Result Orientation in Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE

1. Annual Meeting, Luxemburg, 15 September 2015 Result Orientation inInterreg CENTRAL EUROPE Monika Schönerklee-Grasser, Joint Secretariat

2. Result orientation in 2007-2013Thematic contributions to policies

3. Result orientation in 2007-2013 CENTRAL EUROPE 2007-2013 Focusing on output and result-oriented approach as strategic implementation principle  Emphasis on the development of concrete, relevant and visible outputs and results throughout the project (and programme) lifetime • Project selection: Quality assessment criteria and expert-based assessment • Project implementation: Careful analysis of project main outputs and results (also using additional indicators) • Programmecapitalisation: Critical analysis of project thematic achievements, highlighting success stories and gaps and providing recommendations Programme independent evaluation confirmed that results are • being integrated into political agendas and • are developing new skills (or strengthening existing ones) within regional and local authorities High participation of private actors (18%)

4. Result orientation in 2014-2020 What`s new? • Further intensification and formalisation of the programme result-oriented approach (intervention logic) • Intensive capacity building of applicants • Even higher emphasis on assessment of outputs and results within the selection process  Projects must be able to deliver realistic results, driving a measurable change (improvement) of the initial situation in the programme area Relevant programme specificobjective

5. Result orientation in 2014-2020 Result indicators • Challenge to capture the envisaged change in the entire cooperation area for a large transnational programme • Result indicators depict changes of capacity of the target groups defined for each programme specific objective (covering policy, legal and economic frameworks, institutional and human resources development etc.) • Appraisalby national thematicexperts • qualitative description including semi-quantitative elements (Likert scale) Programme evaluation

6. Result orientation in 2014-2020 Result indicators - Procedure for data collection (baseline and progress monitoring) Establishment of 5 thematic expert panels (in total 45 experts comprising national experts of all CENTRAL EUROPE Member States) Combined approach Timing:

7. Baseline establishment – example • Qualitative descriptionofbaselinesituation(joint expert statement): • Mostly adequate existing policy framework for energy efficiency and renewable energy use in public infrastructure • Significant gap between available and required technical and managerial skills to initiate and implement EE & RES measures • Lack of sufficient work force, e.g. energy managers, especially in smaller municipalities • Prevailing tendency of applying national energy audits and certification systems of buildings, only moderate awareness and knowledge of European energy-related certification systems and standards • Discrepancies of financial capacities and in the level of knowledge on available or innovative financing schemes for the implementation of EE measures and RES use • ….. • Score agreedbythematic expert panel: 2.9 (moderate)

8. Baseline establishment – experiences Baseline establishment was coordinated by JS Challenges: • Difficult identification of thematic experts at MS level and challenging scheduling of the focus group discussions • Setting a common understanding of the result indicators and a harmonised appraisal within experts • Consolidation of national expert appraisals at the level of the programme area (comprising more and less advanced territories) • Time and resource consuming exercise for programme bodies • Overall, lack of concrete guidance and practical experiences with regard to ETC in general and transnational programmes in particular Positive experiences: • Interesting exchange with experts and building up of further internal thematic expertise • New thematic insights providing added value to initial territorial analysis  contributing to further improving the quality of the programme • Confirmation of the relevance of the programme scope and strategy by experts

9. Result orientation in 2014-2020:Focus on communication Specific, quantitative communication results were defined per objective and will be monitored and evaluated against baselines

10. Result orientation in 2014-2020 Summary and conclusions • Result-orientation was an underlying principle already in 2007-2013 • Additional emphasis and better formalisation into the programme life cycle in 2014-2020 • More structured and straight-forward indicator system • Successful establishment of baseline describing thematic key characteristics of the programme area (despite of disparities between Member States) • Future monitoring of result indicator progress - challenge to capture the positive change in the entire programme territory (large, highly heterogeneous area) through: • direct project achievements for the beneficiaries and target groups in the participating regions • transfer (“roll-out”) of project results to other stakeholders and regions

11. Contact Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme Monika Schönerklee-Grasser Head of Evaluation and Monitoring Unit Joint Secretariat Kirchberggasse 33-35/11 1070 Vienna Austria Phone +43 (0) 1 8908 088 - 2421 Mail schoenerklee-grasser@interreg-central.eu Web www.interreg-central.eu FB www.facebook.com/CentralEuropeProgramme LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/in/CentralEuropeProgramme Twitter @CEProgramme