1. 1 Ex post evaluation of Cohesion Fund (including former ISPA) Evaluation Network Meeting Brussels, February 25 th 2010

2. 2 Organization of the evaluation Breakdown into 3 work packages: WP A - Contribution to EU transport and environment policies WP B - Cost benefit analysis of selected transport projects WP C - Cost benefit analysis of selected Environment projects

3. 3 Work Package A Objective To assess the contribution of the Cohesion Fund and ISPA to the development of the EU transport system, to achieving the EU acquis in the field of environment and the effect of ISPA as a preparation for Structural Fund and Cohesion Fund programmes Tasks 1 - Funds' missions, strategies and resources 2 - Financial and physical outcomes 3 - Unit costs 4 - Management and Implementation 5 - Contribution to the development of Trans European Transport System 6 - Contribution to achieving the environmental acquis 7 - Synthesis Duration 19 months

4. 4 Work Packages B and C Objective To carry out ex post cost benefit analyses for 10 transport projects (WP B) and for 10 environment projects (WP C) co-financed by the Cohesion Fund (including former ISPA) and to learn from these analyses for the current and future programming periods Tasks 1 - Selecting 10 major transport projects 2 - Ex post project analysis 3 - Assessing cost benefit analysis as method Duration 15 months

5. 5 Next Steps WP AWP BWP C Inception ReportFeb 10 Project Descriptions/March 2010 1 st Intermediate ReportJuly 2010May 2010 2 nd Intermediate ReportApril 2011Oct 2010 Draft Final ReportJune 2011Jan 2011 Final ReportJuly 2011March 2011