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The intervention in Petén aims to foster sustainable development by converting the value of abundant natural resources into direct economic benefits for local families and communities, thus encouraging environmentally respectful behaviour. Utilizing the Territorial Approach for Local Development (TALD), the initiative seeks to align environmental and economic policies through enhanced local participation and ownership. Promoting green business development, sustainable farming, and forestry practices, the project focuses on zero deforestation and the adoption of green finance. It addresses the lack of public services such as water, sanitation, and solid waste management, particularly around Lago Petén-Itza, by investing in infrastructure improvements. Strengthening local governance, including the Development Council of Petén (CODEDE) and 14 municipalities, is crucial for mobilizing national revenues and meeting green policy commitments. Success hinges on continued political support from the EU and international community, alongside commitment and technical capacity from Guatemalan stakeholders at all governance levels to achieve sustainable socio-economic development without environmental degradation.CYE Consult, as Implementing Partner, has overall responsibility for the implementation of the contract. CYE is responsible for the provision of the whole team of 4 Experts throughout the contract, for a total of 292 working days.

The overall objective is to enhance EU cooperation with Nigeria, focusing on Agriculture, Climate, and Energy sectors. Specific aims include supporting Nigerian MDAs, NCCC, and NASRDA with technical assistance, research, project monitoring, capacity building, and policy dialogues. Climate initiatives involve conducting studies, building institutional capacity, organizing events, facilitating study tours, and establishing a team of climate champions. In agriculture, the focus is on promoting climate-smart practices and supporting the Ministry of Agriculture with research and capacity building. Circular economy efforts target addressing technical gaps, developing legal frameworks, and supporting relevant events. Outputs include developing work plans, progress reports, and final reports, with a strong emphasis on gender equality and women's empowerment.

CYE Consult, as Implementing Partner, has overall responsibility for the implementation of the contract. CYE is responsible for the provision of the 4 Senior Experts throughout the contract, for a total of 380 working days.

The project aims to develop sustainable and inclusive tourism in Saadani/Bagamoyo, Mafia Island, and Kilwa by assessing their carrying capacities and creating 10-year tourism plans through participatory planning. The process involves data collection, field missions, and stakeholder consultations to identify and prioritize actions for economic potential while protecting natural and cultural assets. The approach includes fostering public-private partnerships, scaling up sustainable practices, and integrating global and local tourism trends with a focus on gender equality and empowerment. The final plans are to be validated at the national level and contribute to the National Strategy for Coastal Tourism.

CYE was responsible for the provision of 1 Senior Expert throughout the contract, for a total of 105 working days.

The Blue Economy (BE) Programme for Tanzania was developed under the Annual Action Plan for 2022 by the EU Delegation. The program aims to promote sustainable use of ocean, freshwater, and coastal resources for economic growth while preserving the environment. Key focus areas include environmental protection, climate-resilient management of coastal ecosystems, support for sustainable and job-intensive businesses in the blue economy, and transformative governance and policy reforms.

The duration of the Technical Assistance was 8 months, and the experts' team was based in Dodoma.

Achievements include supporting policy formulation, facilitating stakeholder meetings, contributing to the development of Marine Spatial Plan (MSP) guidelines, and assisting in the Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of the Nationally Determined Contribution and Measurement Reporting and Verification (MRV) system.

The Climate Change Mitigation Support Program (PALCC) was launched on March 31, 2017, as part of the Global Alliance Against Climate Change (AMCC+), an initiative of the European Union. The program's total budget was €10.6 million, with 94.34% funded by the European Union (€10 million) and 5.66% by contributions from NGOs benefiting from grant contracts. PALCC's overall objective is to assist Togo in implementing a national response to climate change challenges, aligning with the UN Sustainable Development Goals for 2030, particularly addressing Goal 13 (Life on Land) and Goal 15 (Climate Action).

The specific objectives involve reducing Togo's climate vulnerability through measures for preserving forest resources, soil, and energy efficiency. Additionally, the program aims to enhance the institutional context related to climate change.

 CYE Consult provided the whole experts team. The evaluation deliverables included the final report and the production of two videos and four infographics focusing on the results achieved by the PALCC as well as the difficulties encountered.

