Ex post evaluation report on the Drug Prevention and Information Programme (2007-2013)

The Drug Prevention and Information Programme (DPIP) was established by Decision No 1150/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as part of the General Programme ‘Fundamental Rights and Justice’. The programme was implemented for seven years from 2007-2013. The three general objectives of the programme were: to prevent and reduce drug use, dependence and drug-related harm; to contribute to the improvement of information on drug use; and to support the implementation of the EU Drugs Strategy.

This final evaluation of the DPIP is based on the following:
- an extensive review of the available documentation of all 51 action grants and operating grants funded by the programme between 2007 and 2013;
- a review of programme documentation, such as the decision setting up the programme, the annual work programmes and calls for proposals for both grants and public procurement contracts;
- a review of other information available online — for example EU policy documents, websites, founding decisions of related EU programmes;
- a quantitative analysis of the 51 DPIP-funded projects and activities;
- an analysis of the 23 responses to the online survey received from DPIP grant beneficiaries;
- the write-ups of the five follow-up interviews with coordinators of projects / organisations receiving DPIP 2007-2013 grants.

The ex-post evaluation was performed by an independent external evaluator assisted by Commission staff. The report is structured according to the main evaluation criteria and corresponding questions. These include relevance, coherence and complementarity, effectiveness, impact and sustainability, efficiency and scope for simplification, and European added value.