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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 project to revive the pineapple sector in Guinea, called REFILA and financed by the EU (5 million Euros), is part of a vast program to support the competitiveness of West African countries and its integration into regional and international trading systems. Its ambition is to establish the pineapple sector as one of Guinea's competitiveness levers for inclusive and sustainable economic growth through: (i) improving the performance of the sector by promoting its growth and stimulating its contribution to industry, regional trade, export, and job creation; and (ii) improving the business climate in Guinea through the integration and ownership of regional competitiveness policies. The main objectives of this mid-term evaluation have been to provide the relevant EU services, interested stakeholders and the general public with an overall independent analysis of REFILA’s performance, paying particular attention to its different levels, and comparing with the expected results.

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.

This evaluation covers 14 projects grouped by 5 results area. Each project has been evaluated against the 5 DAC criteria, namely: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, sustainability and early signs of impact, and other cross cutting criteria. The overall objective of the programme was to increase incomes and reduce food insecurity through support to economic growth. The programme’s specific objective was strengthening livelihoods, nutrition and resilience of agro-pastoralists and pastoralists, farmers, fishermen and other vulnerable households.

The BAFS project (funded under the 11^th European Development Fund) constituted a sector wide approach promoting agricultural development, food security and resilience in Sierra Leone,  strengthening capacities to formulate and implement agricultural and resilience policies and promoting the most promissory value chains while ensuring the inclusion of marginal groups of the rural population in such approach along the priorities of the national development agenda. The  objective of the Mid-term evaluation was to provide the Government of Sierra Leone and the European Union with independent and reliable evidence-based performance assessment of the achievements, the quality and the results of the project and its activities in the context of an evolving cooperation policy and its contribution towards the implementation of the SDGs. The evaluation mission was also able to identify key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve implementation for the remaining operational period of the project.

The main priorities for the evaluation mission were highlighted in the ToR, especially linked to the specific evaluation criteria added to the usual DAC criteria. As requested, the focus of evaluation has been on the assessment of achievements, the quality and the results of KCEP-CRAL and IPP-GAP projects with an increasing emphasis on result-oriented approaches and the contribution towards the implementation of the SDGs. The logic of intervention and the relevant theory of change have been described during the inception phase to guide the development of the final evaluation questions and provide a better understanding of the relationships between actions, and outcomes. Lessons learned and evidence-based conclusions were drawn out, as well as recommendations related to the improvement of the ongoing KCEP-CRAL project and to the design of future Actions with particular reference to coherence with EU and national policies and coordination with other development partners.

The objective of this consultancy mission was to support the European Union Delegation and the Government of Sierra Leone in the identification and formulation of EU Actions to support Agriculture and rural development in Sierra Leone under the second phase of the 11th EDF (2018 – 2020). These actions should contribute to unlocking the agricultural potential and increasing rural access to market in Sierra Leone, and subsequently contribute to the development of a diversified and commercial agriculture sector that promotes inclusive green economic growth.

 The specific objectives were:

1. To develop actions that sustainably contribute to a more productive, diversified, climate resilient, market oriented and equitable agriculture. This further contributes to the creation of the enabling conditions for smallholder farmers in poverty-stricken districts to move towards a more sustainable, resilient and productive agriculture;

2. To develop actions that improve access to markets in targeted rural areas. This component aims to enhance connectivity between production areas and agricultural marketing centres, including removing 'bottlenecks' on the feeder road network;

3. To develop innovative interventions to support the sustainable commercialisation of Sierra Leone's commercially oriented smallholder farmers through agribusiness partnerships, capacity development and agricultural commercialisation - linking farmers to markets and value chains.

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. 

The financing agreement of the Program of Improvement of Agricultural Productivity in Cameroon-PAPA (EDF / 2010 / 021-465) was signed on 16/02/2011 and its effective implementation ended with a final workshop of capitalization held in November 2017. The objective was to improve the income of North Cameroon family farms through better performing professional networks, the sustainable use of land and production resources, and supporting coffee and cocoa cultures in the southern zone, thereby improving food security in the country.  With a total amount of € 20,000,000, the program was implemented through three components, which themselves contained a significant number of results and activities.

The evaluation mission actually started in Cameroon with a briefing meeting at the EUD and CAON. After the start-up phase and the document phase, the field phase was held for two weeks. The objective of this phase was to meet the main stakeholders and beneficiaries and to visit a maximum of physical achievements. Particular emphasis has been placed on program-induced effects and the potential viability of outputs. The team of consultants split into three to cover the three components of the Program. A provisional restitution of the results of the mission was held at the return of the field and the workshop of restitution and final dissemination took place in Yaoundé. The process of writing and finalization of the report was then put in order to incorporate relevant comments from key stakeholders.

• 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.

