Evaluation matters. In an increasingly complex and challenging environment for international development, the importance of demonstrating our results and learning from experience has gained significant value. Evaluation is a key learning tool for the European Union to understand not only what...

Following the adoption of the legal basis for the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in December 2006, the first Strategy Paper, covering the period 2007-2010, was adopted by the European Commission in August 2007, paving the way for the concrete implementation of the Instrument,...

The mission of the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers is to upholdand strengthen the rights of people living in the European Union, whether they are acting as citizens, consumers, entrepreneurs or workers. The Directorate-General works to achieve Commissioner Jourová’s core goals...

Justice, fundamental rights, equality and citizenship policies are based on Europeans’ core values and principles – freedom, democracy, the rule of law, equality, tolerance, and respect of human rights. The Directorate-General for Justice’s overriding mission is to build a European Area of...