Our Evaluation Programme

The consultation process for the evaluation programme incorporates proposals from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), from the DEval Advisory Board including members of parliament, and from the institute itself. The collected proposals are then assessed using established selection criteria. The outcome of this consultation and planning process is a programme proposal, which is presented to the institute’s Advisory Board and requires the approval of BMZ. Once the shareholder has approved the programme proposal, the evaluation programme is published on the institute’s homepage.

In addition to the evaluations that are already under way, the following evaluations are planned for the period of 2026 to 2028:

• Country Portfolio Evaluations (CPE) Nigeria and Serbia
• Evaluation of the BMZ's Multilateral Engagement in the Area of Food Security
• Opinion Monitor for Development Policy 2028
• The Effectiveness of Resilience-Building Development Cooperation Interventions in Conflict Regions
• Civil society development cooperation (evaluative study and subsequent evaluation)
• Impact Orientation in Private Sector Engagement in German Development Cooperation

The programme also comprises multiannual focus topics, which the majority of the DEval evaluation have connections to.

• State fragility, conflict prevention and good governance
• Climate change, environment and sustainable economic development
• Human rights, gender equality and poverty reduction
• Instruments and structures of German development cooperation