Since 2004, the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) in Rwanda has developed and implemented three consecutive strategic plans for agricultural transformation in Rwanda (PSTA-1, PSTA-2, PSTA-3), all aiming at harmonising the agriculture sector development activities with the national Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy and long-term development vision (Vision 2020) respectively. PSTA-3 had a particular focus on sustainable intensification of food production to ensure the envisaged reductions in rural poverty and malnutrition and on greater involvement of the private sector to increase agricultural exports, processing and value addition.

This assessment exercise aimed to identify the key gaps and lessons learned in PSTA III implementation as the basis for proposed improvements/adjustments to achieve the objectives of PSTA III by 30 June 2018. The assessment provided precise inputs for short-term (PSTA-III) and medium-term planning (PSTA IV), made full use of relevant past and on-going review exercises in an effective manner.

For this assignment, CYE Consult provided the Team Leader with a total of 72 working days.

• An overall independent assessment of the past and on-going performance of the EU-financed Programmes implemented by FAO, paying particular attention to the results of the different projects against their objectives and expected impact;
• Key lessons and recommendations in order to improve current and future actions in partnership with FAO.

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

• Audit
• Final acceptance of works and rehablitation of pumps, drilling et superstructures

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.

• Capitalize on experience of Food Facility projects implemented in Guinea, identifying components to improve or consolidate.
• Formulate the Action Fiche and Technical and Administrative Provisions of the future Food Security Programme.

The project objective of this service contract aims at ensuring regular control and technical audit of road works for the raod Goma-Coura-Timbuktu.

Main activities:

• Audit of the compliance and quality of contract documents (works and supervision)
• Audit of the proper functioning of the operational nature of the task of supervision, in accordance with its terms of reference and with the common practices in works supervison and control
• Field visits to analyze works progress

• Evaluation of the relevance, efficiency, effectivenes, impact, sustainability and cross-cutting issues of the SURUDEC
• Assessment of synergies and cooperation between SURUDEC and the Eastern Cape Local Economic Development Programme
• Recommendations for the perfomance of the SURUDEC programme in achieving its key results

• Technical assistance and support for the monitoring and implementation of Food Facility projects in Burkina Faso
• Workshops organization
• Strengthening coordination, coherence and complimentarity of FF's projects, and ensuring better capitalization of their results.

The Government of Morocco considers that opening up roads plays a strategic role in social and economic development of rural areas, since they facilitate the access of the rural population to basic social services and foster economic exchanges contributing to reinforce local resources.

The specific objective of the technical assistance was to identify and formulate the programme in support of the European Commission to the policies of opening up of rural areas in the Kingdom of Morocco.

The mission was carried out within two distinct phases: the first aimed at identifying possible scenarios and modalities of implementation of the EC programme on social road infrastructure for isolated population. The second phase aimed at formulating the programme itself and approving technical documents.

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.

Public health infrastructures have been severely damaged by civil war. As a result, the Government of Mozambique has adopted a strategy to rehabilitate these existing infrastructures and restore their functionality. The objective of the technical assistance is to provide support to the Infrastructures Department of the Ministry of Health in order to ensure the effective implementation and monitoring of works that have been financed by the EC.

Main activities carried out:

• Evaluation and preliminary approval of the projects detailed regarding the engineering design and economical and financial analysis
• Implementation of approved projects and coordination of the preparation of tender documents according to EDF procedures
• Planning and monitoring of contracts implementation

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 purpose of the programme IDAF (Institutional Development across the Agri-Food Sector) is to support and facilitate an enabling institutional environment for development and growth across the agri-food value chain, through the development of institutional capacities of public and non-public actors, within a coherent conceptual framework.

The global objective of the consultancy is to advise on the prioritization of investments in the agribusiness sector through a participatory value chain analysis, the identification of key actions that can improve the efficiency of each of the value chains as well as the general agri-business environment in Malawi.

FIDP’s overall objective is to achieve a sustainable improvement in the livelihoods of rural communities through diversifying farmers’ incomes. This is to be achieved by assisting smallholder farmers to consider farming as a business rather than a means of subsistence, while at the same time conserving and enhancing the natural resource base upon which production depends. Through an integrated approach the programme supports: the sustainable use of soil and water resources; a diversification and intensification of agricultural production; the strengthening of farmer organizations; and the marketing of produce.

The general objective of the consultancy was to undertake the mid-term evaluation of the FIDP.
The consultants also provided recommendations for the design of the potential phase two of the programme including examining a number of possible modalities, compliance with the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and the proactive integration of cross cutting issues.

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.

Program whose objective is to promote and develop operational co-operation, both scientific and technical, between the countries of the region as regards to plant health protection. This co-operation must result in the development and implementation of a regional strategy for crop protection specifically via the creation of a network for “protection of plants in the Indian Ocean”, the regional harmonization of the plant health legislations, quality controls (material plants and phytopharmacological products), research applied to the experimentation of the phytopharmacological products and alternative fighting methods as well as advice, support and training.