The 4Assist team conducted a review of the EU Budget Support Programme “Human Development Support Programme II in Tajikistan” delivered through a Sector Reform Contract. The purpose of the review was to carry out an independent assessment of the fulfilment of General Conditions and Specific Conditions attached to the second variable trancheof this EU budget support, and provide recommendation for disbursement.

4Assist undertook a review of progress made under the General Conditions for the disbursement of budget support: PFM strategy; macroeconomic policies; budget transparency; and on the sectors of Education, Agriculture and Post-Earthquake Reconstruction. 

4Assist provided the expert team for the EU Facility in Lao PDR supporting the on-going Budget Support (BS) Programme and the preparation of the future programme under the EU Bilateral Cooperation with the Lao Government (2016-2020).

Our team designed and delivered several workshops for Lao Government officials, EUD and EU Member states, as well as exchange workshops with Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar Governments in Hanoi and Phnom-Penh on public financial management, budget credibility and transparency, and the macro-economic policy.

Our team also undertook a number of annual assessments of the EU Budget Support General Conditions and provided advice on the design of EU Budget Support Sector Reform Contracts in the education and nutrition sectors of Lao PDR.