1. JRC Monitoring Working Group
REMTh RIS3 Monitoring
JRC Monitoring Working Group
#1: Integrate existing intervention logic (based on RIS3 priorities) with output & result indicators.
Mandatory use of specific set of indicators dictated by the Ministry of Finance & Development.
Goal: use of “smart” indicators – in case of inadequate national indicators.
Q1: Did you manage (or plan) to run your M&E system totally in-house or partly outsourcing it? 1

2. JRC Monitoring Working Group
REMTh RIS3 Monitoring
JRC Monitoring Working Group
#2: Collection of data
External databases, e.g.: EUROSTAT, GR national stats (ELSTAT) - delayed & quantitative.
Internal database: collection of data from local stakeholders (non beneficiaries & beneficiaries), with the development of surveys:
ex ante and/or ex post for the beneficiaries of the calls, and
“industry barometer” using a fixed set of firms within the region, that correspond to different dimensions (size, sector, geographic location, etc). This kind of periodic survey (e.g. biannually) might prove very useful to assess results & impacts of RIS3 implementation.
A 1st questionnaire has been designed & will be tested to the beneficiaries of the 1st Call-for-Proposals that the Region is currently running.
Q2: Who will receive evaluation data (networks, funders, community, other stakeholders)? How to ensure the information will be useful for internal program monitoring purposes? Will any of the information be confidential (potential consequences if information were to go public)? 2

3. REMTh RIS3 Monitoring JRC Monitoring Working Group
#3: Running the whole monitoring and evaluation system within the RIS3 Governance Structure.
Paved the way towards a coherent RIS3 Monitoring System, but still, there are essential steps to be taken, since, unfortunately, so far, a transition of the regional RIS3 governance to an operational level hasn’t been accomplished.
Next steps:
Business Discovery Workshops for other areas of Regional RIS3,
Establishment of Regional Council, RIS3 management structure and working groups,
Finalize and issue new Invitations for:
-The remaining areas of Regional RIS3,
New businesses,
Incubators & Clusters.
Q3: How do you plan to incorporate the business sector within the designing process of the M&E system?
Yiannis Kesanlis
Eastern Macedonia & Thrace Region Managing Authority
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