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EVALUATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S
SUPPORT TO THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA
EGEVAL
EQ7: Cross-Cutting Issues
To what extent were cross-cutting issues (CCIs) relating to good governance and human
rights, gender, environment, institutional development, capacity building and HIV/AIDS
taken into account for the design and implementation of the programmes?
Justification and coverage of the question: The question will cover five issues that the Commission has
committed to take systematically into account in its different areas of cooperation. Good governance entails,
according to the Cotonou agreement (art 9.3), “clear decision-making procedures at the level of public authorities,
transparent and accountable institutions, the primacy of law in the management and distribution of resources and capacity
building for elaborating and implementing measures aiming in particular at prevention and combating corruption”. Respect for
human rights is a clear condition of good governance. Gender issues will be considered “as the elimination of
inequalities and the promotion of equality between men and women” (Treaty establishing the EC (Part 1 – Art. 3.2).
Environment issues are related to sustainable development. Institutional development and capacity-building
is clearly recognised as a CCI in the Cotonou Agreement. HIV/AIDS is not a classical CCI but in recent
years mainstreaming of this issue has been taken into account in countries with high prevalence of
HIV/AIDS. (Guyana HIV/AIDS prevalence is relatively high-medium (Population 17-49: 2.4%- 2005
UNDP).
Utility: This question aims to verify the application of CCI in Commission interventions in Guyana. The
utility of this question goes further than the Guyanese context given the high potential of the question to
draw out transferable lessons regarding the manner in which CCI have been taken into account during
implementation.
Criteria: Cross-cutting issues
Feasibility: JC 7.1 depends on the availability of programme documentation. As previously mentioned, the
1996-2002 documentation might be not available. JC 7.2 will use information from the ROM obtained
through a specific request to the ROM contractors, as this information appears to be not readily available in
the Commission.
Judgment criteria
• JC 7.1 – CCI have been taken into account in the
CSP and the NIP and in the design of
programmes (non-specific interventions)
Indicators
• I 7.1.1 – Extent to which the CSP and the NIP
explicitly promote CCI
• I 7.1.2 – Number of projects per CCI that
explicitly identify measures on CCI at the
project design stage
• I 7.1.3 – Number and list of specific
interventions planned by CCI
• JC 7.2 – Measures identified during design for
inclusion of CCI in non-specific interventions are
in place
• JC 7.3 – Cross-cutting issues have also been
supported by specific interventions
• JC 7.4 – Commission interventions have
contributed to advancement of the CCIs in the
country
• I 7.2.1 – Percentage of measures in place as
planned
• I 7.2.2 – Perception of direct beneficiaries of
the CCI
• I 7.3.1 – Number of specific interventions on
CCIs out of all the interventions of the period
• I 7.4.1 – Evolution of respect for human rights
• I 7.4.2 – Corruption rates
• I 7.4.3 – Evolution of gender-friendly policies
and laws
• I 7.4.4 – Evolution of gender-sensitive
indicators (education, health, employment)
• I 7.4.5 – Evolution of environment-friendly
policies and laws
• I 7.4.6 – Evolution of percentage of technical
assistants
• I 7.4.7 – Evolution of HIV/AIDS prevalence
rates
• I 7.4.8 - Testimonies of Guyanese officials on
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