Section 4 U.K. Evaluation
Article 115U.K.General provisions
1.The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the elements to be contained in ex ante evaluation reports referred to in Article 55 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 and establishing the minimum requirements for the evaluation plan referred to in Article 56 of that Regulation. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 127(3) of this Regulation.
2.Member States shall ensure that the evaluations conform to the common monitoring and evaluation system agreed in accordance with Article 107, shall organise the production and gathering of the necessary data, and shall supply the various pieces of information provided by the monitoring system to the evaluators.
3.The evaluation reports shall be made available by Member States on the internet and by the Commission on the Union website.
Article 116U.K.Ex ante evaluation
Member States shall ensure that the ex ante evaluator is involved from an early stage in the process of development of the operational programme, including the development of the analysis referred to in point (a) of Article 18(1), the design of the programme’s intervention logic and the establishment of the programme’s targets.
Article 117U.K.Ex post evaluation
In accordance with Article 57 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013, an ex post evaluation report shall be prepared by the Commission in close cooperation with Member States.
Article 118U.K.Synthesis of evaluations
A synthesis at Union level of the ex ante evaluation reports shall be undertaken under the responsibility of the Commission. The synthesis of the evaluation reports shall be completed at the latest by 31 December of the year following the submission of the relevant evaluations.