The overall objective of the mission was to promote deeper economic integration between Egypt and the EU in the area of international trade in goods and services. The mission specific objectives were to:

1. Provide a factual assessment of ongoing trade related cooperation (EC-Egypt) and identify Egypt's trade and trade related assistance needs including in the area of industrial policy.

2. Define a set of concrete proposals for technical assistance intervention (to be financed out of the NIP 2010 or thereafter) which takes into account the requests for Twinning already put forward by the MTI.

The overall objective of this project was to assist the Government of Egypt in meeting its international obligations under the GATS WTO Agreement and to improve its effective participation in the relevant WTO committee. The purposes of this contract were as follows:

1. Enhancing the capacity of the WTO Central Department, of the Trade Agreements Sector, MTI to understand and monitor the implementation of the trade – related aspects of the General Agreement on Trade in Services agreement (GATS) under WTO

2. Improving the capacity of the staff on using the transferred knowledge and analytical skills

The objective of this contract was to assess the relevance, impact, efficiency and effectiveness of the Programme against the expected results on the basis of the indicators formulated in the project logical framework of the Programme.

Goals of the programme under review was "...to achieve tangible economic and social development of the Previously Disadvantaged Communities (PDC's), both in terms of job creation and income generation. It aims to establish a sustainable framework of co-operation between communities, private and public sectors in the focal area of the Wild Coast. It ultimately aims at drawing the guidelines for a national programme". The primary focus of the Final Review was on the success of the Programme in generating sustainable jobs and incomes in the Programme area.

The overall objective of the Mid-Term Review of the FMIP II Programme was to provide decision makers in the South African Government and the EC with sufficient information to make an informed judgment about the performance of the programme (its efficiency and effectiveness), and decisions about any required changes to the operational scope and performance trajectory of the programme for the remainder of the operational implementation period.

The overall objective of the assignment is to support the Programme Administration Office (PAO) for the Support Association Agreement Programme (SAAP) and CAPMAS in the preparation of an institutional twinning financed under the EU-Egypt SAAP. Tasks included:

1. Conducting a rapid review and prepare an assessment note on the CAPMAS;

2. Review of the active and major Local and European legislation on statistics;

3. Analysis the variousfunctions of CAPMAS;

4. Assessing the financial means allocated to CAPMAS, its annual budget and its financial perspectives in the view of the future reinforcement of the capacity of the Agency.

The general objective of this assignment was to enhance the level of National procurement assistance being given by the TAU to its clients specifically in terms of assistance to improve on the efficiency an effectiveness of the procurement actions being undertaken by these clients using EC rules. The specific objectives of the assignment were to:

1. Improve on the structuring of procurement support services offered by the TAU

2. Improve the quality of procurement support services offered by the TAU

3. Expand, through additional capacity, the support services offered.

4. Lay the foundation for further expansion of the procurement support capacity of the TAU, by building on the existing track record of the TAU and the conceptual framework of the "Procurement Support Facility" study.

The overall objective of the assignment was to undertake a detailed management study of the Bureau of Maritime Affairs with the intention of making recommendations towards future mandate, activities, organisational structure, operations, staffing, training and funding requirements as part of its future proposed re-absorption into the Ministry of Finance.

The Capacity Building for Regional Integration (CBRI) project, which has a budget of € 12.5 million, is designed to support the overall capacity of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat to drive and coordinate the regional integration agenda, with the ultimate objective of supporting economic growth and poverty reduction. The specific objective of CBRI is to increase SADC institution's capacities to drive and coordinate the regional integration agenda, notably through the development of direct financial and technical support.

This Mid-Term Evaluation assessed the aims, design, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and potential impact of the activities undertaken so far under the programme and made appropriate recommendation, including suggestions on how to strengthen the overall management of the integration process and how the programme's resources can best be used during the remainder of the programme period.