The European Social Fund Plus (ESF+) is a publicly funded programme, the oldest and one of the largest European Structural and Investment Funds. In order to ensure accountability and performance, monitoring and evaluation are key elements.

The purpose of this study was to assess the legal and practical challenges in accessing and re-using administrative data for the purposes of monitoring and evaluation of ESF and ESF+ programmes. In order to facilitate the monitoring and evaluation of ESF+, the study also assessed how to facilitate access to administrative data, with the aim of providing guidance to managing authorities on how to process personal data, including administrative data, while complying with data protection rules. 

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