Study to support the mid-term evaluation of cohesion policy programmes 2021-2027 financed by the ERDF, Cohesion Fund and JTF : final report

This study was performed from January to September 2024 by a consortium that includes t33 srl, Spatial Foresight and ÖIR. The study supports the European Commission in complying with the provisions of Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) Article 45: 'The Commission shall carry out a mid-term evaluation to examine the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value of each Fund by the end of 2024'. This study covers design, programming and implementation for European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Cohesion Fund (CF) and Just Transition Fund (JTF) from 1 January 2021 in the 27 Member States. This includes all categories of regions (less developed, transition, more developed; of which outermost and northern sparsely populated regions also receive special allocations).