Evaluation Plans in Romania

1. 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

2. 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 Institutions and responsibilities

3. 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 Evaluation Planning

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

5. 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

6. 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 Evaluations in the coming months

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Thank you! Evaluation Network Meeting