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In 2013 the Government of Honduras and the European Union signed the European Support Action for the Forestry Sector (EuroFor - DCI-ALA/2012/023-510). The Action is consisted with two components: A Climate Change Adaptation Action in the Forestry Sector (CliFor) with a total of € 21.4 million and a Budget Support Actionme (PAPSFor) with a total of € 26 million. The purpose of CLIFOR is to improve the socioeconomic well-being and environmental resilience of the local population in response to the challenges posed by climate change.  The programme has three outputs to achieve this purpose relating to the promotion of community forestry, improved local socioeconomic conditions and improved capacity to implement national polices and strategies related to forestry, climate change and biodiversity conservation. 

The evaluation has assessed the Action using the five standard DAC evaluation criteria. In addition, two other criteria were considered: the EU added value (the extent to which the Action brings additional benefits to what would have resulted from Member States' interventions only), and the coherence of the Action itself, with the EU strategy in Honduras Country Strategy Paper (2007-2013) and with other EU policies and Member State Actions.  The evaluation team has furthermore considered whether gender, environment and climate change were mainstreamed; the relevant SDGs and their interlinkages were identified; the principle of Leave No-One Behind and the rights-based approach methodology was followed in the identification/formulation documents and the extent to which they have been reflected in the implementation of the Action, its governance and monitoring.