Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Fund including former

Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Fund (including former ISPA) Evaluation Network Meeting Brussels, February 25 th 2010 1

Organization of the evaluation Breakdown into 3 work packages: • WP A - Contribution to EU transport and environment policies • WP B - Cost benefit analysis of selected transport projects • WP C - Cost benefit analysis of selected Environment projects 2

Work Package A Objective “To assess the contribution of the Cohesion Fund and ISPA to the development of the EU transport system, to achieving the EU acquis in the field of environment and the effect of ISPA as a preparation for Structural Fund and Cohesion Fund programmes” Tasks 1 - Funds' missions, strategies and resources 2 - Financial and physical outcomes 3 - Unit costs 4 - Management and Implementation 5 - Contribution to the development of Trans European Transport System 6 - Contribution to achieving the environmental acquis 7 - Synthesis Duration 19 months 3

Work Packages B and C Objective “To carry out ex post cost benefit analyses for 10 transport projects (WP B) and for 10 environment projects (WP C) co-financed by the Cohesion Fund (including former ISPA) and to learn from these analyses for the current and future programming periods” Tasks 1 - Selecting 10 major transport projects 2 - Ex post project analysis 3 - Assessing cost benefit analysis as method Duration 15 months 4

Next Steps WP A Inception Report Project Descriptions WP B WP C Feb 10 / March 2010 1 st Intermediate Report July 2010 May 2010 2 nd Intermediate Report April 2011 Oct 2010 Draft Final Report June 2011 Jan 2011 Final Report July 2011 March 2011 5