Evaluation in the European Commission. Rolling Check-List and State of Play [2nd edition, December 2016]

This research paper aims to provide an overview of planned and ongoing evaluations of EU legislation and spending programmes carried out by each European Commission directorate-general (DG). The general overview and state of play on the public availability of evaluations is completed by a rolling check-list comprising on-going and planned evaluations on the basis of information disclosed by the Commission in various sources (DGs' management plans and annual activity reports, the Single Evaluation Plans for 2015 and 2016, roadmaps published since July 2015) and the information available in individual DGs.

The annexes to this research paper contain an overview of and links to the DGs' management plans for 2016 (Annex I) and the contact details for the evaluation function in each DG (Annex II). Annexes III to V provide a list of and direct links to the evaluations published in 2015 and until 20 October 2016 in various sources. Finally, Annex VI covers the Commission evaluation staff working documents published on EUR-Lex and in the Register of Commission Documents.

Authors: Lorna Schrefler

• Primary Source

European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

ESO: Background information: Evaluation in the European Commission. Rolling Check-List and State of Play (December 2015] http://www.europeansources.info/record/evaluation-in-the-european-commission-rolling-check-list-and-state-of-play/

European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, December 2016: Evaluation in the European Commission. Rolling Check-List and State of Play [2nd edition, December 2016] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2016/593779/EPRS_STU(2016)593779_EN.pdf

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