1. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria1 Monitoring and Evaluation Perspectives in Bulgaria Jenya Dinkova, Head of “Coordination of Projects and Programmes” Department

2. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria2 Contents   Main challenges   Current Status   Our Partners

3. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria3 Main Challenges  Decentralization of the Monitoring and Evaluation function  Development of a National Strategy for evaluation capacity building  Promotion of M&E as a management tool for decision and policy making

4. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria4 Current Status  Decentralized Monitoring Activity - Monthly Meetings - SMSC - JMC  Interim Evaluation Function

5. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria5 Steps to Further Decentralization of Monitoring and Evaluation   Major Commitment of Bulgarian Administration Monitoring and Evaluation Unit National Evaluation Unit Action Plan for Decentralization of Evaluation Contracting of an Independent Evaluator National Strategy for Evaluation Capacity Building

6. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria6 Action Plan for Decentralization of Evaluation   Legal Basis for Conducting M&E   Role of the M&E in PHARE Management   Description of Procedures   Quality Standards   Distribution of Responsibilities   Time-schedule of the envisaged actions

7. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria7 Contracting of an Independent Evaluator  No Evaluation Gap  PHARE Project “Interim evaluation of the Phare Programme”  NAC Services responsibilities

8. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria8 National Strategy for Evaluation Capacity Building  Promotion of Evaluation as a Management Tool for Decision Making at National Policy Level  Guidance in Identification of Internal and External Resources to be Mobilized  Evaluation Models, Mechanisms and Approaches  Partnerships to be Created

9. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria9 Expectations  Quality and Legitimacy of Evaluation Results  Transparency of Evaluation Process  Usage of Good Practices  Development of National Evaluation Culture  Management Tool

10. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria10 Our Partners   Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy   NAC Services - Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic

11. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria11 Preparation for Evaluation of Structural Instruments  Setting up of evaluation units in CCU and OP Managing Authorities  NSRF and OPs are subject to ex-ante, midterm and ex-post evaluation  Ex-ante evaluation of NSRF and OPs - ongoing

12. Management of EU Funds Directorate, Ministry of Finance, Bulgaria12 Monitoring and Evaluation Perspectives in Bulgaria Thank you for your attention! Jenya Dinkova and Team