Evaluation of the Africa Programme for Peace 2004-2017

The evaluation of the Africa Programme for Peace, 2004-2017 was commissioned by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for Evaluation and has been carried out by a team of international experts during the period December 2017 to August 2018. The purpose of the evaluation is two-fold: to enhance the impact of the Africa Programme for Peace and to learn lessons for future capacity-building efforts of multilateral institutions. The APP seeks to enhance peace, security and governance in Africa by supporting the capacity of regional organisations, their member states and stakeholders. The programme’s logic is built around the ‘African solutions to African problems’ maxim, whereby the APP is to support key African organisations with the appropriate policy dialogue, funding and technical assistance in order to strengthen their capacity to plan and execute agendas – with a specific focus on implementing the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA) and the African Governance Architecture (AGA). Increasingly, the programme logic has been complemented by the assumption that the APP would provide Denmark with better access to key African officials, thereby also enabling Denmark to better pursue its national security and trade objectives.