Ongoing projects

2010

Project name

EU Perspective in Kosovo (UNSCR 1244)

Description

The project aims at broadening the understanding of the European Perspective by general public in Kosovo, including both on the opportunities and challenges involved in preparing for European Integration.

Lead

C&M

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo

Start

05/2010

Duration

24 months with possible extension

Overall value of the project

> 2,500,000 €

Partners

Tipik Communication Agency, Eurecna, East West Consulting, Management & Development Associates

Project name

EU Electoral Expert in Burundi

Description

The project aims at supporting the electoral process in Burundi, Governance, Justice and Peacebuilding in Conflict Affected Environment (Reference No. CNTR200708192)

Lead

ECO

Country

Burundi

Beneficiary/Client

UK Department for International Development (DFID)

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of the expert, financial management

Start

03/2010

Duration

9 months

Overall value of the project

> 150,000 €

Partners

N/a

2009

Project name

Support to JASPERS to review EIS in the countries managed by Vienna office – Action Plan 2010

Description

The main objective of the assignment is the support to JASPERS in providing technical assistance services to improve the preparation of major projects to be co-financed by the Cohesion Fund and the European Regional Development Fund. Projects deal mainly in sectors of environment, transport and urban infrastructure.

Lead

C&M

Country

Hungary, the Slovak Republic, the Czech Republic and Slovenia

Beneficiary/Client

European Investment Bank

Start

11/2009

Duration

7 months

Overall value of the project

˂ 50,000 €

Partners

N/a

Project name

SME Support through the Ministry of Trade and Industry

Description

The overall objective of the project is to support the revitalisation of the economy of Kosovo, by enhancing the business enabling environment and the competitiveness of the SME sector. This project is expected to contribute also to foster employment for minorities, women and youth.

Lead

International Management & Development

Country

Kosovo

Kind of support by C&M

Contribution to the project management

Beneficiary/Client

European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo

Start

10/2009

Duration

30 months

Overall value of the project

˂ 1,000,000 €

Partners

ECO, FORMAPER, RINA, MDA, Project Management Limited, Enterprise

Project name

Support to Kosovo Media Institute – Phase II

Description

The second phase of the support to the Kosovo Media Institute concerns improving editorial standards through training, fostering cooperation with other media institutes and working towards self-sustainability.

Lead

C&M

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

Kosovo Media Institute/European Commission Liaison Office to Kosovo

Start date

09/2009

Duration

24 months

Overall value of the project

> 250,000 < 1,000,000 €

Partners

European Journalism Centre, IREX Europe, c.o., TIMUR&partners, ltd.

2008

Project name

Development of Institutional Capacity for the Management of EU Structural Funds Post-Accession (Institution Building Component)

Description

The purpose of this project is to develop the capacity of the Croatian central administration for the management of the EU Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund, namely programming, monitoring, evaluation and audit capacities.

Lead

C&M

Country

Croatia

Beneficiary/Client

Central Office for Development Strategy and Co-operation of EU Funds and various ministries responsible for OPs

Start date

11/2008

Duration

24 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,000,000 €

Partners

Euroformes Inc., Resources and Logistics, Methods & Planning S.A.

2007

Project name

Capacity Building in Support to the Decentralisation of Management of Assistance in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Description

The overall objective of the project is to enable the administration of the Beneficiary country to take an active and effective role in the preparation of financial co-operation programmes and projects financed by the EU, and in their technical and financial implementation within the framework of DIS.

Lead

East West Consulting Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of key expert

Country

Macedonia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Finance – Secretariat for European Affairs

Start date

07/2008

Duration

18 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,000,000 €

Partners

N/A

Closed projects

2009

Project name

Training Needs Assessment for Line Ministries and Implementing Agencies (including Non State Actors) involved in the EC Assistance Programme in Kenya, the Ministry of Finance (External Resources Department) and the EC Delegation in Kenya

Description

The assignment of C&M expert consisted of conducting a Capacity Building and Training Needs Assessment, on which the consultant developed an Indicative Training Programme covering the period 2009 to 2012. Amongst other tasks, the consultant had to:

  1. Identify key target groups on the basis of on-going and planned projects (mainly under the 10th EDF CSP 2008-2013). This included a review in broad terms of the expected functions of the potential target groups and level of competencies expected to successfully implement the tasks ;
  2. Identify the main generic capacity gaps, indicating which gaps can be fulfilled through on-going Government and other donor funded initiatives, and which ones will require a specific intervention;
  3. Make recommendations on the structure and substance of a future Training and Capacity Building Programme (including possibilities for conferences and seminars), and develop a tentative Training Programme reflecting these recommendations.

