List of available publications
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The “Tools and Methods series”, launched by EuropeAid in 2007, presents a number of methodological and research documents produced by DG INTPA. It includes three collections: Guidelines, Reference Documents and Concept papers.
A summary of the main methodologies adopted by INTPA, including the Tools and Methods collection, can be found in the Intervention Cycle Methodology Guide
Guidelines
- Guidelines n°1 - The Programming, Design and Management of General Budget Support (2012). Updated in Guideline n°7 Guidelines on Budget Support (2017)
- Guidelines n°2 - EC Support to sector programmes: covering the three financing modalities: Sector budget support, Pool funding and EC procurement and EC project procedures (2007)
- Guidelines n°3 - Making technical cooperation more effective (2009)
- Guidelines n°4 – Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation (2011). Updated in Guidelines n°6 (2016), itself superseded by the Greening EU International Cooperation Toolbox (2024)
- Guidelines n°5 - Guidelines on EU Blending Operations (2016)
- Guidelines n°6 - Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change into EU international cooperation and development (2016). Superseded by the Greening EU International Cooperation Toolbox (2024)
- Guidelines n°7 - Guidelines on Budget Support (2017)
- see also Guidelines (n°1) published in 2012 - Guidelines n°8 - Joint Programming Guidance - Supporting EU delegations to work better together with Member States, like-minded partners and country stakeholders (2019)
- Guidelines n°9 - Business Environment Reform (2020)
- Guidelines n°10 - Working Better Together (last update: 2024)
Reference documents
- Reference document n°1 - Institutional Assessment and Capacity Development – Why, what and how? (2005)
- Reference Document n°2 - Supporting decentralisation and local governance in third countries (2007).
- Reference document n°3 - Strengthening project internal monitoring: How to enhance the role of EC task managers (2009)
- Reference document n°4 - Analysing and Addressing Governance in Sector Operations (2009)
- Reference document n°5 - Sector Approaches in Agriculture and Rural Development (2009)
- Reference document n°6 - Toolkit for Capacity Development (2010)
- Reference document n°7 - Water Sector Development and Governance: Complementarities and synergies between Sector-wide Approach and Integrated Water Resource Management (2009)
- Reference document n°8 - Engaging and Supporting Parliaments Worldwide - Strategies and methodologies for EC action in support to parliaments (2010)
- Reference document n°9 - Support for judicial reform in ACP Countries (2010)
- Reference document n°10 - Trade and Private Sector Policy and Development – Support programmes financed by EU external assistance (2010)
- Reference document n°11 - Emerging good practice on Codes of Conduct, Partnership Principles and Memorandums of Understanding in the Water Sector (2010)
- Reference document n°12 – Engaging Non-State Actors in New Aid Modalities - For better development outcomes and governance (2011)
- Reference document n°13 – Addressing under-nutrition in external assistance – An integrated approach through sectors and aid modalities (2011)
- Reference document n°14 - Social transfers in the fight against hunger: A resource for development practitioners (2012)
- Reference document n°15 - Support for Justice and the Rule of Law – Review of past experience and guidance for future EU development cooperation programmes (2012)
- Reference document n°16 - Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) Study in the Water Sector (2012)
- Reference document n°17 - Operating in situations of conflict and fragility: EU staff handbook (2015). Updated in Reference Document n°31 - Guidance notes on conflict sensitivity in development cooperation (2021)
- Reference document n°18 - Promoting civil society participation in policy and budget processes (2014)
- Reference document n°19 - Blending in the Energy Sector (2015)
- Reference document n°20 - Blending in the Transport Sector (2015)
- Reference document n°21 - Blending in the Water and Sanitation Sector (2015)
- Reference document n°22 - Blending and Support to Private Sector Development (2015)
- Reference document n°23 - Supporting decentralization, local governance and local development through a territorial approach (2016). See also Reference document n°2
- Reference document n°24 - Vocational education and training for inclusive growth in development cooperation (2017)
- Guidance note 1: Analysing the general context to support VET reforms
- Guidance note 2: Programming of building blocks and EU support
- Guidance note 3: Promoting private sector involvement in VET governance
- Guidance note 4: Promoting funding for VET systems
- Guidance note 5: Promoting labour market information systems
- Guidance note 6: Promoting national qualifications frameworks
