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This evaluation examined the support the European Commission’s DG for Development and International Cooperation (DEVCO) provided to Research and Innovation (R&I) in partner countries during the last EU budget period (2007-2013).[Author vide copyright]

Executive Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Mandate and scope of the evaluation
1.2 Structure of the report
2 Key methodological steps
2.1 Overall methodological approach
2.2 Selection of country, regions and interventions
2.3 Survey to EU Delegations
2.4 Challenges and limitations
3 Overall policy framework of the EU strategy in relation to Research and Innovation
3.1 General framework
3.2 International co-operation on Research and Innovation
3.3 Development and R&I
4 The intended intervention logics of EU support to Research and Innovation in partner countries
4.1 The intervention logic diagrams for DG DEVCO and DG RTD FP7
4.2 The different levels of the reconstructed DG DEVCO intervention logic
4.3 The different levels of the intervention logic for DG RTD FP7
5 Inventory analysis
5.1 Methodological limits and challenges
5.2 Main findings
5.3 Total and sector commitments
5.4 Geographic distribution
5.5 Distribution by domain
5.6 Distribution by channel of delivery
6 Answers to the evaluation questions
6.1 EQ 1: Development policy objectives
6.2 EQ 2: Impact on partner country research communities
6.3 EQ 3: Instruments and modalities
6.4 EQ 4: DEVCO-RTD complementarity and coherence
6.5 EQ 5: Transfer of R&I results into development processes
6.6 EQ 6: EU capacities
7 Overall assessment
8 Conclusions
8.1 Policy and strategic focus
8.2 Operational approach
8.3 Complementarity with other EU services
8.4 Results
9 Recommendations
9.1 Policy and strategy focus
9.2 Operational approach
9.3 Complementarity with other EU services
9.4 Results
| VOLUME 2 – SECTOR EVALUATION MATRICES
1. Part A – Food Security, Nutrition and Agriculture
2. Part B – Health
3. Part C – Environment and Climate Change
4. Part D – Science, Information Society and Space
VOLUME 3 –ANNEX 1 TO 8
1. Annex 1 – Terms of reference
2. Annex 2 – Inventory
3. Annex 3 – Case studies
4. Annex 4 – Survey to EU Delegations
5. Annex 5 – Final evaluation matrix
6. Annex 6 – List of persons interviewed
7. Annex 7 – Bibliography
8. Annex 8 – Methodology
VOLUME 4 – ANNEX 9: COUNTRY NOTES
1. Burkina Faso
2. Ethiopia
3. India
4. Kenya
5. Mauritius
6. Peru
7. South Africa
8. Tunisia
9. Ukraine
10. Vietnam

1. Introduction
2. Global and European policy developments
3. Reporting and progress
Disbursements
Progress towards policy priorities and performance criteria
Coordination, Complementarity and Coherence (3Cs)
4. Results reporting
5. Thematic focus
Enhanced nutrition
Inclusive agrifood chains and systems
6. Overall findings and recommendations
Recommendations for the way forward
ANNEXES
Acronyms
1. Additional figures and examples of intervention, by priority
1.1 Part of food and nutrition security in EU official development assistance (ODA)
1.2 Progress against performance criteria
1.3 Examples of interventions per priority
1.4 EU and Member States’ support to partner countries
2. Case studies
2.1 The Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme and an example of Integrated Agricultural Research for Development (source for Textbox 1, page 8 of the Report)
2.2 Joint programming in the nutrition sector in Ethiopia (source for Textbox 2, page 9 of the Report)
2.3 Sustainable Cocoa Business and Cocoa-Food Link Programme (source for Textbox 4, page 13 of the Report)
2.4 Sustainable Trade Initiative (source for Textbox 5, page 13 of the Report)
3. Methodology for National Report and programmes spreadsheet database
Endnotes

