Evaluation

As an EU agency, Eurofound is required to 'regularly carry out ex-ante and ex-post evaluations of programmes and activities entailing significant spending', according to article 28 (1) of its Founding Regulation, and article 29 (5) of the Financial Regulation.

• EUR-Lex: Eurofound Founding Regulation
• Financial information: Eurofound Financial Regulation (464kb PDF)

Monitoring and evaluation function and policy

The monitoring and evaluation function is part of the Operational Support Unit and ensures the regular evaluation of Eurofound programmes and activities in accordance with good evaluation practice.

Eurofound evaluation activities are implemented through a multiannual monitoring and evaluation programme which accompanies its multiannual programming cycle.

• Eurofound evaluation policy 2021-2024 - August 2021 (320 kb PDF)

In line with its policy, Eurofound makes evaluations conducted as part of its programme available to its Management Board, but also available on request according to Eurofound access to information policy.

External evaluation reports

• Synthesis of evaluation evidence reported between 2001 and 2016: short meta study/synthesis review by Ipsos MORI
  • short meta study/synthesis review - final report (658 kb PDF), December 2016

Evaluations 2009 - 2012

• Ex-post evaluation of Eurofound's 2009-2012 work programme by Ipsos MORI
  • final report (2.8 mb PDF) and annexes (572 kb PDF), 2015
  • executive summary (534 kb PDF), 2015

• Evaluation mandate for the 2014 external programme evaluation for Eurofound (211 kb PDF)

Previous external evaluation reports

• Ex-post evaluation of the 2005-2008 work programme by Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services (CSES)
  • evaluation report (1.43 mb PDF), and Appendix C - Survey data (298 kb PDF), 2010
  • executive summary (694 kb PDF), 2010

• Ex-post evaluation of the 2001-2004 work programme by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
  • evaluation report (1.56 mb PDF), 2007
  • executive summary (177 kb PDF), 2007
• External evaluation of Eurofound by Deloitte and Touche
  • evaluation report (1.26 mb PDF), 2001
  • executive summary (91 kb PDF), 2001

Other evaluation reports

Ex-ante evaluations

• Ex-ante evaluation report for the Programming Document 2017-2020, completed and submitted to the European Commission, European Parliament and European Council on 29 January 2016
  • evaluation report (1.8 mb PDF), 2016, by Ipsos MORI​​
• Ex-ante evaluation of the 2013-2016 four-year work programme by Eurofound's internal ex-ante evaluation team
  • ​evaluation report (1.21 mb PDF), 2012
• Ex-ante evaluation of the 2009-2012 four-year work programme by Eurofound's internal evaluation team
  • evaluation report (303 kb PDF), 2009

Selected project evaluation

• European Network of Cities for Local Integration Policies for Migrants (CLIP): Evaluation report by Eurofound's internal evaluation team, 2010