Between April and August 2023 we assisted the OSCE with the evaluation of the project ‘Strengthening the fight against transnational organized crime in South-Eastern Europe through improved regional co-operation in asset seizure, confiscation, management and re-use’. A mostly qualitative question-based evaluation approach was adopted, focusing on the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, impact, and sustainability of the project. A […]
Throughout June to September 2023 Blomeyer & Sanz supported the JRC with an assessment of funding allocations under the EU-27 Recovery and Resilience Plans. More specifically we reviewed the extent to which funding was allocated to the development of skills for smart specialisation, industrial transition and entrepreneurship. This was part of the wider initiative ‘Higher […]
Blomeyer & Sanz finalised the assessment of the project “Strengthening Religious and Faith-Based Actors (RFBAs)’ Engagement with Transitional Justice”. The project was implemented by the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, led by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) in 2021 and 2022. The evaluation, based on desk review and stakeholder consultations, […]
In March 2022, and in the context of an evaluation of European Commission support for Turkey in the migration sector, we have conducted a data collection mission to Adana in Southern Turkey, close to the Mediterranean and the border with Syria. The mission involved visits to two removal centres funded by the European Union and […]
Since August 2021, Blomeyer & Sanz in cooperation with a team of experts of gender equality from the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary and Poland has been monitoring the references to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) by national level policymakers. EIGE’s research aims to bring a positive change at EU level and […]
Blomeyer & Sanz is currently conducting the assessment of the project “Strengthening Religious and Faith-Based Actors’ Engagement with Transitional Justice”. The project was implemented by the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation, led by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) in 2021 and 2022. The project was developed to address a gap […]
Blomeyer & Sanz was recently contracted by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) to conduct the external evaluation of the Mobility Partnership Facility (MPF) Pilot Projects on Labour Migration (Strand A and B). The MPF supports the preparation and implementation of Mobility Partnerships (MPs) as well as Common Agendas on Migration and Mobility […]
In June 2022 Blomeyer & Sanz was contracted by the Financial Mechanism Office of the EEA and Norway Grants (FMO) to carry out the midterm evaluation of its green programmes in Bulgaria, Czechia, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. The main focus of this evaluation are the […]
In April 2022 Blomeyer & Sanz delivered the updated of the analytical study on “Documenting climate mainstreaming in the EU Budget” (2020). The update was requested by the European Parliament Committee on Budgets. The update provided an overview of the methodological approaches used by the European Commission to track expenditure on climate protection and biodiversity […]
In June 2022 Blomeyer & Sanz finalised a study for the European Parliament Budgetary Control Committee on the “COVID-19 response of EU public administration”. The study reviewed the EU institutions’ response, their business continuity measures and their impact on the budget from 2020 onwards and staff of the respective institution. Additionally, it provided an overview […]
