This evaluation focuses on an academic cooperation project between the Université Catholique de Louvain and Universté Abdou-Moumouni. This project aimed at supporting the development of endogenous capacities for conflict prevention, crisis management and peace policies in the Saharo-Sahelian zone, between 2015 and 2019. The purpose of the evaluation was to keep stakeholders and ARES informed of the project's achievements, offer an analysis based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development-Development Assistance Committee (OECD-DAC) evaluation criteria, and inform the linked project application process. According to the evaluation, the project is an undeniable success. 

The thematic of the project presents a direct and strong link with the political, social and academic priorities of the country of implementation, which is rare for an academic cooperation project. In its conception, it presents modalities of collaboration with political (CNESS) and academic (Laboratoire d'Etudes et de Recherche sur les Dynamiques Sociales et le Développement Local(LASDEL)) partners that are completely original and relevant. After a somewhat slow start, the project has seen the implementation of the vast majority of the planned activities and the achievement of the main results.  

 However, the project's achievements are fragile and need to be supported and consolidated in order to promote a positive long-term impact on the quality of teaching and research.