November 2019. 4Assist was awarded a 2 year contract to provide TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT AND EU BUDGET SUPPORT PROGRAMMES in Nepal. Our team will provide continuous support to the EU Delegation and the Government of Nepal in monitoring and reviewing progress made in the implementation of the national PFM reform program and related domains, as well as in monitoring, assessing and reporting on the eligibility conditions of the Budget Support (BS) programmes and assisting in the preparation of the disbursement files for the BS programmes.

January 2020. Four Assist is awarded for the 3rd consecutive round of the DG ECFIN 4-year framework service contracts for conducting operational assessments and taking part in PEFA studies. As a lead firm this time, together with our partner, DT Global, we remain committed to deliver the services required. The main object of the present framework contract is a) to analyse the legislative framework, the administrative procedures and the financial circuits of the administrative bodies that manage EU funds in the countries which receive macro-financial assistance in the context of an Operational Assessment. b) to take part in the 'Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability' (PEFA) studies which aims at assessing the performance of the public finance management system.

May 2020. 4Assist is entrusted by the European Commission’s DG-ECFIN to perform four Operational Assessment (OA) missions to analyse the financial circuits and procedures of Jordan, Tunisia, Moldova and Bosnia & Herzegovina. This is part of the Omnibus proposal (https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_20_716) put forward by the Commission to support neighbouring and candidate countries to the EU through the Macro-Financial Assistance instrument, in response to the impact of COVID19 to their economies. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic the work is being conducted remotely. 4Assist promptly mobilised four teams of experts and the work is on-going.