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Last Updated: 02 September 2025
The EU has developed and formalised guidance tools and documents for evaluating its external assistance in which priority is given to results and impacts. This page presents the methodological guidelines designed to facilitate the move towards an evaluation practice focused on programmes and strategies in EC development cooperation.

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Resources on Evaluation Dissemination

Explore the resources on evaluation dissemination by clicking in each image below to access:

  1. 📖 How-to Guide on Disseminating Evaluation: Your go-to resource! This comprehensive guide replaces all previous separate guides, offering a unified approach to disseminating evaluation knowledge. Click in the first image to access and download the full guide.
  2. 🔗 Disseminating Knowledge Generated by EU Evaluations: Discover examples of how to share insights from EU evaluations. This section links to the Evaluation Library, where you can explore real-world examples and best practices. Click in the second image to visit the page.
  3. 📊 Study Report on Creative Communications for Evaluation Dissemination: How can we make evaluation findings more engaging? This study report explores innovative communication practices for evaluation dissemination. Click in the third mage to read the full report.

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Cover photo of the How-to Guide on Disseminating Evalaution to click and access the guide

 

 

 

Hyperlink to the child page on disseminating knowledge generated by evaluators - some examples from the EU

 

 

Hyperlinked to a European Commission's report on the current practices of evaluation dissemination on creative communications