Support study for the evaluation of the EU ETV pilot programme including an ex-ante assessment of possible options for the future of an EU ETV scheme : synopsis report on the stakeholder consultation for Objective A

The stakeholder consultation for the Support Study for the Evaluation of the EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Pilot Programme began in August 2017 and continued to December 2017. The objective of the consultation process was to collect information, ideas, opinions and insights from a variety of stakeholders, based on a set of evaluation questions laid out in the EU ETV evaluation roadmap. It was recognised that some questions would be far more relevant to different stakeholder groups. To this end, an evaluation framework was developed to help the targeting of each evaluation question. This synopsis report aims to inform policymaking on the outcome of all consultation activities and stakeholders, on how their input has been taken into account. It summarises the various contributions received and, based on the analysis of this input, identifies the main strengths and weaknesses of the EU ETV Pilot Programme (hereafter the Programme) after more than three years of operation. These areas will be used to inform the Evaluation of the Pilot Programme.