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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?

All the Team Europe actors involved in the design and execution of a TEI.

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 match 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 Renewable energy share in the total final energy consumption	GERF/ IPA PF/SDG 9.4.1 CO2 emission per unit of value added	GERF/SDG 15.5.1 Red List Index	GERF/SDG 2.3.2 Average income of small-scale food producers, by sex and indigenous status (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 Proportion of youth (aged 15- 24 years) not in education, employment or training GERF/SDG 17.8.1 Proportion of individuals using the Internet	GERF/ IPA PF/SDG 8.10.2 Proportion of adults with an account at a bank or other financial institution or with a mobile-money-service provider WB Doing Business distance to frontier score	GERF/ IPA PF/SDG 8.5.2 Unemployment rate, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
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 Proportion of the population who are refugees, by country of origin 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 Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years of age	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)

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EU RESOURCES

The European Commission, 2022: Team Europe Initiatives (TEI) Monitoring, Reporting and Evaluation (MORE) Framework
YouTube 2023: Team Europe Initiative monitoring and reporting framework - Case study
Lessons learnt on TEI M&E : 1. How to revise the Joint Intervention Logic (JIL); 2. How to set up the M&E system of a Team Europe Initiative (TEI)?, 3. Qualitative Monitoring ; 4. Specific tips for the monitoring and reporting of results of Team Europe Initiatives (TEIs)
The European Commission (DG INTPA, DG NEAR), the European External Action Service, 2021: Team Europe Initiative Methodological note to support design.
The European Commission, 2022: COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT Launching the Global Europe Performance Monitoring System containing a Revised Global Europe Results Framework
Capacity4Dev: Team Europe Initiative - Frequently asked Question - FAQ

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Published by INTPA.D.4 - Quality and results, evaluation, knowledge management. Last update 2nd June 2025