Systematic and timely evaluation of its programmes and activities is an established priority of the
European Commission. The focus of evaluations is on the assessment of achievements, the quality and the
results of interventions in the context of an evolving cooperation policy, with an increasing emphasis on
result-oriented approaches and the contribution towards the implementation of the SDGs.
From this perspective, evaluations should look for evidence of why, whether and how the EU
intervention(s) has/have contributed to the achievement of these results and seek to identify the factors
driving or hindering progress.