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Transformation of the Tertiary Technical and Technological Institutes Project The objectives of the Project are: to increase enrollment and persistence in public technical and technological programs designed and implemented in collaboration with Employers, and to strengthen the institutional management of Tertiary Technical and Technological Education.
Strengthening the National Statistical System in Ecuador Project The Proposed Project Development Objective is to improve the national statistical capacity of Ecuador in the production and dissemination of timely and high-quality economic and sociodemographic statistics for evidence-based policymaking.
Quito Metro Line One The proposed Project development objective (PDO) is to improve urban mobility in the city of Quito serving the growing demand for public transport. The Project will reduce travel times, decrease operational costs of the transport service, improve connectivity, security and comfort of the current system and reduce emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases.
Ecuador COVID-19 Emergency Response and Vaccination Project To prevent and respond to the threat posed by COVID-19 and strengthen national systems for public health preparedness.
Ecuador - Sustainable Family Farming Modernization Project The project development objective is to enhance incomes of small and medium sized farm households by supporting more productive and climate-smart use of land and water.
EC Manta Public Services Improvement Project The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to support the Municipality of Manta in increasing the quality and sustainability of public services for water, sanitation and urban mobility.

The objective will be achieved by (i) increasing availability of water supply and efficiency of water and sewerage services; (ii) improving urban mobility and accessibility through improvements to the street network, including sidewalks; and (iii) enhancing the capacity of the municipal government in planning and managing the provision ofwater and sanitation and urban transport services.
Ecuador Green and Resilient Recovery (EGARR) DPF This operation seeks to assist the government in its agenda to tackle selected structural challenges to foster growth, inclusion, job creation, and climate resilience, strengthen low-carbon development and help realize its commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050.
Promoting Access to Finance for Productive Purposes for MSMEs The project development objective is to promote access to finance for productive purposes for micro, small and medium enterprises in the context of the COVID-19 crisis.
Danida Information and Engagement Fund 2022-2026 - 'OPEN' Type_of_Aid 'B03 (received DKK to OpEn)
Darwin Initiative Innovation – Farming with Alternative Pollinators for Increased Biodiversity and Smallholder Incomes The project pilots an innovation whereby farmers plant their fields with different crop combinations to attract and benefit from pollinators. The innovation reduces the loss of biodiversity of pollinators, who in turn increase the quality and quantity of the crops and therefore the farmers’ income. The demonstrations are done in farmers’ fields together with agricultural and environmental advisors. Researchers, donors and policy makers engage through learning visits to promote expansion and scale up of the approach.
Start Ready Zimbabwe Mberengwa 2022 Start Ready Activation in Zimbabwe Mberengwa
Start- Community-Led Approaches to MEAL Programme looking at community-led approaches to MEAL in Zimbabwe
Forecast-Based Action- Start/ WHH Action Against Hunger is pleased to sign this call of interest for EAP Custodian Process in Zimbabwe alongside its local partner, Nutrition Action Zimbabwe, a registered Private Voluntary Organization (PVO 38/19) working in Zimbabwe, which aims to meet the immediate and long-termfood and nutrition needs of targeted communities and building their resilience to respond to repeated shocks.
Human Development Assessment Structural Reform Facility The objective is to (i) Provide a brief stocktaking assessment of human development challenges in each EaP country; (ii) Based on the assessment, organize a consultation process in each country to identify human development reforms and investment priorities; and (iii) Identify, assess and raise awareness about selected human development challenges common across the EaP countries and potential cross-cutting solutions.
Ending violence against women in the Western Balkans and Turkey, Phase II. Implementing Norms, Changing Minds <p>The project aims at reducing gender-based discrimination and violence against women and girls by: creating an enabling legislative and policy environment in line with international standards; promoting favorable social norms and attitudes and prevent discrimination and violence against women; and empowering women and girls (including women from minority groups) who have experienced discrimination or violence to advocate for and use available, accessible and quality services.</p>
Roma Decade 2020 (2014MCP) Multi-country Action Programme for 2014 - part ELARG-Roma Decade 2020 (2014MCP)
Strengthening Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkans to Resolve Missing Persons Cases from Conflicts of the 1990s This action aims at strengthening reconciliation in the Western Balkans through addressing the issue of persons missing as a result of conflicts in the 1990s. The specific objectives of this action are twofold: 1) Strengthening the domestic capacities in identification of missing persons as well as the regional cooperation; 2) Empowering families of missing to hold authorities accountable and lobby for their rights.
EU4Environment regional programme - 2017 budget share Activities will aim to improve the design and implementation of policies in Eastern Partnership countries for securing healthy ecosystems, people, and economies.
