Evaluation and recommendations on EIDHR support to Human rights Defenders : Final report ; The European Union’s EIDHR Programme

The European Commission (EC) contracted a consortium led by SOFRECO pursuant to Request for Offer N° 2009/226296, to conduct an evaluation and formulate recommendations on EIDHR support to Human Rights Defenders. The evaluation was carried out from January to March 2010, and covered the 11 projects that were funded under the EIDHR. The global objective of the evaluation was to provide the EC with an assessment of the quality of the actions financed under the EIDHR in support of HRDs from October 2008 to February 2010, with recommendations on how to improve this support in order to better respond to future needs for protection of HRDs. The specific objectives required the Expert to: - provide an evaluation of the first phase of implementation of the Programme; - make recommendations on how to improve EIDHR support to HRDs; and analyse the added value of the actions financed under the EIDHR in support of HRDs. The evaluation was a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the Programme. The Evaluation was structured and conducted around an inquiry framework comprised of a number of evaluation questions, to which the Expert sought relevant, accurate and concise responses.