1. Common Indicators – Annex 1 of Concepts and Recommendations Paper
Adam Abdulwahab
Evaluation network, Brussels, 20th October 2011

2. Indicators in OPs Indicators of Intended Change Indicators of Progress
measure if change is happening
result indicators
Indicators of Progress
measure progress of implementation
mainly output indicators
includes common indicators where appropriate

3. Common Indicators
Objective: provide EU level (aggregated) information on achievements of Cohesion Policy
Timing: information should be available at or shortly after finishing projects (selected and fully implemented)
Simplicity: data from monitoring of implementation or operation
Aggregation: “outputs“ as much as possible

4. Common Indicators in Regulations
General Regulation: obligation to use common indicators
Fund-specific regulations: specify relevant areas, name and measurement unit
Guidance document:
provide broad definitions
other information (type: result/output)

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