EU4 Youth Coordination and Support <p>The aim of this contract will be to ensure the effective functioning of the different components of the EU4Youth programme launched by the Commission in 2017: Component 1: EU4Y capacity-building actions implemented by EACEA, comprising Civil Society Fellowships for Youth and Partnerships for Entrepreneurship sub-components. Component 2: EU4Y grant scheme implemented by DG Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, setting up EU4Y grant scheme to fund select capacity-building projects.</p>
Promoting a mutually beneficial regional dialog and cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean energy transition Contract related to: Promoting a mutually beneficial regional dialog and cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean energy transition   - This action aims at contributing to a greener and fairer post-COVID socioeconomic recovery, and enhance energy security in the partner countries through an accelerated clean energy transition at regional level. It will propose a collaborative partnership between countries¿ governments and national agencies, by sharing best practices in designing and implementing evidence-based energy policies and measures. The private sector and international financing institutions will be closely associated to its implementation.
Activity under preparation Commission Implementing Decision on the financing of the annual work programme for evaluation and monitoring activities of external assistance granted by the Union to beneficiaries of pre-accession assistance and in the Neighbourhood region for 2024 This support measure covers operational expenditure to finance evaluation and monitoring activities of external assistance granted by the Union to beneficiaries of pre-accession assistance and the Neighbourhood region. In specific cases, countries outside the two main regions of interest (notably those managed by the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) might be covered by evaluation activities whenever the scope of the evaluations makes it relevant, in the spirit of strengthening synergies and cooperation with programmes under other Union instruments.
Reporting Diversity Network 2.0 The project will empower a regional network of CSOs to work together with the aim to influence the quality of media messages affecting perceptions of ethnicity, religion and gender as pressing thematic areas relevant for overall levels of understanding and tolerance in the Western Balkans. The Reporting Diversity Network (RDN) will provide tools, resources and much needed evidence for the entire civil society to promote more inclusive media, and effective policy-making advancing tolerance.
Sustaining Civil Society and Independent Media in Turkey and the Western Balkans The specific objective of the action is strengthened diversity, effectiveness, and sustainability of civic and media actors in Turkey and the Western Balkans. This action will also respond to the situation of the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected democracy all around the world and put media and civil society under additional pressure for various reasons, ranging from additional needs to plummeting revenues, to clampdowns on democracy and freedom, among others.
AAP2023/Expenditure Verification of three service contracts <p>The Expenditure Verifier is expected</p><p class="ql-align-justify">- To carry out the agreed-upon procedures listed in Annex 2 and</p><p class="ql-align-justify">- &nbsp;&nbsp;To issue reports based on the template in Annex 3 which will support the Contracting Authority's conclusions on the eligibility of the reported expenditure and the related follow-up.</p><p>The expenditure verification will be performed as a desk review and fieldwork at the location indicated in Annex 1.</p><p><br></p><p>Additional specific objectives in the form of agreed-upon procedures on which the Expenditure Verifier is expected to perform a verification are:</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The expenditure verifier should select a representative sample with value of minimum 65% of all transactions reported with the Final financial report, covering expenditures from each budget line from fees and category of costs under incidentals. In this respect, given the higher risk associated to incidental expenditure, the auditor is expected to proportionally apply reasonable sampling ratio of incidental expenditure.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the error rate found is higher than 10% from sampled amount, the Auditor shall extend the verification procedures until the sample value is 85%.</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The auditor shall check the eligibility of the fees and incidental expenditures based on requirements of service contracts, by performing the additional procedures specified under 2.11 from Annex 2 to TOR.</p>
Audio-visual manager and graphic designer for DG NEAR Contract related to: Audio-visual manager and graphic designer for DG NEAR - Raising public awareness on the EU enlargement and neighbourhood policies 2021-2023 (2021 budget)This programme sets out a range of measures to support the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations in raising public awareness about its policies, in line with the European Commission¿s institutional prerogatives and in line with its policy and communication priorities.In particular, it will provide the public with information about the enlargement process and the neighbourhood policy, as well as the countries involved, in order to stimulate an informed and facts-based debate on the political, economic and social impact of the two EU policies.It will also contribute to addressing the issue of disinformation and foreign information manipulation by raising awareness of relevant issues in the region and informing about the wide range of EU support for communication activities including press trips to and from the regions, training courses and support for media literacy programmes. These activities will build on the actions foreseen in the Action Plan against Disinformation12 and European Democracy Plan13 and will be implemented in cooperation with European External Action Service.The programme will also support the promotion of the European Commission¿s corporate priorities (¿a European Green Deal¿, ¿an economy that works for people¿, ¿a Europe fit for the digital age¿, ¿promoting our European way of life¿, ¿a stronger Europe in the world¿, and ¿a new push for European democracy¿)14. It will therefore complement and strengthen the European Commission's corporate communication actions.To that end, when executing the programme, the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations will ensure coordination with other Commission departments, including the Directorate-General for Communication and European Commission Representations, as well as the European External Actions Service and the EU Delegations and Offices in the region.Where feasible and appropriate, the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations will follow the Team Europe approach in its strategic communication and public diplomacy initiatives.The programme will support tools and channels that have proven particularly successful, including visibility events, stakeholder and media outreach, digital content production and online and social media activities. In the light of the specific communication context linked to the global COVID-19 pandemic and the long-term recovery, priority will be given to digital and hybrid means of communication, including online and hybrid events.In terms of target audiences, in addition to addressing the general public in the EU Member States and in the enlargement and neighbourhood regions, the awareness raising measures will address, where relevant, specific stakeholders and opinion multipliers, such as journalists, business organisations, civil society representatives, academia and think tanks, as well as youth representatives.
