OVERVIEW
What is it?
The document outlines the guiding elements of a Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation (MORE) framework for the Team Europe Initiatives (TEI).
What can it be used for?
This framework enables TEI members to set up a coherent and integrated TEI joint intervention logic and individually tailored monitoring and evaluation arrangements, based on existing monitoring systems. It additionally defines how the EU will inform about TEI’s results in an aggregated manner.
When can it be used?
The TEI MORE framework is used to support the TEI monitoring, evaluation and learning practices at design, implementation and closure phase.
Who can use it?
AAll stakeholders involved in the design and execution of a TEI, and the Commission services involved in the annual reporting exercise on TEIs.
What are its strengths?
- It provides guidance, including templates, for monitoring and reporting TEI results.
- It is designed to maximise the use of TEI members existing monitoring systems
- It is designed in a flexible and agile way so that the most relevant elements can be selected for implementation of each TEI.
What are its limitations?
- Being a non-mandatory tool, it complements but it does not replace individual TEI members’ monitoring and evaluation arrangements.
PRACTICAL APPLICATION
Key elements
The TEI MORE framework defines a limited number of key indicators (impact and outcome/output level) for aggregation across TEIs (Table 1, see below). It also identifies indicators from EU and MS frameworks (annexe 6) which partially or fully matches the ones selected for aggregation.
It additionally provides a template to collect qualitative information for aggregated results reporting (annex 4 – stories of change).
List of indicators for aggregate reporting and public information on TEI
| GREEN DEAL | |||
| Renewable Energy | Climate Change | Ecosystem Protection | Sustainable agriculture |
Impact level | GERF/IPA PF/SDG 7.2.1 | GERF/ IPA PF/SDG 9.4.1 CO2 emission per unit of value added | GERF/SDG 15.5.1 | GERF/SDG 2.3.2 (SDG Tier II) |
Outcome/ output level[1] | Renewable energy generation capacity installed (MW) with TEI support (NDICI/GERF, IPA PF, EFSD+[2]) | Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions avoided (tonnes CO2eq) with TEI support (NDICI/GERF, IPA III/IPA PF, EFSD+) | Areas benefiting from programmes for improving biodiversity and sustainable management of natural resources, including land, marine and freshwater areas – in ha (French – AFD – indicator) NB: the following two NDICI/GERF indicators would contribute data from EU-funded interventions: Areas of terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems under (a) protection, (b) sustainable management with TEI support and Marine areas under a) protection, b) sustainable management with EU support, both in km2 (NDICI/GERF, IPA III/IPA PF) | Number of smallholders reached by TEI[3] (Belgian – BIO – indicator) NB: the following NDICI/GERF indicator would contribute data from EU-funded interventions: Number of smallholders reached with EU interventions aimed to increase their sustainable production, access to markets and/or security of land (NDICI/GERF, IPA PF, EFSD+) |
| SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND JOBS, including DIGITAL TRANSITION | ||
VET | Financial Services | Jobs | |
Impact level | GERF/ IPA PF/SDG 8.6.1 GERF/SDG 17.8.1 Proportion of individuals using the Internet | GERF/ IPA PF/SDG 8.10.2 WB Doing Business distance to frontier score | GERF/ IPA PF/SDG 8.5.2 |
Outcome/ output level[4] | Number of people who participated in VET training (French – AFD – indicator) NB: the following NDICI/GERF indicator would contribute data from EU-funded interventions: Number of people who have benefited from institution or workplace based VET/skills development interventions supported by TEI: (a) all VET/skills development, (b) only VET/skills development for digitalisation (NDICI, GERF/IPA PF) | Number of beneficiaries with access to financial services with TEI support: (a) firms, (b) people (all financial services), (c) people (digital financial services) (not NDICI but EFSD+, GERF and IPA PF) | Number of (a) jobs, (b) green jobs supported/ sustained by TEI interventions (not NDICI but EFSD+, GERF and IPA PF) |
| MIGRATION | GOVERNANCE, PEACE AND SECURITY | ||
Peacebuilding | Governance | |||
Impact level | GERF/SDG 10.7.4 IPA PF Number of refugees and asylum-seekers of concern to the UNHCR by situation | GERF Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) Global Peace Index | GERF WB Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) Rule of Law Score IPA PF Voice and Accountability score | |
Outcome/ output level[5] | Number of migrants, refugees, and internally displaced people or individuals from host communities protected or assisted with TEI support (NDICI/GERF) | Number of people directly benefiting from TEI interventions that specifically aim to support civilian post-conflict peace-building and/or conflict prevention(NDICI/GERF) | Extent to which TEI strengthened capacities for good governance, covering the judicial, legislative and executive branches (qualitative) |
| HUMAN DEVELOPMENT | |||
Education | Health & Nutrition | Water & Sanitation | Inequalities | |
Impact level | GERF/SDG 4.1.1 Minimum proficiency learning GERF/SDG 4.1.2 Completion rate, by education level SDG 4.5.1 Gender gap in upper secondary education[6] | GERF/SDG 2.2.1 | GERF/SDG 6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services GERF/SDG 6.2.1 Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services | GERF/IPA PF World Bank Gini index |
Outcome/ output level[7] | Number of students enrolled in education with TEI support: (a) primary education, (b) secondary education, (c) tertiary education (NDICI/GERF) | Number of people to whom support is provided to help overcoming hunger and malnutrition (German standard indicator) NB: the following NDICI/GERF indicator would contribute data from EU-funded interventions: Number of women of reproductive age, adolescent girls and children <5 reached by nutrition-related interventions with EU support and Number of food insecure people receiving assistance through interventions supported by the EU (NDICI/GERF) | Number of people with access to improved drinking water source and/or sanitation facility with TEI support (NDICI/GERF, EFSD+) | Number of people directly benefiting from TEI interventions that aim to reduce social & economic inequality (GERF/IPA PF) |
Data/information:
N.A.
Time:
N.A.
Skills:
N.A..
Facilities and materials:
N.A.
Financial costs and sources:
N.A.
Tips and tricks:
N.A.
RESOURCES
Where to find it
Team Europe Initiatives (TEI) Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation (MORE) Framework
Complementary guides, methodologies and tools
The European Commission (DG INTPA, DG NEAR), the European External Action Service, 2021. Team Europe Initiative Methodological note to support design.
Capacity4Dev: Team Europa Initative - Frequently asked Question - FAQ
The European Commission, 2022. COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Launching the Global Europe Performance Monitoring System containing a Revised Global Europe Results Framework