The purpose of the evaluation was to assess to what extent the EU support to transport sector helped improving regional integration, economic growth, social development, effective public administration and security, and facilitation of movements of goods and services. In addition, the evaluation assessed to what extent the EU assistance has been relevant, efficient, effective and sustainable in providing the expected impacts along with the EU added value of interventions. It also assessed the coherence with the relevant EU policies and the partner Governments’ priorities and activities.
Furthermore, the evaluation gave recommendations in order to inform decision making and to promote a lesson-learning culture throughout the organisation. The evaluation focussed on the outcomes and impact of EU’s actions.
The evaluation was a lesson-learning and forward-looking exercise, as well as an accurate assessment of achieved results.
The evaluation covered the EU’s strategies and interventions in the support to the transport sector in Africa over the period 2005 – 2013.
The main objectives of the evaluation were:

• to identify key lessons in order to improve the current and future European Union’s strategies, programmes and actions of the European Union external cooperation services;
• to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the European Union, members States, the EU Parliament and the wider public with an overall independent assessment of the EU’s past and current support to transport in partner countries in Africa.

The evaluation was conducted in four phases:

• An inception phase, mainly devoted to structuring and fine-tuning the evaluation approach and methodology
• A desk phase, focusing on gathering and analysing existing data and information
• A field phase, including preparation of field missions, visits to the case study countries and drafting of country notes
• A synthesis phase, focusing on drafting the final (synthesis) report.

The final report is available at: https://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/strategic-evaluation-eu-suport-transport-sector-africa-2005-2013_en.