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The global objective of the call for proposals was to improve relevance, affordability, availability, and sustainability of the agricultural services, and harness the market potential of local food. The specific objectives were  (a) support community driven agricultural connections and advisory information’s services, providing more effective farm and rural business decision support by promoting market linkages, climate resilient farming and good agricultural practices, and (b) reinforce the civil society capacity, pro-entrepreneurial circles and business associations in launching a variety of initiatives to promote positive investment climate and urban mentoring in local agri-food systems and regional economy in Azerbaijan, including awareness campaigns. The scope of the services provided included assistance to the EUD in the technical and financial assessment of concept notes (CN) and final applications (FA), and a high-quality, complete, and coherent selection process of projects in line with the criteria set in the guidelines for grant applicants. The external assessors carried out the technical assessment of CN, of FA and administrative and eligibility checks. They presented their assessments to the Evaluation Committee in Baku in two separate sessions.

• Evaluation of the progress of the programme
• Evaluation of the progress in increasing agriculture production, food security and in developing value chains
• Compilation of the lessons which can be learnt both in agriculture and rural infrastructures development for future programmes

• Evaluation of the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability, impact, EU added value and coherence of the Programme
• Verification, analysis and assessesment of the integration and impact of cross-cutting issues in the project
• Field visits and meetings with all the stakeholders participating in the Program

• Supporting and accompanying the closure of the project
• Optimising the last activities
• Drawing lessons learnt for sustaining the activities beyond its end date

The overall objective of the SLPP is intended to contribute to the reduction of poverty and food insecurity in rural areas by increasing the rate of growth of livestock GDP through increasing smallholders’ incomes (in cash and in kind) from livestock production in ways that are sustainable and accrue equitably to both men and women.

The consultancy’s objective is to assess implementation and progress of the Programme and determine whether the project will achieve its objectives. Where there is concern that projected outcomes will not be achieved, the consultants recommended changes to practices and procedures.