Lead

MDF Training & Consultancy

Country

Kenya

Beneficiary/Client

NAO/ Delegation of the European Union to Kenya

Start

12/2009

Duration

6 months

Overall value of the project

< 100,000 €

Partners

N/A

2008

Project name

Support for Regional Economic Development

Description

The overall objective of the assignment was to develop an enabling environment for private sector development and job creation for all communities in Kosovo.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of team leader and one key expert

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

05/2008

Duration

7 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Technical Assistance for Developing Human Resources Capacities in the Field of the EU Funded Post-accession Grants and Projects – the Structural Funds (in terms of Commitment and Disbursement) Belonging to the Autonomous Region of Zilina and related Municipalities

Description

The project aimed at strengthening of the public servants management capacities who are in charge of the Structural Funds grants and projects on both regional and local (municipal) levels.

Lead

C&M

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Žilina Autonomous Region and local Municipalities

Start date

01/2008

Duration

24 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Technical Assistance to Financial Supervisory Authorities

Description

The objective of the project was to improve the functioning of the capital and financial markets via the establishment of the appropriate regulatory and supervisory framework and the modern operational systems necessary according to the EU acquis communautaire in the field of financial supervision, thus contributing to economic stability and growth.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of five key experts

Country

Montenegro

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Regional Development, Central Bank of Montenegro, Securities and Exchange Commission, Insurance Supervision Agency

Start date

01/2008

Duration

4 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

2007

Project name

Development and Elaboration of a Private Sector Development Strategy for Kosovo
FWC Bernard-Guele/68 FWC Beneficiaries-Lot 10

Description

The overall objective of the assignment was to update the two year old private sector development strategy to assist in creating a well balanced, competitive and self-sufficient private sector providing opportunities for poverty alleviation disadvantaged groups, women in employment and youth.

Lead

Asesores de Comercio Exterior S.L. (ACE)

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of one key expert

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Trade and Industry and its stakeholders in Kosovo

Start date

12/2007

Duration

3 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Creation of Information System Including the Database of Decisions, Legislation and Literature in the Field of Intellectual Property as well as Training Cycle for Public and Judicial Administration on the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement

Description

The aim of the project was to create an information system including sources for a diversified information database for the public, as well as for the proceeding and decision making of administrative bodies active in the field of intellectual property rights enforcement.

Lead

EUROIURIS ltd.

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support and short term expertise

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic

Start date

12/2007

Duration

10 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

DATALAN Inc.

Project name

Study of Impact of Anticorruption Activities in the Slovak Republic

Description

The overall objective of the project was to deliver complex overview and evaluation of the activities and measures, which were subject to the Action Plan for the Fight Against Corruption.

Lead

C&M

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Government Office of the Slovak Republic

Start date

10/2007

Duration

8 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

EUROIURIS c.o., DISTINCT Inc.

Project name

Legal advisory services and training in the field of bankruptcy law and competition law

Description

 

Lead

EUROIURIS, ltd.

Kind of support by C&M

Management and provision of experts

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic, Government Office of the Slovak Republic – The division for the management and implementation of OPIS technical assistance

Start date

10/2007

Duration

8 months

Overall value of the project

> 250,000 < 1,000,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Technical Assistance to the Legal Aid Centre for the Legal Aid Delivery in Cases Showing Corruptive Behaviour

Description

The overall objective of the project was to improve the capacity of the Legal Aid Centre (established within the Government Office of the Slovak Republic) to offer free advice to citizens/organisations in the field of fight against corruption in order to increase public awareness and to contribute to more effective fight against corruption in Slovakia.

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Government Office of the Slovak Republic

Start date

09/2007

Duration

8 months

Overall value of the project

> 250,000 < 1,000,000 €

Partners

EUROIURIS c.o., DISTINCT Inc.

Project name

ToRs for Future Assistance in Kosovo

Description

The global objective of this assignment was to assist in the preparation of the Public Administration Reform future programme in Kosovo, aiming to increase the capacity of the local institutions to perform their mandate.

Lead

ATOS ORIGIN BELGIUM

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of two key experts

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

09/2007

Duration

2.5 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Consultancy Services to Increase Efficiency of Official Development Aid Provision by the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

Description

The main goal of the project was to increase efficiency of Official Development Aid (ODA) provision by creation of legal framework proposal for provision thereof, by formulation of recommendations for strengthening of implementation structure for ODA provision and by creation of system proposal related to monitoring and evaluation of ODA provision in accordance with Paris Declaration.

