ARS Progetti has been awarded this assignment by the EC. The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the interested stakeholders and the wider public with:

1. an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the 'Non State Actors (NSAs) Support Programme in Papua New Guinea, paying particular attention to its results measured against its expected objectives; and the reasons underpinning such results;
2. Key lessons learned conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Actions.

In particular, this evaluation serves to understand the performance of the Action, its enabling factors and those hampering a proper delivery of results as to inform the planning of future EU interventions in the same sector. The Evaluation includes clear recommendations on future engagement of the EU with CSO in the areas of good governance.

The evaluation assesses the Action using the five standard DAC (Development Assistance Committee) evaluation criteria, namely: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. In addition, the evaluation assesses two EU specific evaluation criteria:

• The EU added value (the extent to which the Action brings additional benefits to what would have resulted from Member States' interventions only);
• The coherence of the Action itself, with the EU strategy in Papua New Guinea and with other EU policies and Member State Actions and other donors.

The evaluation team furthermore considers whether gender, environment and climate change were mainstreamed.