Mid-term Evaluation of the Civil Society Facility for the Western Balkans and Turkey

The Civil Society Facility (CSF) was established in 2008 under the Instrument for Pre-accession, with the purpose of supporting the development of an active civil society capable of participating in public debate on democracy, human rights, social inclusion and the rule of law. The CSF aims to assist civil society in developing its capacity to influence policy-making and decision-making processes — strengthening civil society within a participative democracy. ... The global objective of the evaluation was to assess the performance of the financial support provided by the CSF in EU pre-accession assistance — supporting civil society in candidate and potential candidate countries — and to provide findings and recommendations that assist DG NEAR in the programming and implementation of this support through improving the available instruments. ... The evaluation focused on CSF-funded projects carried out in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo*, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey.