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International evaluation conference 

"What's new and what works in the EU cohesion policy 2007-2013: discoveries and lessons for 2014-2020"

3–4 March, 2011, Vilnius 

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Presentations:

Strand 1: EVALUATING EVALUATION – DO WE USE IT AS A PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT TOOL? 

Evaluating the Structural Funds in the 2007–2013 Programming Period: What is the Situation Across the EU?

Terry Ward, Director of Studies, Applica, Belgium

Using Balanced Scorecard as a Tool to Integrate Evaluation with Strategic Management of Public Sector Organisations (supplementary text)

Benedict Wauters, Deputy Director of ESF Agency Flanders, Belgium

Evaluation of the ESF in the Programming Period Post 2013

Antonella Schulte-Braucks, Head of Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission

The Sound of Structural Funds Evaluation:  Pipe Organs or Bagpipes? Making a Case for Evidence-based Design of Operational Programmes

Alberto Martini, Director of Progetto Volutazione, Italy

Strand 2: TAKING STOCK OF EVALUATIONS: SHARING INSIGHTS ON WHAT‘S NEW AND WHAT WORKS IN 2007–2013

2.1. ASSESSING CHANGES IN THE AREAS OF SUPPORT

Session A: EU Structural Fund Support to Public Sector Institutional and Administrative Capacity – What Results Can be Expected?

ESF Support for Institutional and Administrative Capacity Building in 2007–2013

Łukasz Wardyn, Policy Officer, DG EMPL, European Commission

ESF Support to Administrative Capacity Building: How to Design Successful Interventions and How to Assess their Impacts?

Agnieszka Sternik, Evaluation Officer, DG EMPL, European Commission

Evaluation of Capacity Building Interventions under ESF: Methodological Issues

Artur Nowak-Far, Professor at Warsaw School of Economics, Socio-Economic Collegium, Poland

Reducing Bureaucratic Burden and Increasing Transparency by Implementing ESF Projects in Czech Public Administration

Oto Potluka, Head of the Research Centre, University of Economics Prague, Czech Republic

Engaging Policy-Makers in Impact Evaluation. Lessons from Italy.

Paolo Severati, Researcher, ISFOL, Italy

Brief Information on the Community of Practice on Result Based Management

Anna Kanakaki, Communication Officer, Programming & Evaluations Unit, Managing Authority, Special Service Health and Social Solidarity, Greece

Session B: EU Structural Fund Support to Innovation: to What Extent, When and What Investments Are Effective? Insights from Evaluations.

How to Evaluate Innovation and Research and Technology Policy: the Experience of the Structural Funds

Enrico Wolleb, General Director of Ismeri Europe, Italy

Evaluating the Effects of Innovation Measures in the Structural Funds

Alasdair Reid, Director at Technopolis Group, Belgium

Support to Innovation in Enterprises in Hungary

Attila Béres, Head of Unit for Analysis and Controlling, National Development Agency; Tamás Boór, Economic Development OP Managing Authority, Hungary

EU Structural Fund Support to Innovation in Lithuania: Lessons and Challenges

Agnė Paliokaitė, Principal Analyst, Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania

Influence of EU Structural Funds on the Operation of Institutions Providing Innovation Support Services

Edgaras Leichteris, Director of the Knowledge Economy Forum, Lithuania

Session B conclusions - Monika Petraitė, Professor at Kaunas Technology University, Lithuania

2.2. INNOVATIVE FORMS OF ASSISTANCE

Session A: Are EU Cohesion Policy Instruments Suitable for the Achievement of the Policy Objectives?  The Case of Innovative Instruments.

What Lessons Can be Learnt from ERDF Support for Innovative Actions? Results of a Study Carried out for DG REGIO (supplementary text)

Tomasz Jerzyniak, Economist / Consultant at Technopolis Group, Belgium

Session B: Financial Engineering – a New and Better Way to Use EU Structural Funds? 

Financial Engineering – an Innovative Way to Use EU Structural Funds

Dorota Kalina Zaliwska, Head of Financial Engineering Unit, DG REGIO, European Commission

Application of Financial Engineering Instruments to EU Structural Funds in Lithuania: Overview of Initial Experience and Evaluation Findings

Klaudijus Maniokas, Chairman of the Board at public company European Social, Legal And Economic Projects, Lithuania

Financial Engineering for Energy-Efficiency Schemes

Helene Ryding, Independent Energy Policy Consultant, United Kingdom

CLOSING SESSION: EU COHESION POLICY AFTER 2013

The Future of EU Cohesion Policy: Research and Policy Questions

John Bachtler, Director of European Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Strathclyde University, Great Britain

The Future of EU Cohesion Policy in Time of Austerity (supplementary text)

John Bradley, Principal of EMDS Consulting, Ireland

The Future of EU Cohesion Policy: a Lithuanian Perspective

Ana Stankaitienė, Director of EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Assistance Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

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Conference “Evaluation of EU Structural Funds: Reinforcing Quality and Utilization”

26-27 March, 2009, Vilnius

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Presentations:

Part 1: REINFORCING QUALITY AND USEFULNESS OF EVALUATIONS

Evaluation System and Evaluation Capacity in Lithuania
Dr. Ana Stankaitienė, Director of EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Assistance Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

Session 1: Building an Effective Capacity for Evaluation on the Demand Side

Evaluation Capacity Building Activities in the EU Member States: a Cross-National Overview
Dr. Martin Ferry, European Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde, UK

Evaluation Capacity Building in the EU Member States: Exchange of Experience

Evaluation of Structural Instruments in Poland. Experience in Evaluation Capacity Building
Stanisław Bienias, Head of Evaluation Unit, Department of Structural Policy Coordination, Ministry of Regional Development, Poland

Developing Evaluation Capacity in Romania: from Theory to Practice, Present and Future
Aneta Stoica and Anton Enachescu, Evaluation Central Unit, Ministry of Public Finance, Romania

Building an Effective Evaluation System – the Hungarian Approach
Dr. Tamás Tétényi, Head of Department for Strategy and Evaluation, National Development Agency, Hungary

Multilevel On-going Evaluation Approach: Experiences from the Swedish Approach
Göran Brulin, NUTEK analyst, Sweden

Session 2: Producing Credible Evaluations: Methodological Considerations

Do Economic Models Tell us Anything Useful about Cohesion Policy Impacts?
John Bradley, Principal of EMDS Consulting, Ireland

Methods for Assessing Impacts of Structural Interventions: Lessons From Ex Post Evaluations
Veronica Gaffey, Head of DG REGIO Evaluation Unit, European Commission

Ex post evaluation of the ESF (2000-2006)
Anna Galazka, Evaluation Officer, Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit of DG EMPL, European Commission

Methods for Evaluating Structural Fund Employment Effects
Mark Whittle, CSES

Methods for Evaluating Structural Fund Employment Effects: Methodological Alternatives and the Empirical Case of Lithuania
Dr. Virmantas Kvedaras, Vilnius University, Lithuania

Part 2: STRENGTHENING UTILISATION OF STRUCTURAL FUND EVALUATION RESULTS

What is “Utilisation” and How Can It be Measured?
Dr. Karol Olejniczak, Warsaw University, Poland

Use of Evaluation Results in the European Commission
Veronica Gaffey, Head of DG REGIO Evaluation Unit, European Commission

Strengthening Utilisation of Evaluation Results in Lithuania
Danutė Burakienė, Head of Evaluation Unit, EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Assistance Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

ESF Evaluation Partnership as an Arrangement for Mutual Learning and Supporting Quality and Usefulness of Evaluations
Anna Galazka, Evaluation Officer, Evaluation and Impact Assessment Unit of DG EMPL, European Commission

Using the Results of Evaluation to Inform ESF Programming: ESF in England - a Case Study
Duncan Carnie, Policy Manager, European Social Fund Division, Department for Work and Pensions, UK

Community of Practice on Results Based Management (additional presentation)
Benedict Wauters, Deputy Director Flemish ESF Agency, Belgium

Part 3: EMBEDDING EVALUATION IN WIDER GOVERNMENT

Role of Evaluation in Public Policy
Elliot Stern, Professor of Evaluation Research (Lancaster University), editor of International Journal “Evaluation”, UK

Integrated Approach to Evaluation of Structural Fund and National Expenditure:  Lessons from the Irish Experience
David Hegarty, Indecon International Economic Consultants, Ireland

Role of Evaluation in the Programme of 15^th Government of the Republic of Lithuania
Rimantas Večkys, Director of the Strategic Planning and Public Administration Department, Office of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania

Assessing Public Expenditure: Evaluation of EU Structural Funds and Budget Programmes
Dr. Vitalis Nakrošis, Public Policy and Management Institute, Lithuania

More information: Donata Valaitiene, Evaluation Unit, EU Cohesion Policy and Structural Assistance Coordination Department, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania (tel. +370 5 2194 485, e-mail: d.valaitiene@finmin.lt).