The regional WIO programme on Blue Economy, Ocean governance and coastal conservation and restoration is planned to be part of the Annual Action Plan 2023. His overall objective is to support the identification and formulation of a regional initiative in the Western Indian Ocean, to support and boost a sustainable regional ocean governance and management. There were three specific objectives: (i) Analyse previous and ongoing interventions in the region, draw lessons, complete, develop and prioritise the geographic scope, the components/priorities of the regional programme; (ii) Propose the set-up of the regional programme, notably the implementation modalities, the relevant anchoring and architecture; (iii) Formulate of a draft Action Document.

The mission was carried out through several stages, including the inception phase/document analysis, field missions to the beneficiary countries located on the coasts of the Western Indian Ocean; synthesize the information collected and consolidate the results.

In a team composed by six senior experts, two of them were provided and managed by CYE Consult.

Rodrigues is an island in the Indian Ocean, part of the territory of the Republic of Mauritius.The vision of the Rodrigues Regional Assembly (RRA) is to transform Rodrigues into the first ecological and sustainable island in the Indian Ocean by 2030. This vision is centered on promoting sustainable development across three key pillars: economic, environmental, and social sectors. The goal is to enhance the island's development while improving the overall quality of life for all residents.

The strategy dvelopped in the Master Plan to achieve ths vision involves the sustainable utilization of resources and the implementation of practices in various sectors, including sustainable water production and distribution, bio agriculture, sustainable tourism, blue economy, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable land use planning. The Master Plan provides a comprehensive, realistic, and clear long-term strategy spanning the period 2023-2033 to address the three main concerns of sustainable development: environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and social sustainability.

For these Consultancy Services, CYE managed three senior experts covering each of the following sectors : Water, Socio-economy aspects and Bio-agriculture.

The service was carried out by a team of two experts. The mission consisted of an ad hoc support to the ON in order to establish the conditions for an effective start of the actions envisaged in the 11th EDF SAN project. The specific objective was "to ensure a rapid, effective and efficient implementation of the SAN Program's start-up activities, through support to the National Coordination and sectoral components in terms of capacity building and management-administration". Two outcomes were expected: (i) the preparation of documents ready for publication / signature, (ii) the preparation of the staff of the stakeholders. The terms of reference of the intervention emphasized the notions of "coaching", "doing-doing" and "learning on the job" while providing for a mixed approach including in addition formal training, such as training in EDF procedures. 

• Definition of a strategic framework for the implementation and management of all projects of the second tranche of the EUTF aiming at strenghtening resilience and developing employment opportunities. 
•  Identification of a set of projects to be implemented under the second tranche of the EUTF. Interventions will respond to the strategic framework adopted and will meet standardized criteria.

• Assessment of concept notes
• Elaboration of evaluation grid per each proposal 

Main activities include:

• Policy analysis and preparation of files on all policies and programmes related to the ongoing Council Working Groups
• Supporting preparatory work for key meetings and events
• Drafting issues papers, Council Conclusions, meeting reports, summaries, speaking and briefing notes or other relevant documents 

•   Assessment of results of the project
•   Formulation of  lessons learnt and recommendations for the project
•   Assessment of the sustainability of the intervention and the impact

Main activities:

• Collect data from the projects and any other relevant sources to relate the findings to coherent and realistic conclusions and recommendations; 
• Draw conclusions about the achievement of implementation of the Programme
• Make recommendations on how to improve the impact of the Programme and determine longer-term priorities in the areas covered by the Programme

Main activities:

• Elaboration of a gap skills analysis
• Development of a training programme 
• Conduction of training sessions with all key stakeholders

•   Assessment of progress and results of the project
•   Formulation of  lessons learnt and recommendations for project monitoring

• Systematization of experiences
• Development of a regional characterization on food security
• Design of an information system on food security and nutrition at a local level  

The overall objective of the technical assistance is to improve the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, ownership and sustainability of development aid (EDF funds) in the Republic of Congo. The specific objective of the TA is to improve the performance of the DPUE and assistance to others stakeholders in the EU- Congo cooperation, so that it can carry out the tasks set out in Annex 4, Article 35, of the Cotonou Agreement. 

