Evaluation Plans in Romania Evaluation Network Meeting Evaluation Plans in Romania Claudia Bedea Head of the Evaluation Central Unit Authority for the Coordination of Structural Instruments Ministry of Economy and Finance Claudia.Bedea@mfinante.ro Tel: +40 21 30 25 207 Fax: +40 21 30 25 264

Institutions and responsibilities All programmes are coordinated at central level by ministries IBs at regional level for some OPs exist, but with limited power Overall coordination ministry: Ministry of Economy and Finance – Authority for Coordination of Structural Instruments

Evaluation Planning Drafting multi-annual evaluation plans at OP level and NSRF multi-annual evaluation plan – formal obligation required by national law Subject to Monitoring Committees/National Coordination Committee approval

Structure of the Multi-annual Evaluation Plans Unitary structure OP/NSRF context Regulatory framework for evaluation Management and coordination of the Evaluation Plans Intended evaluation activities Plan is orientative

Evaluations in the coming months A formative evaluation of the Implementation of the Implementation of the Structural Instruments in Romania Tender dossier published on 29 October 2008 Tenders opening: 12 January 2009 Evaluation scope: all OPs Duration: 6 months Managing institution: Evaluation Central Unit within Authority for coordination of Structural Instruments

Evaluations in the coming months Interim evaluation of the OP xxx between January 2007-June 2009 There will be IE for 6 OPs: Transport, Competitiveness, Technical Assistance, Regional, Human Resources, Administrative Capacity. No IE for Env OP Tender dossiers – under preparation All evaluations cut-off date: 30 June 2009 Final evaluation reports: 30 September 2009 Managing institutions: each managing authority

Other evaluations Synthesis of the interim evaluations at OP levels – October-November 2009 (ECU) Evaluation of the quality and relevance of the objectives’ quantification in 2009 (ACD OP MA) Evaluation of the equal opportunities in 2010 (focused on roma population, persons with disabilities and gender) – ROP MA Evaluation of the development of the institutional capacities in regions in 2012 – ROP MA Evaluation of the communication plan – SOP IEC MA JEREMIE evaluation – SOP IEC MA

Other evaluations Evaluation of the PA 1 “Coordination”, PA 2 “SMIS” and PA 3 “Communication” under TA OP – ECU/ACIS Evaluation of the Contribution to the development of the infrastructure – ECU/ACIS Evaluation of the Contribution to the development of the competitiveness – ECU/ACIS Evaluation of the Contribution to the development of the human resources development – ECU/ACIS Evaluation of the Contribution to the administrative capacity development – ECU/ACIS Evaluation of the Contribution to the territorial cohesion – ECU/ACIS

Other evaluations A new round of interim evaluations in 2012 Ad-hoc evaluation in 2009 - Study on the capacity of the National Employment office to respond to the actual needs of the current labour market – HRD SOP MA

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