Projects and references

The project has four main technical components: (i) Policy, reform and institutional development: improvement of land use security, pasture land management, and improvement of the legislative environment for the creation of private companies; (ii) Sustainable land and pasture management, (iii) Establishment of farm advisory services and of an agricultural market information system; and (iv) Rural infrastructure development, and capacity building of raions, jamoats and communities to plan, implement, and maintain the infrastructures.

Recruitment of technical assistance for short-term expertise for the exclusive benefit of third countries who are entitled to European Commission external aid (ALA, Cards, EDF, Meda, Phare, Tacis, Phare, etc.) in the health field (public health, health economics and health financing, health care, human resources development, pharmaceutical sector, health promotion, etc).

Provided technical assistance and support to the Ministry of Health and Family Planning in the evaluation of different implementation phases of the FANOME scheme (financing and non-stop procurement of essential drugs) in order to ensure its sustainability at all levels. The objectives of the FANOME scheme were: a) to ensure sufficient availability of funds to guarantee the replacement of the stock of essential drugs in public health facilities; b) to facilitate access to health care for the entire population, including vulnerable groups; c) to increase the efficiency of community participation in management, following the principles of decentralisation and transparency.

In order to ensure that the Congolese people have access to good-quality, essential generic medicines at very affordable prices, and that are managed and prescribed in a rational manner, the specific objectives of this project are to provide technical support to the:
- Ministry of Health in the implementation of its pharmaceutical policy with regard to regulations, the promotion of essential generic medicines (EGMs) and their prescription at peripheral level;
- COMEG (Congolese central medical store for essential generic medicines) to build its capacity to manage and develop its activities in order to ensure the availability of EGMs throughout the country.

In order to assess opportunities and challenges for the Zambian pharmaceutical system in purchasing and distributing pharmaceuticals, the EU Delegation to Zambia required a comprehensive assessment of the current situation.
The objective of the study was to: 1) carry out a comprehensive analysis of the pharmaceutical subsector, including an in depth assessment of economic aspects, logistics systems, information technology and regulatory capacity; 2) assess the opportunity for EU support in one or several of the mentioned areas; 3) identify themes that need to be followed up in the policy dialogue.

Phase 1 – Identification: review of the current situation in terms of progress in the implementation of the different strategies and action plans related to the fields concerned (social protection, the fight against exclusion, access to health, grant programme for basic commodities, social security fund reforms, health insurance fund reform, etc.), review of the actors (Tunisian stakeholders and technical and financial partners) and of past or ongoing interventions. Proposal of intervention assumptions to support the Tunisian government in its reforms of the poverty reduction and social transfer system. Drafting of the action document.
Phase 2 - Detailed formulation of the support programme, demonstrating its relevance and coherence with the objectives and policy instruments of the EU and of the country, its feasibility, complementarity with the actions of the other funding agencies, and with already ongoing or planned EU projects. Drafting of all documents needed to implement the action.