The document announces that EUROPE Ltd has been awarded a framework contract renewal by the European Commission for advisory and monitoring & evaluation services from 2018-2022. It will provide services in several technical fields including nutrition and agriculture, public administration reform, health and education. EUROPE Ltd works with in-house and external consultants and experts. It has extensive international experience in over 80 countries and long-term contracts with multiple donors such as the EC, DFID and others. The document provides details on the types of services EUROPE Ltd can provide under several lots of the framework contract.

1. Framework contract award : EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi
Rose House Offices, 3-5 Beg street 1022 Budapest Hungary
tel: +361 326 82 56 • fax: +361 326 82 54 • web: www.europe.consulting
EUROPE Ltd is honoured to announce the renewal of its framework contract with the European Commission
(EC) for the next four years (2018-2022). For the last 13 years, we have been investing resources in order
to establish and maintain a strong, substantial and trustful relationship with the EuropeAid Cooperation
Office and with EU Delegations in over 60 countries. Our partnership is based on efficient cooperation and
active communication throughout numerous projects.
During the next four years, EUROPE Ltd will provide advisory and monitoring & evaluation in the following
technical fields in the new framework contract (EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi):
Nutrition, Food safety, Agriculture and Environment (Lot 1);
Public administration reform, Decentralization, Justice, Home Affairs (Police, Border guards, Prison
service), Migration and Human rights (Lot 3);
Health, Education, Vocational training, Culture, Social protection, Research & Innovation (Lot 4);
Public Finance, Taxation & Customs, Macroeconomic and Statistics (Lot 5);
Financing for development, Public investment and Debt management (Lot 6).
EUROPE Ltd works with a combination of in-house payroll consultant staff and a stable circle of external
experts and partner organizations.
If you foresee cooperating with us in and of the above-listed technical fields please send us your contact
details and your CV or company brochure to expert@europe.consulting
International expertise in over 80 countries
We have carried out advisory work for the public sector in the following countries outside EU:
A f r i c a : Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo,
Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco,
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South African
Republic, Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
A s i a : Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Georgia, India, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan,
Lebanon, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Philippines, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab
Emirates, Vietnam
C a r i b b e an P a c i f i c L a t i n A m e r i c a : Barbados, Bolivia, Haiti, Jamaica, Kiribati, New
Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Saint Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tuvalu
E u r o p e : Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greenland, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro,
Russia, Serbia, Ukraine
Long-term mandates
We have long-term framework contracts (FWCs) with multiple donors:
DFID (UK) Expert Advisory Call Down Service (EACDS): Governance, Public finance & Justice
framework contract
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Netherlands: Evaluation framework contract
Australian Government – AusAid/DFAT: Aid Advisory Services Standing Offer: Public Finance
Management and Fiscal Decentralisation
European Training Foundation: Provision of planning, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) consultancy
EC DG Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE): M&E FWC in relation to the Health and Food policies
EC DG Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD): Provision of evaluation and impact assessment
services

2. Framework contract award : EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi
Rose House Offices, 3-5 Beg street 1022 Budapest Hungary
tel: +361 326 82 56 • fax: +361 326 82 54 • web: www.europe.consulting
Lot 1: Nutrition, Food safety, Agriculture and Environment –
Sustainable management of natural resources and Resilience
1 Food security & nutrition
1.1. Assessment of national stocks; Forecasts of famine and early warning systems
1.2. National statistics on food production; Transitory and chronic food insecurity
1.3. Nutrition
2 Food safety
2.1 Tracing, food control; Legal aspects
3 Agriculture
3.1 Crop production, storage, conservation, transformation and marketing; Value chains
3.2 Alternative production systems (organic farming, agroforestry, permaculture)
4 Livestock
4.1 Veterinary, animal health, animal border inspection, Trade of animal products
4.2 Production, conservation, storage and marketing of animal products; Legal aspects
5 Forestry management and conservation
5.1 Forest inventories/management community and environmental plans
5.2 Forestry industry development and wood supply plans
6 Fishery and aquaculture
6.1 Marine and fresh water aquaculture; Legal aspects
6.2 Assessment of fish stocks and sustainable fish resources exploitation
7 Land management
7.1 Land use planning; Land information systems and applications
7.2 Land reform policies; Land registration and cadastre
8 Training/Human Resources Development/Institutional development
8.1 Training of personnel (farmers, producers, traders)
8.2 Institutional strengthening
9 Rural Infrastructure
9.1 Rural infrastructure planning, development and rehabilitation (market infrastructure, irrigation, drainage,
etc.)
