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Eurofound, Cedefop, ETF and EU-OSHA : final report
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Four decentralised agencies operate under the remit of DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion (DG EMPL): Eurofound, Cedefop, EU-OSHA and ETF. The prime objective of these agencies is to generate knowledge and contribute to the policy process in their respective fields of activity. According to the Founding Regulations: Cedefop (established in 1975) works to promote vocational training and in-service training ; The mandate of the ETF (established in 1990) encompasses human capital development in partner countries ; Eurofound (established in 1975) covers broadly living and working conditions ; EU-OSHA (established in 1994) focuses its activities on occupational safety and health In terms of modus operandi, the respective Founding Regulations state that Eurofound and Cedefop are to provide policy advice and assistance to the Community institutions; EU-OSHA works to provide information to the Community bodies, the Member States, social partners, and those involved in the field; finally, the ETF is to contribute, in the context of EU external relations policies, to improving human capital development in a number of countries and regions outside the EU. Cedefop, Eurofound and EU-OSHA are tripartite agencies, meaning that Member States, employers’ organisations and trade unions are represented equally in their Governing Boards. The ETF’s Governing Board is composed mostly of representatives from the Member States. The project team carried out an in-depth evaluation of Cedefop, Eurofound and EU-OSHA. The ETF has already been evaluated in 2016 and therefore, in line with the Terms of Reference, this assignment has drawn, to the extent possible, on the 2016 report and produced an update. In many cases, the previous ETF evaluation did not collect data that could be directly comparable to that of Cedefop, Eurofound and EU-OSHA. In such cases, the project team used comparative evidence for the three agencies. The Commission's Better Regulation Guidelines and the Financial Regulation require periodic evaluation of EU interventions of over 5 million EUR, which is applicable to all four agencies, as their annual budgets are all above this threshold. The main objective of this evaluation was therefore to provide an independent external evaluation of the four agencies with regard their relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU value-added. The evaluation encompassed both an individual assessment of each agency as well as a cross-cutting and comparative perspective. It collected and examined evidence covering the period 2011-2016 (if relevant, earlier evidence was also taken into account) and undertook a prospective assessment with regard to the future functioning of the agencies.
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- Corporate author(s): Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (European Commission) , ECORYS , PPMI
- Themes: Employment policy , Activities of the institutions and bodies
- Subject: Cedefop , EU activity , EU employment policy , EU office or agency , Eurofound , European Agency for Safety and Health at Work , European Training Foundation
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| ISSN | ISBN 978-92-79-80728-2 | DOI 10.2767/698278 | Catalogue number KE-01-18-228-EN-N |
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