Coherence Report – Insights from the External Evaluation of the External Financing Instruments : Final Report

By the end of 2017, a mid-term review (MTR) of External Financing Instruments (EFIs) has to be presented to the European Parliament and to the Council. External evaluations have been conducted of each instrument and of the Common Implementation Regulation (CIR). This Coherence Report provides a strategic synthesis of these evaluations with a view to addressing the question: “Were the current instruments fit for purpose at the start (2014) and are they still responsive to the evolving context now (at mid-point), as well as potentially beyond 2020”? The focus was on our aspects: (i) relevance and delivery capacity; (ii) responsiveness; (iii) consistency; (iv) added value.

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Alternative title:	Coherence Report – Insights from the External Evaluation of the External Financing Instruments : Final Report - Annexes
Year of publication:	2017-07
Other Persons:	Ladj, Georg (contributor) ; Bossuyt, Jean (contributor) ; Caputo, Enzo (contributor)
Institutions:	PARTICIP GmbH Consultants für Entwicklung und Umwelt ; Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Internationale Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (contributor) ; Ecorys (contributor) ; European Centre for Development Policy Management (contributor) ; FISCUS (contributor) ; itad (contributor) ; Oxford Policy Management (contributor)
Subject:	Außenpolitik \| foreign policy \| Bewertung \| evaluation \| Entwicklungshilfe \| development aid \| EU \| Finanzhilfe \| financial assistance

Executive Summary
1 Purpose, scope and approach
2 Contextualising the assessment of EFIs
3 Key findings on fitness for purpose of current EFI mix
3.1 Relevance and delivery capacity
3.2 Responsiveness to the evolving international context and policy challenges
3.3 Consistency
3.4 Added value
4 Common themes emerging from the reports and resulting policy implications
4.1 The place of values in EU external action, and the response capacity of the various EFIs
4.2 The overall EU ability to steer mutually-beneficial partnerships − particularly in Upper Middle-Income Countries (UMICs)
4.3 The growing weight of EU policy priorities, and implications for partnership principles
4.4 The need for more flexibility at different levels
4.5 Geographic versus thematic instruments
4.6 Influence of implementation arrangements on the performance of EFIs
5 Concluding observations
5.1 New international co-operation realities require a rethinking of the overall EFI architecture
5.2 Multi-actor partnerships and diversified funding
5.3 Changing the ways of working and organizing EU external action
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ANNEXES
1. Annex 1: EU External Financing Instruments
2. Annex 2: Methodology

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