This evaluation concerns the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 386/2012 on entrusting the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) (former OHIM) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs), including assembling public- and private-sector...

Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 aims at strengthening the protection of public interests, through reducing the number of non-compliant products on the EU Internal Market, and at ensuring a level playing field among economic operators, providing a framework for market surveillance and controls of...

This is the final report of the Interim Evaluation of Space Research and Innovation under Horizon 2020. Technopolis and VVA carried out this Interim Evaluation for DG GROW using the Commission's standard evaluation methodology, as recommended in the Regulation No 1291/2013. The evaluation was...

This report presents the Final Evaluation of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) in the Context of the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). It was commissioned by EC Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), and undertaken by a...

The study had two overarching objectives, which were: (i) to evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, coherence, efficiency, sustainability and European added value (EAV) of the GMES programme (the PAs, GIO and FP7 space component); and (ii) to outline the overall societal value of the three...

Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys aims at ensuring a high level of safety for children while safeguarding the free movement of toys in the EU. This study assesses the relevance of the Directive in addressing current needs, effectiveness and efficiency of its provisions, its coherence...

According to Article 25 of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies (EAs), an external evaluation on the operation of each agency must be carried out every three years and must include a cost-benefit analysis (CBA). According to Article 12 of Commission...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence, utility, sustainability and EU added-value of the WORTH Pilot project for its entire duration (Nov. 2013 - Nov. 2015). The experience and lessons learnt from this Pilot are to be taken into account in the...

According to Article 25 of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies, an external evaluation on the operation of each agency must be carried out every three years. This Report presents the findings of the external evaluation of the Innovation and Networks...