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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.