Brussels

26 June 2008

Structural Funds 2007-2013 :Indicator system in Wallonia (Belgium)

Florence HennartEconomic Policy DepartmentMinistry of Walloon Region

Evaluation Network Meeting

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Ministry of Walloon Region - Economic Policy Department

Principles Continuity - lessons learned from 2000-

2006 period - “less and better indicators” Focus on result indicators, in particular

employment effects Orientations from the Commission :

working paper n° 2 - Core indicators Bottom-up approach : axis indicators

consolidated from measures/projects indicators

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Structure of the indicators system Measures / projects level :

Output indicators Results indicators

Consolidation at the axis level of the most pertinent indicators

Program level : Context indicators - To be linked with global

objectives Global effects on employment (gross direct effects) Environmental indicators

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Output indicators

Number of beneficiaries (enterprises, research centers)

Number of projects (R&D projects, formation centers, infrastructures projects, rehabilitation projects, urban development projects,…)

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Results indicators Number of new enterprises and extended

enterprises Direct gross employment effects, of which

researchers Investment / R&D investment New products, processes, or patents Superficies rehabilitated and reallocated

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Collection of indicators

By the functional administration from the operators

or directly from the functional administration Semi-annual basis Via the central database managed by the

coordination administration automatically consolidated at the measures and axis levels

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Development work

Harmonisation of the definition used with the administrations

Explanation of the definitions to the operators, and if necessary review of their quantification (project level)

Point of attention : Avoiding double counting for employment effects and creation of new enterprises

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Monitoring process

By the coordination administration on a semi-annual basis

By the monitoring committees of projects/groups of projects (annual)

By the monitoring committees of programs Annual reports Link with evaluation (article 48§3)

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Thanks for your attention !

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