This final report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the Evaluation of European Union (EU) Support to Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment (GEWE) in Partner Countries, commissioned by the Evaluation Unit of the Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO).The objectives of the evaluation are: (a) to provide the relevant external cooperation services of the EU, Member States, the EU Parliament and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the EU’s past and current support to GEWE in partner countries; and (b) to identify key lessons, assess results thus far, and to produce strategic, operational and forward-looking recommendations in order to improve current and future EU and Member State strategies, programmes and actions.The evaluation focuses on gender mainstreaming in EU development cooperation, as called for in the EU Plan of Action on Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment 2010–15 (GAP). In particular the evaluation focuses on how gender mainstreaming has been implemented by the European Commission Services (EC Services), the European External Action Services (EEAS) and two Member States (MS), the Netherlands and Spain. The evaluation assesses also the extent to which EU/EC cooperation (policy, strategies, programmes/projects) has been relevant, efficient and effective in supporting sustainable impacts on GEWE in partner countries in the period 2007–13.[Author vide copyright]

Acronyms
Executive Summary
Introduction
Overall assessment
Conclusions
Recommendations
Note 1: How the EU can utilise international gender datasets
Linking to the Sustainable Development Goals
What the EU can learn from others
What the EU needs to do
Note 2: How to evaluate gender equality
International experiences in evaluating gender equality
A framework for evaluating gender equality
Section 1: Introduction
Purpose of the evaluation
Temporal, geographic and thematic scope
The context of EU support to gender equality and women’s empowerment
The Member States
This report
Section 2: Methodological Approach
General approach
The evaluation questions
Evaluation methodology
Section 3: Main Findings and Analysis
Main findings of the mapping
Part 1: Gender mainstreaming in EU development cooperation
Part 2: Thematic evaluation of the European Commission
Section 4: Conclusions
Overall assessment
Conclusions
Section 5: Recommendations
List of figures
List of tables
| Annex 1: Terms of Reference
Annex 2: Evaluation Questions, Judgement Criteria, Indicators and Data Sources
Annex 3: International and EU policy context
Annex 4: Detailed Intervention Logic for Gender Mainstreaming and Support to GEWE
Annex 5: Methodology for Country Visits
Annex 6: Mapping
Annex 7: CSP and RSP Analysis for EC and Member States
Annex 8: Analysis of EUD Cooperation Strategies Mid Term Reviews and Country and Regional Evaluations
Annex 9: Findings from EU Delegation Survey
Annex 10: List of People Met during the Evaluation
Annex 11: Biblography
Annex 12: Programmes and Projects Reviewed
| Country Note for Afghanistan
Country Note for Armenia
Country Note for Bolivia
Country Note for Burkina Faso
Compte Rendu Pays–le Burkina Faso
Country Note for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Country Note for Ethiopia
Country Note for Haiti
Country Note for Morocco
Compte rendu pays–le Maroc
Country Note for Nicaragua
Country Note for Papua New Guinea
Country Note for Philippines

The main objective of this evaluation was to draw out lessons for future EU cooperation.This report presents the findings of the 2010 Country Level Evaluation of the European Union‘s support to Ethiopia. The evaluation was carried out to provide meaningful feedback to the European Commission, the Member States and the general public on the achievements of the EU cooperation programme with Ethiopia between 2004 and 2008, an earlier period of cooperation having been covered by the 2003 Country-Level Evaluation. The lessons from this evaluation are intended to be used to inform the current and future EU support to Ethiopia. Lessons learned from the results of the EU's support to Ethiopia may also be fruitful for other ACP countries facing similar high economic growth prospects and governance issues.The evaluation covered the EU cooperation programme with Ethiopia during the period of economic recovery which followed the war with Eritrea and it also included the 2005 post-election violence and the subsequent cooling of Ethiopia-donor relations. The evaluators focused not only on the EU‘s assistance during implementation of the CSP and 9th EDF NIP (2002-2007) (including a variety of instruments), but also on the choices it made for planning aid disbursements under the 10th EDF (2008-2013).[Author vide copyright]

