Evaluation of EU's engagement in Mindanao from 2017-2020 under IcSP (2023)

The primary objective of this evaluation is to provide the relevant sections of the European Union and relevant stakeholders with the following:  A) Independent assessment of the eight projects' design and performance; examining how strategic and coherent they were (as opposed to reactive); if lessons learned from previous projects were taken into account during design, assessing whether the projects and actors were properly coordinated during implementation, and whether results achieved were satisfactory and had a lasting impact. B) Compiling key lessons learned from the long-term presence and support of EU IfS/IcSP funding (2009-2020), conclusions, and recommendations to enhance future interventions.

Thematic coverage: projects funded under the IcSP, which have been active between 2017 and 2020, with the evaluation and analysis contextualised by interventions implemented from 2009, to put into perspective the EU’s support under IfS/IcSP from 2009 onwards. The evaluation covers eight projects described below structured around assistance in response to situations of crisis or emerging crisis to prevent conflicts, assistance for conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and crisis-preparedness assistance with addressing global and trans-regional threats. 

The Evaluation Team evaluated these actions according to the OECD DAC criteria: relevance, coherence, sustainability, impact, and the EU added value. Additionally, the evaluation team considered conflict sensitivity, gender equality and women's empowerment, age, diversity, environment, and climate change adaptation.