Ex-post and ex-ante evaluation study of the Implementing Protocol to the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Cabo Verde Cabo Verde

DG MARE Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (European Commission) - Project Dates:
December 2022 - June 2023

Description of Project:
According to Article 34 of the EU Financial Regulation, the European Commission Services have to undertake both ex-ante and retrospective evaluations for all programmes and activities which entail significant spending. The Council Conclusions on the External Dimension of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) adopted on 19 March 2012 request that an ex-post and ex-ante evaluation be undertaken by the Commission before the signature of a renewal Protocol. This has been enshrined in Article 31(10) of the current CFP basic regulation (Regulation (EU) 1380/2013).

The purpose of this specific contract was to provide the European Commission with an independent ex-post and ex-ante evaluation of the Protocol implementing the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) that would cover the period after the 2019 - 2024 expiring in May 2024.

Services Provided:

The consortium Poseidon (Europe) - F&S completed this assignement within the multiple framework service contract in cascade for Better regulation related activities on Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs) (MARE/2021/OP/0001).

The evaluation team led by one Poseidon's Director assessed the viability of the existing or potential future arrangements as required under the CFP. It provided the Commission with the data and technical, economic and social analyses of the fisheries resources and related fishing and economic activities to assess and decide on the future needs or to carry out other actions including the feedback of the evaluation of the performance of the current Protocol. It evaluated the features of a potential new Protocol, and prepared possible negotiations between the Commission on behalf of the EU and the partner country. It provided information on the EU cooperation with Cabo Verde on related policies, for example trade of fisheries and aquaculture products between the EU and Cabo Verde or the EU development and cooperation policies and interests in Cabo Verde related to fisheries, marine and maritime policies. The Commission uses these types of evaluation studies as a tool for improving the quality and coherence of the decision-making.

The evaluation report is available on the Publications Office of the EU (link here).