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Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) (independent expert) (2006) The Climate Change Adaptation in Africa Research and Capacity Development Programme (CCAA) aims to improve the capacity of African countries to adapt to climate change in ways that benefit the most vulnerable. Building on existing initiatives and past experience, the CCAA programme will work to establish a self-sustained skilled body of expertise in Africa that will enhance the ability of African countries to adapt. Stéphane Flasse was part of a multidisciplinary group of 25 experts for the evaluation of concept notes for the first call of CCAA. |
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EC research Framework Programmes (FP5 & FP6) in the area of Earth Observation and GMES Stéphane Flasse is regularly assisting the EC as an independent evaluator and rapporteur for their research FP, in the following areas: Project review:
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Mid-Term
Review of the EC-FAO Programme 1999 to support food security" (2003) |
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Mozambique ProDAM Mid Term Evaluation (Team Leader) 2002 Christian Outreach for Relief and Development (CORD) is a UK-based NGO that supports rural development initiatives in a number of African and Asian countries. In Mozambique CORD works in Mecanhelas district with the goal of achieving a n improvement in agricultural production for farmers in both high and low potential areas of the district. |
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Somalia Food Security Programme (Team Leader) 2002 The main objective of this evaluation was to assess the achievements of fourteen projects in the food security sector as a whole, and to identify and analyse lessons learned. All of these projects have been funded under the Official Letter of 1996 “Strengthening food security through decentralised cooperation” with a total amount of Euros 11.5 million invested over the period. |
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Kenya EU Mid Term Evaluation of the Biodiversity Conservation Programme The evaluation mission looked at projects ranging from eco-tourism initiatives and solar fencing to prevent human/animal conflict, to projects where species had been translocation as well as where species were critically threatened or endangered. Nearly all these projects had a strong community participation element and project sites were dispersed representing a wide diversity of ecological settings from high rainfall natural forest areas to semi arid grassland ecosystems. |
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Evaluation of Research Proposals on Sustainable Marine Ecosystems - November 2001 Client: EU Framework 5 Programme - Dr Nick Willoughby The European Commission funds many research activities through its Framework 5 Programme (FP5). After each call for research project submissions, the EC asks panels of experts in relevant disciplines to evaluate the research proposals which have been submitted. The experts are selected on an individual basis from those who have offered their services, with approximately equal numbers being selected from each of the member states for each evaluation exercise. Dr Willoughby was one of 6 British evaluators asked to participate in the appraisal of approximately 50 research proposals submitted under the Sustainable Marine Ecosystems budget line. Evaluators were provided with 4-6 scripts giving technical details of proposals. These technical proposals were anonymous. Many proposals involved 5-10 partners from across Europe, and requested support from EC of many millions of Euro. Each proposal was examined separately - first by the individual evaluators, then by an evaluation board. The boards consisted of groups of 4 or 5 evaluators, each from a different country, and each board was led by an EC staff member who served as an adviser. Each board discussed one technical proposal. If it was deemed worthwhile, it scored a concensual mark of 3-5 and advanced to the next stage. If it scored less than 3 it was discarded and a report of its failings prepared by the expert group for return to the authors. Evaluators were then provided with administrative, managerial, economic and social details of a 'technically successful' project proposal, and evaluated these aspects. Success in all aspects and sufficiently high scoring may result in EC funding being made available to the proposal's authors. Reports of strengths and weaknesses of each project were recorded at each stage of the process by a rapporteur who was a member of the review board. Dr Willoughby served as rapporteur on 5 of the 6 boards on which he sat. These boards approved only one of the six proposals viewed by their members. |
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Marine and Fisheries Sector Strategy Study, Indonesia In late October 2005 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded a consortium led by Uniconsult International Limited (UCIL) of Bangladesh, to undertake a Marine and Fisheries Sector Strategy Study (MFSSS), on behalf of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF), Jakarta, Indonesia. The study was to provide guidance to the government for the next 5-10 years of the Ministry’s development. It utilised 26 consultants and was completed in September 2006. Dr Nick Willoughby of theNRGroup led the team of consultants. |
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