10 Climate Change
10.1 Climate change: resilience, adaptation and mitigation
11 Sustainable Natural Resource management
11.1 Environmental protection: soil, national parks, coastal zones, Green/Blue economy
11.2 Water management: integrated river basin management, waste water treatment/protection
11.3 Pollution: chemicals, plastics, waste, air pollution and greenhouse gases emissions
12 Disaster Risk Reduction
12.1 Climate and environmental risks/disaster management

3. Framework contract award : EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi
Rose House Offices, 3-5 Beg street 1022 Budapest Hungary
tel: +361 326 82 56 • fax: +361 326 82 54 • web: www.europe.consulting
Lot 3: Public administration reform, Decentralization, Justice,
Home Affairs (Police, Prison service, Border guards), Security,
Migration – Human Rights, Democracy and Peace
1 Human rights, democracy and rule of law
1.1 Human Rights – Promotion and protection of fundamental rights
1.2 Elections: EU election observation missions, election expert and follow-up missions
1.3 Electoral processes, democratisation processes, citizenship
1.4 Role and functioning of the Parliament and political parties
1.5 Free, independent and economically viable media and freedom of expression
1.6 Empowerment of local authorities and civil society organisations
1.7 Prevention of corruption
1.8 Reform of judiciary: legal reform, training of magistrates and prosecution officers
1.9 Police reform
1.10 Penitentiary reform: sentencing, detention, probation services
1.11 Public administration reform: policy formulation, gap analysis, legislation, law enforcement, institutional
framework, service delivery
1.12 Accountability: accessibility of public information, oversight institutions, judicial disputes
2 Enhancement of the role of civil society
2.1 Legal framework, capacity building, dialogue with government institutions
3 Local Authorities & Decentralisation
3.1 Decentralisation, support to local authorities (local and regional levels including municipalities)
3.2 Community based development, social and economic development strategies, good governance
4 Migration
4.1 Migration and Development: Social and economic consequences of migration and national migration
policies and maximising the impact of migration and mobility – "Brain drain and gain" issues
4.2 Legal Migration and Mobility: Labour migration policies, strategies and systems; Portability of rights,
recognition of diplomas; Migration in an urban context
4.3 Irregular migration and trafficking in human beings
4.4 International protection of refugees, internally displaced people and asylum
5 Conflict prevention and resolution, Peace and Security
5.1 Mediation, conflict prevention, conflict resolution and reconciliation
a) Monitoring/observing cease-fire, peace accords and agreements
b) Information/media support in crisis and emergency situations
5.2 Demobilisation, Disarmament and Reintegration (DDR)
5.3 Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) control; Arms disseminated within civil populations
5.4 Linking Relief, Rehabilitation and Development (LRRD)
5.5 Security Sector Reform (SSR)
a) Fight against organised crime (incl. drugs) and terrorism
b) Police reform and exercise of civilian control over the military
c) Defence reform: Conflict prevention, Right to Protect (R2P), Respect of rule of law and good governance
by military actors, Performance benchmark, tracking spending of military actors
d) Conflict-Risk and Conflict-Analysis Assessments (including 'do-no-harm').
