Establishing evaluation priorities
The Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs establishes its multi-annual evaluation programmes on the basis of its future political priorities and operational needs.
Expenditure programmes and operations
The Mid-term evaluation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) was completed in 2024 and covers the period from 2021 to 2023
The evaluation of the Joint Harmonised EU Programme of Business and Consumer Surveys was completed in 2023 and covers the period from 2012 to 2021.
The ex-post evaluation of the economic adjustment programmes of Greece was completed in 2023 and covers the period 2010-2018.
This external evaluation covered DG ECFIN’s communication activities from January 2017 to July 2021, with a focus on the years 2020 and 2021. Concluded in February 2023, it served to provide precise, practical lessons learned for future work.
The ex-post evaluation was undertaken in accordance with Article 18.6 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2396 (the ‘EFSI 2.0 Regulation’) by DG ECFIN, based on an independent evaluation by ICF SA.
This evaluation was concluded in September 2021 and represents the first example of a joint evaluation of two MFA operations to Tunisia and Jordan.
Study on the available options to set up a European Fund to support SMEs' public listing.
This evaluation was concluded in October 2019.
Study on the sovereign debt sustainability in Greece during the economic adjustment programmes: 2010-2018
Study on the pension reforms in Greece during the economic adjustment programs: 2010 - 2018
Study on the financial sector in Greece during the economic adjustment programmes: 2010-2018
Study on the macroeconomic and fiscal path in Greece during the economic adjustment programmes: 2010-2018
This evaluation was concluded in December 2019.
This evaluation was concluded in December 2019.
An evaluation of the 2013 – 2016 economic adjustment programme for Cyprus was undertaken by a team of economists from the European Commission.
The evaluation by Commission staff was conducted in 2019 and builds on an external study undertaken in 2018 by Ecorys and CEPS.
In the framework of the 2016-2020 multi-annual evaluation plan of the Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs...
The evaluation for MFA I and MFA II was concluded in November 2017. The evaluation for MFA III was finalised in July 2020.
The independent evaluation was undertaken in accordance with Article 18.6 of the EFSI Regulation and was concluded in June 2018.
The evaluation was concluded in December 2017.
The evaluation was concluded in June 2017.
Policies and non-spending activities
The study analyses the landscape of philanthropic capital in Europe, the investment tools philanthropic organisations are using.
The study presents the first comprehensive overview of financial and non-financial assets in the EU. It relies on a very rich and extensive firm-level data