The main objective of this evaluation was to provide the European Commission services with an overall independent assessment of the past performance of EC interventions in the field of protection and integration of minorities (ethnic, religious, sexual and others), paying particularly attention to the consolidated impact of the results of different support instruments and methodologies against the objectives of the CSP 2007-2013.
This evaluation allowed to draw key lessons and recommendations to improve current and future EC-funded actions, particularly on how bilateral, regional and thematic EU cooperation programmes can create synergies and have a bigger impact on the structural level.