Executive summary
1 Introduction
2 Methodology of the evaluation
2.1 Evaluation Questions, Judgment Criteria and Indicators
2.2 Data collection process
2.3 Limitations
3 The Cooperation context
3.1 Trends in Economic development
3.2 Private sector development
3.3 MDG achievements and poverty
3.4 Governance and civil society development
3.5 Ethiopia‘s policy framework
3.5.1 Transport sector
3.5.2 Food security
3.5.3 Education
3.5.4 Health
3.6 External aid
4 EU cooperation with Ethiopia
4.1 9th EDF Intervention Logic
4.2 10th EDF Intervention Logic
4.3 Overall strategic response
5 Findings
5.1 Ability of PBS to achieve objectives initially assigned to GBS
5.2 PBS effects on public expenditures
5.3 Effects on the road network management and road operations regulation
5.4 Effect of EU funded road rehabilitation projects on accessibility
5.5 Effects on food insecurity
5.6 Effects on agricultural assets
5.7 Effects on administrative decentralisation
5.8 Civil society empowerment
5.9 Effects on stability and conflict prevention
5.10 EU aid modalities mix
5.11 Findings on the previous Country level Evaluation
6 Conclusions
Global assessement
6.1 Metaconclusions
6.2 Specific conclusions
6.2.1 GBS and PBS – Supporting Primary Education and Health (EQ 1 and 2)
6.2.2 Road SBS (EQ 2 and 3)
6.2.3 Food Security (EQ 5 and 6)
6.2.4 Decentralisation (EQ 7)
6.2.5 Civil Society (EQ 8)
6.2.6 Conflict Prevention (EQ 9)
6.2.7 Aid efficiency (from EQ 10)
7 Recommendations
List of Tables
List of figures
| Volume 2 – Annex
1. Information matrix
2. Country profile, maps, key data
3. Evaluation design and methodology used
4. List of interviewees
5. Regional strategic objectives and priorities
6. Results and recommendations of the previous Country Level Evaluation
7. Diagrams of intended effects
8. List of projects (CRIS database)
9. List of documentation per sector
10. Minutes of the Dissemination Seminar October 6th, 2011
11. Presentation of the Dissemination Seminar
12. Terms of Reference
List of tables
List of figures
List of acronyms

This evaluation was commissioned by the Evaluation Unit of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development. It evaluates the European Union’s (EU) Joint Programming process during the period 2011-2015. It covers all regions and countries of EU development cooperation. It aims at providing the EU and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the Joint Programming process, and, on this basis, to provide recommendations to improve current and inform the future Joint Programming process.[Author vide copyright]

