agricultural Research Institute, the Regional Bureau of Agriculture in SNNPR and Sidama, the Centre for Food Science & Nutrition/ Addis Ababa University, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute, the International Food Policy Research Institute in Ethiopia, coordination platforms such as the Ethiopian Food System multi-sectoral core team, and flagship programmes such as the PSNP and school feeding.

Project Thailand

15/01/23 - 22/11/23

Assessment of the potential impact of the proposal for an EU regulation to prevent deforestation-products originating from Thailand to enter the EU Market

The overall objective of the assignment was to assess the possible impacts of the proposed EU Regulation on certain commodities in Thailand through an ex-ante assessment and discuss next steps of partnership and continued EU support.The specific objectives of the assignment were:
• Objective 1: Assess the potential effects of the proposed Regulation in Thailand, building on the Impact Assessment conducted in preparation of the new legislative proposal.• Objective 2: Provide additional information that would facilitate further bilateral dialogue and help the design of support measures.• Objective 3: Assess the need and the potential features of a more comprehensive cooperation approach, covering all relevant commodities and the deforestation-free elements (beyond legality) and pre-identify potential support measures.

The assessment built on the impact assessment that was conducted in preparation of the new legislative proposal. The study mapped the relevant value chains of the commodities under the Regulations and the main actors within them, identifying potential social, legislative or policy obstacles to traceability, and exploring the possible effects of the proposal on the different actors in these value chains. The study relied on deforestation, trade and agricultural production data and available national maps and included the review of policies, schemes, incentives, etc that were thought to have an impact on the successful implementation of the draft Regulation.

The study produced estimates on the number of farmers to be affected in each commodity sector and assessed the readiness of those farmers to comply with the requirements of the new Regulation, as well as assessed the potential obstacles that stand in the way of compliance. The study also provided additional information (e.g. on certification, support policies for traceability, statistics on the number of smallholders and plot sizes, compatibility of local definitions with those in the proposal etc.) that will be used to facilitate further bilateral dialogue and help the design of support measures. Lastly, the study assessed the need for a more comprehensive cooperation approach that would cover all relevant commodities and deforestation-free elements beyond legality and pre-identify potential support measures for sustainable natural resource management in the forest sector.

The conclusion of the study and recommendations for the way forward identified in the final report were presented at a conference in Bangkok for key stakeholders.

Project Guinea

15/01/23 - 15/07/23

Final Evaluation of the "Environment" section of the 3rd Support Programme for the Reform of the Security Sector (PARSS3-Environment)

Project

10/01/23 - 08/08/23

Formulation of the Global Ocean Programme on ocean governance, conservation and sustainable use

Oceans are essential for life and livelihoods. Over 3 billion people – the vast majority in developing countries – depend directly on marine and coastal space, biodiversity and other assets for their livelihoods and food security. They play a critical role in climate regulation and in global challenges such as sustainable economic development, food security, energy and green transition. The EU promotes the importance of developing new and emerging ocean-based sectors into catalysts for long-term, nature-positive and inclusive sustainable development. International development co-operation has a key role to play in ensuring that the expansion of the global ocean economy is guided by institutional arrangements, policies and financial flows that are aligned with the imperative of sustainability and with the needs of developing countries and the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

This global programme on ocean governance, conservation and sustainable use will support EU policies and priorities in international ocean governance while at the same time improving the resilience and livelihoods of people in developing countries, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs). This will be sought, while maintaining the focus on core development cooperation objectives of poverty alleviation, human rights and women empowerment.

This programme prioritises development in the following key areas:

1) Support and initiate the development of novel collaborative approaches across sectoral and regional organizations, States, and stakeholders at the scale of marine regions in priority

geographic areas to address interlinked sustainability issues; promote multi-sector strategies and financing; support implementation of common management and planning strategies; facilitate engagement of relevant stakeholders to ensure transparency and equitability; support exchange of practices between regions and peers.

2) Contribute to building a more effective and comprehensive global system of area-based management tools (ABMTs), including effectively and equitably managed, ecologically representative and well-connected networks of marine protected areas (MPAs), both in and beyond national jurisdictions, while securing the rights of local communities as key actors and beneficiaries in conservation. Indeed, ecological limits, interconnectivity of ecosystems and extend of threats do not correspond to the legal delimitations established by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Consideration will be given to how the Global Ocean Programme could build, among others, on the existing pilots of governance of transnational and high-sea areas, like for example in the Thermal Dome and the Sargasso Sea2 (two unique ecosystems sites located both in and beyond national jurisdiction).

