Tender Results of European Commission, Directorate General For Regional And Urban Policy Regio , Regio B 2 Evaluation And European Semester

This study will provide an overview of ways in which ERDF, CF, and JTF funding has been designed and programmed across the EU and will assess the expected results. It will assess the ERDF, CF and JTF intervention logics, including the European territorial cooperation goal (Interreg), providing early evidence of the funds’ effectiveness, efficiency, coherence with other policies, relevance and EU added value. It will assess what changes the new cohesion policy design brings to planned interventions as compared to the previous funding periods. It will investigate the role played by enabling conditions during programming and implementation as well as the coherence of ERDF, CF, and JTF investments with country reports and country-specific recommendations from 2019 until 2023.

Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy intends to launch a study to take stock of the diverse types of crisis response instruments planned, programmed, and implemented since 2020 through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and Cohesion Fund (CF) in the 2014-2020 period. It will assess their rationale and the evidence of their effectiveness, efficiency, their coherence with other crisis response instruments, their relevance and the EU added value.

The objective of the study is to assess the impact of the EU initiatives (cf. specifications) and policies on cohesion, understood as the extent of regional and social disparities in the EU, during the period 2014-2020. The study will also analyse funds disbursed under regional state aid, with a particular attention to the amounts of aid channelled to EU regions under this regime to enhance regional development.

The subject of the contract is to provide the service of the Evaluation Helpdesk, which will collect and review all evaluations of the programmes funded by ERDF, CF, JTF and ESF+, undertaken by the Member States during contract execution. The Evaluation Helpdesk will also collect and review evaluations on cohesion policy published in the academic literature, and it will provide methodological support to improve evaluation methods and the exchange of information on evaluation practices, in line with the provisions of art. 35(2)(h) of the CPR, in order to consolidate the strategic value of evaluation in the policy cycle.

This study will take stock of the different types of investments co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) in the 2014-2020 period ensuring the enhancement of institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and an efficient public administration and strengthening administrative capacity for the management and use of the ERDF and Cohesion Fund (CF). It will assess their rationale and the evidence of their effectiveness, efficiency and impact, their coherence with other policies, their relevance and the EU added value. It will seek to identify factors contributing to the success or failure of these investments under different socio-economic conditions, good practices and their contribution to good governance also beyond the implementation of the funds. The study will also investigate the results of all the investments funded by the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund in addressing and promoting reforms in the Member States.

The European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (REGIO) intends to launch a study to assess the effects of the support provided by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for investments in strengthening research, technological development and innovation (RTDI). This study will take stock of the different types RTDI investments co-financed by the ERDF in the 2014-2020 period. It will assess their rationale and the evidence of their effectiveness, efficiency and impact, their coherence with other policies, their relevance and the EU added value. It will seek to identify factors contributing to the success or failure of these investments under different socio-economic conditions, good practice and their contribution to smart growth and sustainable development. The lessons learned from both successes and failures shall be presented as part of the conclusions.

This study will take stock of the different types of investments supported by the ERDF and the CF through the integrated territorial instruments provided for by the Common provisions Regulation during the 2014-2020 programming period. It will assess the rationale for the use of place-based policy instruments to promote territorial development and deliver Cohesion policy objectives while strengthening the local effectiveness of its sectoral support. It will focus primarily on the evidence of the effectiveness of integrated territorial instruments while looking also into their efficiency, coherence with other policies, their relevance and the EU added value. It will seek to identify factors contributing to the success or failure of these place-based instruments in promoting territorial development under different territorial and socio-economic conditions, and their contribution to meeting the relevant objectives of the Cohesion policy.

Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) intends to launch a study to assess the effects the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) had on the three axes of the Europe 2020 strategy, and in particular on the inclusive growth component. This study will take stock of the different types of investments co-financed by the ERDF in the 2014-2020 period to ensure sustainable and quality employment, better access to health and social care, social inclusion, education and training. It will assess their rationale and the evidence of their effectiveness, efficiency and impact, their coherence with other policies, their relevance and the EU added value. It will seek to identify factors contributing to the success or failure of these investments under different socio-economic conditions, good practices and their contribution to inclusive growth, employment, and social and territorial cohesion.

This study will take stock of the different types of transport and energy network infrastructures investments co-financed by the ERDF and the CF in the 2014-2020 period. It will assess their rationale and the evidence of their effectiveness, efficiency and impact, their coherence with other policies, their relevance and the EU added value. It will seek to identify factors contributing to the success or failure of these investments under different socio-economic conditions, good practice and their contribution to growth, sustainable development and job creation. The lessons learned from both successes and failures shall be presented as part of the conclusions.