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Fragility Risk and Resilience Study to inform the formulation of the next Denmark-Ethiopia Country Strategic Framework and Denmark’s upcoming country programme in Ethiopia (2025-2029) – recently finalised
The Royal Danish Embassy in Ethiopia (RDE) is responsible for preparing the next Denmark- Ethiopia Country Strategic Framework and Denmark’s upcoming country programme in Ethiopia (2025-2029). The country’s strategic framework and the country programme will be informed by several studies undertaken during the initial stages of programming including a Fragility Risk and Resilience Study. The…
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Resilience Assessments and Resilience Roadmap creation in Support of Programming in the Horn of Africa – European Commission – currently undertaking
The countries in the greater Horn of Africa (HoA) – in this case defined as consisting of Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan – are facing complex crises. The Horn of Africa Initiative (HoAI) was established by the seven HoA countries to promote coordinated action for addressing shared challenges to economic growth…
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Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning Unit for Syria-Iraq Peace and Stabilisation Programme 2022-2025
The objective of the assignment is to support the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to monitor and report on the performance, progress, obstacles and setbacks, risks, results and achievements of the Syria-Iraq Peace and Stabilisation Programme (SI-PSP). The assignment will also collect and present lessons being learned and propose possible changes, adaptations and revisions…
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Evaluation of Norwegian Aid Engagement in the Sahel
Norwegian engagement in the Sahel dates back to the 1970s, with a specific Sahel programme launched in the mid-1980s with the main focus on agriculture and food security in Mali. The Sahel engagement expanded with Mali becoming a partner country in 2013 and Niger in 2017. Norway has a long tradition of providing support for…
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Appraisal of the Niger Bilateral Programme: 2023 – 2027
Niger is today confronted by a multi-dimensional crisis stemming from national, regional, and global factors, counting the deteriorating security situation in the Sahel, the effects of climate change, geopolitical competition, and a humanitarian and food crisis. Denmark and Niger both are interested in ensuring stability and improving the population’s living conditions by combatting terrorism, strengthening…
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Assistance to Drafting Documentation for the Transition Programme in Afghanistan
The Danish strategy “The World We Share” reiterates a clear political commitment to continue Danish support to Afghanistan. For twenty years Denmark had had this bilateral engagement using combined efforts in development, humanitarian, stabilisation, diplomacy and defence to support security and development of the country – however, the Afghan country context underwent significant changes during…
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Technical Review of the Danish Support to the Somalia Joint Programme for Local Governance and Service Delivery (JPLG III)
Denmark has been supporting the UN “Joint Program on Local Governance and Decentralised Service-Delivery” (JPLG) in Somalia since 2008. The program, now in its third iteration (“JPLG III”), represents one of Denmark’s largest and longest running investments in Somalia and Somaliland. At the broadest level, the JPLG III focuses on achieving three primary outcomes: (1) improving…
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Building Peace! Lessons from the Peace-building Work of the Folke Bernadotte Academy
Join this seminar arranged by the Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) – available offline and online! 11 May, 14:30 – 16:00 Since its founding in 2002 the Folke Bernadotte Academy (FBA) has become an important actor in Swedish development cooperation, both financially and in terms of mandates within several geographic and thematic strategies. The…
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Domain Researchers Study in Somalia
African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) is an organisation based in UK aiming to generate evidence to tackle complex urbanisation problems in some of Africa’s fastest growing city areas through localised activity. ACRC has contracted Tana Copenhagen to conduct “Domain Researchers Study” in Somalia. Urban development domains are defined by ACRC as fields of power, policy, practice and knowledge…
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Mid-Term Evaluation of UN Joint Programme to Strengthen Urban and Rural Resilience and Conditions for Community Recovery in Syria
The Syrian conflict is having a devastating and lasting impact on Syria and across the region. In response to the crisis the EU (including its Member States) has provided assistance in humanitarian, development, economic and stabilisation assistance since the beginning of the crisis, including a programme titled ‘Programme to strengthen the resilience of the Syrian…
