Evaluation of development assistance

Formal evaluation processes have been an integrated part of Danish development cooperation since 1982, when Danida established the Evaluation Department as an independent, specialised unit responsible for evaluation.

The department for Evaluation, Learning and Quality works on the basis of a two-year programme.

Information about Danida’s ongoing evaluations can be found here.

In November 2020, freelance journalists, Jesper Heldgaard og Bo Illum Jørgensen, travelled to Kenya to produce a number of films on the evaluation of Danish support for climate change adaptation.

The department for Evaluation, Learning and Quality (ELK) publishes different types of reports. Most of the evaluation reports are written in English and are available on this website together with a Danish summary. 

Documents of relevance to Danida's evaluation of development cooperation, newsletters and presentations from previously held events can be found here.