5 Trade and Investment opportunities

Provide support, trainings and technical expertise to the Directorate General International Partnerships (DG INTPA), including staff in EU Delegations, Headquarters, and in partner countries regarding macro-fiscal issues. This would include knowledge sharing, policy analysis and the development of tailored policy recommendations.

The European Commission calls for a qualitative ex-post evaluation of the impact of the environmental provisions of representative EU trade agreements on key environmental and climate aspects. The findings of the study will be used for internal Commission purposes to support the drafting of a Commission Staff Working paper. The later will evaluate the nexus between EU trade agreements and key environmental aspects, including the climate, analysing the effects of EU trade agreements and reflecting the dedicated effort made to contribute to environmental protection through a mix of joint disciplines and cooperation commitments.

We are seeking a specialist evaluation organisation to develop and implement an evaluative Social and Economic Return on Investment of the free bikes programme across the three LDP areas and to report on the findings. The evaluation aims to explore the social, environmental, health and economic value free bikes are having for individuals, their families, the local community and wider economy. This should include any changes to physical and mental health of individuals, wider family and community effects including community cohesion and connectedness, and wider system impact

BEIS is considering a supplier to undertake a comprehensive update of the 2019 published Energy Innovation Needs Assessments (EINAs). The project will be delivered in consultation with government technical and analytical experts and will allow BEIS to build a robust knowledge base to guide UK decisions for the support of innovation in net zero related technologies, systems and processes. Project deliverables will provide insights into the potential of technologies, systems and processes to:   - lead to a reduction in energy and/or decarbonisation costs;   - improve UK energy security;   - generate economic benefits to the UK;   - help meet UK climate change targets;   and help contextualise UK challenges and capabilities in meeting such opportunities by identifying, exploring, and quantifying key UK net zero innovation barriers and enablers.

The purpose of the framework contract is to provide timely analytical support to DG Agriculture and Rural Development in implementing the Commission’s better regulation agenda, for evaluations and impact assessments, and in addressing wide-ranging analytical needs through thematic analysis (studies).