Building Neighbourhood – Evaluation of the Barents Secretariat's grant programme

The evaluation covers the period of 2002-2006, during which the "aid" perspective on the cooperation with Russia became obsolete to the benefit of mutual benefit, equality and partnership. The Barents project co-operation has kept pace with the development, but is in need of clarifying its overall objectives. The Norwegian Barents Secretariat handles the generation of good projects, surveillance of project implementation and reporting in an excellent way. The evaluation report concludes with a set of recommendations.