Lead

EUROIURIS ltd.

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support and short term expertise

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic

Start date

06/2007

Duration

10 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Support to Media

Description

The project was to contribute to the development of high editorial standards of employees in print and broadcast media and to support the Kosovo Media Institute in line with best European practices.

Lead

C&M

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

06/2007

Duration

24 months

Overall value of the project

> 250,000 < 1,000,000 €

Partners

TIMUR&partners, ltd., SITA – Slovak News Agency Inc.

Project name

Export Promotion

Description

The overall objective of the project was to undertake an assessment of the issues related to exports of Kosovo products and to conduct a series of five one day export promotion seminars throughout Kosovo.

Lead

IBM Global Services – Business Consulting Services

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of two key experts

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

05/2007

Duration

4 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Technical Assistance to Kosovo Development Plan

Description

The wider objective of the project aimed to contribute to strengthening the formal Partnership process, the Stabilisation and Association Mechanism and hence to integrate Kosovo more closely into the region.

Lead

East West Consulting Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

05/2007

Duration

24 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,000,000 €

Partners

European Consultants Organisation Sprl, Northern Ireland Public Sector Enterprise Limited, Euroformes ltd.

Project name

Post Privatisation Survey for the Kosovo Trust Agency (KTA)

Description

The global objective of the assignment was to provide assistance to the KTA for surveying a representative sample of privatized enterprises (former Socially Owned Enterprises) within the manufacturing and service sectors of Kosovo.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of two key experts

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

UNMIK - Kosovo

Start date

04/2007

Duration

3 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

2006

Project name

Technical Assistance for Implementation of the Neighbourhood Programmes between Bulgaria – Serbia and Montenegro

Description

The overall objective of the project was to support the Joint Technical Secretariat and DG IA PHARE within the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works in the process of management of the grant schemes and to improve the capacity at the local level.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Bulgaria

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works

Start date

11/2006

Duration

12 months

Overall value of the project

< 50,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Support of Application Practice of Arbitration Courts in the Slovak Republic

Description

The project was aimed to increase the knowledge and legal awareness of public and specialised communities (business as well as general public) about the new possibility of solutions of financial disputes – out of court by the means of arbitral procedures; and so to increase the courts efficiency, decrease the overloading of the courts and so to make the court procedures more effective.

Lead

EUROIURIS c.o.

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic

Start date

11/2006

Duration

8 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Identification of Regional Investment Potential

Description

The overall objective of the project was to support and strengthen local economic development activities in Kosovo through the identification of local development activities with a potential for attracting private investments.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation 3 Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

11/2006

Duration

4 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Assistance to the PISG and the Assembly for Enhanced EU Compatibility

Description

The overall objective was enhancing the capacity of Kosovo’s Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) to draft self-sustainable legislation in the sense of good governance and in reasonable compliance to the acquis communautaire. 

Lead

Business & Strategies in Europe, S.A.

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

11/2006

Duration

22 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,000,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Support to the Kosovo Institute of Public Administration

Description

 

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

01/2006

Duration

9 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

2005

Project name

Strengthening the Regional and Local Capacities for Management and Implementation of Structural Funds Assistance

Description

Programming of funding under the EU Structural Instruments (SI), organizational development for the management of SI with the aim to provide effective utilization of the resources from the Structural Funds in new programming period.

Lead

Euroformes ltd.

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of fifteen experts

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic

Start date

12/2005

Duration

11 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,000,000 €

Partners

European Consultants Organisation 3 Sprl

Project name

Fine-tuning of the Legislative Framework and Sharing EU Member States Experience with New Anticorruption Institutions in Slovakia

Description

The general objective of the project was to decrease the rate of the corruption in the most problematic areas to contribute to more efficient combating and prevention of corruption and organised crime in the Slovak Republic.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation 3 Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Financial management, provision of experts

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Government Office of the Slovak Republic

Start date

12/2005

Duration

12 months

Overall value of the project

> 250,000 < 1,000,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Technical Assistance to the Bulgarian Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works for Establishment and Training of Joint Technical Secretariat for the Neighbourhood Programmes between Bulgaria and Serbia & Montenegro

Description

The Neighbourhood Programme between Bulgaria and Serbia & Montenegro (2004 – 2006) aimed at fostering socio and economic cohesion by increasing cross border relations mainly through the implementation of actual interventions on the territory and its economy and through the support of inter-linkages among the local actors and the local communities.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of team leader and three short term experts