e) Logistical support to operations: planning missions, transport, provision of security, telecommunications
f) Intelligence and security service reform
g) Integrated border management
5.6 Transitional justice
5.7 Post-conflict transition plans, including employment generation, restoration of access to justice
5.8 Logistical support to operations (transport, provision of security, telecommunications)

4. Framework contract award : EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi
Rose House Offices, 3-5 Beg street 1022 Budapest Hungary
tel: +361 326 82 56 • fax: +361 326 82 54 • web: www.europe.consulting
Lot 4: Health, Education, Vocational training, Social protection,
Culture, Research & Innovation – Human development & safety net
1 Health
1.1 Public health and Epidemiology
a) Health policy, health systems analysis, planning, management of health care delivery, post crisis
rehabilitation of health care systems, public/private co-operation, regulation of the private sector
b) Epidemiology: communicable/non-communicable diseases, environmental health, health-related
aspects of water and sanitation (WASH)
c) Social issues and health (poverty and health linkage, access and equity, health rights, coverage)
1.2 Health economics and health financing (cost/sector budget analysis, universal coverage)
1.3 Health care
a) Health care delivery: referral system, health technology assessment, quality management and quality
assurance (QA), accreditation, laboratory services, blood banks, infrastructure planning
b) Reproductive health care: family planning, (emergency) obstetric care
1.4 Human Resources development
a) Education/training of health professionals (curriculum development, vocational and academic
training in health, costing/institutional aspects of training, continuing health/medical education)
b) Human resources planning / management (workforce management, health worker migration)
1.5 Pharmaceutical sector and its intellectual property rights (IPR)
a) National drug policy development, procurement, distribution, QA, dispensation of drugs
b) Access to medicines: legal/health impact assessment of national legislation, IPR agreements
1.6 Health promotion
a) Major communicable/non-communicable diseases, family planning, nutrition, specific risk group
(children, adolescents, mothers, elderly persons, commercial sex workers, migrant workers)
b) Policy/institutional framework for health promotion (health promotion agencies, self-help)
c) Behavioural change, information – education – communication (IEC), media
1.7 Health Metrics
a) Assessment of availability, appropriateness and quality of health data of health systems (HMIS)
b) Health impact assessment of health interventions and of non-health interventions and policies
2 Education (formal and non-formal), Lifelong learning, Vocational Education and Training
2.1 Early childhood education, primary education, secondary education, higher education
2.2 Education sector policy, financing/planning/ management: MTEF, EMIS, governance, QA
2.3 School management and teacher issues, curricula and learning materials at all levels
2.4 Higher education degree programmes at universities/colleges/polytechnics; cooperation
2.5 Basic life skills for youth and adults (including literacy and numeracy training)
2.6 School based TVET, advanced TVET, sector analysis, reform, management
2.7 National/regional Qualifications Frameworks (NQFs), and Prior learning Recognition (PLR)
2.8 HR/curriculum development, costing/institutional aspects, HR planning, worker migration
3 Culture
3.1 Culture development policies, cultural heritage, cultural/creative industries/tourism, digital culture
3.2 Mainstreaming of culture (cultural expressions in support to other sector planning and programming)
4 Social Inclusion and Protection (formal and informal)
4.1 Pension policy, legislation, systems and reform
4.2 Social situation and impact analysis
4.3 Social policy institutions and their management
4.4 Social inclusion/assistance policies/systems: subsidies, cash transfers programs for vulnerable groups
5 Research & Innovation
5.1 Public-private partnerships (PPP): university - industry collaborations, technology, innovation
5.2 Research infrastructure, technology parks; innovative business incubators
5.3 Researchers' mobility, inter-regional and international strategic collaboration in research

5. Framework contract award : EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi
Rose House Offices, 3-5 Beg street 1022 Budapest Hungary
tel: +361 326 82 56 • fax: +361 326 82 54 • web: www.europe.consulting
Lot 5: Public Finance, Taxation, Customs, Macroeconomics,
Statistics – Budget Support
1 Public policies
1.1 Formulation, assessment, monitoring of development/economic/sector policies
1.2 Public expenditure reviews, tracking surveys or equivalent
1.3 Growth inclusiveness and fight against inequalities
1.4 Economic empowerment of disadvantaged groups, including women and youth
1.5 Communication and awareness-raising around public policies and reforms
1.6 Growth sustainability and economic resilience
2 Macroeconomic stability
2.1 Analysis (e.g. growth, fiscal balance, balance of payment, monetary survey)
