Evaluation of Commission’s cooperation with the Council of Europe : An assessment focussed on EU funding of Joint Programmes ; Final Report ; Volume I

This Final Report presents the outcome of the “Evaluation of Commission’s cooperation with the Council of Europe (CoE)”. It was commissioned by the DG DEVCO Evaluation Unit and was implemented between December 2010 and July 2012. The evaluation provides an independent assessment of the European Commission’s (EC’s) past and current cooperation with the CoE by looking at how relevant, efficient, effective and visible this cooperation has been in supporting sustainable impact for the protection, promotion and dissemination of European values on the European continent and beyond. The evaluation identifies relevant key lessons learned from the EC-CoE cooperation, in order to provide recommendations for the future of the EC-CoE cooperation. The evaluation covers the period from 2000 to 2010. All regions where the EC cooperation with partner countries is implemented through the CoE were included in the scope of this evaluation. The main thematic focus of the evaluation was the EC channelling of aid through the CoE in the form of Joint Programmes (JPs); however, the broader strategic aspects of the relationship between the two institutions were taken into account as well.

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Alternative title:	Evaluation of Commission’s cooperation with the Council of Europe : An assessment focussed on EU funding of Joint Programmes ; Final Report ; Volume II
Year of publication:	2012-09
Authors:	MacKellar, Forrest Landis ; Devine, Vera ; Twomey, Patrick
Institutions:	Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Entwicklung und Zusammenarbeit – EuropeAid (contributor) ; PARTICIP GmbH Consultants für Entwicklung und Umwelt, Freiburg im Breisgau (contributor) ; ADE (contributor) ; DRN (contributor) ; Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, Berlin (contributor) ; European Centre for Development Policy Management (contributor) ; Overseas Development Institute, London (contributor)
Subject:	Armenien \| Armenia \| Bewertung \| evaluation \| Demokratieverständnis \| conception of democracy \| Entwicklungshilfe \| development aid \| EU \| Europäische Kommission \| European Commission \| Europarat \| Council of Europe \| Kooperation \| cooperation \| Menschenrechte \| human rights \| Programm \| program \| Rechtsstaat \| constitutional state \| Serbien \| Serbia \| Türkei \| Turkey \| 2000 - 2010

Executive Summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Objective and scope of the evaluation
1.2 Structure of the report
2 Methodology
2.1 Stages of the evaluation process
2.2 Challenges and limitations
3 Background and context
3.1 An overview: History of cooperation between the CoE and the EC
3.2 EC-CoE Joint programmes
4 Intervention logic of the EC-CoE cooperation
5 Inventory
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Findings
6 Answers to the Evaluation Questions
6.1 EQ1: To what extent have the criteria for decisions to cooperate with the CoE been clear, transparent and strategically sound?
6.2 EQ2: To what extent has the cooperation with the CoE, in particular via the channelling of funds, enabled the EC to use the CoE’s specific sectoral expertise and mandate and geographical scope in the key areas of cooperation?
6.3 EQ3: To what extent has the cooperation with the CoE, in particular via the channelling of funds, contributed to increasing respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms?
6.4 EQ4: To what extent has cooperation with the CoE, in particular via the channelling of funds, contributed to strengthening the rule of law as it relates to the fight against corruption, money laundering, organised crime and trafficking?
6.5 EQ5: To what extent has the cooperation with the CoE, in particular via the channelling of funds, contributed to strengthening the rule of law as it relates to legal systems and access to justice?
6.6 EQ6: To what extent has the cooperation with the CoE, in particular via the channelling of funds, contributed to establishing stronger democratic institutions and practices at central and local level?
6.7 EQ7: To what extent have the implementation modalities of Joint Programmes employed by the CoE been appropriate to help achieving EC objectives related to human rights, rule of law, and democracy?

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