The primary function of the External Evaluation Panel (EEP) is to provide counsel to USAID and critical feedback to the Program Management Office (PMO), Board of Directors, and Technical Committee. The EEP evaluates status, funding, progress, plans, and prospects of the research program annually and as well conducts an in-depth, five-year review of the program's functioning as a whole.

Evaluations are intended to:

• Maintain programmatic focus and effective scientific balance of research toward achievement of objectives.
• Identify activities that are not directly relevant to attaining CRSP objectives.
• Consider effective balance between research and training for development of institutional research capability.
• Assess the balance of domestic versus overseas research in terms of effectiveness of solving constraints in developing countries.
• Evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the entire CRSP operation in terms of actual cost of doing business versus lower cost alternatives that may be more efficient and effective.
• Examine methods of dissemination of research results and the utility of the educational outreach materials and publications produced.
  

The EEP is composed of individuals external to the program who are specialists in the area of international aquatic resource use. The members are selected so that collectively their areas of expertise will cover the three strategic areas of CRSP research. After USAID receives concurrence from the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD), the PMO appoints the new EEP member. New members are rotated in as members resign or are replaced.

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