Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministère Belge des Affaires Etrangères

Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs
Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Belgium (DGCD)
Rue des Petits Carmes, 15
B-1000 Brussels

Tel.: + 32 02 501 81 11

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Belgian Development Cooperation,
Evaluation Unit

Department background

• Belgium's Evaluation Profile
  
• Evaluation Guidelines

The Special Evaluation Office (SEO) of International Co-operation is part of the Federal Public Service (Ministry) of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Co-operation.  It sits under the administrative - not the hierarchical - authority of the President of the Management Committee (Secretary General).

The Special Evaluation Office is mandated to evaluate all activities of the Belgian Federal Government that are recognised as ODA by the DAC.  It applies the DAC Evaluation Principles as well as the norms and Quality Standards for evaluation.  Its main evaluation criteria are the DAC-criteria and the Paris Declaration principles.

The Office draws conclusions from evaluations and formulates operational recommendations to improve and adapt the development co-operation policy.  The Office also makes use of evaluation results to annually report to the Belgian parliament and the public about Belgian development policies and the use of funds.  It participates in international joint evaluations and in initiatives to support evaluation capacity in partner countries.

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