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These resource pages present the various official evaluation guidance of DG INTPA, DG ENEST, DG MENA and service FPI, along with different other initiatives, such conferences, and webinars on evaluation. Additionally, it includes a section with evaluation documentation (library), showcasing evaluation reports and evaluation dissemination products. This space is mainly addressed to (i) EC staff members involved in evaluation (i.e., evaluation managers, cooperation section, management), (ii) evaluation contractors and evaluation team members who conduct evaluations with the EC, as well as (iii) the broader public interested in evaluation at the EC. Overall, it provides valuable content for discussion and learning, with the intention to improve the quality and use of evaluations, broaden the range of evaluation methods used, and explore new and innovative ways of conducting evaluations. How to navigate this resource and access the documents you need?
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If you are accessing this page as EC staff members, please check:
You will find useful insights, quick access to evaluation guidance, templates, and resources. |
| EVALUATION HANDBOOK & GUIDELINES | THEMATIC GUIDANCE |
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The INTPA and FPI Evaluation Handbook (2025) is a revision of the Methodology Guidance published in 2006. It presents guidance on evaluation methods and processes at INTPA and FPI. The revised handbook reflects the significant progress made in the field of evaluation over the past two decades. The ENEST and MENA Guidelines on linking planning/monitoring and evaluation (2024) is a revision of the first guidelines published in July 2016. This document is a response to the need to strengthen the linkage between planning/programming, monitoring and evaluation function in the context of the neighbourhood and enlargement policies. |
The EC has produced a series of thematic evaluation guidance addressing specific topics, such as: drafting evaluation questions, evaluating EU added value, producing dissemination products (infographics, podcasts, videos,…), and how to evaluate gender as a cross-cutting dimension. |
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You will find here all information on ongoing or past initiatives on evaluation, with registration links, documentation, and recordings. |
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This section presents examples of reports and other evaluation products, showcasing what is presented in the guides above: |
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Evaluation at the European Commission also follows best practices and standards of the international evaluation community. This section will redirect you to other useful links and guidance by external actors, groups, and institutions. |
EvalVoices is the newly established European Commission’s Evaluation Support Service’s lively space hosted on Capacity4dev. It spotlights global thought leaders in evaluation, and it facilitates real-time dialogue among practitioners, policymakers, academics, and community voices.
As a new cohort of professionals joins the second edition of the Capacity4dev Ambassadors’ Programme, our team is glad to share an insightful article written by our newly nominated Ambassador, Hur Hassnain, Senior Evaluation Expert at meldea (Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Design for External Action).
Last summer, the European Union released an Evaluation policy for development cooperation. Entitled Evaluation Matters, it notably emphasizes the “Evaluation First principle” which means that good intervention and policy must always be based on robust evidence. Drafting this policy was “quite a learning experience as collectively we had to rethink how to work to ensure the purpose, objective and usefulness of evaluation can be better understood,” said Philippe Loop, Head of the Evaluation Unit for International Cooperation and Development (DEVCO) at the European Commission.
When we talk about evaluation, we often focus on its approaches and methods, how to undertake an evaluation, and the report. This is all very good and useful, but it is not the whole story. Evaluation is essentially part of a wider process of learning.
Clarify what is to be evaluated! Tailor the approach! Position evaluation as a learning function!
These are three keys to better evaluation provided by Steve Montague, Fellow of the Canadian Evaluation Society, who came to Brussels to deliver a number of lively and thought provoking seminars early this summer.
As the European Union prepares its latest plan to support gender equality and women’s empowerment (GEWE) around the world, a timely evaluation of its efforts so far has found much room for improvement.
The complexities, gains and future direction of the EU Support to Decentralisation processes were highlighted last month when specialists met in Brussels for the presentation of the evaluation of ten years of support, 2000-2009.
