Independent Evaluation of the EU's Cooperation with Afghanistan (2007-2016)

The Evaluation covers the EU’s cooperation with Afghanistan during the period 2007-2016 and it assesses its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coordination and complementarity, EU added value, potential negative effects and gender as cross-cutting issue.The evaluation shows that the gradual streamlining of the EU portfolio towards fewer and larger contracts and the increased proportion of funding in the form of contributions to multi-donor trust funds has had multiple benefits