Projects and references

The objective of the mission was to evaluate the achievements of the programme 9 ACP ROC 22, namely to assist ECOWAS (Economic Community Of West African States) in acquiring an increased strategic, operational and management capacity to fulfil its mandate in the area of peace building and conflict prevention in a sustainable manner, and to make recommendations to improve the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of the programme.

The high disease burden, mainly related to communicable diseases, is inadequately dealt with by the current health system. The Ministry of Public Health’s development strategy therefore plans to strengthen the national health system’s performance by reorganising and better coordinating the different levels of the health pyramid.
This study aims to set up the legal foundations necessary for the decentralisation of the system and capacity building of the health districts.

Building of institutional and human capacities in the public health sector, support for the implementation and monitoring of the National Health Policy and Plan (NHPP), covering three different result areas:
i. A decentralised health management system to improve effectiveness in the delivery and monitoring of the BPHS (Basic Package of Health Services), a cornerstone of the NHPP tackling health priorities.
ii. HRH planning, development and management at different levels of the public health system (MoHSW, county level).
iii. Pharmaceuticals management: improvement of the procurement and registration of adequate medicines, control of medicines and their adequate distribution to ensure suitable access for the whole population.

Support to the Ministry of Health in achieving its mental health strategy through targeted technical cooperation aimed at capacity building within this field. Identification of skills and competency gaps for all mental health related staff categories, development and conduct of a training needs assessment for the staff categories concerned, development of a training plan including a training methodology, programme, calendar and budget, and development of the project proposal (project fiche).

The thematic programme ‘Non-State Actors (NSA) and Local Authorities (LA) in Development’ was introduced in 2007 to support development actions implemented by non-state actors and local authorities in close collaboration with local communities and the most vulnerable groups.
The overall aim of the Health Sector Interventions under the NSA and LA budget lines is to improve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) health indicators and increase the percentage of the population with access to health services, water supply and safe and reliable sanitation in the selected, most needy areas.

The aim of the project is to contribute to and facilitate the successful implementation of the Primary Education Retention Programme (PERP). In order to achieve the overall objective of increasing primary school completion rates, and the specific objective of reducing drop-out during primary education, three results have to be achieved:
Result 1: Primary educational planning is based on reliable information.
Result 2: Primary retention projects are designed and implemented in each of the five target states.
Result 3: There is enhanced understanding of factors related to drop-out and of effective strategies.

Support to the University of Pristina (UP) to set up, strengthen and increase the sustainability and proficiency of initial and in-service training structures for translators and interpreters in a lifelong learning perspective.
The technical assistance will provide the following services:
- Institutional strengthening
- Curriculum development
- Training of trainers of professional translators and interpreters and training of teachers in interpretation and translation
- Study visits for trainers of interpreters and translators
- Creation of accreditation procedures
- Procurement activities to equip the UP.

Comprehensive technical assistance support to the Ministry of Education in the implementation of the Secondary Education Support Programme (SESP) aiming at reforming and upgrading the Syrian secondary education system. Services provided include capacity building and training of the Syrian staff within the Project Task Force for the planning, management, monitoring and visibility of the SESP as well as institutional support.

The IMPRES project aims at improving preschool education provision and broadening access for children, especially from disadvantaged groups. The project will support improvements in the quality of preschool curricula and expansion of the capacities of preschool institutions. The assignment includes the preparation and implementation of training programmes, advice on the improvement of preschool legislation, preschool teaching methods and the provision of preschool activities, as well as the organisation of conferences, workshops and study tours. Mobilisation of two long-term experts and multiple short-term experts.

This contract is part of a project whose overall objective is to help reduce poverty in the Union of the Comoros by improving the quality of its educational system.
The specific objective is to boost the quality of education by strengthening administration, management and the information and communication infrastructure, and offer a better learning environment and higher-quality training to system managers.
We are providing technical assistance to support the Project Management Unit in managing the project and carrying out all of its technical activities, based on three key components:
Component 1: Communication and information system;
Component 2: Institutional capacities for the administration and management of education;
Component 3: Learning environment and higher-quality training for the system’s managerial staff.