Projects and references

Assessed the pre-election situation in the light of international standards for democratic elections and Tanzanian legislation. The assessment covered the: (i) political situation, (ii) legislative framework, (iii) election administration, (iv) human rights and fundamental freedoms, (v) media, (vi) voter registration, (vii) party and candidate registration, (viii) security aspects, (ix) logistics and operational matters, and any other relevant issues relating to the elections and the possible deployment of an Election Observation Mission of the European Union.

Summary, adaptation and updating of the existing Hospital Master Plan (HMP) with particular attention to the implementation strategy, especially the HR plan;
Provision of a reliable health care model for the entire population;
Assessment of the needs to achieve the rationalisation of the system in the long run and political feasibility;
Development of a regional approach to secondary health care services, especially the development of emergency services.

The objective of this project was to support the Ministry of Mines, Energy and Water of Zambia and the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Cameroon in the implementation of the SE4All Initiative in Zambia and Cameroon, and in particular with the formulation of Action Agendas (AAs) and Investment Prospectuses (IPs) for both countries. The services also included political advocacy, the identification of investment and PPP opportunities and capacity building.

The mission’s general objective is to contribute to the adoption of an attractive legal and regulatory framework with the introduction of an electricity code and of a new law on the regulator to build rules and practices more conducive to private investment in order to achieve universal access by 2025 and supply affordable electricity.
In particular, the mission involves defining, justifying and documenting amendments to the regulations to be integrated into the draft electricity code or other text to provide an investment-friendly framework in the energy sector covering the development of renewable energies, public-private partnerships, incentive optimisation, the optimisation of the model and acceleration of the rural electrification process, and finally, taking account of the downstream sector in the oil and gas industry.

- Strategic framework for the development of regional and continental infrastructure in four sectors (Energy, Transport, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), and Transboundary Water Resources), based on a development vision for Africa, strategic objectives and sector policies.
- Infrastructure development programme covering the period up to 2030.
- Implementation strategy and priority action plan.

Provision of technical assistance to the Kabul Medical University and the Ghazanfar Institute of Health Sciences with the following purposes:
- Upgrading the nutrition curricula in the existing professional diplomas of nurses and midwives and training of teachers in the new curricula
- Revision of the nutrition curricula in the bachelor degrees for medical doctors, nurses and the public health postgraduate programme of the Kabul Medical University.
- Creation of specific nutrition diplomas under the public health postgraduate programme at Kabul Medical University and at the Ghazanfar Institute of Health Sciences.

The purposes of this contract are as follows:
• To train key decision-makers of university hospitals, public capital investment institutions and relevant stakeholders on blended finance investment preparation (capital demand) and appraisal (capital supply) for tertiary hospitals.
• To assist the Medical Hub Development project in cost estimation analysis.
• To prepare bankable feasibility studies for the development of 3 UCH medical hubs including international standard tertiary medical services.