This study examines the triangular relationship between fundamental rights, democracy and the rule of law in the EU and the challenges that arise in reflecting on ways to strengthen EU competences in these terrains. It analyses the current ‘state of play’ and provides a map of EU-level...

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...

The overall objective of the present study is to improve the quality the EC and other donors’ media support by providing an analyses of the EC ́s assistance so far and recommendations on future strategies and modalities. This present report focuses on the activities so far, while a separate...

The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an independent, evidence-based assessment of the scope and performance of implemented and on-going EU support for Rule of Law (RoL). It focuses on interventions funded by the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA I and II), the European...

This Final Report presents the outcome of the “Evaluation of Commission’s cooperation with the Council of Europe (CoE)”. It was commissioned by the DG DEVCO Evaluation Unit and was implemented between December 2010 and July 2012. The evaluation provides an independent assessment of the...

The evaluation of the European Commission (Commission)’s co-operation with Egypt over the period 1998-2008 has two main objectives: - to provide the relevant external Co-operation Services of the Commission and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the Commission’s past...