This report synthesises the results of the ex post evaluation of the Cohesion policy programmes financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund. The central aim of the evaluation was to answer three main questions: - How was the funding provided spent in regions...

This report synthesises the results of the ex post evaluation of the Cohesion policy programmes financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund. The central aim of the evaluation was to answer three main questions: - How was the funding provided spent in regions...

The report is divided into two main parts. The first part adopts a long-term perspective, examining the changes in regional disparities in economic performance across the EU over the period since 1980 - or at least up to 2011, the latest year for which the relevant data are available. Its...

The purpose here is to describe the macroeconomic conditions which existed in EU Member States over the 2007-2013 period and to indicate their potential impact on the programmes that were planned to be undertaken. This is important to take account of when assessing both the way that the...

The report synthesises the results of a project intended to prepare the ground for an Evaluation Helpdesk to provide support for the Commission in meeting its obligations in respect of evaluations of EU co-financed programmes in the 2014-2020 period.

This is report synthesises the results of a project undertaken as a follow-up to the activities of the network of independent evaluation experts which monitored the performance of Cohesion policy over the 2007-2013 programming period. It updates the findings of that project by summarising the...

The EC launched an open public consultation on 'EU Funds in the area of Cohesion' on 10 January this year which ran until 9 March. It covered the European Regional Development Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Social Fund) the European Aid to the Most Deprived, the European Globalisation...

Causal impact evaluations of EU Operational-Programme (OP) interventions aggregated at the national level are often used as a tool to inform policy makers, and the public opinion in general, about the overall contribution of the European Funds in achieving desirable results within the various...