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With our partners at EUROPE Ltd, we have recently finalised a project aimed at enhancing Ukraine’s statistical capabilities to align with EU standards. Key deliverables and actions include:

**Institutional Strengthening:** Streamlining the State Statistics Service of Ukraine (SSSU) for improved efficiency and effectiveness.

**Data Enhancement:** Upgrading macroeconomic, business, population, and agriculture statistics through new methodologies and improved data collection.

**Capacity Building:** Comprehensive training programs to equip SSSU and NASAA with essential skills and knowledge.

**Collaborative Efforts:** Working with EUROPE Ltd and stakeholders to enhance Ukraine’s statistical system and support its EU accession process.

Proud to be part of this journey and looking forward to continued collaboration!

We are pleased to share insights from our recent evaluation of EU-supported capacity-building initiatives in Libya’s health sector from 2018 to 2024, together with our partners at Social Terrain.

Our assessment highlights key achievements and lessons learned in strengthening Libya’s healthcare system:

– Adaptive training approaches were crucial in navigating Libya’s unstable environment. – Gender-sensitive strategies improved participation and inclusion, though more focus is needed on marginalized groups. – Enhanced outcome-level monitoring is necessary for long-term accountability and sustainability. – Collaboration and mentorship have been pivotal; continued alignment with national systems is essential. – ️ Strengthening monitoring, engaging marginalized populations, and sustained resource allocation are vital for future progress.

We are proud to have partnered with the European Union and other stakeholders in this journey. Together, we have laid a strong foundation and now aim to consolidate these results and ensure sustainability for a resilient healthcare system in Libya.

Join us in celebrating these milestones and looking forward to continued collaboration and impact.

Chad has exceptional biodiversity that is endangered due to climatic and anthropogenic pressures. However, Chad still offers a representativeness of biodiversity linked to a great diversity of landscapes and a strong north-south gradient of ecosystems. The conservation of biodiversity and fragile ecosystems is a priority in Chad’s national development plan and in Chad’s 2030 vision. The European Union (EU) has supported the Chadian government in this mission through the “Support Program for the Concerted Management of Protected Areas and Fragile Ecosystems in Chad (APEF)” program.

The APEF program, funded to the tune of 33 million euros under the National Indicative Program (NIP) of the EDF (European Union), aimed to promote the sustainable and concerted conservation of wildlife, biodiversity and heritage in Chad for the benefit of the population through the promotion of concerted management of protected areas and fragile ecosystems in Chad. In this context, LINPICO has completed and has just received the final validation of the independent overall evaluation report of the APEF Program. This was carried out with a view to identifying the main lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to inform decision-makers on how to improve the implementation of NaturA Chad 1 and to feed into the NaturA Chad 2 grants and the formulation of the future NaturA Chad 3 intervention in 2026.

Linpico is proud to highlight its role in driving sustainable change through the AFD-funded project in Mauritius: Development of comprehensive guidelines and capacity building on green budgeting and tagging. This initiative supports the Government of Mauritius in adopting green budgeting practices by developing national guidelines, training key ministries—including the Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development—and empowering stakeholders with the tools and knowledge needed to align budgets with environmental goals. Through capacity-building workshops, a dedicated training-of-trainers program, and the establishment of forums for high policy level development and implementation, we are working towards a future where public finance supports a greener, more resilient Mauritius.

On April 22, we celebrate International Earth Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009. This day reminds us that our planet and its ecosystems constitute the common home of humanity. Protecting our Earth is essential to improve people’s living conditions, combat climate change, and prevent the collapse of biodiversity.

With this in mind, Linpico is actively engaged in implementing various projects that support ecological development, the green economy, protected areas and fragile ecosystems protection, as well as sustainable production and consumption.

