01/01/14 - 31/12/19
The overall objective of the project is to strengthen the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) capacity to provide adequate services and to create the enabling environment for the development of a demand-driven agribusiness private sector.
The focus is to provide MAIL with the necessary financial, institutional and technical capacity to incorporate functions, services, facilities and trained staff, ensuring the transition from off-budget to on-budget support modalities.
The purposes of this contract are:
Purpose 1
In line with its mandate, MAIL, directly or through relevant public, semi-public and private entities maintains, progressively improves and increases the level of services currently delivered by EU-funded agricultural programmes (Afghanistan Variety and Seed Industry Development Project (AVSIDP), Animal Health Development Project (AHDP), Perennial Horticulture Development Programme (PHDP), Strengthening Agricultural Economics, Market Information And Statistics Services Programme (SAEMISS) and Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)) as well as its capacity to stewardship the orderly development of the private sector.
Purpose 2
The institutional and organizational structures of MAIL, the Ministry of Finance and of the relevant public, semi-public and private entities previously supported by EU-funded agricultural programmes (AVSIDP, AHDP, PHDP, SAEMISS and IPC) are strengthened to meet eligibility criteria for EU Sector Budget Support Aid Modality (preferably under a "Sector Reform Contract" – SRC - or under a "State Building Contract" - SBC).
Purpose 3
MAIL develops a comprehensive and cohesive programme under National Priority Programme 2 (NPP2), in coordination with relevant stakeholders.
Landell Mills is working closely with MAIL to implement project activities in order to achieve a number of results necessary to achieve the (above) purposes of the contract. These results can be rationalized into the following:
→ Result 1: Regulatory framework and institutional structures for service delivery strengthened;
→ Result 2: Financial, procurement and operational (administrative and HR) modalities for service delivery transitioned from off-budget systems to on-budget systems;
→ Result 3: Technical capacity of MAIL Directorates to deliver services strengthened;
→ Result 4: Project managed (and monitored) in an effective and efficient manner in co-ordination with other donor interventions.
Landell Mills assisted the European Commission to improve the effectiveness of its global interventions in food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture (FNS&SA).
The purpose of the contract was to provide technical and support services to improve the EU’s programmes in food and nutrition security and sustainable agriculture, in particular those financed by the Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) and its successor, the Global Public Goods and Challenges Programme. Additionally, the capacities of staff within the policy unit, C1 of DG DEVCO, EU Delegations and partner countries would be strengthened.
The specific objectives were:
Objective 1: To provide technical and support services throughout the whole programme cycle (design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation) to improve the effectiveness of EU interventions and to strengthen C1’s capacity to monitor interventions in FNS&SA.
Objective 2: To reinforce technical capacities of all stakeholders and in particular of EU staff, through sharing of knowledge and know-how.
Objective 3: To prepare specific products (studies, guidelines etc.) and to provide advisory services on specific queries.
01/01/14 - 31/12/15
The longitudinal evaluation primarily provided DfID with an understanding of the extent and way by which the UK’s development assistance contributed to poverty reduction, policy outcomes, and ways of working in Vietnam by applying a mixed methods approach. The team generated lessons learnt from years of DfID’s operation in the country. The evaluation focused in the periods 1999–2016. The evaluation had three overarching objectives:(i) Provide a brief historical account of the development cooperation between Vietnam and the UK focusing on the period 1999–2016.(ii) Examine the evidence of DfID’s contribution to poverty reduction and relevance, effectiveness, and sustainability of the approaches used in Vietnam in the context of the policies pursued by the Government of Vietnam and of other donors’ aid programmes.(iii) Draw out lessons learnt from this cooperation and on donor aid graduation for shaping the agenda for development aid in Vietnam after 2016 and for sharing with other countries.
The team also undertook three case studies in MDG (HIV and Education), Wealth Creation (WTO and M4Ps), and Governance (Anticorruption and CSO support).
