Evaluation in the European Commission : rolling check-list and the state of play

This research paper aims to provide an overview of planned and ongoing evaluations of EU legislation and spending programmes carried out by each European Commission directorate-general (DG). The general overview and state of play on the public availability of evaluations is completed by a rolling check-list comprising the on-going and planned evaluations on the basis of information disclosed by the Commission in various sources (DGs' annual management plans and annual activity reports, the single evaluation plans, and roadmaps published between July 2015 and October 2016), and the information made available by individual DGs. The annexes to this research paper contain an overview and links to the DGs management plans for 2016 (Annex I), the contact details (where available) of the evaluation function in each DG (Annex II); Annexes III to V provide a list of and direct links to the evaluations published in 2015 and until 20 October 2016 in various sources. Finally, Annex VI covers the Commission evaluation staff working documents published in EUR-Lex and in the Register of Commission Documents.