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EU: CIUDAD Supporting Mechanism Main Office Opened in Tunisia

- Mokhtar Thabet

Friday, 11 June 2010 13:43

Tunisia (Tunis) - As of 1 June 2010, after a six-month inception phase, the CIUDAD Supporting Mechanism Team has opened its main regional office (South) in Tunis.

An announcement said the first activities planned in Tunis would involve a training workshop on financial management and procurement for the CIUDAD grant projects to take place in July 2010. In the autumn, this will be followed up by further training workshops on Project Cycle Management and a number of networking events around the main CIUDAD themes.

The CIUDAD Supporting Mechanism is a technical assistance project designed to help ensure the success of the 21 projects co-funded under the CIUDAD Programme (Cooperation in Urban Development and Dialogue). It seeks to offer technical support to all grant beneficiaries and create a forum for dialogue and discussion with a view to finding solutions to common challenges and exchanging lessons learned.

CIUDAD runs from 2009 to 2012 and co-finances 21 local grant projects in the Neighbourhood's South and East. The projects reflect the overall objective of CIUDAD and in particular the following themes:

• Environmental Sustainability and Energy Efficiency
• Sustainable Economic development and reduction of social disparities and
• Good governance and sustainable urban development planning.

A dedicated Supporting Mechanism ensures the smooth implementation of the projects as well as the wide diffusion and outreach of project results, giving CIUDAD a sustainable impact.

The CIUDAD Supporting Mechanism is tasked with providing support in 6 major areas:

* Supporting and advising the 21 grant beneficiaries in project performance, e.g. by organizing conferences and workshops on EC procurement and grant contract procedures, providing mentoring and helpline services, developing implementation tools and helping identify and prepare a projects pipeline for the Neighbourhood Investment Facility;
* Coordinating with regard to grant management and implementation between project beneficiaries, EC HQ, ECD, national governments and other relevant stakeholders;
* Monitoring of grant projects and assisting with reporting requirements, including design of a grants management and monitoring web-tool and undertaking regular monitoring missions;
* Ensuring dissemination and visibility by designing and implementing a Dissemination and Visibility Strategy, CIUDAD visibility tools and materials, and monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of communication activities;
* Exchange of know-how and information by organising events such as interregional workshops, thematic working groups and other appropriate channels;
* Improving and enlarging networks by building national and regional networks and linking to existing networks.

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