Tender Results of European Union, Represented By The European Commission

The Overall Objective of this action is to contribute to reinforcing EU foreign policy priorities by supporting the development of a hub for strategic foresight and analysis. In particular the action will contribute to support EU foreign policy priorities by supporting the development of EU foresight and analysis focusing on: multilateralism, battle of narratives, peace/security/defense, disinformation and terrorism; facilitate the promotion of EU interests and values as well as the push for EU offensive interests worldwide, but mainly in G20 countries and strategic partners, among others.

The European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) Cross-border cooperation (CBC) and Interreg NEXT (acronym for: “Neighbourhood External”) programmes extend the principles of European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) among Member States within the EU, better known as Interreg, to territorial cooperation between Member States and the Partner countries and territories in the Neighbourhood area. They cover both cross-border cooperation (CBC) on land borders and sea crossing as well as transnational cooperation programmes covering sea basins. Cross-border and transnational (sea-basin) cooperation along EU’s external land and sea borders is a unique form of cooperation between EU MS and neighbouring countries. It provides the framework and opportunities for enhanced people-to-people contacts, cooperation and exchanges essentially at regional and local level, and involves a broad range of actors (local authorities, NGOs, Civil Society Organisations (CSO), universities and other stakeholders).

This procurement of services will contribute to implement the 2021 annual action plan for the thematic programme on Global Challenges (Prosperity). The Overall Objective of this action is to contribute to the fulfilment of EU global ambition of promoting a fair, inclusive, gender responsive, green and human centric digital transformation worldwide. This procurement will contribute to objectives 1, 2 and 3 (“Knowledge Hub is established”, “International partnerships, dialogue and D4D hub” and “Outreach, Knowledge Management”).

Management of the Europe House in Podgorica and provision of other communication services: the contract is to assist the delegation of the European Union to Montenegro to provide objective and clear information to a wide audience on EU matters, and enhance and promote the visibility of EU policies and EU assistance in Montenegro, including through media monitoring, the production of outreach materials, events and press and public affairs.

Management of the Europe House in Podgorica and provision of other communication services: the contract is to assist the delegation of the European Union to Montenegro to provide objective and clear information to a wide audience on EU matters, and enhance and promote the visibility of EU policies and EU assistance in Montenegro, including through media monitoring, the production of outreach materials, events and press and public affairs.

The knowledge Hub for expertise on Youth will provide expertise and knowledge to EC HQ services and EU Delegations worldwide in the area of youth in external action (youth participation and empowerment, as well as youth specific issues in sectoral policies). This will help the EU external action interventions achieve the highest possible standards in terms of youth participation and empowerment, fulfilling the international human rights commitments by applying a transformative, intersectional and HRBA throughout the intervention cycle, and mainstreaming all rights, ensuring no harm is done by and no one is left behind in EU cooperation actions. Specifically, support will be provided for training and knowledge management, including collection and exchange of good practices and lessons learned and for key reporting (Youth Action Plan (YAP), Youth Sounding Board (YSB), ad-hoc reports, etc.), project design and quality assurance process, policy formulation, and organisation of events.

The overall objective of the MED-GEM project is to support the creation and the operationalisation of a Mediterranean Green Electrons & Molecules (GEM) Network in the Southern Neighbourhood region by convening dialogue and collaborative activities between key stakeholders such as policy makers, industry (public and private), IFI’s, civils society, research entities, in order to accelerate the GEM market development and increase public awareness on the imperative need for an accelerated clean energy transition.

The overall objective of the MED-GEM project is to support the creation and the operationalisation of a Mediterranean Green Electrons & Molecules (GEM) Network in the Southern Neighbourhood region by convening dialogue and collaborative activities between key stakeholders such as policy makers, industry (public and private), IFI’s, civils society, research entities, in order to accelerate the GEM market development and increase public awareness on the imperative need for an accelerated clean energy transition.

The overall objective is to facilitate that EU policy on quality infrastructure and connectivity is adequately embedded under a harmonised approach at the country and regional level, providing technical support to identify priority areas of investment with partner countries and other stakeholders. It will focus in particular the transport sector in core topics not covered elsewhere, with an emphasis on the cross-sectoral ones. The implementation modality (service contract) will cover this overall objective and all related activities.

This activity will enhance civil society capacity in cross-cutting themes such as resilience, management and organisation and thematic sector specific capacity building. Additionally this activity will support a People-to-People programme which offers the opportunity for CSOs in the region to expand their knowledge about the EU and the accession process, as well as the opportunity to network internationally and regionally. The support will improve the ability of CSOs to advocate for their rights and support IPA III beneficiaries in complying and respecting international and domestic standards for an enabling environment. Additionally the activity will boost CSOs’ capacities and increase their participation in tackling various thematic societal challenges, improve the effectiveness of their activities and their partnership with IPA beneficiaries’ decision makers.