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Review of the European Union’s Budget Support and the Dutch Program Support to the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) in Senegal

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Country:
Senegal
Period:
March – May 2014
Client:
MEDD, Delegation of European Union in Dakar, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Dakar
Donor:
European Development Fund (EDF) and Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry
Budget:
€ 100,000

ACT for Performance was mandated to conduct a joint mid-term review of two forms of program support being provided to the Senegalese Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development: (1) Sector Budget Support provided by the European Union and (2) Support to twenty-two projects of the MEDD provided by the Netherlands. As part of the review, ACT for Performance was required to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of implementation and provide advice and recommendations for acceleration and improved performance. An evaluation of the quality of financial management and procurement within the Ministry and an assessment of level and quality of MEED performance towards achieving the set objectives in its Sector Strategy and Medium Term Expenditure Framework, as measured by core indicators, was part of the work. The team also advised MEED on institutional strengthening and the EU on certain indicators for its future multi-sector budget support Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security.

Elaboration of the Execution and Management Manuals of the Capacity Strengthening Program PRC-GAP

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Country:
Democratic Republic of Congo
Period:
January – June 2014
Client:
SENAREC, the National Secretariat for Capacity Strengthening, Ministry of Planning
Donor:
World Bank
Budget:
US$ 40,000

ACT for Performance was asked to elaborate the Project Execution Manual of the Public Sector Capacity Strengthening Program PRC-GAP. In addition to the execution manual, the team reviewed the existing financial administration and procurement manuals of the project and developed the training management manual for the eight training centres in the country, which deliver the major share of the training under the project.