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Last Updated: 03 November 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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Thematic guidance

You will find below the various thematic guidance addressing specific topics in evaluation, such as: drafting evaluation questions, evaluating EU added value,   producing dissemination products (infographics, podcasts, videos,…), and how to evaluate gender as cross-cutting dimension.
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How-to Guide on Disseminating Evaluation Formulating your evaluation questions Evaluating EU added value

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This guide is created to help you promote evaluation findings in a way that is attractive and communicative by exploring different options, guides and good practice examples at the EU level and externally.
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Evaluation questions set the foundation for an evaluation. This guide helps you draft and refine your evaluation questions.
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Evaluating the EU Added value is a specific requirement of evaluations, along the with standard six OECD DAC criteria. Here is how to address it.
Evaluation of gender as cross-cutting dimension Setting-up and managing a reference group

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How to evaluate gender as a transversal aspect in interventions and programmes.
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It is best practice to create an evaluation reference group to help you prepare and manage your evaluation.