Ex post evaluation report on the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship programme (2007-2013)

The Fundamental Rights and Citizenship programme (FRC) was established by Council Decision 2007/252/JHA of 19 April 2007 for the period 2007-2013, as part of the 'Fundamental Rights and Justice' programme. The Decision establishing the FRC 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 Commission staff.

The final evaluation was based on the following:
- an extensive review of the available documentation for 135 action grants and 34 operating grants funded by the FRC programme 2007-2013;
- a review of programme documentation such as the founding decision, annual work programmes and calls for proposals for both grants and public procurement contracts;
- a review of other information available online, e.g. EU policy documents, websites, founding decisions on related EU programmes etc;
- a quantitative analysis of the 169 projects (action and operating grants);
- an analysis of 71 responses to the online survey from FRC programme grant beneficiaries;
- the write-ups of 17 follow-up interviews with coordinators of projects/organisations receiving FRC grants 2007-2013;
- four scoping interviews with Commission officials.

This report is based on that evaluation. 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.

ESO: Background information: Report on the interim evaluation of the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme 2007-2013 http://www.europeansources.info/record/report-from-the-commission-to-the-european-parliament-and-the-council-report-on-the-interim-evaluation-of-the-fundamental-rights-and-citizenship-programme-2007-2013/

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