- Guidance note 7: Implementing an efficient and effective VET delivery cycle
- Guidance note 8: Implementing work-based learning
- Guidance note 9: Implementing VET staff development
- Guidance note 10: Implementing VET in the informal economy
- Guidance note 11: Implementing VET in post-conflict and fragile countries
- Guidance note 12: Implementing gender mainstreaming
- Guidance note 13: Promoting VET to support a green economy
- Reference document n°25 - The Inclusive Green Economy in EU development cooperation (2018)
- Reference document n°26 - Social Protection across the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (2019)
- Reference document n°27 and Practical Guidance Notes - Strengthening education systems to provide learning for all (2020)
- Practical Guidance Notes: 1. Education Sector Analysis
- Practical Guidance Notes: 2. Education Budgeting and Financial Management
- Practical Guidance Notes: 3. Monitoring Results in Education
- Practical Guidance Notes: 4. Capacity Development for Education System Strengthening
- Practical Guidance Notes: 5. Sector Coordination and Policy Dialogue
- Practical Guidance Notes: 6. Leave No One Behind
- Practical Guidance Notes: 7. Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises
- Practical Guidance Notes: 8. Gender Equality in Education
- Practical Guidance Notes: 9. Stopping School Related Gender-Based Violence
- Practical Guidance Notes: 10. Teacher Policy and Management
- Practical Guidance Notes: 11. Learning Assessment
- Practical Guidance Notes: 12. Mainstreaming Digital Technology in EU Support To Education
- Practical Guidance Notes: 13. Early Childhood Education
- Practical Guidance Notes: 14. The Contribution ff Higher Education to Development
- Reference Document n°28 - Toolkit on Business and Human Rights (2021) updated by the Series Paper N. 2 (only for EC staff here)
- Reference Document n°29 - Addressing income inequalities through development cooperation (2021)
- Reference Document n°30 - Promoting employment and decent work in development cooperation (2021)
- Reference Document n°31 - Guidance notes on conflict sensitivity in development cooperation (2021). See also Reference document n°17 and complement notes:
- Guidance Note on Conflict Sensitivity n. 13: Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) (2024)
- Guidance Note on Conflict Sensitivity n. 14: Security Sector Reform (SSR) (2024)
Concept papers
- Public Sector Reform: An Introduction (Concept paper n°1, 2009)
- Supporting Anti-Corruption Reform in Partner Countries – Concepts, Tools and Areas for Action (Concept paper n°2, 2011)
- Mappings and Civil Society Assessments - A study of past, present and future trends (Concept paper n°3, 2012)
- Supporting Social Protection Systems (Concept paper n°4, 2015)
- Indicators to measure Social Protection Performance (Concept paper n°5, 2017)
- Promoting Employment and Decent Work in Development Cooperation (Concept paper n°6, 2018)
Other EU Tools and Methods for Development cooperation
- Guidance Note Leaving on one behind. Disability Inclusion in EU external action (2024)
- EU Guidance for Resilience Analysis (2023)
- The European Commission inequality marker: Guidelines for the application and scoring of interventions (2023)
- Addressing Income Inequality through Development Cooperation : A Quick Guide (2022)
- Staff Working Document: A Tool-box - Right based approach encompassing all human rights in EU development cooperation (2014), updated by Human Rights Based Approach - Toolbox/SWD (2021)
- Governance in the Transport Sector: Methodology and Tools for Integrating Governance into Support for the Transport Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (2014)
- EC/EEAS Guidance note - Addressing conflict prevention, peace-building and security issues under external cooperation instruments (2013)
- EC/EEAS Guidance note: The use of Conflict Analysis in support of EU external action (2013)
- Guide book - Sustainable Tourism for Development (with UNWTO) (2013)
- Methodological approach for Budget support (BS) evaluation (With OECD) (2010)
- EU Toolkit for the implementation of complementarity and division of labour in development policy (2009)
- Guidelines for EC Support to Microfinance EN (2008)
- Aid Delivery Methods: Concept paper (2005)
- Aid Delivery Methods: Project Cycle Management Guidelines - EuropeAid (2004)
Other guidance pages available in Cap4Dev:
- the dedicated resource page on Evaluation Guidance
- the dedicated environment and climate change Tools and Methods page in the Environment, Climate Change and Green Economy group.
Guidance and tools for EU Staff
- Conflict Sensitivity Guidance Note. Critical Raw Materials (2025)
- Technical brief: Disability Inclusion and Climate priorities (2025)
- Technical brief: Disability Inclusion, Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (2025)
- Guidance note on education for the green transition (2024)