In April 2016, the First Progress Report on the implementation of the European Commission’s Action Plan on Nutrition was published. It sounded a cautiously optimistic note about how the Commission is advancing towards its nutrition goals, and pointed to several areas for future focus to help...

The evaluation of the Common Implementing Regulation (CIR) has been part of a process of parallel evaluations of External Financing Instruments (EFIs) under the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014 -2020 and the 11th European Development Fund (EDF). The evaluations will feed into...

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...

The evaluation of the Development Co-operation Instrument (DCI) for the period 2014-2020 is being undertaken in parallel with evaluations of other External Financing Instruments (EFIs) under the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020. Like them, it will feed into the Mid-term review...

This performance review of the European Development Fund (EDF) examines the fitness for purpose of EDF11 with Council regulation 2015/322 on the implementation of the 11th EDF. The EDF focuses on economic, social and human development as well as regional cooperation and integration and is one of...