DIRECTORATE-GENERAL REGIONAL POLICY – "EVALUATION NETWORK MEETING"

Brussels, 14-15 March 2013

Agenda

* 14 March 2013 *

Venue: ALBERT BORSCHETTE Conference Center, rue Froissart 36, Brussels – CCAB – Room AB-4D

09.00-09.30: Registration and coffee

1.  OPENING REMARKS

09.30-10.00:

Ø  Approval of the agenda and the minutes of the last meeting. Information on the Evaluation Unit's activities

Veronica Gaffey, Head of the Evaluation and European Semester Unit, DG REGIO

2.  OPENING SPEECH

10.00-10.30:

Ø  Address by Commissioner J. Hahn

3.  PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2014-2020: COMMON INDICATORS

10.30-11.00:

Ø  Discussion on the draft definitions for selected common indicators

Presentation: Adam Abdulwahab, Evaluation and European Semester Unit, DG REGIO

11.00-11.30: COFFEE BREAK

4.  PROGRAMMING PERIOD 2014-2020: COMMON INDICATORS (cont.)

11.30-13.00:

Ø  Discussion on the draft definitions for selected common indicators

Presentation: Adam Abdulwahab, Evaluation and European Semester Unit, DG REGIO

13.00-14.30: LUNCH BREAK

5.  SYNTHESIS REPORT ON PILOT EXERCISE ON FUTURE RESULT INDICATORS

14.30-15.00:

Ø  Presentation of Commission's updated Synthesis report on analysis of pilot projects

Presentation: Veronica Gaffey, Head of Evaluation and European Semester Unit, DG REGIO

6.  PILOT EXERCISE ON FUTURE RESULT INDICATORS

15.00-15.30:

Ø  Presentation by participating programme from Greece

Presentation: Ch. Drimoussis, OP Competitiveness & Enterpreneurship, Greece

15.30-16.00: COFFEE BREAK

7.  EXPERT EVALUATION NETWORK

16.00-17.00:

Ø  Discussion on the findings of the Expert Evaluation Network

Ø  Presentation: Terry Ward, Applica

Discussion

8.  CLOSING REMARKS

17.00-17.30:

Ø  Exchange of information on monitoring and evaluation activities in Member States

The Evaluation Network Members are welcome to report on recent and upcoming activities

17.30-18.30: COCKTAIL offered by the Commission

* 15 March 2013 *

Venue: ALBERT BORSCHETTE Conference Center, rue Froissart 36, Brussels – CCAB – Room AB-4D

09.00-09.30: Registration and coffee

9.  PERFORMANCE FRAMEWORK GUIDANCE NOTE

09.30-11.00:

Ø  Discussion on the guidance on the Performance Framework

Presentation: Jan-Marek Ziółkowski, Evaluation and European Semester Unit, DG REGIO

11.00-11.30: COFFEE BREAK

10. 2013 STRATEGIC REPORT

11.30-12.00:

Ø  Discussion on the quality of the quantification reporting in the Strategic reports

Ø  Presentation: John Walsh/Alida Staicu, Evaluation and European Semester Unit, DG REGIO

Discussion

11. NEW COMMUNICATION PLATFORM FOR THE EVALUATION NETWORK - YAMMER

12.00-12.20:

Ø  Presentation of the new platform and its modalities

Presentation: Alain Vanden Borre, Communication Unit, DG REGIO

12. CLOSING REMARKS

12.20-12.30:

Ø  Conclusions of the meeting

Veronica Gaffey, Head of the Evaluation and European Semester Unit, DG REGIO

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