Cohesion Policy: Where to
find interesting data?
John WALSH
Evaluation and European Semester
Directorate-General Regional and Urban Policy
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Key messages
1. What data is available?
2. Where to find it?
3. Some examples ….
4. For the specialists ….
5. Exciting next thing ….
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1. What do ERDF and Cohesion
Fund programmes do?
The ERDF and Cohesion Fund in the period 20072013 financed
• 322 programmes
• Across 28 Member states
• At National and Regional level
• Investing in a wide variety of themes ….
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1. What do we have data on ?
• INPUTS: Programmes 1) allocate and 2) spend
money in different 3) investment themes
• OUTPUTS: Direct measurable product of the
actions supported
• RESULTS: Influence on socio economic
developments (but there are other factors that
influence also)
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2.
Where to find information?
INPUTS:
• Atlas and Programme factsheets:
2007-2013 - 2014-2020
• Absorption tracking by Member state (next slide)
OUTPUTS – 2007-2013:
• Open data: https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/
• 2013 Strategic and National reports: LINK
• Annual Programme reports in Member States
RESULTS:
• Evaluations (more later)
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3. An example …. 2007-13
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3. An example 2014-2020 ….
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4. For the specialists ….
Ex-post evaluation 2007-2013
Objectives:
• Accountability and transparency
• Learning policy lessons
• feed into the preparation of next period
Details are here : LINK
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Challenges for 2007-2013
SCALE AND SCOPE:
• 322 programmes of varied sizes (from 3 Million to 28
Billion)
• Covering various fields of activity, expected results at
different time horizons
TIMING:
• Deadline for ex post evaluation: end December 2015
while programmes are still running
• Objective: to publish the synthesis report in April
2016
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Data Block
Modelling Block
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Quest
Rhomolo
• Outputs: Core
indicators
Delivery systems
• Inputs: Geographic
distrib.
Impact of Cohesion
Policy (Synthesis)
2007 - 2013
Thematic Block
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Enterprise support
Financial instruments
Large Entreprises
European territorial
Cooperation
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Regional
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Transport
Environment
Energy efficiency
Culture and tourism
Urban and social
Typical elements of thematic evaluations
• Literature review
• Stock taking: financial data, core
indicators
• Case studies (103 in total), surveys
• Stakeholder seminar
• Final report
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5. Exciting next things …
this December 2015
An OPEN DATA platform on the ESI funds 2014-2020
with initially …
• Searchable data at EU – Thematic – Member State
or Fund level (ERDF-EAFRD-ESF-CF-EMFF)
• Financial allocations and planned achievements
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later phases to
To display all 500+ programmes
Updates on absoption and tracking achievements
Beneficairy lists
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Useful information
• OPEN DATA: https://cohesiondata.ec.europa.eu/
• Data for Researchers:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/evaluations/d
ata-for-research/
• Link to the ex post evaluations:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/evaluations/ec
/2007-2013/
• Link to the competition and conference:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/evaluations/co
nferences/evaluating-effects/
- Link to DG REGIO guidance:
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/policy/evaluations/g
uidance/
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