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Ex-post evaluation of INTERREG III
09.07.2010
The final report of the INTERREG III ex post evaluation was published on DG Regio website
Key findings on Interreg III
- The very significant volumes of activity demonstrate that Interreg was about much more than mutual learning opportunities, as is sometimes stated in the literature, although these too were important.
- Physical investments achieved tangible territorial impacts, but only if they had a real cross-border or transnational relevance.
- Soft co-operation outcomes were equally important territorial impacts, particularly where they involved the development of a joint & durable problem solving capacity.
- Co-operation was promoted and facilitated, with 12,000 networks and co-operation structures reported to be created and 63,000 agreements or conventions concluded along the borders.
Recommendations for the present ETC
- To ensure that programme logic is consistent: what do programmes aim to achieve and how will they know when they have been successful?
- To promote projects with strategic importance: how can programmes be sure that projects will contribute to achieving the objectives of the programme?
- To establish pro-active and ongoing interaction with other Territorial Co-Operation and Convergence and Regional Competitiveness and Employment programmes
- To improve monitoring and evaluation of the programmes
- To experiment with the EGTC to set up fully integrated co-operation structures
- To start preparing joint territorial strategies in the programme areas for the future
More information on outcomes of the ex post evaluation of INTERREG III and final report can be found here