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Evaluation of Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), Strategy Period 2019-2021
The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is a Kabul-based independent research think tank established in 2002 with the assistance of the international community in Afghanistan. AREU’s mission is to inform policy and practice by conducting high-quality, evidence-based research and actively disseminating the results, and to promote a culture of research and learning. Sida has provided support…
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Review of Project on Peace-building and Reconciliation through Artistic Expression in Mali
Danish Country Programme for Mali 2017-2022 comprises three thematic programmes: for private sector and economic growth, for decentralisation and good governance, for peaceful co-existence and reconciliation. The objective of the latter programme is a Malian society that is more peaceful, resilient and respectful of human rights. One of Danish support has been channeled through a project…
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Evaluation of MADRE’s Action Plan for Enhancing Gender Rights in Crisis
Women, peace and security (WPS) is a prioritised area for the Swedish feminist foreign policy and some of its four pillars (participation, prevention, protection and provision of relief and recovery) are often reflected in strategies for development cooperation in conflict contexts at global, regional and bilateral levels. MADRE, an international women’s human rights organisation and…
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Appraisal of Programme on Climate Change, Conflict, Displacement and Irregular Migration in the Sahel 2021-2024
Tana Copenhagen together with HN Consult have been assigned to assist the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (MFA) appraising the programme of Climate Change, Conflict, Displacement and Irregular Migration in the Sahel 2021-2024. The objective of the appraisal is to provide quality assurance of the Programme on Climate Change, Conflict, Displacement and Irregular Migration in Sahel…
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M&E and Communication Consultancy for Africa Programme for Peace (APP) IV, AfCFTA and WPS
The Africa Programme for Peace (APP) has been a Danish flagship programme which has made a significant contribution to the development of multilateral African institutions focussed on peace, security, and good governance in Africa since 2004. APP IV, launched in 2018, has continued to contribute to this progress. It has supported the African Union (AU) and…
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External Evaluation of Iraq Foundation Project
The Iraq Foundation project contributes to two result areas in Sweden’s strategy for development cooperation with Iraq in 2017 – 2021: peaceful and inclusive societies, and gender equality, and aims both to support the legitimacy and representativity of key institutions, to ensure the consideration of the voice and needs of the population and support CSOs…
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Midterm Review of the Regional Peace and Stabilisation Programme for the Horn of Africa (2018-2022)
Tana Copenhagen has recently been appointed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs to conduct a midterm review of the Regional Peace and Stabilisation Programme in the Horn of Africa (PSP HoA). The objective of the PSP HoA 2018-2022 is to improve peace and stability in the Horn of Africa by strengthening local, national and regional actors’ capacity…
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Evaluation of the Funding Facility for Stabilisation in Iraq
Tana Copenhagen has been commissioned by UNDP to conduct an evaluation of the “Funding Facility for Stabilisation (FFS)”. The FFS was designed as the stabilisation response to the Anti‐ISIS Coalition’s liberation effort, at the request of the Government of Iraq (GoI) to be implemented by UNDP. As of January 2018, FFS was approved by its Steering Committee…
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Support to Kvinna till Kvinna’s Strategy Development
Tana Copenhagen is currently supporting Kvinna till Kvinna, a Swedish organisation, in the process of developing a new long-term strategy (2023-2028). The strategy will act as the foundation for Kvinna till Kvinna’s work across 20 conflict-affected countries, outlining where Kvinna till Kvinna stands today, clarifying its ambition for the future, contextualising the opportunities and challenges for…
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Development of Theory of Change and Regional Strategy Document – Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation, Western Balkans Region
Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation is a Swedish organisation focusing on supporting women affected by war and conflict to increase women’s power and influence. Tana Copenhagen has been assigned to support Kvinna till Kvinna in developing its new Regional Strategy for the Western Balkans covering period 2021-2025. The purpose of the new strategy is to serve as…
