Starting from an overview of the political background of the Kosovo issue, rooted in Serb and Albanian history, the paper then describes the main features of the current situation: "nothing more than autonomy" from one side, "nothing less than independence" for the other. Against this...

This evaluation has been commissioned by the Evaluation Unit in DEVCO on behalf of the European Commission. It assesses European Commission support to CPPB, as defined by the 2001 Commission Communication on Conflict Prevention (COM(2001)21) and subsequent documents. It covers all support...

This document is the Final Report for the Concept Study for the forthcoming thematic evaluation of the European Commission (hereafter referred to as “the Commission”) support to Conflict Prevention and Peace Building (CPPB). This evaluation is part of the 2008 evaluation programme approved...

This is the Final Report of the Preliminary Study for the Thematic Evaluation of the European Commission support to Conflict Prevention and Peace Building, which is part of the 2008 evaluation programme approved by the External Relations and Development Commissioners. Its purpose is to present...

The central scope of the evaluation is the Commission’s co-operation strategy with the region of Eastern and Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean (ESA-IO) and its implementation for the period 1996-2007 with the objective of: -providing the European Commission’s relevant external cooperation...

This Midterm Evaluation of the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) is one of several parallel evaluations of External Financing Instruments under the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020, and feeds into the required Midterm Review report of the External Financing...

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