Examples of using Microprojects in English and their translations into Greek
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Colloquial
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Medicine
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Computer
This sector is well-suited to microprojects.
Box 12 Ń Microprojects in the social sectors: 1.
For example, none of the thematic support groups that are being set up covers microprojects.
Uganda: the intended impact study on the microprojects financed from the eighth EDF did not come to pass.
The register provides a useful database for the monitoring and evaluation of microprojects.
Microprojects are often seen as a panacea for countries where more traditional types of programme are difficult to implement due to poor governance.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 63/17 Box 12 Microprojects in the social sectors 1.
In each country the Court examined one programme under the seventh EDF, one programme under the eighth EDF(2) andat least twenty microprojects.
(2) This diversity reflects the Lom Convention, which treats microprojects either as an instrument(Article 252), or as a sector of intervention(Article 229).
Lack of information about the environment is not the only obstacle to measuring the impact of microprojects.
However, microprojects are not just designed to match traditional indicators(such as number of water pumps), they also deal with capacity-building.
Donor countries, NGOs andACP countries do not share information on their work in the area of microprojects.
The microprojects are either included in the aid concentration sectors fixed by the national indicative programmes(NIP), or treated as a separate sector(2).
However, as indicated above, the fact no studies have been devoted to the oldest projects makes it difficult to have any knowledge of the overall sustainability of microprojects.
The Lom Convention expects microprojects to have an economic and social impact on the life of the people and to respond to demonstrated and observed priority needs.
Malawi: The MPRSP(Malawi Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper) identifies a number of indicators butnot many of them are suitable for microprojects.
The external evaluation of the programmes showed that it was impossible to quantify the benefits derived from microprojects, or even to establish incontrovertibly the total number of beneficiaries.
The register includes information on areas of intervention by sector and sub-sector andprovides a useful database for the monitoring and evaluation of microprojects.
Capacity-building results are monitored through qualitative targets as(1) functioning of Project Implementation Committees,(2)quality of proposed microprojects and(3) procurement, contract management and accountability of the district administrations.
For example, while irrigation and electrification microprojects meet the needs of the communities that are directly behind them, they also offer possibilities for economic development to everyone in the areas concerned. A reservoir: numerous indirect beneficiaries 47.
At the end of the missions carried out in the six selected countries the Court considers that the efforts made to secure the sustainability of the microprojects are satisfactory.
The need to improve the sustainability and maintenance of microprojects has been taken into account in the revised Memorandum of Understanding between the District Assemblies, the MPMU, the NAO and the Delegation, which will become effective as of the third cycle physical implementation.
Improvements planned in the Common Management Information System(CRIS)will allow headquarters services to better track the number and status of microprojects programmes(MPP).
Under the terms of the Lom Convention(4), microprojects must have Ôan economic and social impact on the life of the peopleŐ, meet a Ôdemonstrated and observed priority needŐ and be Ôundertaken at the initiative and with the active participation of the local community that will benefit therefromŐ.
The provisions of the Cotonou Agreement enable the decentralised stakeholders to play a more important role in this area;(d)launch a cross-section evaluation of microprojects in 2004.
The Commission welcomes the positive view taken by the Court of the multiannual microproject programmes.(a) Although in the past the central services have encountered difficulties in monitoring microprojects more closely, they are endeavouring to play an increasingly important role in terms of thematic support and dissemination of good practice andare currently drawing up a general guide for microprojects.
Implementation of the programmes by means of‘programme estimates' can be confused or slow. Although the procedures for management and control are, on the whole, satisfactory, deficiencies remain and the information systems are often poorly designed or applied; THE COMMISSION'S REPLIES(b) although the difficulties of precisely measuring impact are under-estimated,the fact that microprojects are useful to the communities concerned is widely attested and verifiable.
Ghana: The quality of constructions andquality-control aspects need to be improved. The mid-term evaluation proposed that all microprojects under the first and second cycle should be assessed by quality control engineers in order to determine case by case whether corrective measures will have to be taken and if so, what they should be.
As they cannot make the link between programmes and the contracts that relate to them, for example technical assistance contracts,they are unable to determine the real cost of microprojects or to check how efficiently they are managed.
Zimbabwe: the decision by the Council of the European Union to freeze all aid not directly benefiting the population has turned the spotlight on microprojects, the main objective of which is, in fact, to provide direct aid. Ń The monetary situation in Zimbabwe is adversely affecting the poorest sections of the population, which should be the ones to benefit from EDF aid.