External evaluation of the three-year Programme (2003-7) has been perfomed between July and September, 2007 by a team of evaluators from INTRACK, UK and Pokrov Foundation, Bulgaria. The evaluation found that:

“the Network has made significant contributions to cross-border cooperation and is well positioned to build on further cooperation between members in the future. Accession to the EU, or the prospect of accession, has greatly reduced the overall support to civil society organisations without presenting immediate alternatives to the “traditional” donors. As a result the civic sectors in many countries are rapidly shrinking. Some attrition may be beneficial in terms of quality, as it will tend to select organisations with clear missions and supportive constituencies for survival. However there is a genuine risk of much good work disappearing in the lean years ahead. The Network is alive to this context and is actively seeking new opportunities both for members and for the civic sector as a whole. This has led the Network towards advocacy for a more enabling environment for civil society.”

Main findings of the Evaluation (in PPP)

External Programme Evaluation performed at the end of March 2003, by Martina H. Hunt, a consultant of INTRAC. She described the Capacity Building Hub as "...a unique regional network with considerable potential to develop and sustain itself in the long term both throguh its capaicty building offerings and partnership ideology."