Activity under preparation Visibility of EU and Public Diplomacy in the Republic of Moldova 2025-2026 <p class="ql-align-justify">The overall objective to which this action contributes is to support EU public diplomacy and increased visibility of the EU and the EU assistance provided to the Republic of Moldova, while providing targeted information on tangible results for the Moldovan citizens. The focus of the public diplomacy effort of this contract should be the EU values and assistance provided to the country, taking as reference the opened negotiations for Moldova to become part of EU. The project will be focused on ensuring communication support for the actions funded by the European Union and its Member States and what EU accession and alignment to EU <em>acquis</em> means for Moldova and its citizens.</p><p><br></p>
EU Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management Systems in the Western Balkans - Phase III (contract 1) Contract related to: EU Regional Support to Protection-Sensitive Migration Management Systems in the Western Balkans - Phase III (contract 1) - This action aims to contribute to a more effective protection-sensitive migration management in the region aligned to EU and international standards. Ultimately, the action will contribute to the effective and rights-based management of migrants and persons in need of international protection in the Western Balkans.To respond to continued challenges faced by the region in managing mixed migratory movements, the action will support the further development and strengthening of holistic and sustainable systems and capacities across the whole migration management process including identification, registration and referral at the border, asylum systems and reception capacities, as well as both voluntary and non-voluntary returns. The action will be implemented in full respect of human rights and take into account particularly the specific situation of vulnerable groups such as women, persons with disabilities and unaccompanied and separated children. It will have a strong regional approach including at a policy level to ensure increased coherence, coordination and cooperation both between the beneficiaries and between the beneficiaries and the EU. The action will at all times align with EU and international standards on migration management.The action has been designed to build upon the results of past phases of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) regional migration programme, taking into account lessons learned and best practices. It complements other IPA funded activities planned at the beneficiary level.&nbsp;The action is implemented by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (hereinafter referred to as Frontex), the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).&nbsp;&nbsp;
IPA Multi-beneficiary Programme 2 2009 - part managed by DG ELARG - Regional Programme on Trade and Investment in the Western Balkans Total EU contribution of EUR 133.500.000 is split as follows:IPA/2009/021-373 (ELARG) EUR 106.100.000; IPA/2009/021-704 (TAXUD) EUR 500.000; IPA 2009/021-705 (ESTAT) EUR 5.400.000; SI2.537815 (EACEA) EUR 21.500.000
EFSE - EU4Business: Local Currency Lending to MSEs in the Eastern Partnership <p>Additional contribution to reinforce the activities of the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE) in the Eastern Neighbourhood (EUR 15 million, of which EUR 10 million FI (for the acquisition of additional regional L-shares) and EUR 5 million for Technical Assistance), acquisition of EUR 15 million of national C Shares for Ukraine, and acquisition of 7 Million shares for Amrenia (and 2 Million TA for Armenia)</p>
EU4Gender Equality: Challenging gender stereotypes and practices in the EaP countries <p>The overall objective of the Programme is to strengthen equal rights and opportunities for women and men through shifting social perceptions, men¿s participation in caretaking and actions on prevention of gender based violence.</p>
AAP2023-Expenditure Verification of two grant contracts <p>The Expenditure Verifier is expected</p><p class="ql-align-justify">- &nbsp;To carry out the agreed-upon procedures listed in Annex 2 and</p><p class="ql-align-justify">-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To issue reports based on the template in Annex 3 which will support the Contracting Authority's conclusions on the eligibility of the reported expenditure and the related follow-up.</p><p>The expenditure verification will be performed as a desk review and fieldwork at the location indicated in Annex 1.</p><p><br></p><p>For all Entities, there is additional specific objective in the form of agreed-upon procedures on which the Expenditure Verifier is expected to perform a verification are:</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The expenditure verifier should select a representative sample with value of minimum 65% of all transactions reported with the Final financial report, with minimum 10% sampled from each budget heading, sub-heading and budget line. If the error rate found is higher than 10% from sampled amount, the Auditor shall extend the verification procedures until the sample value is 85%.</p><p>¿&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The auditor should check whether there are other projects implemented by the same Entity and financed by EC or other Donors, which projects overlap with the period of implementation of the verified contract. The auditor should check the potential double funding of expenditures reported.</p>
IPA II Cross-Border Co-operation Action Programme Montenegro-Kosovo for the years 2015 - 2017 (2015 allocation) IPA II Cross-Border Co-operation Action Programme Montenegro-Kosovo for the years 2015-2017
Energy Policy in Eastern partnership countries and Central Asia (2016 share) The global objective of the Action "Energy Policy in Eastern Partnership countries and Central Asia" is to support sound elaboration and implementation of evidence-based medium to long term energy policies in partner countries, based on improved use of statistics and sharing of best practice and EU experience.
