Mid-Term Evaluation on EU-China Environmental Sustainability Programme (2015)

The EU-China Environmental Sustainability Programme (ESP) supports the Chinese authorities in achieving the targets set in the 12th five year development plan in the field of improving water quality, waste management, heavy metal reduction and policy support based on the results obtained by the project. The basis of the project is to enhance exchange of experience, knowhow and best practices between the EU and China in the fields of water quality, waste management and heavy metal reduction prevention and control. The ESP is implemented through 9 projects managed by at least one EU and one Chinese non-profit organisations, institutions and/or associations.

The global objective of the mid-term evaluation is to assess the extent to which the project has achieved its purpose to date and verify the actual conditions for its successful completion. The specific objectives of the mid-term evaluation are:

• To assess the achievements and shortcomings of the ESP to date, with regard to relevance, design, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability of the various interventions under the projects under the different lots.
• To draw conclusions and lessons learned to be fed into the ongoing project implementation in order to improve the ESP’s performance and to increase the ESP’s prospects for achieving its objectives.