Projects and references

The KADSEEDS (Kaduna State Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy) programme is focused on the implementation of good governance principles and practise in Kaduna State institutions at all levels. Through the human resource component, determining the actual size of the civil service in Kaduna State, harmonisation of the nominal and payrolls, reforming the service to concentrate the engagement of staff in critical areas, development of a strong human resource information system, and enhancing staff training.

Capacity building of public and private sector control bodies, and improvement of control and audit practises through the provision of technical tools related to their field, in order to enable them to propose a better quality service. The assignment concerned the development of a training programme and the training of 40 trainers of public and private sector control bodies.

Production of a set of studies dealing with economic and financial issues in three fields: (i) Public Finance Management (ii) Audit and (iii) Public Procurement. These studies will be based on an in-depth analysis of the tools and techniques used, the lessons learnt from usual practises, and the best practises observed in Africa in the promotion and support of good financial governance. 

The overall objective of the project is to support the Government of Kosovo in building a professional civil service at all levels for more efficient and effective implementation of the EU integration process. The specific objective is to support the Kosovan public administration through the scholarship programme that aims at improving the professional capacity of the civil service to meet the obligations arising from the EU integration process. The project will ensure grant management and support to 45 students of Round VI and organise the selection and placement of 60 students of Round VII.

The specific objectives are:
Objective 1: Management and coordination capacity building, particularly by improving mechanisms for accounting, financial and project information transmission, processing, dissemination and use.
Objective 2: Development of a standardised external control implementation strategy and of an internal control consolidation strategy.
Objective 3: Measurable capacity building in key areas of PFM: tax planning, public procurement management, securisation of governmental accounting, coordination of external aid, and budget support.
Objective 4: A draft Multi-year Harmonised Institutional Support Programme in PFM is developed and submitted to the Government and to the Technical and Financial Partners to determine together the resources to be mobilised.

Compliance review: conceptual and practical comparison of national anti-corruption legislation and practice vis-à-vis the requirements of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption UNCAC (in particular chapters 2 to 5 of the UNCAC: prevention, criminalisation and law enforcement, international cooperation, asset recovery).
- Holding of a workshop and identification of potential partners both at national and regional/international level
- Drafting of UNCAC compliance report
- Presentation and discussion of the results of the gap analysis / compliance review with senior representatives from all relevant, local stakeholder groups.

Framework service contract for ad hoc, short-term services providing expertise on a range of foreign policy subjects. The framework service contract concerns a number of current and emerging issues falling within the respective areas of responsibility of the Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), its Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE), and the Committees for Development (DEVE) and International Trade (INTA).
The expertise will be used inter alia for the compilation of data and knowledge, cost-benefit analysis and impact assessments and for outlining and evaluating policies and legislation. It is designed both to strengthen the committees' knowledge and ability to respond to Commission proposals or Council activities and to provide a solid basis for some of the committees' own initiatives.

Provision of a budgetary and accounting organisation proposal in accordance with the ACP Secretariat’s mission;
Provision of a draft budgetary procedures and budgetary nomenclature manual specific to the Secretariat of the ACP Group;
Provision of a draft chart of accounts specific to the Secretariat of the ACP Group;
Provision of a draft manual / guide for stock records keeping;
Provision of a correlation table between the budgetary and accounting nomenclatures.