Framework Contracts and Long-Term Agreements …

1 long term Agreements and Framework Contracts are Agreements between one or more contracting authorities and one or more economic operators conceived as instruments of cooperation for the fast and transparent delivery of short-term technical assistance assignments covering the complete project cycle operations: programming, identification, formulation, implementation, evaluation and audit. Such mechanisms are initiated by Multilateral Partner Organisations and National Official Development Agencies to assist their services in identifying and contracting on a very short notice high-level qualified expertise for specific ad-hoc needs. Transtec has been pioneering the design and management of Framework Contracts (FWC) and Long-Term Agreements (LTA) initially for the EU and subsequently for multilateral partner organisations and national official development agencies.

2 FWC and LTA have proven to be effective tools for identifying, formulating, implementing and evaluating projects and programmes. We have acquired over the last 25 years the capacity to respond to specific requests and forge effective and strong professional relationships with a large number of high-level professionals. Some examples on Transtec experience in FWC and LTA are presented here: European Training Foundation partner countries: Provision of expertise to support ETF initiatives for human capital Development. Our experts are - working on development of methodologies, tools and instruments to deliver functions and capacity building; - through ETF, they are supporting the EU in programming and project cycle including sector approaches and budget support; they provide policy analysis; and are giving inputs in dissemination and networking activities.

3 The priority themes in which support is provided are: qualifications and qualification systems, quality in VET, learning and teaching in VET, governance in education and training, employment and employability, migration and skills, entrepreneurship and enterprise skills and innovation and VET European Training Foundation 2018-2021 5,000,000 EUR Worldwide: LTA for provision of Evaluation Services. Strategic/Policy, Country Portfolio, Programme/Activity: Food security analysis, food-related humanitarian emergency response: food aid; food assistance; cash and/or vouchers; food for work/assets, emergency humanitarian response to natural disasters and/or in conflicts, emergency preparedness and contingency planning, nutrition for mothers and children and for HIV/AIDS, school feeding and education, rural development including livelihood recovery, disaster risk reduction, rural infrastructure, community development, capacity development, supply chain management including logistics, agricultural and food markets and the effects of food aid, including local, regional and international procurement, cross-cutting issues including gender WFP 2018-2020 Somalia: long Term agreement - Provision of international consultant for UNDP programmes in Somalia UNDP 2017-2022 Worldwide.

4 Multiple Framework contract for the Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Activities. Evaluation of Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Activities EU 2017-2021 Framework Contracts and Long-Term Agreements (FWC & LTA) Transtec Researchpark, avenue de Tyras 75 1120 Brussels, Belgium T +32 2 266 4950 - V. Jan. 2018 Worldwide: Framework agreement for Specific services in financial and administrative management. Budget management, financial reporting, procurement, contract , logistic, fiduciary risk management, internal control, audit, management of the administrative and financial team ENABEL 2017-2021 Worldwide: Framework contract for Election Observation Missions Service Provider.

5 Provision of services on (a) the election expert missions (EEMs) small expert missions to assess the electoral process in the partner country; (b) the election exploratory missions (ExMs) to examine the feasibility of a possible EOM or EAT; and (c) the election follow-up missions (EFMs), to examine the extent to which the recommendations of past EOMs have been taken on board by the partner country EU 2017-2020 Worldwide: Framework contract for Election Observation Missions Service Provider. Provision of technical, administrative and security and protection services on the field for (a) European Union election observation missions (EU EOMs) which usually deploy 50 100 observers and electoral experts in the partner country to observe the electoral process; and (b) election assessment team (EAT) missions deployed in countries with a volatile security environment to observe and assess the electoral process EU 2017-2020 Somalia: Provision of Third Party Monitoring Services.

6 The overall objective of third-party assurance activities is to monitor and/or verify that UNICEF-supported activities are being implemented, with quality and integrity, by NGO and/or government partners; and contributing to the survival, development and protection of Somali children, women and communities. The findings of third-party assurance activities are expected to facilitate decision making and improve performance, both on partnership development and management, and the overall direction of the Somalia country programme UNICEF 2017-2019 Worldwide: LTA for Impact Assessment Survey Services. Development and administration of surveys for impact assessments in IFAD borrowing countries, performance of baselines and/or follow up surveys (at the appropriate level of analysis, namely, the individual, household and community level), that evaluate the impact of a specific project in a specific location, measured through measurable outcomes of success IFAD 2016-2019 Worldwide: LTA for Complex Evaluation Services & Provision of Evaluation Services for Decentralized Evaluations.

7 Specific evaluations within the Office of Evaluation s annual work programme: Food security analysis, food-related humanitarian emergency response: food aid; food assistance; cash and/or vouchers; food for work/assets, emergency humanitarian response to natural disasters and/or in conflicts, emergency preparedness and contingency planning, nutrition, school feeding and education, rural development including livelihood recovery, disaster risk reduction, rural infrastructure, community development, capacity development, supply chain management, agricultural and food markets and the effects of food aid, including local, regional and international procurement, cross-cutting issues WFP 2016-2018 Worldwide: Framework contract COM 2015 Lot 1 Evaluation EU 2016-2020 Worldwide: Framework contract COM 2015 Lot 2 Communication EU 2016-2020 Belgian Technical Cooperation Partner countries.

8 Framework agreement for Specific services in financial and administrative management - Belgian Technical Cooperation BTC Worldwide: Framework agreement Conflict, Stability and Security Fund Lot A - Governance, Security & Justice Foreign Commonwealth Affairs FCO 2015-2018 Libya: long Term agreement - Provision of consultancy and support personnel services to facilitate the implementation of UNDP Libya projects United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2015-2019 Syria: long Term agreement - Provision of consultancy and support personnel services to facilitate the implementation of UNDP Syria projects United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2015-2019 Worldwide: Framework Agreements consultancy services related to Sida s work within Democratic governance and Human Rights for greater opportunities to assert civil and political rights, exercise democratic influence and organise more robust democratic processes and institutions and greater respect for the principles of the rule of law, pluralistic civil society and strengthened democratisation actors, greater access to free and independent media, both new and traditional SIDA 2015-2019 Worldwide: Framework agreement for the provision of Baseline assessments to conduct detailed socio-economic - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 2014-2016 Priority countries in Africa, Middle East and Asia.

9 Framework agreement for technical assistance to identify, formulate, appraise and review development programmes and projects. This FWA covers four strategic priority areas: Human rights and democracy; green growth; social progress; and stability and protection and the 24 priority countries for the Danish Development assistance DANIDA 2014-2018 Transtec Researchpark, avenue de Tyras 75 1120 Brussels, Belgium T +32 2 266 4950 - V. Jan. 2018 Worldwide: EU EOM: Elections Observation Missions.

10 The overall objective of the European Union elections observation missions is to provide support to strengthen democratisation, good governance and conflict prevention; contribute to reducing the possibility of fraud, manipulation, intimidation, etc which could undermine the electoral process, and to improve the legal Framework and conduct of future elections, as well as public confidence in the institutions; to inform the European institutions on the conduct of elections in selected third countries EEAS (since 2008) 2013-2016 Worldwide: Lot 1 Beneficiaries: Rural Development and Food Security. Technical expertise covered by this lot include: agricultural primary production, included horticulture; forestry; land management; rural infrastructure incl.