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,...