The main objectives of this evaluation were to provide the relevant services of the European Union, the
interested stakeholders with:

• an overall independent assessment of the past performance of the African Peace and Security Architecture support programme III financed by the European Union, paying particular attention to its intermediate outcomes measured against its objectives;
• key lessons and recommendations in order to improve current (if relevant) and possible future support to the APSA taking into consideration the ongoing AU reform and the operationalisation of the Peace Fund;
• priority areas to support and execution modalities for a possible EU follow-up support to the APSA taking into consideration the lessons learnt of the APSA III and the ongoing reforms at the AU.

In particular, this evaluation:

• Provided a clear and comprehensive overview of the status of implementation of the APSA support programme III looking at both the Delegation Agreement and the Annual Work Plans
• Assessed whether the AUC human resources polices and recruitment processes combined with the APSA support programme III improved the institutional capacities of the AUC Peace and Security Department
• Assessed whether the execution modalities proved to be relevant, efficient and appropriate
• Assessed whether the visibility of the European Union as main contributor to the APSA was raised as agreed during the implementation of the APSA III.
• Identified priority areas et proposed the possible most appropriate execution modalities for any

future EU support programme to the APSA.
For each of these 5 points, the evaluation provided recommendations to improve and/or strengthen
the current and future EU support to the APSA.
The main users of this evaluation was the European Union Delegation to the African Union, the
regional European Union Delegations, the RECs/RMs, DG DEVCO, EEAS and the African Union Commission
Peace and Security Department.