CYE, as consortium leader, has carried the general management of the contract, and provided the long-term expert. The services include:

• Support, advice and training of staff, annual reports, assessments, and monitoring of EU policies.
• Preparation of joint annual reviews and PIN with the EU Delegation
• Institutional support, capacity building of NSAs
• Specific training for NSAs on EDF procedures and calls for proposals.
• Preparation of a plan of visibility and communication on the Congo-EU cooperation
• Elaboration of contents for the EU webpage regarding NAO projects and actions
• Strengthening interagency coordination and dialogue between the different partners
• Development of communications actions, such as the design and publication of brochures and publications
• Regular backstopping missions

The overall objective of the assignment was to "contribute to the success of the objectives defined for the 10th EDF Road Program, including poverty reduction, economic growth and regional integration". With regard to the specific objective of the mission, in the context of the Program's specific objective of improving the state of transnational and regional sections and strengthening the capacities of the various structures involved in the road sector, the objective of the contract was to assess the performance of the works contract holders and the service contracts holders (awardees of the organizational, technical, contractual and financial monitoring and control during start-up and execution phase of the project), and make appropriate recommendations to prevent and / or remedy any anomaly that could affect the smooth running of the Road Program.

The global objective of the project was to reduce the risk to people and the developed and natural environment from flooding and coastal erosion from the sea and the rivers by encouraging the provision of technically, environmentally and economically sound and sustainable defence measures.

The specific objectives were to provide a relevant set of multidisciplinary support services  in the management and supervision of outstanding construction works under the 9th EDF, particularly during the maintenance period and the initiation of the requisite preparatory work and the development of strategies for the implementation of 10th EDF Budget Support. 

Main activities include: 

• Provide guidance and assistance toward the project management and  monitoring of on-going activities
• Formulation of an implementation strategy for the Sea Defence Sector Policy 
• Provide support to the NAO's office in the finalisation of the 10th EDF Action Fiche  

 Main activities:

•   Evaluation of 63 concept notes and 13 full proposals

• Providing advice on strategic actions aimed at strengthening the work group with different stakeholders involved in the field of food security and nutrition
• Developing a work plan for the work group consistent with the actions implemented by  the Government of Guatemala
• Monitoring and updating the follow up sheet regarding all interventions of the international cooperation in the field of food security

• Support the implementation of the grants and provide technical assessment for a better implementation
• Provide capacity building regarding procurement procedures and reporting to the European Commission
• Support the management unit in the definition of  baseline indicators for monitoring and tracking of grants

The general objective of the PASILD ("Programme d’Accompagnement Structurant d’Initiatives Locales de Développement") is to structure and follow-up participative initiatives for integrated local development (environment, governance, gender). 

The mission was carried on within two distinct phases: the first allowed establishing an independent and global appraisal of the results reached by the PASILD at mid term, evaluating the methodology of its implementation and formulating recommendations regarding the evolution of the EU support in the field of local development in Chad. The second, in the framework of the implementation of the Country Strategy Paper and of the National Indicative Programme (10th EDF in Chad), consisted in the formulation of the Programme GRN/Local development and in the validation of the technical documents.

The overall objective is to support the formulation of the national and sustainable road network project that aims at contributing to sustainable economic growth in Guinea-Bissau through the improvement of traffic conditions on the national road network and strengthening institutional capacity of the Administration.
The purpose of the contract is to support the elaboration of documents and terms of reference in order to ensure the effective formulation of the project funded by the 9th EDF. 

Main activities carried out:

• Drafting the Financial Agreement with definition of the activities to be developed and methods to be implemented
• Elaboration of terms of reference and tender documents for supervision of works, regular maintenance of roads and bridges, and technical assistance to the general division of roads and bridges (DGEP)
• Formulation of a study on the creation of a sustainable National Roads Agency
• Updating of the institutional situation of the road sector and expected developments in the medium and long term

The principal objectives of the Programme are:
(i) Information: improve and implement information systems to adequately prevent from, anticipate and respond to natural disasters.
(ii) Preparedness: improve the assistance to the victims thanks to a decentralized answer that would be more efficient, timely and adapted to the requirements of the moment
(iii) Prevention: reduce the vulnerability of the country towards natural disasters by means of prevention measures through the use the state’s resources focusing on risks and a major control of forest fires. The efforts of the Programme aim at fostering the Government institutions in charge of Risk Management.

The goal of the mid term evaluation was to provide the Dominican Republic Government, the EC Delegation, the PNUD and all the partners of the Programme sufficient information to:

• Have a general independent evaluation on the results of the Programme
• Identify the lessons learned and propose recommendations to continue the implementation of the Programme, including its possible reorientation.

In close collaboration with the European Commission (DG Development and AIDCO) and the African Union Commission, three main types of services were provided: 

- the formulation in English and French of background papers (water and sanitation, energy, transports, Information and Communication Technologies) and other relevant material to enable key international stakeholders to have an informed and constructive dialogue and adopt operational documents for the implementation of the Partnership.