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Formulation of Regional Syria – Iraq Stabilisation Programme 2022-2024
Tana Copenhagen in collaboration with First Call Partner have been appointed by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to conduct a formulation assignment of Regional Syria-Iraq Stabilisation Programme. The overall purpose of this assignment is to assist the MFA and Ministry of Defence in identifying and formulating a third phase of the Syria –…
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Media Landscape Assessment in Liberia
Commissioned by the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), Tana Copenhagen will assess the media landscape in Liberia and current media development efforts, with a particular focus on if and how Sweden can add value to the ambitions to strengthen independent, professional media and its role in enhancing and protecting human rights, transparency and accountability. Tana…
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Review of ISS Reports
Tana Copenhagen in collaboration with FCG Sweden is undertaking an assignment for the Swedish International Development Agency in reviewing ISS reports. ISS or the Institute for Security Studies is one of the think tanks receiving support from Sweden under the Sub-Saharan Africa Regional strategy, specifically under objective area four – human security and freedom from violence. The…
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Process Consultant for assisting the formulation of a third phase of Denmark’s Peace and Stabilisation Programme for the Sahel
Denmark is currently implementing a second phase of Denmark’s Peace and Stabilisation Programme for the Sahel (Sahel PSP II). According to plan, this phase was supposed to end in December 2021 but is expected to be extended till end of June 2022. The purpose of this assignment is to support the Danish Embassy in Bamako…
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Formulation of Ukraine’s Peace and Stabilisation Programme 2022-2025
As part of the Danish foreign and security policy focus on the eastern neighbourhood, including the promotion of democracy and human rights, a new phase of the Joint Peace and Stabilisation Programme for Ukraine (PSPU) for the period 2022-2025 is being prepared. The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has then commissioned Tana Copenhagen to carry…
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Evaluation of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedoms (WILPF), Core Support 2017 – 2021
Tana Copenhagen is currently conducting an evaluation of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedoms (WILPF). WILPF is a peace and women’s organisation with strong feminist profile which aligns highly with the Swedish feminist foreign policy agenda. The purpose of the evaluation is to assess the implementation, results and lessons of “Advancing Feminist Peace: WILPF International Secretariat…
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External Desk Evaluation of the DCA Humanitarian Mine Action & Cluster Munitions Activities of 2016-2020
Currently Tana is undertaking a desk-evaluation of DanChurchAid’s four-year programme in Lebanon, Libya, Mali and South Sudan titled “DCA Humanitarian Mine Action & Cluster munitions 2016-2020”. The overall purpose of the evaluation will be to measure the achievements of the overall program outcomes and the individual project outcomes and provide recommendations for future project development and…
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Third-Party Monitoring & Evaluation of Projects in Yemen in the Areas of Governance, Human Rights and Civil Society
In order to strengthen EU investments in the Republic Yemen, Tana Copenhagen in collaboration with Particip has been commissioned to conduct third-party monitoring and evaluation (TPME) of 5 EU projects in the areas of governance, human rights and civil society. Tana Copenhagen’s senior consultant, Finn Skadkær Pedersen is appointed as the Team Leader for evaluation…
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Capacity Building for Peacebuilding Civil Society Organisations
Since 1998, the EU has been actively supporting civil society initiatives in the Middle East. Initially such support was provided through the European Union’s People to People (P2P) Programme (1998 – 2001) and subsequently from 2002 to the present, through its successor, the EU Partnership for Peace Programme (PfP), renamed the “EU Peacebuilding Initiative” (EUPI)…
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Support in the Development of a Theory of Change (ToC) for Strengthening Strategy and Programming of Kvinna til Kvinna in the MENA Region
Kvinna till Kvinna, a Swedish non-profit organisation, has appointed Tana Copenhagen to provide technical supports to the MENA programme Department of Kvinna till Kvinna with the development of Theory of Change that creates a stronger base for the regional programming and serves to update the regional MENA strategy. Tana’s in house consultant as well as…