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Figure Investing in your future PUBLIC SECTOR Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013 Final Report under project BG161PO001/5-01/2008/037, implemented with the financial assistance of the Operational Programme “Regional Development 2007 - 2013”, co-financed by the European Union through the European Fund for Regional Development 28 February 2011 ADVISORY This document is prepared within project BG161PO001/5-01/2008/037 „Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013, financed under Priority Axis 5 "Technical Assistance" of Operational Programme Regional Development 1 2007 - 2013, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013 Final Report T6B ABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................. 10 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 10 1.1 Purpose9B of the Final Report .......................................................................................................... 17 1.2 Overview of activities .................................................................................................................... 17 1.3 Structure1B of the report .................................................................................................................. 18 2 METHODOLOGY..........................................................................................................1B 19 2.1 Approach12B ........................................................................................................................................ 19 2.2 Evaluation13B framework ................................................................................................................... 19 3 GENERAL2B PROGRESS................................................................................................. 24 3.1 Financial16B allocation ........................................................................................................................ 25 3.2 Financial17B progress .......................................................................................................................... 27 3.3 Decomposition18B ............................................................................................................................... 29 3.4 Project19B portfolio ............................................................................................................................. 30 3.5 Prognosis20 ........................................................................................................................................ 37 3.6 Other20B progress related issues ....................................................................................................... 38 4 FINDINGS3B OF THE EVALUATION .............................................................................. 42 4.1 Introduction21B .................................................................................................................................... 42 4.2 Relevance2B ........................................................................................................................................ 42 4.3 Implementa23B tion .............................................................................................................................. 66 4.4 Environment24B impact assessment ............................................................................................... 131 5 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................... 132 5.2 Relevance26B ...................................................................................................................................... 132 5.3 Implementa27B tion ............................................................................................................................ 134 5.4 Environment28B impact assessment ............................................................................................... 138 6 RECOMMENDATIONS .............................................................................................. 140 6.1 Progress ........................................................................................................................................ 140 6.2 Relevance26B ...................................................................................................................................... 140 6.3 Implementa27B tion ............................................................................................................................ 143 6.4 Environment28B impact assessment ............................................................................................... 147 6.5 Other25B technical recommendations ............................................................................................. 147 6.6 Categorisation25B of recommendations .......................................................................................... 148 This document is prepared within project BG161PO001/5-01/2008/037 „Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013, financed under Priority Axis 5 "Technical Assistance" of Operational Programme Regional Development 2 2007 - 2013, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013 Final Report 7 PROJECT RESULTS................................................................................................... 154 8 ANNEXES .................................................................................................................. 155 8.1 Annex to Progress ........................................................................................................................ 155 8.2 Annex to Previous evaluations ................................................................................................... 160 8.3 Annex to SWOT analysis ............................................................................................................. 185 8.4 Annex31B to Consistency of objectives ........................................................................................... 195 8.5 Annex32B to Indicators ...................................................................................................................... 200 8.6 Annex3B to Lead time ...................................................................................................................... 216 8.7 Annex34B to Scheduling of calls ...................................................................................................... 218 8.8 Annex to Project selection .......................................................................................................... 219 8.9 Annex36B to Partnership ................................................................................................................... 250 8.10 Annex37B to Information and publicity ........................................................................................... 251 8.11 Summary of the beneficiary survey results ............................................................................... 252 8.12 List of interviews ......................................................................................................................... 264 This document is prepared within project BG161PO001/5-01/2008/037 „Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013, financed under Priority Axis 5 "Technical Assistance" of Operational Programme Regional Development 3 2007 - 2013, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013 Final Report L7B IST OF ACRONYMS Abbreviation Full expression BGN Bulgarian Leva CF Cohesion Fund DCA Decomposition analysis DFR Draft Final Report EAO Environment Assessment Opinion EIA Environmental Impact Assessment EQ Evaluation questions ERDF European Regional Development Fund ESF European Social Fund EU European Union EUR Euro FR Final Report IB Intermediate Body InR Interim Report IR Inception Report MA Managing Authority MC Monitoring Committee mBGN million Leva MEQ Main Evaluation Question mEUR million euro MRDPW Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works n.a. Not available OP Operational Programme OPRD Operational Programme for Regional Development PA Priority Axis RDP Rural Development Programme SF Structural Funds TA Technical Assistance TO Technical Offer ToR Terms of Reference This document is prepared within project BG161PO001/5-01/2008/037 „Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013, financed under Priority Axis 5 "Technical Assistance" of Operational Programme Regional Development 4 2007 - 2013, co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund Mid-term Evaluation of Operational Programme Regional Development 2007-2013 Final Report L8B IST OF FIGURES Figure 2 - The concept of triangulation ............................................................................................................