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Evaluation of Sida’s climate adaptation support from 2010–2022, assessing how contributions have strengthened resilience, reduced vulnerability and supported sustainable adaptation outcomes. The evaluation combines portfolio analysis with country case studies to generate learning for future climate adaptation programming. The evaluation is carried out together with NIRAS

Evaluation for IFC of the Multi-Country Investment Climate Program (MCICP), a 10-year SECO-funded mechanism supporting investment climate reforms across several low- and middle-income countries worldwide. The evaluation combines document review, portfolio analysis, stakeholder interviews, and country case studies to assess MCICP performance and generate actionable lessons and recommendations to strengthen ongoing implementation and inform future initiatives.

Economic and regulatory analysis for DG JUST supporting the Impact Assessment for the revision of the CPC Regulation on cross-border consumer protection enforcement, with a focus on impacts on SMEs and competitiveness, and an evaluation of simplification potential to inform the forthcoming legislative proposal. In partnership with TetraTech and Ipsos.

Legal and regulatory advisory support in partnership with Civitta, to Moldova’s Ministry of Infrastructure for the transposition of the EU eFTI Regulation into national law. This includes a gap analysis, drafting of primary and secondary legislation, a Regulatory Impact Assessment, and stakeholder consultation – advancing Moldova’s alignment with EU standards in digital freight transport. 

Assessment of fossil fuel subsidies across EU Member States, aimed at quantifying effective energy tax rates and Effective Carbon Rates (ECRs) across fuels, sectors and subsectors. The project supports the identification of pricing gaps and underpricing patterns, contributing to the development of evidence-based recommendations for reforming fossil fuel subsidies and strengthening energy and carbon pricing frameworks.

Quantification for DG TAXUD of the EU excise gap by enhancing existing methodologies and introducing a new complementary approach, including counterfactual benchmarking and an econometric model predicting excise goods consumption — providing the European Commission and Member States with robust evidence to assess and address excise tax non-compliance.

Estimation for DG TAXUD of VAT revenues lost to missing trader intra-Community (MTIC) fraud across EU Member States, refining the Intrastat mirror statistics methodology and delivering actionable, product- and period-specific evidence to support better-targeted risk management strategies by national tax administrations.

Strategic review of the IFC’s Kakuma Kalobeyei Challenge Fund (KKCF), a private sector initiative supporting refugee and host-community livelihoods in Kenya. The assignment evaluates programme performance, impact, sustainability, and lessons learned, with attention to inclusion, fragility, and economic integration.

Study for DG TAXUD assessing how customs special procedures under the Union Customs Code (UCC) are implemented in the EU Member States and how they could be simplified. The project considers the five procedures of customs warehousing, temporary admission, end-use, and inward and outward processing, with a focus on their impacts on trade facilitation, compliance, competitiveness, and the implications of the ongoing EU Customs Reform.

Evaluation of the EU Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community, aimed at assessing performance, results and monitoring systems across multiple sectors and interventions. The project analyses relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, sustainability and EU added value, contributing to accountability, learning and the improvement of future programme design and implementation.