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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 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  

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, 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

• 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 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.

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 objective is to contribute to the development of the regions of Sanchez Ramirez, Salcedo, Espaillat, El Seibo, Hato Mayor, San Jose de Ocoa, Peravia through the restoration and improvement of road infrastructures in order to ensure access to basic social services, reduce the price of products and inputs and in general facilitate commercial exchanges and communications.

Specific activities are:

• Control and supervision of works
• Traffic counting during the execution period of works

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 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 sewerage networks draining used water in the Quebrada Tacagua basin, in Vargas State. The total amount of supervised works is 3 millions of Euros.

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.

Construction of the structure of the new canal of quebrada Tacagua (section n°2); and of the bridge over the future canal of quebrada Tacagua in the sector of Via Eterna.