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N.B. The 3Cs evaluation initiative was formally concluded in June 2008. This site gives access to all evaluation outputs and relevant related documents and will serve as an archive, while no longer being updated.
The Heads of Evaluation for External Cooperation of the EU Member States and the European Commission have initiated a series of joint evaluation studies with a view:
1: To explore and assess the role played by the Maastricht Treaty precepts of coordination, complementarity and coherence (3Cs) in the EU's development co-operation policies and operations; and
2: To determine how far these have been applied in practice and with what impact.
This website gives access to the six final reports from the 3Cs evaluation initiative and is a key electronic resource on coordination, complementarity and coherence for development. -> More information on the initiative.
For comments or questions relating to this website, please contact the website's manager Niels Keijzer at three-cs(at)ecdpm.org
3Cs Defined
During a workshop that was held in Brussels in 2003, the European Union's Heads of Evaluation Taskforce agreed upon definitions for each C. In this section, these definitions are shown.
The Community's competence in the field of development co-operation was only established in law by adoption of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. The Treaty created a constitutional basis for development co-operation policies, and formalises the existence of a European development policy functioning in liaison with those of Member States, while recognising their interdependence. It revolves in essence around aspects of the so-called "3Cs", while distinct concepts are also inter-related. However, the Treaty is not always clear or free from ambiguities.
Community of Practice
In this section of Three-Cs.net, you may get more information on the current community of practice around coordination, complementarity and coherence. You may also view more information on the consultants who are involved in the six studies.
If you have been working on the 3C's and would like to be included in this list, please contact us. In line with the purpose of the website, any reports/publications that have resulted out of your work have to be publicly available.
Resource Corner
In this section of the website, you may search through the website's database for any kind of resources you need in the area of evaluating the 3C's.
Alternatively, it also provides a portal to Euforic, which is a cooperative platform for information, communication and debate on Europe's development cooperation. It is supported by the Interchurch Organisation for development cooperation (ICCO)
Evaluation Hub
In this section of the website, different addresses on the World Wide Web are brought together. These are either dedicated to the management and evaluation of development cooperation policy; or to the various evaluation departments in the European Union's members states and the Commission.
Tools and Guidelines
Links to different evaluation tools and guidelines which have been published by the EU Member States and the Commission.
Networking
This section includes relevant online communities and discussion groups on the area of monitoring and evaluation, and includes information on upcoming face-to-face seminars, conferences and workshop within and outside the European Union. Please feel free to network with us and suggest additions to this section of the website.
Organisations involved
In this section of the website you may find information on the different organisations which are involved in the 3C evaluation initiative.