Projects and references

The overall objective of the project is to identify potential support areas that EU and EU Member States could provide to the Ethiopian government on the WTO accession and on the implementation of the AfCFTA.
The project shall lead to the identification of:
1. Needs/priorities for Ethiopia to complete the WTO accession and implement the AfCFTA, in particular:
2. Potential interventions where the EU and EU Member State Embassies or Agencies could have a comparative advantage in supporting the government in pursuing the WTO accession and the implementation of the AfCFTA, including by strengthening cooperation between different government agencies.

The objective of the mission was to carry out an in-depth and comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of tax incentives to gain better control of the tax base. It was designed to: (i) carry out a diagnosis of the tax incentive systems in force, (ii) assess their economic impacts and their effectiveness (quantitative analysis of the direct and indirect
effects initially expected), and (iii) propose solutions for rationalising the existing tax systems with a view to achieving a ratio of own revenues to GDP of at least 18% by 2025.

The overall objective of this contract is to strengthen civil society, particularly in the governance sector, as an agent for development as part of the implementation of the National Indicative Programme of the 11th European Development Fund and of the budget lines. The specific objective is to improve the efficiency of the strategic partnership of the Delegation of the European Union with Madagascan civil society organisations, in connection with the national institutions, by offering: (i) technical support to contribute to an improved enabling environment and capacity building in these organisations on governance-related issues linked to EU programmes in Madagascar, and (ii) continued support to civil society for the gradual process of autonomy from the multi-donor Common Fund mechanism towards a national entity.

The Competitiveness Support System in Cameroon (DACC) aims to strengthen Cameroon's economy and jobs creation by improving the competitiveness of the private sector and the capacity of enterprises to integrate into regional and international value chains, and take advantage of new trade agreements such as the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).
The support is demand driven and is being implemented directly by a long term TA/PMU team and by short term technical experts, mainly through institutional capacity building of Intermediary Organisations representing the private sector.

This mission aims to increase the Government of Benin’s capacity to apply the principles of gender-sensitive budgeting in the budget cycle. In this way state expenditure will contribute more effectively to reducing gender inequalities, achieving the gender indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals and greater budget transparency (measured by the Open Budget Index).