5. EVALUATION PROGRAMMING

The Evaluation Department is responsible for preparing two-year rolling programmes on the basis of the strategic and operational needs of Danida and partners. The programme is prepared in consultation with relevant stakeholders: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, partner authorities and other donors with a particular view to carry out evaluations jointly with these partners.

The evaluation programme must achieve a suitable coverage of geographical areas, large and small partner countries and thematic areas over time:

• Danish development cooperation with a particular country, one or more sectors in a partner country, principally in partnership with relevant stakeholders.
  
  
• Cross cutting issues (gender equality, environment, human rights and democracy) and priority themes (HIV/AIDS, children and young people, private sector involvement, sexual and reproductive health, etc.) as well as other themes such as planning and implementation of policies, strategies and programmes.
  
  
• Development cooperation instruments (programme and project assistance, assistance via NGOs, mixed credits, budget support, humanitarian assistance, research support, fellowship programmes).
  
  
• Multilateral development cooperation, principally in co-operation with other donors. Joint donor assessments of the evaluation capacity of multilateral organisations will gradually replace evaluations of multilateral organisations.
  
  
• Impact evaluations of ongoing or completed projects and programmes to which Denmark has contributed.

The evaluation programme shall contain a brief rationale for each evaluation: the primary objective and which features in particular the evaluation shall comprise. It will be presented to The Board of Danida and to Parliament for information and comment.