The Evaluation Handbook – 2025 Edition reflects the European Commission’s steadfast commitment to promoting a culture of results, accountability, and learning across the EU’s external action. As one of the world’s leading development and international cooperation actors, the European Commission ...

This evaluation analyses the suitability of the EIB’s framework loan product in addressing disasters and emergencies. It found that framework loans perform particularly well in the reconstruction phase and are potentially well suited to prevention and preparedness. However, where time is of the ...

When faced with exceptional access constraints, the Commission and its partners have adapted their operating model to provide humanitarian aid through ‘remote management’. We examined whether the Commission’s remote management approach enables the provision of aid in hard-to-access areas while a...

The evaluation provides an independent assessment of the performance of the cooperation managed by European Commission (referred to as the European Union (EU)) in South Sudan between 2011 and 2024, including the EU Trust Fund for Africa and the Foreign Policy Instrument, but excluding humanitari...

This report presents the findings, conclusions, lessons and recommendations of the European Union Trust Fund (EUTF) Thematic Evaluation on Strengthening Resilience of Vulnerable and Displacement Affected Communities in the Horn of Africa (HoA). The study was commissioned by the European Commissi...

This is the Final Report of the Evaluation of the European Union (EU) Cooperation with Palestine. It was commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). The evaluation has both a retrospective and a prospective dimension. It...

This evaluation of the European Union’s (EU) humanitarian interventions in central Africa (CA) 2019-2023 aims to serve learning and accountability purposes. It focuses on four countries: Cameroon, the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, and Nigeria, and the main components of EU humanitarian i...