Evaluation of the Danish engagement in Palestine

Denmark has been providing humanitarian and development aid to Palestinians for a long time. Since the Oslo Accords in 1993, the overall political objective of the Danish engagement in Palestine is to support the realisation of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, encompassing the State of Israel and an independent, democratic, sovereign and contiguous State of Palestine living side by side in peace and security.

Consistently, the purpose of this evaluation was “to assess the contribution of Denmark to the establishment of a viable Palestinian State as part of a negotiated two-state solution.” The evaluation also provides input for the next strategy period and programme phase of the Danish engagement in Palestine from 2016 onwards. Before presenting the main results of the evaluation, it is important to stress that the space for Denmark to engage in Palestine was limited by two binding constraints related to the Israeli occupation, on the one hand, and limitations on the Palestinian side, on the other.