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Evaluation of 2 Seas Programme: Findings & Future Recommendations

Independent evaluation report assessing programme identity, partnerships, governance, and project life cycle. Recommendations for improving cooperation and efficiency.

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Evaluation of 2 Seas Programme: Findings & Future Recommendations

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  1. 2 Seas evaluation Findings and recommendations for the future Tako Popma Rotterdam 14 March 2013

  2. Evaluation context • Ongoing evaluation of 2 Seas programme • Independent external evaluation • Several studies since 2010 • Final stage: First results and lessons learnt - recommendations for the future programme • Evaluation scope: • Programme identity and intervention logic • Partners and partnerships • Management and organisation: • Technical assistance to projects • Programme governance • Performance and control • Processes in the project life cycle • Communication

  3. Identity of the Programme • Cooperation ‘across the sea’ • Wide and diverse range of themes • Driven by bottom-up initiatives • Maritime dimension of projects • Predominance of multilateral cooperation

  4. Identity and intervention logic • Integrated analysis of cross-border needs • Use maritime dimension as unique selling point • Demonstrated potential for cooperation: • research, technology and innovation • social inclusion • climate change adapation • Themes that can be strengthened: • shift towards low carbon economy • environment and resource efficiency • Strategic project development

  5. Partners & partnerships • Strong diversity of actors involved • Majority: local authorities and non-profit • Private involvement remains a challenge • Uneven distribution of partners over 2 Seas area • Multilateral cooperation beneficial for results

  6. Partners & partnerships • Consider specific target groups in view of thematic focus • local public authorities • knowledge institutes and universities • private sector • Increasing private sector involvement • facilitating the participation of private partners • mapping, communication of alternatives

  7. Technical assistance • Programme support to projects • Joint Technical Secretariat • Network of Territorial Facilitators • New structures set up at start of the programme • Project partners generally content with support • Future improvements: • more interaction on project achievements • more developed role for facilitators

  8. Programme governance • Main programme bodies functioned adequately • Monitoring Committee focussed on operational management • Strengthen strategic steering by the Monitoring Committee

  9. Project life cycle • Application stage • Clearly defined process • Support to applicants wel developed • Still: complex and demanding • Monitoring and reporting • Percieved as a heavy administrative burden • Available tools are not user friendly • Different interpretations and systems within 2 Seas

  10. Project life cycle • User-friendly application and reporting • Simplification of forms, procedures • Introduction of on-line system • Smoother reporting requirements • User-testing of forms and systems • Use of one language • Improve the quality of the control system • Validation of controllers • Ongoing training and guidance

  11. Thank you for your attention

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