28/12/13 - 27/12/16
The Support to the Long Term Strategic Economic Development and Private Sector Development in Turkmenistan has the overall objective of supporting the development of local capacity in order to improve long term strategic planning and enhance the environment for the private sector development in Turkmenistan. This is undertaken in order to support Turkmenistan’s economic diversification.
The purposes of this contract are as follows:
Purpose1: Support the long term strategic economic development: capacity building and institutional strengthening dedicated to the improvement of the effectiveness of the Institute of Strategic Planning and Economic Development (ISPED) in its role to develop a sustainable and diversified economy and to determine the main strategic directions of economic development of Turkmenistan.
Purpose 2: Support the development of the Private Sector: capacity building dedicated to the improvement of the effectiveness of the Ministry of Economy and Development (and its regional structures) as well as business intermediaries in their tasks to contribute to the development of the private sector thus participating to the economic diversification of the country. This component will focus on improving the environment for the creation of private businesses (especially SMEs).
Component 2 – Private Sector Development
16/12/13 - 28/04/14
This study will survey, consolidate, and analyse the relevant literature on resilience including its measurement and indicators, livelihoods, and vulnerability evaluation methodologies to provide a strong evidence base on which the development of a robust and fit-for-purpose impact evaluation methodology may be hinged. The objectives of this study include:
§ Through a rapid review of the literature set out: (i) the case for measuring ‘resilience’ as opposed to/as well as measuring the impact of programmes on poverty; and (ii) consider the case for (and against) a composite resilience indicators.
§ Review the literature on existing resilience, livelihoods, and vulnerability evaluation methodologies and (using a set of criteria) assess their applicability to BRACED and other programmes and projects in the ICF portfolio.
§ Using the analysis of existing approaches, design a methodology to assess the impact of ICF adaptation programmes on community and household resilience.
§ Produce a technical report on resilience evaluation that draws together the key findings and challenges identified during the literature review and methodology development.
02/12/13 - 02/03/14
The specific objectives of this assignment are to provide policy and legal advice with reference to institutional and regulatory reforms in the seed sector.
The main components of the contract are:
01/12/13 - 28/02/14
General objective:The objective of this intervention is to support the Government of Comoros to address sustainable issues of food and nutrition insecurity in the islands of Grande Comore , Anjouan and Moheli .Specific ObjectivesThe objective is to update the existing agricultural policy and develop a national strategy for agriculture and rural in the short to long term, to make available to the Government a base allowing it to sustainably fight against food insecurity. The strategy will include a planning framework based on results that sets priorities in terms of investments on the basis of budgeted programs and annual action plans for the next 3-4 years .
The intervention will focus on the following aspects:1 . Diagnosis of agricultural and rural sector and identification of strengths , weaknesses, opportunities / possibilities and constraints of development of the sector analysis2 . Based on the information collected under section 1 , and based on discussions with the relevant authorities , the updating of the agricultural sector policy3 . Definition of strategic guidelines for sustainable agricultural and rural development horizon minimum 20204 . Development of action plans and development plans in the short, medium and long term
21/10/13 - 06/11/13
Specific Objective: The specific objective is the improvement of rural development policies, the establishment of an information system (IS) on the rural world and using tools for better understanding of rural areas from development actors (government, partners Outside, NGOs, projects), which will facilitate the definition, decision and direction of policies development in rural areas.
06/10/13 - 01/09/14
23/09/13 - 30/06/14
This technical assistance mission is to support the Government of Benin through the National Authorising Officer (NAO ) of the EDF and the Delegation of the European Union ( DUE) in Benin in the final evaluation of project performance support for Rice ( PAFIRIZ ) sector. The evaluation will cover the period of execution of PAFIRIZ project from project start to September 1 , 2013, end date of implementation of the Action. It will typically measure the results and impact of the project. The difficulties of implementing the project will be identified and analyzed in order to draw lessons for any new interventions in the rice sector and / or agricultural . The final evaluation will analyze in detail the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of PAFIRIZ and consistency and Community added value. It will present the key lessons learned at the end of the action and propose recommendations for the implementation of possible future interventions in the sector.