Projects and references

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.     

Evaluation and development of public procurement standards and procedures in Haiti on behalf of the Commission Nationale des Marchés Publics (CNMP).
Under the supervision of the Coordinator and the Members of the Commission, provision of services including assistance to the CNMP with a view to:
Drafting public procurement standards and procedures;
Training managers of the CNMP through seminars and workshops;
Training and upgrading public administration and private sector managers involved in the public procurement process.

The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the Public Internal Financial Control (PIFC) structure, in line with international and EU standards, in the Republic of Croatia. This includes: enhancing the capacity of the central government institutions to implement PIFC, including Financial Management and Control (FMC) and internal audit; enhancing the capacity of the Central Harmonisation Unit (CHU) to implement its role fully in line with the Government approved PIFC policy; and increasing the awareness of the regional and local government budget users of the PIFC requirements.

The assignment consists in evaluating the progress made under the Democracy Project – a large programme supporting the Nigerian Parliament and State Assemblies to perform their core functions, such as lawmaking, representation and oversight, effectively. The Consultant will examine the relevance and impact of the project on the beneficiaries and draw the main conclusions for future projects in this field.