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Evaluation plan 2014-2020

This draft guidance document outlines the importance of evaluation plans in achieving stronger results and reporting on the effectiveness and impacts of projects funded by the ERDF/ESF. It emphasizes the strategic role of evaluation plans and provides practical advice on designing impact evaluations and managing evaluation quality. The document also highlights the use of evaluation plans for programme management, policymaking, and sharing evidence in different policy fields.

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Evaluation plan 2014-2020

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  1. Evaluation plan 2014-2020 Draft Guidance Document (ERDF/ESF) Marielle Riché DG REGIO – Evaluation Unit 10 March 2014

  2. Why this guidance? • Stronger orientation on results • Reinforcedreporting on effectiveness and impacts • Strategicrole of evaluation plans • Member States' requestfor common guidance DG REGIO/EMPL • Annexes: Designing impact evaluations, Managingevaluationquality

  3. Role of Evaluation Plan • Quality of evaluations (time, methods, data) • Use for programme management and policymaking • Sharing of evidence in differentpolicyfields • Reporting: - MS: AIR; progress reports (2017, 2019); summary report of evaluationsfindings (2022) - Commission: annualSummary reports and Syntheses of findings of the availableevaluation (as of 2016); strategic reports (2017, 2019)

  4. Elements of evaluation plan Three parts: context, process, content 1) Objectives, coverage, coordination What evidence available in different policy fields? Coordination between MA (evaluation coverage, findings, practice) Regional Policy

  5. Element of evaluation plan 2) Evaluation framework Responsabilities Evaluation process Involvement of partners Source of evaluation expertise, independence Training programme Strategy to ensure use and communication Timetable Budget Quality management strategy

  6. Element of evaluation plan 3) Planned evaluations • Indicative list, ad hoc evaluations possible • Impact evaluations should be planned early • Each evaluation: • subject, rationale, evaluation questions • Methods, data requirements • Duration and tentative date • Estimated budget

  7. Impact evaluations What is required by Regulation? Evaluate contribution of OP to objectives of each PA (Art. 56) Evaluate impact in relation to the EU2020 targets (Art.54) Report on Funds contribution to change in result indicators + to EU 2020 achievement (AIR 2017 + 2019) What does this mean? Each OS (and expected results) should be covered to allow for overall conclusion for each PA The extent will differ according to nature of result, available evidence, policy importance EU 2020: in most cases, qualitative analyse considering other factors

  8. Impact evaluations Timing As late/as early as possible: depends of nature of intervention; consider evaluating similar interventions 2007-2013 All impact evaluations will not be carry out at the same time Necessary data Supported entities and individual participants (regulatory obligations: Art. 125 and Annex XII) Data from other sources of information than monitoring systems: unemployment records, tax records… Need to be planned in advance

  9. Review & follow up of evaluation plan Regulation: Submitted no later than a year after adoption of OP to monitoring committee (approves, reviews, amends: Art. 114, 110) Follow up given to evaluation findings (Art.110) Recommendation: MA publishes on website and sends via SFC MC debates on main expected results, policy importance, timing Cohesion Policy

  10. Next steps Your comments? By 22 March DG EMPL Partnership: 31 March Publication on Inforegio: mid April Cohesion Policy

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