External evaluation of the European Training Foundation
Contract no. 2001 – 3355/001-001
November 2002 Submitted by
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Final Report (Vol. II) Main Report Annexes
External evaluation of the European Training Foundation
Final Report for the External evaluation of the European Training Foundation Main Report Annexes Contract no. 2001 – 3355/001-001
Annexes: Annex 1: Terms of Reference Annex 2: The evaluation matrix Annex 3: List of persons interviewed Annex 4: ETF staff survey results Annex 5: Stakeholder survey results Annex 6: Summary of ETF’s current mandate Annex 7: Summary of evaluation findings & key themes Annex 8: Comments on the quality of evaluation reports Annex 9: a) Framework for Co-operation between CEDEFOP and the European Training Foundation during the enlargement process b) Co-operation between CEDEFOP and ETF – JOINT PROGRESS REPORT JULY 2002 Annex 10: List of documents consulted Annex 11: Definitions of ETF activities Annex 12: Themes and objectives of ETF Work Programmes
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Final Report (Vol. II) Main Report Annexes
External evaluation of the European Training Foundation
Annex 1: Terms of Reference
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I. INTRODUCTION
1. CONTEXT OF THE CONTRACT
The external evaluation of the EuropeanTraining Foundation is in accordancewith Article 2 of the Financial'Regulationapplicableto the generalbudget of the EC, which specifiesthat all Communityexpenditure mustbe subjectto periodic re-examination, and Article 17, Monitoring and Evaluation Procedureof Council Regulation (EC) No 1572/98 of 17 July 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 establishing a EuropeanTraining Foundation.It follows on from a first externalevaluationfinaIised in 1997.1 A second