Working Better Together in a Team Europe Approach

✅ Ensure that, based on mapping analysis, the joint programming process discusses participating partners’ ambitions for future joint implementation. Consider the potential for institutionalising joint analysis, reviews and evaluations.

✅ Ensure that the expertise of implementing development organisations is fed into the local joint analysis process for a more strategic use of joint implementation; reflect on practices and impacts, such as enhancing national and local capacities; contribute to national and local ownership, enhancing policy leverage and contributing to new or strengthened partnerships; process to prepare the ground.

✅ Consider linking the priority sectors identified in the joint programming document with appropriate types of joint implementation.

✅ Discuss with the national governments, e.g. line ministries, the benefits of future joint implementation arrangements and seek their feedback on any current joint implementation modalities.

✅ Consider setting up a ‘working better together’ Focal Point in the EU Delegation to coordinate joint programming and joint implementation.

✅ Reflect on how the joint operation contributes to alignment with existing national development strategies. Has it been validated by the partner country?

✅ Review the value of different joint implementation partnerships, for example between the development partners (EU, MS agencies or international organisations, other like-minded development partners) and the partner country.

✅ Document how the joint analysis was carried out and include a summary of its main results for future knowledge management.

✅ Include a description and plan of actions to be financed jointly or separately by EU/MS/like-minded funds.

✅ Include a log-frame that incorporates a complete monitoring and results framework, developed jointly by the contracting sides and based on the country results framework if existing, and delineate the role of the partner country.

✅ Include a description of how a joint evaluation — based on the results framework — will be carried out with the partner country’s involvement and how the results of joint evaluations will be used to nurture joint programming and joint implementation.