Projects and references

The EU Non-State Actors Support Programme (NSA-NET) is a democratic governance and NSA capacity building programme to provide Kenyan NSAs with the skills and abilities required to increase and enhance the role of civil society and cultural actors in the development process. The Programme Management and Facilitation Unit (PMFU) will manage a grant fund and provide focused technical assistance to NSAs in the Gambia.

This project is part of the Governmental Action Plan for Public Finance Management, which covers the complete budget cycle: authorisation, application and control of the implementation of finance laws. It aims to improve the general Congolese public finance management system in a sustainable fashion, through three components. The objective of the first two components is to strengthen the entire expenditure chain and the quality of the information system, by tackling control and accounting respectively. The third component concerns revenue and deals with customs issues.

Component 1 - Financial Management Control (FMC):
- Reform of the institutional and regulatory framework, training and action plan for the implementation of public internal financial control (PIFC) mechanisms
Component 2 - Internal Audit (IA):
- Development and updating of IA regulations and guidelines
- Establishment of a certification scheme for internal auditors: training programme and study tours.

The overall objective of the programme is to contribute to good governance, poverty reduction and the enhancement of sustainable livelihoods. The purpose of this project is to empower NSAs (non-state actors) in the Gambia and to strengthen their capacities to enable them to play a more active and effective role in public life and in the country’s development process.
The Consultant’s specific objective in implementing the contract is to establish and operate a Programme Management Unit (PMU) that will coordinate and implement the programme activities designed to enhance the roles and capacities of NSAs in the Gambia.

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.