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Evaluations undertaken for the Commission
Evaluations of the 2000-2006 programming period
1. Ex post evaluation
Ex Post Evaluation of the ERDF in Objectives 1 & 2
The Evaluation unit – in cooperation with the Member States – has finished the ex post evaluation of Objectives 1 and 2 in the 2000-2006 programming period. The evaluation consists of a set of interlinked evaluations, most of them of thematic nature, which were carried out between 2007 and end of 2009.
Synthesis report
The ex post evaluation of Cohesion Fund and ISPA is currently under way and final results will be available by mid of 2011. The ex post evaluations of the Community initiatives INTERREG and URBAN have also been finalised and published.
In this section you can find most of the interim reports and final reports.
Work Package 1: Coordination, Analysis and Synthesis
Work Package 2: Data feasibility
Work Package 3: Macroeconomic modelling
Work Package 4: Structural change
Work package 5b: Environment and Climate Change
Work Package 6: Productive environment, RTD, Innovation
Work Package 7: Demographic change, Gender
Work Package 8: Modelling transport
Work Package 9: Rural development
Work Package 10: Efficiency (major projects)
Work Package 11: Management and implementation
Ex post evaluation INTERREG
The final report of the Interreg III ex post evaluation presents its findings, makes recommendations for the present European Territorial Co-Operation and feeds into the debate on future cohesion policy. The main objective of this evaluation was to provide evidence on inter-regionality and co-operation. This was to be done through a comprehensive overview of all 81 programmes, gathering evidence, and an in-depth examination of a sample of 16 programmes and 80 projects.
Main findings, Recommendations and Reports
Ex post evaluation URBAN
The second round of the Urban Community Initiative, "URBAN II", supported "neighbourhoods in crisis". These areas faced a broad range of economic and social challenges, as well as a rundown physical environment.
Main findings, Recommendations and Reports
Regional expenditure study
Breakdown of ERDF, Cohesion Fund and ISPA expenditures by regions, by sectors and by Objectives. The report gives an overview of the results and the methodological issues, the complete data is contained in the annexes.
- Final report
Breakdown by NUTS2 level regions and fundamental expenditure categoriesEx post evaluation of Cohesion Fund (including former ISPA) 2000-2006
The Evaluation unit – in cooperation with the Member States has launched an ex post evaluation of cohesion policy interventions financed by the Cohesion Fund (including the former Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-accession (ISPA)) during the period 2000-2006 in 17 countries (Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania, and Croatia. The overall ex post evaluation consists of a set of three interlinked evaluations which will be carried out between now and the mid of 2011.
Work Package A: Contribution to EU transport and environment policies
Work Package B: Cost benefit analysis of selected transport projects
Work Package C: Cost benefit analysis of selected environment projects
Discussion with Member States of preliminary findings, work packages B and C
2. Other studies
Analysing ERDF co-financed innovative projects: case studies and comparative analyses
The study undertaken for the DG for Regional Policy by Technopolis Group had 3 objectives:
- to undertake 60 case studies of innovative projects co-financed by the ERDF, analysing the political context, the design and implementation, their innovative aspects and results and sustainability. The constraints, main success factors and lessons learned are also explored. These case studies are published on the Region for Economic Change section of this website.
- to perform 10 comparative analyses with a view to demonstrating different approaches, common success factors and characteristics related to the regional context. Each analysis covers a cluster of projects from different regions. This method of analysis is a new approach and is complementary to evaluation: instead of starting from an analysis of a whole programme and adding in a couple of examples to illustrate specific outcomes, the case study approach looks in depth at a number of projects and then tries to extrapolate lessons from how well the projects contributed to the implementation of a regional development strategy. These analyses, which are part of the final report, should not be read one after another as they may cover similar issues approached from different perspectives, each analysis being drafted as a stand-alone document.
- to design a methodology easy to use for desk officers – or any analyst in Member States to undertake similar case studies. The case study manual can be uploaded.
Study on Measuring Employment Effects (June 2006)
The Contribution of the Structural Funds to the Lisbon Strategy (February 2005)
The Contribution of Structural Funds to Sustainable Development (December 2002)
Volume 1 ; Volume 2 ; Annexes
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