Ex post evaluation report on the Civil Justice Programme (2007-2013)

The Civil Justice programme (JCIV) was established by Decision 1149/2007/EC of 25 September 2007 for 2007-2013, as part of the Programme 'Fundamental Rights and Justice'. The Decision establishing the JCIV requires the Commission to submit an ex post evaluation for the period 2007 to 2013. The ex post evaluation was performed by an independent external evaluator assisted by the relevant Commission staff.

The final evaluation was based on the following:
- an extensive review of the available documentation of 130 action grants and 16 operating grants awarded under the 2007-2013 programme;
- a review of documentation such as the founding decision, annual work programmes and calls for proposals for both grants and public procurement contracts;
- a review of EU policy documents and the founding decisions of related EU programmes;
- a quantitative analysis of a sample of the 146 action grants and operating grants awarded;
- an analysis of 52 responses to the online survey from JCIV grant beneficiaries;
- 15 follow-up interviews with coordinators of projects/organisations receiving 2007-2013 JCIV grants;
- four scoping interviews with Commission officials.

This report is based on that evaluation. The report is divided into sections on 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.

ESO: Background information: Interim evaluation report on the results obtained from and the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the implementation of the Civil Justice financing programme http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-interim-evaluation-report-on-the-results-obtained-from-and-the-qualitative-and-quantitative-aspects-of-the-implementation-of-the-civil-justice-financing-programme/

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