MULTIANNUAL PLANS EXTENDED ASSESSMENT 2014-2020​​​​​​​

BibliografieAccording to art. 56 of EU Regulation 1303/2013, evaluations during the period of implementation of the programmes must be carried out on the basis of an evaluation plan covering one or several programmes. Thus, if in 2007-2013 the Regulation that was the basis for the programming and implementation of the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund introduced for the first time the concept of ‘evaluation plan’, in 2014-2020 it became binding.
Its existence is an example of good practice in evaluation management, for which, supplementing the above requirements, the European Commission (DG REGIO and DG EMPL) has prepared a document on evaluation plans, which provided detailed guidelines on the role of evaluation plans and main elements. The steering document states: 
In the previous programming period, evaluations have tended to focus more on implementation and less on capturing the impact. 
For the 2014-2020 period, the regulation calls for the Managing Authorities to carry out evaluations to analyse the effects of programmes funded with ESIF. This is a key element of cohesion policy towards results and is reflected in Art. 56 (3) of the Regulation. 
Evaluation plans are therefore strategic documents which set out how these evaluations will be organised to provide required evidence on the process of policy formulation. 


In Romania there are two types of plans: (1) one at the level of the Partnership Agreement and (2) the other at the level of each PO, thereby continuing the approach for assessing the previous financial framework. While the evaluation plan at PA level shall include issues of assessment of the effects at macro level and horizontal aspects of the system in which the funds are implemented, Evaluation Plans at the level of the OP is focused specifically on the meso and micro levels of the policy framework and address issues related to the specific objectives of the programmes. 
Multiannual plans may be implemented through annual plans of assessment drawn up by the evaluation units in MFE, MDRAP and MARD. Both plans are subject to approval by the Monitoring Committees. 
 
The multiannual plans: