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15.02.2012
Thematic Evaluation of European Commission Support to Justice and Security System Reform – Final Report – November 2011
ADE has finalised the Evaluation of the Commission’s support to Justice and Security System Reforms (JSSR) in third countries over the period 2001-2009.
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10.02.2012
ADE has presented the Study findings to senior island representatives, at the Committee of the Regions
ADE presented the findings from a recent study carried out on behalf of DG Regional Policy on the role and effectiveness of ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and the Cohesion Fund in regions with specific geographical features (islands, mountains and sparsely populated regions). The presentation was given to a meeting of senior representatives of the Islands Commission of the Conference of Periperal and Maritime Regions (CPMR) which took place on February 8th in the Committee of the Regions, Brussels.
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1.02.2012
Evaluation of Promotion and Information Actions for Agricultural Products
The evaluation assessed the European Commission (EC)’s promotion and information policy for agricultural products since 2002. It assessed the relevance and effectiveness of the policy regarding the achievement of its objectives mentioned in Council Regulation (EC) No 3/2008 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 501/2008

11.11.2011
Final Evaluation report of the Commission’s support to CPPB in third countries over the period 2001-2010
Thematic Evaluation of European Commission Support to Conflict Prevention

10.11.2011
Mid-Term evaluation of the 2007-2013 « Hexagonal » Rural Development Programme
The mid-term evaluation covered the Hexagonal Rural development programme (PDRH) 2007-2013 established in application of Regulation (EC) n° 1698/2005 in metropolitan France excluding Corsica. The evaluation examined the implementation of the programme and its mid-term achievements. It answered five specific French Horizontal Evaluation questions, in addition to a specific focus on 13 measures and the Common evaluation questions. A special focus was put on drawing conclusions and recommendations, for both the current period and for post 2013.

17.06.2011
Presentation of Mr. Wathelet at the European Business & Innovation Centre Network/RETIS Annual congress
On Wednesday 15th of June, Mr. Jean-Marie Wathelet, ADE’s managing director, made reference the case of European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) investment for steering efficient innovation ecosystems, notably in France ; he summed up the recommendations of a recent survey of the French Regional Innovation Strategies.

29.03.2011
Evaluation of EC Cooperation with Ukraine
This evaluation provides an overall independent assessment of the entire European Commission’s cooperation with Ukraine over the period 2002-2009, and provides key lessons for improving current and future EC strategies and programmes.

28.03.2011
Mid-term evaluation of the Walloon 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme : Full text
The mid-term evaluation presents preliminary outputs, results, conclusions and recommendations regarding the implementation of the RDP 2007-2013 in Wallonia (Belgium) in terms of efficiency and effectiveness as well as answers to the EC evaluation questions.

28.03.2011
Mid-term evaluation of the Walloon 2007-2013 Rural Development Programme : Abstract
The mid-term evaluation presents preliminary outputs, results, conclusions and recommendations regarding the implementation of the RDP 2007-2013 in Wallonia (Belgium) in terms of efficiency and effectiveness as well as answers to the EC evaluation questions.

25.03.2011
Mid-term evaluation of the Investment Facility and EIB own resources operations in ACP countries and the OCTs
ADE was commissioned to conduct an evaluation of the European Investment Bank (EIB) activities in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries and the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) over the period 2003-2009. These activities were implemented respectively within the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and the Overseas Association Decision. It concerns a total of €4.1 billion in approvals, 64% of which were funded under the Investment Facility and 36% under EIB own resources.

24.02.2011
Joint presentation at the Société wallonne de l'Évaluation et de la Prospective (SWEP)
Mr. Jean-Marie Wathelet, ADE’s managing director, gave a presentation with Mr. Dominique de Crombrugghe, Special Evaluator at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the Société wallonne de l'Évaluation et de la Prospective (SWEP) on Thursday 24th February in Namur (Belgium).

11.01.2011
Evaluation of the European Commission support to conflict prevention and peace building: Concept study
Concept study on the European Commission’s support to Conflict Prevention and Peace Building published and available online

1.01.2011
Mid-term evaluation of the Rural Development Programme (2007-2013) Grand Duché of Luxembourg
The project assisted the Grand Duché of Luxembourg in the setting up of the on-going evaluation system related to the implementation of the 2007-2013 Rural Development Plan. It included the implementation of th mid-term evaluation and a synthetic report of the National Strategic Plan. The Mid-term evaluation answers the Common Evaluation Questions aiming at assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the plan. The evaluator was also responsible for the strategic monitoring whose objectives are defined in the Strategic National Plan. The contribution of the Community strategy was an important component. Globally the evaluator had to identify success and failure factors of the plan, to formulate conclusions and recommendations based on observations, as well as to identify possible adjustments which are deemed necessary to improve the plan.

22.12.2010
Evaluation of the European Commission’s Strategy for the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Third Countries
The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade (DG Trade) has just published the final report of the independent evaluation ADE has carried out of the EC’s 2004 Strategy for the enforcement of intellectual property rights in third countries. The evaluation considered all categories of intellectual property rights (IPRs), notably trademarks and geographical indications, copyright and related rights, patents, and designs.

10.11.2010
Evaluation of Implementation of the Farm Advisory System (EU 27)
The evaluation analyses the effectiveness and the efficiency of the implementation of the Farm Advisory System (FAS) with respect to achieving the objectives laid down in Council Regulation n°1782/2003. More specifically, the first part provides a description of the establishment and implementation of the FAS in the 27 Member States including a typology of the approaches to implementation. The second part provides answers to a set of evaluation questions as well as conclusions and recommendations based on the findings.

10.08.2010
Evaluation of European Commission's cooperation with El Salvador

10.02.2010
Evaluation of European Commission’s cooperation with Nicaragua
The European Commission’s cooperation with Nicaragua has represented more than €300m during the period 1998-2008. ADE has recently carried out an evaluation of this aid on demand of the EC. It presents notably findings and conclusions on the past cooperation, and recommendations for improving future EU cooperation.

1.07.2009
Preliminary Study to the Evaluation of the Commission’s support to CPPB in third countries over the period 2001-2010
Thematic Evaluation of European Commission Support to Conflict Prevention

10.12.2008
Evaluation of Commission's Aid Delivery through Development Banks and EIB

7.08.2008
Evaluation Network - DG Regional Policy

4.07.2008
Evaluation of Commission's external cooperation with partner countries through the organisations of the UN family - ref. 1252

24.06.2008
Evaluation of the European Commission's Support to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

24.06.2008
Evaluation of the Commission's Support to the ACP Pacific Region

24.06.2008
Evaluation of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs' forecasting services

24.06.2008
Evaluation de la Coopération de la Commisison Européenne avec la Bolivie

24.06.2008
Evaluation of EC Support to Partner Countries in the area of Energy

27.02.2008
Mid-Term Evaluation of the Belgian Survival Fund

1.06.2007
Evaluation of the Commission Support for Statistics

1.05.2007
Mali : Evaluation conjointe de la coopération de la CE et de la France avec le Mali