Projects and references

Support to the Ministry of Justice – Directorate General of the Prison and Reintegration Administration (DGAPR) – for the planning, implementation, management and monitoring of a EUR 17 million programme for the reform of the Algerian prison system. The programme’s objective is to modernise the prison system by improving the conditions of detention and modes of executing prison sentences and the social reintegration of prisoners with the support of other public and private actors, by optimising staff management and training, and consolidating the general security and management resources of the penitentiary establishments.

This was an advisory service project on Urban Development (UD) in 5 ACP countries (Ghana, Jamaica, Niger, Rwanda and Senegal).
The project was divided into two phases: phase one, which delved into the real matter of the Urban Development the five ACP countries, and phase two, which introduced overall strategic recommendations on topics of integrated urban planning, housing, and secondary cities.

The project ‘Support to the quality infrastructure framework within a DCFTA context in the Republic of Moldova’ supports the efforts of the Government of Moldova (GoM) to progress in some of the crucial areas foreseen by the Association Agreement, which are linked with the improvement of public governance, economic recovery and growth, i.e.: 1) quality infrastructure, 2) market surveillance, 3) internal and external markets and opportunities, 4) competitiveness awareness in an AA/DCFTA context.

The overall objective of the EU's programme to support justice reform is to contribute to the reform of Morocco’s judicial system in order to heighten its efficiency.
Specific objectives:
- Provide assistance to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to: (i) support it in coordinating the implementation of priority activities to reform the judicial system and the EU programme to support the sector's reform (ii) help build up institutional capacities for the implementation of the Reform Charter; (iii) promote the coherence of the legal system vis-à-vis international standards and conventions ratified by Morocco in this field. 
- Provide technical support to the MoJ, the Superior Council of the Judiciary and the Prosecutor General’s Office for the implementation of activities under the EU support programme, and to carry out studies, surveys, assessments, and training.
- Assist with communication activities as regards the justice reform in Morocco and the EU programme to support justice: development and implementation of a communication strategy and plan.

The technical assistance mission for strengthening Tunisian decision-makers' knowledge on the European Union through the design and implementation of a training system on the EU and its policies falls within the framework of the Programme of Support to the Association Agreement and Transition 3 (P3AT3) from which the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation (MDICI) and the Diplomatic Institute for Training and Studies (IDFE) benefit.
The general objective of this technical assistance mission is to strengthen the theoretical and practical knowledge of the European Union and its institutions, policies and procedures, by the civil servants of the Tunisian Republic and the active forces of the nation (economic, diplomatic and civil society spheres).

The Delegation of the European Union to Moldova commissioned an ex-post evaluation of its Framework Programmes "Support of the Agreements between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova 2011-2013", the goals of which were to identify the achievements, determine the quality and results of the Actions, in the context of an evolving co-operation policy, increasingly focused on results-oriented approaches and the implementation of Sustainable development Goals (SDGs). The principal objectives were to conduct an independent assessment of the performance of the Framework Programmes 2011- 2013, identify lessons learned, and provide recommendations to help to improve future programme identification and formulation.

The objective of this mission is to provide the stakeholders (EU, Central African Republic, Member States of the Bêkou Fund, the Ministry for the Promotion of Women, Family and Child Protection [MPFFPE], implementing partners, Central African civil society and final beneficiaries) with an overall analysis of the programme’s performance, lessons learned and related conclusions and recommendations.
One of the evaluation’s specific objectives is to help formulate subsequent action on gender to consolidate the achievements and ensure that they last. The analysis therefore focuses on explaining the performance of the action, and its decisive and constricting factors, and should enable forward-looking recommendations to be identified for all stakeholders.
The statement of lessons learned and good practices should act as a basis for the planning of the EU’s future actions and interventions.

This mid-term evaluation is to introduce a rider prior to the next operational Committee in order to revise the log frame and to potentially extend the implementation period of the project up to the second semester 2021. The recommendations should be concrete, operational and directly actionable.
The main users of these two evaluations will be the European Commission (headquarters and European Union Delegations in Burkina Faso and other countries where the International Trade Centre-Ethical Fashion Initiative (ITC-EFI) programme is being deployed; ITC (headquarters); ITC-EFI (programme team) and all related national stakeholders from Mali and Burkina Faso in particular, but also other European social enterprise stakeholders.

This mid-term evaluation intended to analyse the results of the Programme since its inception, following the six DAC evaluation criteria and that of EU added value.
The SAFIRE Programme ( food security, training, insertion, resilience and employment) is divided into three components, respectively (i) Community and institutional resilience for the economic and social insertion of young people and women in Nouakchott, Hodh El Chargui and Hodh El Gharbi, (ii) a socio-professional integration programme for the employment of young people and women in Nouakchott, Gorgol and Guidimakha, and (iii) a support project for the economic and social inclusion and employment stability of young people in Mauritania, in Nouakchott, Brakna, Trazra and Gorgol.
Each of the three components was supported by a consortium (lead organisations: OXFAM, French Red Cross and GRET). In total, 14 NGOs were involved in the implementation of the activities, coordinated by an inter-consortium team of three persons.