- visibility activities such as the conception of a brochure on the Partnership and the redaction of press releases.

- the supervision of the logistical organization of the event.

The project includes several components of Technical Assistance in the regional integration process between Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

The objective of this bi-national Project is to foster commercial exchanges in between Haitian and Dominican communities in order to enhance socio-economic development of targeted communities in rural border zones of both countries. More than 95% of the population in the border area of Dominican Republic and Haiti depend on agriculture and commerce activities for their subsistence and fight against food insecurity.

The Project includes two components: construction supervision of the market infrastructures and institutional assessment and strengthening through inter-institutional dialogue and capacity building within the Municipality and the rural communities of producers.

This project, part of the Programme aimed at rehabilitating the infrastructures damaged by catastrophic floods and mud flows in 1999, consists in the construction of a 30 meters large canal designed for a flow of 830 m3/s. The section related to the contract crosses the periphery of the city of Catia La Mar in Vargas state. The total amount of supervised works is 6,5 millions of Euros.

The ACP-EC facility for energy is part of the EU commitment –in the framework of the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals –aiming to eradicate poverty and to promote sustainable development, as well as to facilitate provision of adequate energy services, in a way which is both affordable and respectful of the environment. The Facility was given a total of EUR 220 million. National and local government, municipalities, organizations of civil society and decentralized co-operation submitted projects proposals.

The ACP-EU Facility for Water pursues two specific objectives: (1) Improved governance of water and sanitation installations and the management of water resources at regional/transboundary, national and local levels, and (2) increase access to safe, affordable and sustainable water and sanitation services for the rural and urban poor, through the provision of catalytic funding for infrastructure and services. The fundamental mechanism of the Facility implementation is the Call for Proposals on three components: (i) the co-financing of the water management and governance improvement, (ii) the co-financing of infrastructure in the water and sanitation domain and (iii) the co-financing of civil society and decentralized co-operation initiatives.

Technical Assistance to the National Authorizing Officer for the dissemination of the principles of the initiative and the follow-up of the proposals elaboration.
The EU-ACP Water initiative answers the need for providing additional investments in ACP states specifically in the Water sector. The initiative plays a part of catalyst in order to promote proposals, strengthen the institutions and the management capacities in the partner countries.

Assistance to ISPA Unit of the Ministry for the elaboration of priority criteria according to ISPA strategy, and list fixing of projects to be included in the pipeline for 2004-2006. Elaboration of Terms of reference for various service contracts, and assistance to the Ministry to improve quality of the documents submitted to ISPA Committee by ISPA Beneficiary entities.

Identification and formulation of a programme in the Water and Environment sector to be financed by the EC through EDF (2004-2009) with a total amount of 56.880.000 EUR. Projects include important rural and urban hydraulic infrastructures and specific actions for environmental protection.

The rehabilitation Programme treated hydraulic infrastructures and environmental protection (small barrages, rivers regulation, banks protection, drainage canals, sewerage and water supply networks) damaged by the catastrophic floods of September 2002.

Critical review of existing feasibility studies. Assessment of the capacity of the beneficiary communities to support the planned investments applying a global affordability methodology. Preparation of specific guidelines to be used in future ISPA applications.

The mission concerns six environmental ISPA projects in Slovakia providing new or upgraded wastewater treatment plants, and associated upgrading or extensions to sewerage networks. Description of the existing institutional structure and analysis of the possibilities to implement a Public-Private partnership scheme (PPP) to operate and manage public water and sanitation services at regional level.

Revision of tender documents related to sewerage networks and WWTPs, with the objective of ensuring fair and transparent service and works tenders in conformity with PRAG rules and FIDIC Contractual Conditions.

This project aims to improve the living conditions of 64.500 inhabitants belonging to poor rural communities of the Paute river basin. The project offers to help these communities to access basic public services, to increase their capacity to create resources, to reduce their vulnerability to hydro geological risks and to create a Watershed Agency. The total cost of the project was estimated to 14 millions EUR, where 11 millions are of EC origin.

A rehabilitation of drinking water networks associated to institutional reform has been implemented with IADB financing during the late nineties. A sector reform unit was put into operation in the Ministry of Public Works, Communication and Transport in collaboration with the SNEP and CAMEP operators.