Working Better Together in a Team Europe Approach

This paper outlines the guiding elements of a Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation (MORE) framework for the Team Europe Initiatives (TEI). This framework follows up on the Methodological note on TEI design, particularly its Chapter 5 which provides guidance on the Joint Intervention Logic.

The MORE framework is a key deliverable foreseen by the Terms of Reference (Annex 1) for the Working Group on TEI Monitoring and Evaluation (‘Working Group’ or WG in further text), set up following the operational conclusions taken after the EU Development DGs (EUDGx) meeting. The MORE framework is endorsed by the Working Group, and it will be shared with CODEV and EU Development Directors-General (EUDGx).

This framework shall help TE actors to jointly monitor and report on their experience, results and lessons learned. It has been designed in a flexible and agile way so that the most relevant elements can be selected for implementation of each TEI. It defines the process, tools and standards for:

• Monitoring by partners at the level of individual TEI (Chapter 2),
• Aggregated reporting and public information on TEI results (Chapter 3),
• Evaluation (Chapter 5),
• Learning (Chapter 6).

Team Europe Initiatives aim is to strategically promote the EU, its Member States and financial institutions as partners of reference, and to increase the impact and visibility of European action. Monitoring, evaluation and learning are key to support collective engagement over time and underpin its communication. This will promote learning and enable evidence-based decision making.

While the MORE framework is addressed primarily to TEI members, it is understood that national partners – from the government, civil society and private sector in partner countries for external action – will play an important role in policy dialogue and analysis of Stories of Change and lessons learned. Presentation of individual and aggregate TEI results aims at increasing mutual accountability not only to the EU taxpayers, but also towards the EU’s partners and target groups.

In line with the OECD DAC Guiding Principles - Managing for Sustainable Results, the objective is to enable TEI members to set up a coherent and integrated joint intervention logic and individually tailored monitoring and evaluation arrangements for the TEIs based on existing systems. As a second step, the MORE framework shall enable the EU.

to inform about TEI’s contribution to impact on development progress in partner countries, in an aggregated manner, and thus increase its visibility.

The Working Group members will assess the need to update the MORE framework and its annexes annually.