3) Application of ecosystem-based approaches focusing on prevention of harmful impacts of economic activities, protection and restoration of marine environment. Ensuring that activities with a potential impact on the marine environment are submitted to solid and reliable environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental assessments will

also go a long way in stepping-up the sustainable use of ocean resources, both in and beyond national jurisdictions. The Global Ocean Programme will also improve capacities of partner countries to expand and maintain a monitoring of environmental impacts of authorised activities over the long term. After analysing the current situation, the Contractor should develop proposals for the Ocean Programme to scale up the systematisation, quality and enhanced transparency of environmental impact assessments and strategic environmental assessments for activities affecting the ocean and coastal zones, and their monitoring over the long-term.

4) The use of marine genetic resources (MGRs), a key activity in development, will also need solid and equitable management at global level to ensure the fair repartition of its benefits. Indeed, MGRs offer considerable opportunities, e.g., to strengthen food security, to discover new drugs to fight cancers, to develop biodegradable plastics in seawater or to help remedy pollution. A framework has been developed to ensure sharing of benefits from the use of the resources in national waters, but there is currently no such a framework for marine genetic resources found and taken in areas beyond national jurisdiction. The project will consider how the Global Ocean Programme could support developing partner countries in setting the conditions at national level to really benefit from the use of these resources by developed countries both in and beyond national jurisdictions.

Project Mongolia

07/01/23 - 01/01/24

Consulting Services for Urban Flood Simulation for Ulaanbaatar

This contract was awarded under the World Bank Urban Flood Risk Assessment Framework.
Mongolia is extremely vulnerable natural hazards and climate change, hazards include flooding, storm surges and severe winter events. The frequency of such events is likely to increase and to become more intense with the changing climate. The capital Ulaanbaatar is no exception to this, and the increased risk of harsh climate events represents a threat to resident mobility and the quality of vital infrastructure. Poor urban planning, construction and inadequate road drainage systems have aggravated this risk, resulting in a drastic increase in urban flood incidents in Ulaanbaatar. The Municipality of Ulanbaataar (MUB) has begun to impose the use of more climate resilient drainage systems in new road investments, but due to limited funding and technical capacity, maintenance has become an issue.
The geographical features of the city contribute to its vulnerability to climate change. Ulaanbaatar is located at a high altitude within a discontinuous permafrost zone as well as being situated in a valley surrounded by 4 mountains and dissected by the Tuul River. The city is vulnerable to wildfires, urban flooding, river flooding, landslides, and earthquakes. In the winter season, road facilities in particular are susceptible to icing and deterioration due to freeze-thaw weathering as surface temperature and condition fluctuates. This, in turn, has financial consequences and more funding attention is needed to restore damaged road systems.
This study is implemented as a technical support to the implementation of the Ulaanbaatar Sustainable Urban Transport Project (USUTP) financed by the World Bank. Whilst the USUTP is comprised of four components, this study supports Component 3.1 Effective Institutions for Transport Planning and Management. Which aims to help the MUB to develop a comprehensive and effective institutional framework for sustainable urban mobility.
The objective of this consulting assignment is a flood hazard modelling and mapping exercise for the city, and a risk assessment specifically for the transport network in Ulaanbaatar. This includes the preparation of an urban flood simulation under different precipitation scenarios and high-resolution hazard maps for Ulaanbaatar city’s transport network. The total length of the city’s road network is 1,156km.
The urban flood simulation will be used as key evidence for 1) asset maintenance prioritization (TAMP, mentioned above) and 2) future infrastructure investment and maintenance planning by the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (TIIP, mentioned above). The results of the flood simulation and risk analysis will also inform engineering solutions for climate resilience and adaptation of corridor improvement works included in the USUTP.

