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The below document belongs to the “Tools and Methods series” launched by EuropeAid in 2007. This collection aims to structure the presentation of the methodological documents produced by DG INTPA Unit D4 - Performance, Results and Evaluation; Internal Communication, Knowledge Management and Collaborative Methods. The collection includes three sub-collections: Guidelines, Reference Documents and Concept papers.

In addition some documents preceding the creation of the tools and methods series and still in use are indicated in the first part.

Older documentation still in use:

• Project Cycle Management guidelines (2004)

• Economic and Financial Analysis (1997)

• Toolkit on Mainstreaming Gender Equality in EC Development Cooperation (2009)

Guidelines

• Guidelines n°1 - The Programming, Design and Management of General Budget Support (2012)

• Guidelines n°2 - EC Support to sector programmes: covering the three financing modalities: Sector budget support, Pool funding and EC procurement and EC project procedures (2007)

• Guidelines n°3 - Making technical cooperation more effective (2009)

• Guidelines n°4 – Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change in Development Cooperation – revised version 2011

• Guidelines n°5 - Guidelines on EU Blending Operations (2016)

• Guidelines n°6 - Guidelines on the Integration of Environment and Climate Change into EU international cooperation and development - revised version 2016

• Guidelines n°7 - Guidelines on Budget Support (2017)
  
  - see also Guidelines (n°1) published in 2012

• Guidelines n°8 - Joint Programming Guidance - Supporting EU delegations to work better together with Member States, like-minded partners and country stakeholders (2019)

• Guidelines n°9 - Business Environment Reform (2020)

• Guidelines n°10 - Working Better Together (2021)

Reference documents

• Reference document n°1 - Institutional Assessment and Capacity Development – Why, what and how? (2005)

• Reference Document n°2 - Supporting decentralisation and local governance in third countries (2007)

• Reference document n°3 - Strengthening project internal monitoring: How to enhance the role of EC task managers (2009) 

• Reference document n°4 - Analysing and Addressing Governance in Sector Operations (2009)

• Reference document n°5 - Sector Approaches in Agriculture and Rural Development (2009)

• Reference document n°6 - Toolkit for Capacity Development (2010)

• Reference document n°7 - Water Sector Development and Governance: Complementarities and synergies between Sector-wide Approach and Integrated Water Resource Management (2009)

• Reference document n°8 - Engaging and Supporting Parliaments Worldwide - Strategies and methodologies for EC action in support to parliaments (2010)

• Reference document n°9 - Support for judicial reform in ACP Countries (2010)

• Reference document n°10 - Trade and Private Sector Policy and Development – Support programmes financed by EU external assistance (2010)

• Reference document n°11 - Emerging good practice on Codes of Conduct, Partnership Principles and Memorandums of Understanding in the Water Sector (2010)

• Reference document n°12 – Engaging Non-State Actors in New Aid Modalities - For better development outcomes and governance (2011)

• Reference document n°13 – Addressing under-nutrition in external assistance – An integrated approach through sectors and aid modalities (2011)

• Reference document n°14 - Social transfers in the fight against hunger: A resource for development practitioners (2012)

• Reference document n°15 - Support for Justice and the Rule of Law – Review of past experience and guidance for future EU development cooperation programmes (2012)

• Reference document n°16 - Sector Wide Approach (SWAP) Study in the Water Sector (2012)

• Reference document n°17 - Operating in situations of conflict and fragility: EU staff handbook (2015) See also Reference document n°31 (published in 2021)

• Reference document n°18 - Promoting civil society participation in policy and budget processes (2014)

• Reference document n°19 - Blending in the Energy Sector (2015)

• Reference document n°20 - Blending in the Transport Sector (2015)

• Reference document n°21 - Blending in the Water and Sanitation Sector (2015)

• Reference document n°22 - Blending and Support to Private Sector Development (2015)

• Reference document n°23 - Supporting decentralization, local governance and local development through a territorial approach (2016) - See also Reference document n°2 (published in 2007)

• Reference document n°24 - Vocational education and training for inclusive growth in development cooperation (2017)

• Reference document n°25 - The Inclusive Green Economy in EU development cooperation (2018)

• Reference document n°26 - Social Protection across the Humanitarian-Development Nexus (2019)

• Reference document n°27 - Strengthening education systems to provide learning for all (2020)

• Reference Document n°28 - Toolkit on Business and Human Rights (2021)

• Reference Document n°29 - Addressing income inequalities through development cooperation (2021)

  • Volume 1: Concepts and Definitions

  • Volume 2: Policy briefs to tackle inequalities

  • Volume 3: Guidelines for mainstreaming the reduction of inequality in interventions

• Reference Document n°30 - Promoting employment and decent work in development cooperation (2021)

• Reference Document n°31 - Guidance notes on conflict sensitivity in development cooperation (2021)

Concept papers

• Concept paper n°1 - Public Sector Reform: An Introduction (2009)

• Concept paper n°2 - Supporting Anti-Corruption Reform in Partner Countries – Concepts, Tools and Areas for Action (2011)

• Concept paper n°3 – Mappings and Civil Society Assessments - A study of past, present and future trends (2012)

• Concept paper n°4 – Supporting Social Protection Systems (2015)

• Concept paper n°5 – Indicators to measure Social Protection Performance (2017)

• Concept paper n°6 - Promoting Employment and Decent Work in Development Cooperation (2018)

Other relevant EU Tools and Methods for Development cooperation

• Staff Working Document: A Tool-box - Right based approach encompassing all human rights in EU development cooperation (2014)

• EU Toolkit for the implementation of complementarity and division of labour in development policy (2009)

• EC/EEAS Guidance note - Addressing conflict prevention, peace-building and security issues under external cooperation instruments (2013)

• EC/EEAS Guidance note: The use of Conflict Analysis in support of EU external action (2013)

• Evaluation methodological approach -

  • Methodological guidance for evaluation (Group)

  • Project and programme evaluations

  • Geographic, thematic and other complex evaluations

• Methodological approach for Budget support (BS) evaluation (With OECD) (2010)

• Guidelines for EC Support to Microfinance EN (2008)

• Guide book (with UNWTO) - Sustainable Tourism for Development (2013)

• Governance in the Transport Sector: Methodology and Tools for Integrating Governance into Support for the Transport Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (2014)