Despite a long-standing controversy about aid-effectiveness in general and the impact of aid-dependency on governance in particular, little is known on the effect of donors policies on civic agency for democratization in aid dependent autocratic regimes. In this study it is argued that the...

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 purpose of this evaluation is to provide policy-makers and managers of the Commission’s relevant external co-operation Services as well as other relevant DGs (such as DG Trade and DG Environment), and the EC Delegations in Chisinau and Kiev, with an independent assessment of the EC...

This meta evaluation of IPA assistance has been prepared from seven Country Programme Interim Evaluations and two thematic evaluations in the Rule of Law and Civil Society. This analysis has been complemented by the study of a series of additional reports by the European Commission (EC) and...

This evaluation covers mainly Component I for which the EC has undertaken interim evaluations covering programming and implementation of IPA assistance as part of the specific regulatory requirement for evaluation and programming needs under this Component. For Components II to V, interim...

This evaluation covers CARDS assistance from the 2001-2006 national programmes to Montenegro.... This report was prepared by COWI A/S during the period from January 2008 to June 2009 and reflects the situation as of 30 April 2009, the cut-off date for the report.... The report examines the...