The main objectives of this evaluation are to provide the relevant services of the EU and the interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the five PI Actions in the digital sphere to be evaluated, paying particular attention to their intermediate or final results measured against its expected objectives, and the reasons underpinning such results;
• key lessons learned, conclusions and related recommendations in order to improve current and future Actions, as well as on thematic level and on approaches taken to influence the related policies effectively.

The specific rationale for undertaking this evaluation is to assess policy coherence and relevance, outcomes and impact of PI activities in the field of international digital cooperation, as well as the added value of the PI activities, in strengthening the EU’s partnerships/alliances and its position in global fora
in the digital domain, as well as reinforcing multilateralism, as expressed in the specific objectives of the PI.
This evaluation contract covers five actions to be evaluated. The work to be covered under this contract is a hybrid evaluation of individual actions and, drawing thematic conclusions, recommendations and lessons learned, where possible, when looking at the package of these projects as a whole and the
approaches taken on how to influence effectively EU interests in international digital cooperation.