Annual Report 2008 / 2009

... but the righteous shall flourish as a branch

The current international economic crisis has caused us to lose sight of the lives of people living in the world's poorer countries. This in turn has created even greater hardship for them. Examples of this year annual report show how deeply our lives and our economies impact the lives and livelihoods of people in other parts of the world.
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New Book

Genetic Engineering and Food Sovereignty

Reader on studies and experiences of partners and EED seconded professionals overseas: Sustainable agriculture is the only option to feed the world.
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Who feeds the world?

Three stories from Tanzania, Indonesia and Brazil.

Farmers of three countries refuse to get into debts and instead remember their traditional knowledge, which has been handed down from generation to generation. Innovative and versatile, they secure sustainable harvests, develop their own markets and contribute to the conservation of the environment.

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Evaluate Projects

Evaluate and Develop Further

Examination of a Project in Bura, Ethiopia 2004

EED sees itself as a learning organisation. It aims at transparency and has the results and development objectives of its work examined. Experts regularly evaluate projects supported by EED. When deciding on the composition of the team, care is taken to ensure that women and men, local and European experts work together. In seeking answers to key questions, they address several partners and projects. These so-called cross-sectional evaluations are very important to EED. It can learn from them and use them as a basis for its planning.

Evaluation: Together with Partners

EED has all of its areas of work assessed. Evaluations are an integral part in the International Programmes in particular. EED plans and organises them in close cooperation with its partners.

An evaluation is to answer the following questions:

Has the project achieved its goal?
How do projects supported by EED contribute to freeing people from poverty, misery and injustice?
How do the lives of poor people change due to EED support?
What factors are responsible for the success or failure of projects?

EED and its partners use the results to plan new projects. Evaluations help EED to reflect its goals and to further develop project funding.

Depending on the moment and direction, evaluation can be used to

Plan a programme or measure better
Observe the implementation of a project
Ascertain the effectiveness of project funding.

Every year EED has many project partners evaluated

EED usually supports a project for three years. Every year starts the support of around 330 new projects all over the world. In 2005, 61 projects were evaluated. Of these,

26 were located in Asia and Oceania
18 located in Latin America
12 located in Africa
5 located in Southeast Europe and the Caucasus