How to parse this NP containing the structure "help somebody to do something"?
There is no verb in that sentence. Furthermore, even if there had been a verb there are two concepts ('to identify ...") and ('assessing...') that are at the same logical level so 'to identify...' and 'to assess...' would be a step in the direction of comprehensibility. Whoever wrote that did not know what they wanted to communicate, and, consequently, produced something that sounds good if read aloud provided you don't ask yourself what idea is the writer trying to convey.