The Council of Europe acting through the Directorate of Internal Oversight contracted Blomeyer & Sanz in April 2018 to conduct the evaluation of support to the protection and promotion of freedom of expression. This assignment is scheduled to be completed in December 2018, and has already seen case study work in a series of Council of Europe member states (Georgia Montenegro, Poland, Serbia, Ukraine) and in Tunisia. Moreover, interviews were conducted with representatives of the different Council of Europe bodies (Commissioner for Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee of Ministers, Secretariat General etc.).