Evaluation of EC aid delivery through Civil society organisations : Final Report ; Volume 1

The purpose of this evaluation, covering the period 2000-2006, is to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the European Commission (EC) and wider public with an independent evaluation of the EC aid channelled through civil society. The specific objectives of this forward looking evaluation are: • to assess to what extent aid delivered through civil society organisations (CSOs) is in line with stated EC policy objectives; • to assess where lies the added value of aid delivered through CSOs (in different geographical and political contexts); • to assess the impact and sustainability of external co-operation through civil society; • to provide lessons learnt and recommendations for the continued support of CSOs within the present context and relevant commitments (such as the European Consensus and the Paris Declaration)...

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Alternative title:	Evaluation of EC aid delivery through Civil society organisations : Final Report ; Volume 2
Year of publication:	2008-12
Other Persons:	Wille, Susanne (contributor) ; Madrid, René (contributor) ; Bossuy, Jean (contributor)
Institutions:	PARTICIP GmbH Consultants für Entwicklung und Umwelt ; Europäische Kommission / Amt für Zusammenarbeit EuropeAid (contributor) ; CIDEAL (contributor) ; Channel Research Ltd. (contributor) ; South Research (contributor)
Subject:	Benin \| Bewertung \| evaluation \| Entwicklungshilfe \| development aid \| EU \| Europäische Kommission \| European Commission \| Georgien \| Georgia \| Kambodscha \| Cambodia \| Konfliktsituation \| conflict situation \| Kooperation \| cooperation \| Libanon \| Lebanon \| Organisationen \| organizations \| Peru \| Somalia \| Zivilgesellschaft \| civil society \| 2000 - 2006

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Purpose of the Evaluation
1.2. Scope of the Evaluation and period covered
2. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
2.1. General approach
2.2. Limitations
3. SETTING THE SCENE: EC OBJECTIVES AND THE CSO CHANNEL
3.1. Brief historic overview
3.2. Fundamental shift in EC policies towards CSOs
3.3. The growing debate on channels of aid delivery
3.4. Looking at the civil society channel as a ‘living system’
4. ANSWERS TO THE EVALUATION QUESTIONS
4.1. EVALUATION QUESTION 1: To what extent and how has the EC defined the rationale for delivering aid through CSOs in different political, geographical and thematic contexts?
4.2. EVALUATION QUESTION 2: To what extent has the EC made clear choices at the programming level with regard to delivering aid through CSOs in country/regional strategy papers; in (post-) conflict situations/failed states/or difficult partnerships;as well as in sectoral and thematic priority areas of intervention?
4.3. EVALUATION QUESTION 3: To what extent and how has European Commission aid channeled through CSOs been consistent with stated policy objectives or programming choices regarding CSO roles (including service delivery in the context of poverty reduction strategies and advocacy work)?
4.4. EVALUATION QUESTION 4: To what extent and how has EC aid channeled through CSOs been consistent with stated policy objectives regarding actors to be supported as well as approaches and instruments to be used?
4.5. EVALUATION QUESTION 5: To what extent and how has European Commission aid delivered through CSOs been consistent with relevant new commitments related to the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness, particularly with regard to capacity development of CSOs in the context of sector and budget support?
4.6. EVALUATION QUESTION 6: To what extent and how have European Commission strategies, programmes and projects, delivered through CSOs, contributed to achieving key EC/EU development objectives?

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