Evaluation to support the preparation of pre-accession financial instruments beyond 2013 : Final Report

This is the Final Report for the forward-looking evaluation on the future pre-accession financial instrument beyond 2013, commissioned by Directorate-General for Enlargement (DG ELARG) of the European Commission (EC). The work was carried out between December 2010 and May 2011 by the European Policy Evaluation Consortium (EPEC), and led by the EPEC grouping member GHK with support from EPEC partner Technopolis. The work has been undertaken under the guidance of a Reference Group chaired by DG ELARG and including representatives of other DGs of the Commission.

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Year of publication:	2011-06-13
Institutions:	GHK ; Technopolis ; European Policy Evaluation Consortium ; Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Erweiterung (contributor)
Subject:	Bewertung \| evaluation \| Demokratisierung \| democratization \| EU \| EU-Beitritt \| joining of the European Union \| Finanzhilfe \| financial assistance \| Gleichstellung \| affirmative action \| grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit \| cross border cooperation \| Hilfeleistung \| assistance \| Humankapital \| human capital \| Institution \| institution \| ländliche Entwicklung \| rural development \| regionale Entwicklung \| regional development

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Executive summary
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of the report and study objectives
1.2 The EU’s enlargement policy
1.3 Past EU support to the pre-accession process
1.4 The Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance
1.5 Method
1.6 Structure of the report
2 The problems addressed
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Problem 1: The need to realise the benefits of enlargement
2.3 Problem 2: Gap between the conditions in candidate countries and potential candidates and those in the EU
2.4 Problem 3: Lack of readiness to implement EU programmes and related obligations
2.5 Problem 4: Challenges in the current implementation arrangements for IPA
3 The baseline scenario 2013-2018 and the European added value of a future programme
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4 Policy objectives
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5 Policy options
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6 Assessment of alternative policy options
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7 Key modifications to the delivery of IPA considered
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8 Monitoring and evaluation arrangements
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Annexes
Annex 1 Path towards EU Membership
Annex 2 Background on beneficiaries
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Annex 3 Pre-accession programmes prior to IPA
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Annex 4 Component structure and delivery mechanisms of IPA
Annex 5 The findings of the online consultations
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Annex 6 The benefits of enlargement and costs of non-enlargement
Annex 7 Beneficiary development trends
Annex 8 Detailed budget assumptions of the policy options
Annex 9 Draft intervention logic

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