Country

Bulgaria

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works

Start date

11/2005

Duration

10 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Preparation for the Utilization of European Social Fund Resources at Local and Regional Level

Description

The project provided methodical support for regional and local capacities by preparation of project bids and by the implementation of the projects financially supported by the European Social Fund.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation 3 Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of six experts

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Slovak Republic

Start date

11/2005

Duration

8 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,000,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Technical Assistance for Modernisation of the Slovak Civil Service and Public Service (CPSM)

Description

Overall objectives of the project were to facilitate the implementation of the Civil Service Law and of the Strategy for the Reform of Public Sector Employment Practices, and to continue with the reform of Public Administration and the development of administrative capacity for effective participation in EU decision-making.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of project director and three short term experts

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic

Start date

08/2005

Duration

15 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,000,000 €

Partners

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit, VVMZ B.V.

Project name

Legal/Economics Advisor to the Minister of Local Government

Description

The scope of the work was basically to set up a more effective local government through devolution of central non-reserved responsibilities to local authorities and to contribute to ensuring sustainable local government and better living conditions for the inhabitants of Kosovo.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of one expert

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction/ Ministry of Local Government Administration

Start date

03/2005

Duration

9 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Public Administration/Decentralisation Advisor to the Ministry of Local Government

Description

The scope of the work was basically to set up a more effective local government through devolution of central non-reserved responsibilities to local authorities and to contribute to ensuring sustainable local government and better living conditions for the inhabitants of Kosovo.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of one expert

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction/ Ministry of Local Government Administration

Start date

03/2005

Duration

7 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Support to the Implementation of the Risk-Based Supervision (TA)

Description

The overall objective of the project was to implement the acquis communautaire regarding supervision of credit institutions, capital market and insurance, and to establish a fully operating financial market, where the supervision system ensures the minimization of the prudential risk, as well as where the transparency and stability of the market are achieved in the Slovak Republic.

Lead

Belgian Bankers Academy, vzw/asbl

Kind of support by C&M

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

National Bank of Slovakia

Start date

05/2005

Duration

18 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Further Integration of Roma Children in the Educational Field and Improved Living Conditions – Integration of Roma Children into Regular Primary Schools

Description

The general objectives of the project were successful implementation of the integrated system for education of Roma children, and creating conditions for children from socially disadvantaged environment to acquire standard education/enabling them to reintegrate from special schools into the standard primary schools.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation 3 Sprl

Kind of support by C&M  

Provision of financial support, project management and short term expertise

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

CFCU for Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic

Start date

04/2005

Duration

14 months

Overall value of the project

> 250,000 €

Partners

Wide Open School Foundation, Forum Minority Research Institute, ltd.

Project name

Technical Assistance to Strenghten the Anti-Fraud Coordination Services (AFCOS) in Slovakia

Description

The project assisted the Slovak Republic to meet the obligations imposed by the acquis communautaire in relation to the protection of the financial interests of EU.

Lead

European Consulting Organisation Sprl

Kind of support by C&M  

Providing experts

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Government Office of the Slovak Republic – OLAF Slovakia

Start date

03/2005

Duration

10 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

2004

Project name

Human Resources Development Grant Scheme

Description

The Technical Assistance for the Human Resources Development Grant Scheme (HRDGS) assisted in developing the competence and capacity required to ensure successful implementation of the 2 Calls for Proposals of the HRDGS, as well as 1 direct award procedure under the project 2002/000.610-15 and has been directly involved in the project implementation.

Lead

European Consultants Organisation 3 Sprl

Kind of support by C&M  

Provision of nine experts

Country

Slovakia

Beneficiary/Client

Ministry of Labour, Social Affaires and Family of the Slovak Republic, Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, Central Office of Labour, Social Affaires and Family

Start date

08/2004

Duration

12 months

Overall value of the project

> 50,000 < 250,000 €

Partners

N/A

Project name

Support to the Kosovo Financial Sector through Co-funding Technical Assistance to KBA

Description

The aim of the project was to support the Kosovo Banking Association (KBA) in its institutional setting up (statutes, mission statement, organisation) and to provide training support to the banks for developing the professional capacity of their employees according to the EU standards.

Lead

Belgian Bankers Academy, vzw/asbl

Kind of support by C&M  

Provision of two experts including institutional building expert

Country

Kosovo

Beneficiary/Client

European Agency for Reconstruction

Start date

08/2004

Duration

12 months

Overall value of the project

> 1,500,000 €

Partners

N/A