Here are some of our current initiatives:

Final evaluation of the European Commission Management Support Program for the Protected Areas and Fragile Ecosystems of Chad (APEF). (2024 – 2026)

Monitoring European Commission Budget Support for Ecological development in the agriculture and forestry sectors in Morocco (2023- 2026)

Evaluation of the second phase of the AFD’s Green Economy Policy-based loan programme in Uzbekistan (2024 – 2025)

Development of comprehensive guidelines and capacity building on green budgeting and tagging in Mauritius AFD project. ( 2024 – 2025)

Circular Economy – Promotion of Sustainable Production and Consumption Patterns in Ukraine European Commission project (2023 – 2024)

Since 2023, Linpico is consortium leader for the AFD 2023 framework agreement – Lot 01 – Capacity building in financial governance.

Within the framework of this agreement LINPICO has recently successfully carried-out the evaluation of the joint Green Economy Programme between the Agence Française de Développement and the Government of Uzbekistan.

We wish to thank the regional and local representatives of the AFD, the Uzbek Ministry of Economy and Finance, and our evaluation team for a fruitful collaboration.

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In the context of a budget support operation for public policies, aimed at implementing the District Development Plan (PDD) “Bogotá Camina Segura 2024-2027”, a Public Financial Management (PFM) assessment of the Bogotá Capital District (BCD) was carried out, on behalf of and with financial support from the French Development Agency (AFD), limited to a group of indicators from the PEFA methodology for Subnational Governments (May 2022). Likewise, based on this assessment, which was agreed to be called “PEFA Light”, a Fiduciary Risk Analysis (FRA) was carried out, in accordance with the AFD’s fiduciary risk assessment doctrine for budget financing committed in foreign States (March 2021).

The main objective of the work was to examine existing local PFM dynamics, including auditing and procurement management rules and practices applicable to Colombian local authorities, and in particular to the DCB.

The work, under the direction and supervision of LINPICO SARL, was carried out with success by an international consultant specializing in public financial management assessments using the PEFA methodology and in ARF.

With the aim of improving the effectiveness of public finance management (PFM) in STP, the government has developed a PFM reform strategy (ERGFP) for the 2020-2023 horizon, structured into 8 specific objectives and 8 operational programs and which will be implemented as part of its second Public Finance Reform Plan (PARFIP II).

This project provided the Government of São Tomé and Príncipe and its sectoral technical ministries with advice and technical assistance (TA) to achieve the objectives of the ERGFP, through the provision of 2 experts, in support of the Office of public finance reforms (GARFIP) of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and the Blue Economy (MFPEA), over the period 2021-2023. The operationalization of the AT was carried out thanks to the work carried out by the 2 Linpico experts.

Despite the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2022 electoral process, the TA has always been The TA carried out all the activities planned in the initial Project Activity Plan and supported GARFIP in the following areas :

• Define/clarify the modus operandi of the reform, including the implementation plan of the Action Plan for Public Finance Reform (PARFIP II) and the preparation of a PFM reform implementation manual (MIR), which covers the execution of activities at all levels. /entities involved, including the organization and operationalization of the Reform Steering Committee (CD);
• Harmonize interventions and financing of PFM reforms, through the structuring, organization and support for the functioning of the Dialogue Body (DI);
• Adapt/revise the legal provisions of the reform process and the subsequent governance structure of GARFIP and other relevant entities;
• Update PARFIP II, define reform priorities and develop a scheduled action plan, allowing monitoring of the plan at the end of each year;
• Train and empower employees involved in the reforms, using training modules in key areas of PFM and project management;
• Support GARFIP in the development and operationalization of a monitoring and evaluation (M&A) system for the implementation of PFM reforms, including the development and use of the quarterly and annual reporting template on the implementation of reforms;
• Support GARFIP in leading the coordination of the GFP working group (dialogue body), in the process of implementing the reforms provided for in the action plan and its monitoring;
• Provide ongoing support upon request of GARFIP;
• Develop and implement Quick Wins , to achieve the success indicators of the ERGFP 2020-2023, that is to say the improvement of a maximum of 10 performance indicators;
• Prepare and submit to the MPFEA (December 2023), the new ERGFP reform strategy 2024-2027, with its activity plan – PARFIP III;