Overall objective of the evaluation: Systematic and timely evaluation of The African Union Capacity in Election Observation (AUCapEO) and its activities using the five standard DAC evaluation criteria, namely: relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, sustainability and impact. In addition, the evaluation assessed using four EU specific evaluation criteria: i) the EU added value (the extent to which the Action brings additional benefits to what would have resulted from Member States’ interventions only); ii) the coherence of the Action itself, with the EU strategy in support of African Union and with other EU policies and Member State Actions; iii) The coherence with the EU policy on democratic governance and democracy support actions; and iv) the complementarity with other actions and initiatives aimed at securing Europe’s global competitiveness, such as support for electoral observation activities of economic communities (EAC and SADC).