Common use of Lessons learned Clause in Contracts

Lessons learned. Experience with the implementation of Phare CBC programmes in previous years and evaluation have led to a number of general lessons being learned. These lessons are reflected in the design and implementation of the 2004 CBC Programme Bulgaria-The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The most important lessons relate to constraints on Bulgarian administrative capacity specifically in the Ministry acting as Implementing Agency. Medium to long term efforts to reinforce this capacity are already under way and are supplemented in Phare 2004, but in the meantime additional measures have been put in place to assist. These include efforts to support horizontal public administration reform, limiting the number of grant schemes as these place extra burdens on administrative capacity and avoiding complex multi-phase contracting. Another key lesson is that the success of Phare projects depends on continuity of key senior and working level personnel. In addition to conditionality in project agreements, this issue is being addressed in the context of public sector reform and strengthening, e.g. by developing civil service contracts and conditions to avoid politically motivated staff transfers. More specific lessons relating to individual sectors are reflected in individual project documents

Lessons learned. Experience with the implementation of Phare CBC programmes in previous years and evaluation have led to a number of general lessons being learned. These lessons are reflected in the design and implementation of the 2004 CBC Programme Bulgaria-The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaSerbia & Montenegro. The most important lessons relate to constraints on Bulgarian administrative capacity specifically in the Ministry acting as Implementing Agency. Medium to long term efforts to reinforce this capacity are already under way and are supplemented in Phare 2004, but in the meantime additional measures have been put in place to assist. These include efforts to support horizontal public administration reform, limiting the number of grant schemes as these place extra burdens on administrative capacity and avoiding complex multi-phase contracting. Another key lesson is that the success of Phare projects depends on continuity of key senior and working level personnel. In addition to conditionality in project agreements, this issue is being addressed in the context of public sector reform and strengthening, e.g. by developing civil service contracts and conditions to avoid politically motivated staff transfers. More specific lessons relating to individual sectors are reflected in individual project documents

Lessons learned. Experience with the implementation of Phare CBC programmes in previous years and evaluation have led to a number of general lessons being learned. These lessons are reflected in the design and implementation of the 2004 CBC Programme Bulgaria-The former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaTurkey. The most important lessons relate to constraints on Bulgarian administrative capacity specifically in the Ministry acting as Implementing Agency. Medium to long term efforts to reinforce this capacity are already under way and are supplemented in Phare 2004, but in the meantime additional measures have been put in place to assist. These include efforts to support horizontal public administration reform, limiting the number of grant schemes as these place extra burdens on administrative capacity and avoiding complex multi-phase contracting. Another key lesson is that the success of Phare projects depends on continuity of key senior and working level personnel. In addition to conditionality in project agreements, this issue is being addressed in the context of public sector reform and strengthening, e.g. by developing civil service contracts and conditions to avoid politically motivated staff transfers. More specific lessons relating to individual sectors are reflected in individual project documents