Seminar: Evaluation and Monitoring of EU Structural Funds Programmes 2014-2020. Maastricht, 21-23 October 2015

European Institute of
Public Administration

This two-stage seminar consists of illustrated presentations, group discussions and workshops:

Stage 1 (day one) will deal with the essentials: the Evaluation-Policy Cycle, evaluation terminology and monitoring tasks, as well as understanding the basic methods used for conducting ex ante programme and project appraisals, evaluations during the programming period and ex post impact assessments of projects and programmes. It will look at changes for the 2014-2020 programming period, result-orientation and the quantification of programmes using result and output indicators for projects and programmes. There will be exercises with indicators, priority-setting, project appraisal and employment creation.

Stage 2 (days two and three) assumes that participants have the background knowledge of methods and concepts covered in Stage 1. Keynote speeches will be given by European Commission officials and expert consultants in the field. The European Commission will outline highlights from its new monitoring and evaluation conceptual framework for 2014-2020 and describe what it sees as the particular challenges for Member States in the new programming period, starting with the need for an Evaluation Plan for all programmes.

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