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RÉSUMÉ
1. EVALUATION OBJECTIVES AND CONTEXT
1.1 OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE OF THE EVALUATION
1.2 JOINT PROGRAMMING BACKGROUND AND PRINCIPLES
2. METHODOLOGY AND DATA SOURCES
2.1 OVERALL APPROACH AND PROCESS
2.2 INTERVENTION LOGIC
2.3 EVALUATION QUESTIONS
2.4 EVALUATION TOOLS
2.5 COUNTRY VISITS
2.6 CHALLENGES AND LIMITATIONS
3. RESPONSES TO THE EQS
3.1 EQ 1: GLOBAL AND COUNTRY-LEVEL CHALLENGES
3.2 EQ 2: JP AND AID FRAGMENTATION
3.3 EQ 3: JP AND AID TRANSPARENCY AND PREDICTABILITY
3.4 EQ 4: PARTNER COUNTRY OWNERSHIP AND LEADERSHIP
3.5 EQ 5: COHERENCE OF EU AND MS PROGRAMMING AND STRATEGIES
3.6 EQ 6: VISIBILITY OF EU DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS DUE TO JP
3.7 EQ 7: EU ORGANISATION TO ENSURE JP EFFICIENCY
3.8 EQ 8: JP AND TRANSACTION COSTS
4. CONCLUSIONS
4.1 OVERALL ASSESSMENT
4.2 CONCLUSIONS
4.3 ACHIEVEMENTS REFLECTED ON THE INTERVENTION LOGIC
5. RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 IMPROVE AND UPDATE THE INTERVENTION LOGIC
5.2 KEEP JP STRATEGIC, FLEXIBLE, AND PRAGMATIC
5.3 CLARIFY AND REINFORCE THE ROLE OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS
List of tables
List of figures
List of Annexes in Volume II
| Volume II
ANNEX A. TERMS OF REFERENCE
ANNEX B. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
ANNEX C. DOCUMENTS CONSULTED
ANNEX D. PERSONS INTERVIEWED
ANNEX E. EVALUATION DATA MATRIX
ANNEX F. SURVEY RESULTS
ANNEX G. COUNTRY NOTE BOLIVIA
ANNEX H. COUNTRY NOTE CAMBODIA
ANNEX I. COUNTRY NOTE ETHIOPIA
ANNEX J. COUNTRY NOTE KENYA
ANNEX K. COUNTRY NOTE LAOS
ANNEX L. COUNTRY NOTE MALI
ANNEX M. COUNTRY NOTE MOLDOVA
ANNEX N. COUNTRY NOTE MOROCCO
ANNEX O. COUNTRY NOTE MOZAMBIQUE
ANNEX P. COUNTRY NOTE MYANMAR
ANNEX Q. COUNTRY NOTE PALESTINE
ANNEX R. COUNTRY NOTE RWANDA
ANNEX S. COUNTRY NOTE SENEGAL (FR)
ANNEX T. COUNTRY NOTE ZAMBIA

The objective of this study is to contribute to an ongoing background analysis, building on work already carried out within and outside of the European Commission with respect to engagement in the garment sector to support sustainability in the garment industry. The analysis will essentially serve to assist the Commission in clarifying its ideas and identifying potential focus areas on where added value in the sector can be provided at EU level.The main components of this study are (1) an analysis of social, environmental and economic indicators for different garment producing countries, (2) an overview and characterisation of key sustainability initiatives in the garment sector and (3) an analysis of possible opportunities to make supply chains in the garment sector more responsible.[Author vide copyright]

List of tables
List of figures
Table of acronyms and abbreviations
Terms and definitions
Executive summary
Introduction
Methodology
1 Sustainability initiatives and voluntary standards in the garment sector
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Grouping standards and other initiatives
1.3 Focus on social aspects
1.4 Focus on the environment
1.5 Initiatives that address several aspects of responsible supply chain management
1.6 Key trends in sustainability initiatives
1.6.1 From voluntary standards to partnership programs
1.6.2 Focus on one production country
1.6.3 Focus on health and safety
2 Garment producing countries
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Some general observations about the selected countries
2.2.1 Key indicators
2.2.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.3 Bangladesh
2.3.1 Key indicators
2.3.2 Detailed sector profile
2.3.3 Key issues in the garment sector
2.3.4 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.3.5 Trade flows
2.4 Cambodia
2.4.1 Key indicators
2.4.2 Detailed sector profile
2.4.3 Key issues in the garment sector
2.4.4 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.4.5 Trade flows
2.5 India
2.5.1 Key indicators
2.5.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.5.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.2.4 Trade flows
2.6 Indonesia
2.6.1 Key indicators
2.6.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.6.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.2.4 Trade flows
2.7 Morocco
2.7.1 Key indicators
| 2.7.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.7.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.2.4 Trade flows
2.8 Pakistan
2.8.1 Key indicators
2.8.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.8.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.2.4 Trade flows
2.9 Sri Lanka
2.9.1 Key indicators
2.9.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.9.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.8.4 Trade flows
2.10 Tunisia
2.10.1 Key indicators
2.10.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.10.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.9.4 Trade flows
2.11 Turkey
2.11.1 Key indicators
2.11.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.11.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.10.4 Trade flows
2.12 Vietnam
2.12.1 Key indicators
2.12.2 Detailed sector profile
2.12.3 Key issues in the garment sector
2.12.4 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.12.5 Trade flows
2.13 Ethiopia
2.13.1 Key indicators
2.13.2 Key issues in the garment sector
2.13.3 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.13.4 Trade flows
2.14 Myanmar
2.14.1 Key indicators
2.14.2 Detailed sector profile
2.14.3 Key issues in the garment sector
2.14.4 EU trade and development interest, economic importance of the garment sector
2.15 China as an investment partner
3 Engaging in responsible management of the garment supply chain at EU level – looking ahead
4 Findings and recommendations
4.1 Countries in focus (Where?)
4.2 Issues to focus on (What?)
4.3 Implementation (How?)
5 Bibliography

