Peacebuilding, Civil Society and Aid Conditionality in Cyprus: Evaluating Success Without Sustainability and Impact
Publisher: Journal of Peacebuilding & Development
Author(s): M. K. Flynn
Date: 2016
Topics: Livelihoods, Monitoring and Evaluation, Programming
Countries: Cyprus
This briefing assesses bicommunal peacebuilding in Cyprus as promoted and funded by foreign donors. This is undertaken by considering policy versus outcome-based conditionality and the suitability of the two modes for attaining short- versus long-term results. Emphasis is on the two largest donors: EuropeAid; and the United Nations Development Programme — Action for Cooperation and Trust (UNDP-ACT). EuropeAid funded the Cypriot Civil Society in Action Programme with the first three rounds (2007–2012) evaluated by two reports. UNDP-ACT was also evaluated, but in less detail, by one report (UNDP-ACT 2013) over a broader time frame, 2005–2013. The briefing is further informed by my experience of running a EuropeAid project in Cyprus, 2010–2012.