Projects and references

Technical and administrative support to the EDF National Authorising Officer (NAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) for the successful implementation of the Belize Rural Development Programme (BRDP II).
The BRDP II aims at increasing rural household incomes and food security by contributing to the rural market economy’s expansion. The programme has three main components:
1) Enterprise promotion and employment generation in rural areas,
2) Rehabilitation of economic rural infrastructure,
3) Institutional strengthening and support for the formulation of development policies.
The BRDP II is implemented mainly by grant call for proposals, infrastructure tenders and TA for institutional support and management.

Support to the Algerian administration in the implementation of a programme aiming to improve the economic performance (competitiveness, job creation, exports, etc.) of the agriculture, agri-food and tourism sectors.
The actions focus on building the capacity of the institutions in charge of these sectors' follow-up, and of professional organisations, on the creation and strengthening of technical centres and of a centre of excellence, and on the definition of a tourism marketing strategy.
To accomplish the services, provision of a team of sectoral experts forming a Support Unit and of specialised short-term technical assistance.

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.

The overall objective of this assignment was to contribute to bridging the European Union’s “Digital4Development” (D4D) strategy and Gender Action Plan (GAP II) to accelerate women’s empowerment in EU digital-related programmes.
The specific objective was to deliver recommendations on the implementation of the European Commission’s D4D approach, which enables and boosts women’s empowerment in digital technologies and services in Sub-Saharan Africa.