In the framework of the "Strengthening the Institutional Capacity of the House of Representatives in Jordan" project a study visit to the Swedish Parliament and other relevant institutions was organized from the 3rd to 6th of April 2017. The visit was aimed at introducing members of the Jordanian delegation to the Swedish experience on gender mainstreaming policies and legislation. In addition, the visit contributed to the exchange of experiences and enhanced the interaction between members of the two parliaments. The study visit was tailored according to the main themes of particular interest to the MPs that are related to the questions of gender mainstreaming in public policies. Thus, the tour included visits to the Swedish Parliament, the Swedish Agency for Public Management, IDEA Organization and Färingsö prison. The full photo report of the Visit available at https://www.facebook.com/pg/EU-Jordanian-Parliament-Project-1541515992803650/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1934081310213781

Altair Asesosres, in consortium with DADA6 and SIPU, has been awarded the Technical assistance for the programme to support public administration reform and public service quality in Dominican Republic. The period of implementation of the contract will be 36 months. The aim of this contract is to provide long and short-term technical assistance, mainly to the Ministry of Public Administration, the entity in charge of the process to reform public administration in the country. Technical assistance shall also be provided to other public institutions involved in the programme (such as the National Institute of Public Administration), the entities prioritised in the programme (such as the Ministry of Interior and Police, and the Attorney-General's Office), training schools of these prioritised entities and the Ministry of Women's Affairs, the entity in charge of gender mainstreaming in public policy.

Altair Asesores S.L., in consortium with ICON Institut, Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA) and CEU, has been awarded, together with other 5 consortiums, the Lot 2 of the EIDHR — framework contract (FWC) for support to electoral missions. Under the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights, the EU supports genuine elections in partner countries in Africa, Middle East, Asia and Latin America through electoral missions, implemented by the European Commission. The electoral missions comprise, in Lot 2 (a) the Election Expert Missions (EEMs) – small expert missions to assess the electoral process in the partner country, (b) the Election Exploratory Missions (ExM) to examine the feasibility of a possible EOM or EAT and (c) the Election Follow-up Missions (EFM), to examine the extent to which the recommendations of past EOMs have been taken on board by the partner country. The objective of this framework contract (FWC) is to provide, through specific contracts, integrated logistical, financial, security and administrative support to the Commission in deploying observation and expert missions as well as to provide the necessary support in terms of daily management, security and logistic expertise.