The evaluation has three objectives:Provide an assessment on the attained results, their impact and sustainability, the good practices and pitfalls in Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance I(IPA I), European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI), Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) and European Development Fund (EDF) programming and implementation.Assess the Intervention logic of IPA II, ENI, DCI (2014-2020) and 11th EDF planning documents addressing social protection, in order to assess their coherence with the relevant policy frameworks and programming guidelines. In particular, the evaluation assesses how the planning documents take on board past lessons, have moved towards Sector Approach and Sector Budget Support and to which extent they have established clear objectives, targets, indicators, baselines and monitoring mechanisms.Where possible, analyse current (i.e., post-2013) social protection programmes/projects to assess how well they reflect new approaches at this early stage of their implementation.[Author vide copyright]

List of acronyms and abbreviations
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Mandate and scope of the evaluation
1.2 Structure of the report
2 Overall methodological approach
2.1 Steps for data collection and analysis
2.2 Challenges and limitations
3 Answers to the Evaluation Questions
3.1 EQ 1: Relevance
3.2 EQ 2: Basic social protection
3.3 EQ 3: European approaches and policy dialogues
3.4 EQ 4: Social partners and civil society
3.5 EQ 5: Social protection systems
3.6 EQ 6: Social exclusion – impact
3.7 EQ 7: Modalities ? strategic approach
3.8 EQ 8: Coherence, added value
4 Conclusions
4.1 Cluster 1: Policy framework and strategic focus
4.2 Cluster 2: Effects of EU support
4.3 Cluster 3: EU institutional environment and implementation approaches
5 Recommendations
5.1 Cluster 1: Policy framework and strategic focus
5.2 Cluster 2: EU support, institutional environment, and implementation approaches
List of boxes
List of figures
List of tables
| VOLUME II – EVIDENCE MATRIX WITH FIELD PHASE ANALYSIS – COUNTRY REPORTS
1. Synthesis Note presenting findings and conclusions of the field Country Reports
2. Bosnia and Herzegovina
3. El Salvador
4. Ethiopia
5. former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
6. Kyrgyzstan
7. Malawi
8. Moldova
9. Montenegro
10. Morocco
11. Palestine
12. Turkey
VOLUME III – CONTEXT AND METHODOLOGY – ELECTRONIC DATA
1. Terms of Reference
2. List of documents consulted
3. List of people interviewed
4. Overview of EU - funded key interventions
5. Survey results

The report covers the period 1st April 2016 – 31st March 2017. It focuses on accounting for the activities during this first year of Programme implementation. Overall, it can be summarised that good progress has been made towards the establishment of the Better Migration Management (BMM) Programme in the Horn of Africa (HoA). [Author vide copyright]

Executive Summary
1 Context of the action
2 Results and activities
2.1 Component 1: Policy harmonisation and cooperation
2.2 Component 2: Capacity Building
2.3 Component 3: Protection
2.3 Component 4: Awareness Raising
3 Beneficiaries/affiliated entities and other Cooperation
3.1 Target beneficiaries
3.2 State authorities
3.3 Other third parties involved (including other donors, other government agencies or local government units, NGOs, etc.)
3.4 Links/ Synergies with other Actions/ Programmes
4 Deviations or adjustments against planned activities
5 Programme management and monitoring
5.1. Programme management
5.2 Programme monitoring and evaluation
5.3 Programme steering structure
6 Visibility