The  global objective of this contract is ‘to contribute to the effective  implementation of the MIP 2021-2027’. The specific objective of this  assignment is to support the European Union Delegation to Zimbabwe in the  identification and formulation of a comprehensive and coherent Annual Action  Programme 2023 of an indicative amount of 80 MEUR to achieve the highest  results as identified in the MIP’. To undertake a comprehensive scoping  analysis of the interventions envisaged under the MIP including the TEIs in  line with their objectives and to define strategic orientations for their  implementation:    

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• Identifying  and analysing underlying policy assumption and frameworks on which the MIP  and intervention areas were selected.    • Undertaking a comprehensive analysis of strengths, weaknesses,  opportunities and threats to current multi-donor or relevant single-donor  projects in the identified areas of intervention on the basis of a desk  review (previous MIP evaluation, project reports...) and a selected number of  relevant field visits.    

• Mapping current and future donor programmes in the country to  identify areas of concentration and provinces or districts with little or no  donor funding.-To consult key resource persons and maps (land tenure,  agricultural potential, infrastructures, population density) and conduct  preliminary political analysis to identify potential areas of intervention  for the EU and build a decision matrix (criteria/weight) to help decision  making on options while maximising synergies and complementarity between the various  on-going and future interventions. The consultations can be formalised  through local and national workshops    

• Implementing a preliminary stakeholders mapping and diagnosis  in the proposed areas, mainly on the basis of desk reviews and selected field  visits. This will include potential target population and markets (including  the European market for activities in support of the implementation of the  EPA)    

• Summarizing all the above analysis of options by applying the  decision matrix to each option and agree with the EUD on priority areas and  synergies    • Defining a coherent set of interventions on the basis of  thorough verification of assumptions and risks in the national context of  Zimbabwe    

• Formulating details and propose implementing partners for the  interventions    

• Analysing the feasibility of the proposed interventions through  comprehensive field visits, possibly with the participation of staff of the  EU Delegation in Harare, including consultations with local authorities,  civil society and local private sector    • Consulting representatives of international NGOs or  international Organisations and donors, in particular, EU Member States at  the various stages of the assignment.  

• Proposing an adequate balance between local activities and  policy contributions at the institutional level    

• Including a preliminary description of the potential use of  EFSD+ guarantees and blending operations, taking into account the investment  climate of the country    

• Ascertaining substantial attention to women(gender analysis in  each intervention), youth and climate change and circular economy were  relevant in the interventions, as well as conflicts (conflict analysis in  each intervention), decent working conditions, rights-based approaches and  human rights    • Drafting elements of contribution for the Action Documents for  the plan interventions.    

• Verifying or defining where possible the baselines and targets  for the expected results identified in the MIP, or for the proposed amended  results.    

• Proposing amendments to the TEIsand their logical frameworks  needed to compute the contributions from the interventions to the TEI overall  budget.    The services we provided were consisting of three phases including  Inception and Desk Review Phase, Field Phase, and preparation of the required  reports and organisation of a virtual restitution workshop.