Journal of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies Núm. 12 / 2018 Revista del Instituto Español de Estudios Estratégicos n.º 12 - Año: 2018 - Págs.: 325 a 366 352 • Niger. 1.81 million euros for programmes relating to food safety, health and capa-city- building of its security forces for crime prevention and border management, in addition to police officers for EUCAP Sahel Niger. • Spain contributes a total of around 29 million euros to the different internatio-nal and regional organisations for conflict prevention and management initiati-ves (AU); food safety and protection of the population at risk (ECOWAS and FAO); energy infrastructures and development (ECOWAS); diplomatic support towards dialogue in the region, as well as support of the security sector reforms (SSR) of various countries. A key factor for the control of all these programmes and initiatives has been the presentation in June 2017 of the final report of the external evaluation of EDF1167, which analyses the responses to six questions about their results. • (EQ1) Findings on relevance. Positive in terms of poverty eradication, though less aligned with the preferences of the countries when compared to its predeces-sor, EDF10, and lower level of participation of the main parties involved. • (EQ2) Findings on effectiveness and (EQ3) efficiency. Resource management pro-cedures have been considerably simplified and better adapted to local requirements. However, deficiencies in terms of government commitments to reforms and in the communication of concrete results are apparent, which limit control capacity. • (EQ4) Findings on added value and (EQ5) complementarity. These have been positive considering the size of and differences between the countries, the large range of areas affected and of financing modalities, as well as medium-term pre-dictability. The coordination of the projects at different levels and in the long term needs to be improved (due to the nature of the Plan itself ), as well as dea-ling with overlap with other initiatives in some areas. • (EQ6) Findings on final leveraging and possible influences. Although the EDF11 has tools to leverage further funds, results have not always been positive. Resor-ting to other options such as trust funds might therefore be advisable. However, this could go against the EDF principles of partnership and ownership of the parties involved. The overall evaluation of these programmes and initiatives is positive, except for certain areas in need of improvement over time. With respect to EDF10, EDF11 has not been able to take better advantage of the concept of partnership to adapt to the specific needs of some territories and countries. This may have been due to the fact that some programmes were managed directly from Brussels without sufficient invol-vement of local agents such as trade unions, religious entities or cooperatives. 67 “Informe final, de junio 2017, de la evaluación externa del 11º Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo (2014- mitad 2017)”. On https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/sites/devco/files/edf-evaluation-final-report_ en.pdf. Date of reference 28/03/18.
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