The main objectives of the evaluation were to provide the relevant external co-operation services of the European Union, the partner government and, when appropriate, the wider public with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the intervention of the KP DGCD programme, paying particularly attention to the results of the project against its objectives;
• key lessons and recommendations in order to improve current and future action.

The content of the evaluation included all activites undertaken within the framework of the KP DGCD budget support programme, namely:

• The budget support component with Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa;
• The service contract for Technical Assistance;
• The grant contract for Social Mobilisation.