The evaluation will mainly cover 2 categories of expenditure not covered by the ex post evaluation of 2007-13.
53 Operational Programmes have been selected to be in the scope of this evaluation. The list of 53 OPs comprises national and regional programmes from Convergence and Regional Competitiveness and Employment objectives across 18 Member States (BE, CZ, DE, EE, ES, FI, FR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LV, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, UK). This set of 53 operational programmes includes 24 major projects funded in the categories of interventions under examination.
The Contractor will carry out the following tasks:
Task 1: Conceptual framework and review of investments funded in the sector;
Task 2: Literature and documentary review;
Task 3: Case Studies in selected Member States;
Task 4: Cross-case-study theory of change analysis (RTD cookbook);
Task 5: Organisation of a seminar;
Task 6: Final report.