The global objective of this assignment was to provide the relevant services of the European Union, interested stakeholders and the wider public with an independent assessment of the performance of the Gulf of Guinea Inter-regional Network Extended (GoGIN II), paying particular attention to the different levels of results achieved against expected objectives and to the factors explaining those results. The evaluation also aimed to identify key lessons learned, conclusions and recommendations to inform decision-making and improve current and future interventions.
The evaluation covered GoGIN II in its entirety in the Gulf of Guinea. It focused in particular on the YARIS maritime information-sharing and coordination platform, assessing its operational status and level of use, its functionality and financial sustainability after the handover, the performance of the implementing partner in engaging regional organisations and other partners, and the intervention’s exit strategy.
The evaluation assessed the intervention through the six OECD-DAC criteria (relevance, coherence, effectiveness, efficiency, impact and sustainability) and the EU-specific criterion of EU added value. Its main users included EU services and Delegations, Gulf of Guinea Member States, Expertise France, regional organisations and the Yaoundé Architecture, and implementing partners of similar interventions.