2.2 Reforms and capacity building
2.3 Macroeconomic management and fiscal rules
2.4 Debt sustainability, contingent liabilities and arrears clearance
2.5 Economic vulnerability and external shocks
2.6 Oversight and restructuring/recapitalisation of the financial sector
3 Public finance management
3.1 Assessment & diagnostic tools (e.g. Public Expenditure & Financial Accountability - PEFA)
3.2 Reforms, public expenditure and cash management (e.g. budgeting, execution and reporting)
3.3 Public procurement
3.4 Debt management
3.5 Public sector accounting
3.6 Internal and external control/audit
3.7 Public investment/asset management
3.8 Supervision and management of state-owned enterprises or agencies
3.9 Public finance management in specific sectors and at subnational level
3.10 Budget transparency, oversight and accountability (e.g. parliament or civil society)
3.11 Anticorruption measures
4 Domestic revenue mobilisation
4.1 Assessment & diagnostic tools (e.g. Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool - TADAT)
4.2 Reforms and capacity building
4.3 Tax policy and tax administration (efficiency, effectiveness, fairness and transparency)
4.4 Extractive industries revenues
4.5 International tax governance
4.6 Transfer-pricing, anti-money laundering, illicit financial flows
4.7 Customs, fiscal impact of trade policies or regional integration, export/import controls
5 Statistics and indicators
5.1 Assessment of data collection, processing, quality control, analysis and dissemination
5.2 Production of economic indicators (e.g. gross domestic product, inequality or poverty)
5.3 Production of sector-specific indicators, at national or regional/local levels
5.4 Reforms of statistical systems and capacity building
5.5 Performance measurement (e.g. indicators and targets, data verification, impact)

6. Framework contract award : EuropeAid/138778/DH/SER/Multi
Rose House Offices, 3-5 Beg street 1022 Budapest Hungary
tel: +361 326 82 56 • fax: +361 326 82 54 • web: www.europe.consulting
Lot 6: Innovative financing for development, Public investment and
Debt management
1 Economic, financial, technical and legal experts on finance products and structures
1.1 Structured Funds
1.2 Project Finance and Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
1.3 Corporate Finance, MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises) Finance
1.4 Equity, quasi-equity, mezzanine finance products
1.5 Guarantee, insurance, and other risk sharing mechanism (set-up and management)
1.6 Risk (public, commercial; financial, non-financial) analysis and assessment, rating methodology, risk
pricing for finance products and structures; risk management and portfolio approaches for self-sustainable
finance solutions; risk trenching/layering/water fall mechanisms; risk mitigation versus risk-sharing
1.7 Local currency finance
1.8 Disaster risk reduction finance mechanism, resilience enhancing mechanisms
1.9 Bonds and securitisation
2 Economic, financial, technical and legal experts on financiers/risk takers
2.1 Role of private sector investors: international, national, local
2.2 Role of local finance markets, local banks, micro finance institutions
2.3 Role of export credit agencies
2.4 Role of insurance industry (international, national)
2.5 Role of institutional investors (public, private, pension funds)
3 Economic, financial, technical and legal experts on markets and financing needs/gaps
3.1 Public policy objectives (development impact) and private market interests (profits)
3.2 Definition of markets and of market failure
3.3 Definition and assessment of additionality, crowding-in and crowding out
3.4 Assessment of economic and financial viability vs. need for grants; financial and economic project
sustainability
3.5 Rationale for the use of grants as incentives and to fill gaps: investment grants, interest rate subsidies,
technical assistance, fee/premia cost cover subsidy
4 Economic, financial, technical and legal experts on policy issues
4.1 Operationalizing Addis Ababa: public resource mobilization through infrastructure investment and job
creation; Taxable revenue generation; Domestic and international private business support and finance
4.2 Debt, debt sustainability and concessionality
4.3 Public investment and public asset management
4.4 Sovereign bonds, the future of Paris Club in light of capital market investors
4.5 Official Development Assistance (ODA), Total Official Support for Sustainable Development (TOSSD) and
other OECD Development Assistance Committee (OECD DAC) issues
4.6 Blended finance
5 Economic, financial, technical and legal experts on legal/institutional/procedural issues
5.1 Legal and institutional framework/environment
5.2 Regulatory, legal and institutional bottlenecks for investments
5.3 Legal documentation and templates of finance products and structures including guarantees, insurances,
other risk sharing mechanisms as well as of EU funded grants, financial instruments and budgetary
guarantees under the EU financial regulation and other EU legislation as used in blended finance
5.4 Effective indicators, results monitoring, impact assessment