In 2014 the European Commission, Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry1 commissioned a study on the final evaluation of Security Research2 under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (FP7). This evaluation study was conducted by a consort...
This report presents the findings of the Interim Evaluation of the COSME programme, assessing the relevance, effectiveness, coherence, efficiency and EU added value of the programme activities funded in the 2014-2016 period. The evaluation found a strong alignment of the COSME programme with the...
This document summarises the Final Report of the evaluation study: “Final Evaluation of Space Research under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration”. The study has been carried out by Technopolis Group and VVA Consulting on behalf of DG Enterpri...
The focus of the evaluation is the Transfers Directive and its implementation over the period since its application in 2012, covering all key provisions of the Directive, as well as all categories of products within its scope. All EU Member States and EEA countries were covered by the study, and...
This report presents the Final Evaluation of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) in the Context of the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP). It was commissioned by EC Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), and undertaken by a consorti...
The basis for the performance of this assignment is provided by the Commission Decision on the Seventh Framework Programme: “Two years following the completion of this Framework Programme, the Commission shall carry out an external evaluation by independent experts of its rationale, implementati...
The evaluation of research has become more important as expectations for research to support social and economic improvements have risen. However, there are currently a wide variety of measures to measure the impact of research, with some disagreements between policy makers and the research comm...
This report is the Final Report of the ‘Final Evaluation of Security Research under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (FP7)’, which was commissioned, in 2014, by Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry (DG ENTR). A consortium led by Tec...
The EEP was established because of a belief that Officials within DG Enterprise and Industry would benefit from spending a period of time in industry in order to better understand the business environment. Its main aims and objectives are: (i) To enhance the knowledge / awareness of Officials in...
This report presents the Evaluation of Directive 2006/42/EC on Machinery. It was commissioned by EC Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), and undertaken by a consortium led by Technopolis Group over an 18-month period during 2016-2017. The findin...