EU Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) Facility, EBRD DCFTA Programme <p>DCFTA Facility for SMEs will increase SMEs competitiveness, ease their access to finance, help them to seize new trade opportunities and comply with new food safety, technical and quality standards, as well as with environmental protection measures implied by the DCFTA implementation.</p>
Preparatory measures for participation of bene-ficiaries in EU agencies (2014MCP) Multi-country Action Programme for 2014 - part ELARG-Preparatory measures for participation of bene-ficiaries in EU agencies (2014MCP)
EU support to Technical Assistance to Connectivity in the WB  Connecta (2018MCP) Multi-country Programme 2018 - PART NEAR-EU support to Technical Assistance to Connectivity in the WB  Connecta (2018MCP)
EU support to strengthen the fight against migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings in the Western Balkans Supporting the Western Balkans in increasing their capacity to fight the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings (THB) within the region, and in closer cooperation with EU Member States in line with EU standards, is a key priority of the EU. Supporting efforts to uphold the rule of law and provide a robust level of security, including through better equipping the region¿s partners to manage migration, is also a priority given the inter-connected nature of challenges facing the Western Balkans and the EU.&nbsp;This action is in support of the 2022 Communication on EU Enlargement Policy[1] and in line with the IPA III Programming Framework. To respond to these challenges, the action aims to deliver operational support to police, including border police, and judicial authorities to strengthen international cooperation, investigation and prosecution. It will be implemented by a consortium of Member States, in cooperation with relevant EU agencies and international actors, such as Frontex, Europol, Eurojust, CEPOL, the Council of Europe and the IOM. The primary objective is to bring operational assistance to the region in equipment, training, operational cooperation facilitation and possibly also in human resources, in order to decrease smuggling and trafficking activities by increasing the volume and effectiveness of investigations, prosecutions and related arrests of smugglers and traffickers. It will also seek to increase the engagement of EU Justice and Home Affairs agencies CEPOL/Europol and EBCGA/Frontex (hereafter Frontex) under Member States leadership and in closer coordination with them as well as to mobilise Member States¿ specific expertise in the fight against the smuggling of migrants and trafficking in human beings in order to achieve an enhanced criminal justice response and border management capacity across the Western Balkans. The action will also increase the level of protection offered to victims of trafficking, especially minors. This will be achieved by assisting Western Balkan partners, &nbsp;in cooperation with the Council of Europe, in implementing the commitments made under the Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, which aims to prevent trafficking in human beings, protect victims and prosecute traffickers.By increasing the Western Balkans¿s capacity to better identify, investigate and prosecute migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings, including through strengthened cooperation within the Western Balkans, with Member States, and with Türkiye, as well as through enhanced border management, the action will strengthen the rule of law across the region and increase alignment with corresponding EU acquis, in particular Chapters 23 and 24.  [1] COM(2022) 528 final 12.10.2022
EIB-04 SME Finance Facility - EIB window The Facility aims at offering a wide range of financial services and products to SMEs and financial intermediaries throughout the region, increasing the availability of long-term funding to the SME sector.
Preparatory phase for the establishment of a College of Europe campus in Tirana <p>The objective of the action is the establishment of a College of Europe campus in Tirana (Albania) aiming to offer a high-quality post-graduate academic programme in the field of European Affairs in a unique European study environment.</p>