Project Malawi

03/01/23 - 03/01/26

Consultancy Services for the Growth Accelerator Malawi Management Services on a Long-Term Agreement Basis

Through the Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) II, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Malawi has instituted the Growth Accelerator (GA) Malawi to complement Government efforts respecting private sector-led growth, provide support on accelerating the growth of start-up companies, crowding in impact investment for sustainable enterprise development, scale innovations and increase investments in Malawi’s agriculture, manufacturing, irrigation and renewable energy sectors. The GA, the very first Business Acceleration programme in Malawi, is therefore injecting risk capital into start-up companies led by young Malawian entrepreneurs with the provision of supplementary business acceleration capital and technical advisory services.
The overall objective of the Growth Accelerator is to provide a competitively selected cohort of ambitious and innovative entrepreneurs to access technical assistance, co-financing and mentorship to enable growth and scaling of their businesses. More specifically, the Growth Accelerator provides financial support to its ventures by offering access to a maximum of $40,000 in financing. The programme works on a model that allows entrepreneurs to request funds within the range of $10,000 to $40,000 on the condition that they match with 30% the value in cash. Further to that, the programme offers to the entrepreneurs several options of matching such as bank loans (commercial debt), self-matching and/or equity investment (equity participation). In terms of technical support, the programme offers business incubators and innovative hubs that allow beneficiary entrepreneurs to participate in cohort-based technical assistance, followed by mentorship and peer-to-peer learning. Subsequently, the programme monitors venture growth for an additional period of time.

The UNDP has currently upgraded the Growth Accelerator to include the Green Economci Transition Facility (GETF) to cater for more sizable, specialized technical assistance that is sector-specific. The cohort of companies to be selected shall receive more personalized Technical Assistance in the field of fuel efficient solutions and cooking technologies. The technical assistance to be delivered is demand-driven and based on the needs and appetite of the selected company under the specific challenge. This is a departure from the regular Growth Accelerator rounds where Technical Assistance is rather standardized and pertains to a standard package of Business Acceleration technical support across the various segments of the enterprise.

Project Guyana

28/12/22 - 05/03/24

Technical Assistance for the formulation of the EU cooperation with Bonaire for the period 2021-2027

Bonaire is one of three members of the Caribbean Netherlands, along with Saba and Saint Eustatius. The Dutch OCTs (Overseas Countries and Territories) further encompass 3 countries: Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten.In Bonaire, the Dutch Government is responsible for some aspects of Government, including education, justice, taxation, social security, immigration and health. The Island Government has direct control of the development and maintenance of the island, covering mainly infrastructure and local economy. It holds a status of a special municipality and is officially considered as a Public Entity (Openbaar Lichaam) per the Netherlands Law. The EU was supporting Bonaire through the 11th EDF (Youth, 3.95M EUR); Regional programming (OCT Regional Programme on resilience, sustainable energy and marine biodiversity 40M EUR for 12 OCTs); and ThematicProgramming (17.8M EUR on sustainable energy and climate change, and enhancing resilience to covid). Budget Support has become a preferred cooperation disbursement modality for the Caribbean Netherlands, including Bonaire.Moreover, Multiannual Indicative Programs (MIPs) is one of the EU post-COVID implementation instrument. Each territorial MIP has a single priority area identified and agreed. Due to the population growth and significant impact of tourism, Bonaire is expected to face main water and sanitation challenges in coming years. Hence, the Green Deal, waste water treatment for the EU territorial cooperation for 2021-2027 are also in line with the priorities of Bonaire’s Implementation Agenda for Nature & Environment Policy on Bonaire 2020 – 2030 and the Nature and Environmental Policy Plan Caribbean Netherlands 2020-2030, Plan for Land and Water and the EU policies. As a new programming cycle starts, time has come to formulate the new EU Support programme to Bonaire, which, in alignment with the Island’s “Implementation Agenda for Nature and Environment 2020-2030”, and the EU Green Deal mentioned above, will focus on wastewater management (WWM). In the post-covid context, with Bonaire both growing quickly, and the return of tourism expected to have a heavy impact; sanitation is at the forefront of Bonaire’s priorities for sustainable development. It is also closely linked to climate change and disaster risk management – for example recent heavy rains caused damages to dams and the sewerage system, leading to contaminated water flowing into the protected marine areas. All these issues will need to be taken into account during the formulation.

Gender Equality will also have a central place in our Strategy. Our objective is not only that the future territorial programme does no harm, but also that it works towards greater gender equality. Our team will go further than ensuring that proposed activities don’t enhance existing inequalities; we will specifically seek to address barriers to women’s empowerment.

Project Nicaragua

20/12/22 - 31/07/23

Evaluación intermedia del proyecto Resiliencia climática de los hogares rurales del corredor seco en Nicaragua (Nueva Segovia, Madriz y Estelí) desde agosto 2020 hasta agosto 2022

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