Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation in EU Funds – Moving from the Current Period Towards the Post‑2027 Performance Framework.

  • 14–16 April 2027
  • Paris, France

Advanced Monitoring and Evaluation in EU Funds – Moving from the Current Period Towards the Post‑2027 Performance Framework.

This seminar equips EU Funds professionals with the strategic, analytical and methodological tools needed to navigate the transition from the 2021–2027 period toward the emerging Post‑2027 Performance Framework. It focuses on strengthening performance‑oriented management, enhancing monitoring and evaluation systems to deliver impact.

A new and essential dimension of this edition is the integration of forthcoming EU guidance on the Output‑Based Financing (OBF) methodology, which is expected to draw heavily on the World Bank’s performance‑based financing model. Participants will explore how this shift will influence programme architecture, indicator design, verification systems, and financial management. The seminar provides a rare opportunity to prepare early for these changes and to understand how OBF will reshape the logic of EU funding delivery. Next to this, the seminar will also explore the limitations and pitfalls of the output based financing approach in the face of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity -VUCA.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Our seminars are designed for public-sector professionals, EU Funds experts and other stakeholders involved in the planning, programming, implementation, management, monitoring, verification, audit and control of EU-funded programmes and projects, including:

  • Managing Authorities and Intermediate Bodies
  • Certifying and Audit Authorities
  • Ministries and Central Government Authorities
  • Regional and Local Governments
  • EU Funds Programme and Project Managers
  • EU Funds Beneficiaries and Implementing Bodies
  • Financial Management, Control and Verification Officers
  • Auditors, Internal Auditors and Compliance Professionals
  • Anti-Fraud, Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money-Laundering Professionals
  • National, Promotional and Investment Banks
  • Regional Development Agencies and Public Investment Bodies
  • Policy Makers and Senior Decision-Makers
  • Public Procurement and Financial Management Professionals
  • Consultants and Professional Advisers working with EU Funds
  • International, national and local associations and networks
  • NGOs and non-profit organisations involved in EU-funded programmes
  • Businesses and private-sector organisations involved in EU-funded projects
  • Universities, research institutions and experts working on EU-funded initiatives
  • Other stakeholders involved in the implementation, management and control of EU Funds
Designed for professionals at different levels

Whether you are involved in strategic programming, day-to-day programme management, project implementation, financial management, monitoring, verification, audit, compliance or policy development, our seminars provide practical knowledge and tools that can be applied directly in your professional environment.

 

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Seminar location

Paris, France

DAY 1: Performance management in EU funds

9.00-9:45 Performance management in EU funds

•  Welcome and introduction

•  Three uses of performance information

•  Linking finance to performance: what is changing in the National and Regional Partnership Plans
09.45-10:45 Performance management in EU funds

•  Approaches to target setting for the different parts of the intervention logic

•  Situating target setting in the three uses of performance information

•  Linking to OECD guidance on budgeting
10:45-11:15: Coffee break
11:15-12:30 Performance management in EU funds

•  Back to the three uses of performance information

•  Pitfalls of managing with targets

•  OECD guidance on performance budgeting

•  VUCA as a framework to navigate the tension inherent in performance management
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Workshop

•  Assessing the ‘”VUCA” level of your operations
14:00-15:00 Performance management in EU funds

•  Finance not linked to costs in the current and the new funding period?

•  Results based finance: best practice from the World Bank
15:00-15:15: coffee break
15:15-15:30 Workshop

•  Define a “result” that  can be linked to finance Results based finance: best practice from the World Bank

 
15:30-17:00 Performance management in EU funds

•  More sophisticated performance management in complex operations

•  “Lean” and continuous improvement

•  Performance management versus evaluation?

DAY 2: Evaluating for better performance

09.30 Recap of day 1
9:45 Evaluation frameworks:

•  Requirements in the old CPR and the new NRPP regulation

•  Theories of change and of action: modelling an intervention

•  Evaluation purpose, criteria and questions in relation to the stage of an intervention
11:00 Coffee Break – Networking
11.30 Evaluation frameworks:

•  Three overall evaluation approaches: merit, enlightenment, development;

•  Theory testing versus pragmatic evaluation strategies: which research strategies to choose (selection framework);

•  The role of an evaluability assessment
13:00 Lunch Break
14:00 Pragmatic research strategies:

•  Most Significant Change

•  Concept Mapping

•  Outcome harvesting
15:00 Coffee Break
15.15 Theory testing research strategies

•  Surveys

•  RCT’s
16.30 End of Day 2

DAY 3: Evaluating for better performance

09.30 Recap of Day 2
9.45 Theory testing research strategies: quasi-experiments:

•  Propensity score matching

•  Regression discontinuity

•  Difference in Difference
10.30 Coffee Break
10.45 Theory testing research strategies: case studies

•  Process tracing
12:15 Lunch Break
13.15 Theory testing research strategies: case studies

•  Congruence analysis

•  Relation of case study research to contribution analysis and realist evaluation
14.00 Theory testing research strategies: case studies

•  QCA (qualitative comparative analysis) case study approach
14.45 Coffee Break
15:00 Workshop: analysis of a terms of reference for research strategy
15:30 Creating your evaluation plan;

•  Generating criteria for prioritising evaluations

•  How to deal with the requirement to evaluate impact of a large programme
16.00 End of Day 3

 

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Expert

Benedict Wauters

Director responsible for European Programmes in the Ministry of Labour in Flanders (Belgium)

Benedict Wauters is currently the director responsible for European Programmes in the Ministry of Labour in Flanders (Belgium). He has worked for more than twenty years as a civil servant, consultant (Deloitte Consulting in Belgium, Policy Research Corporation in the Netherlands) and independent expert, in/for multilateral public institutions (e.g. United Nations, OECD, European Commission), regional and national government departments (e.g. Dutch ministry of foreign affairs, Dutch ministry of transport, Polish ministry of regional development, the French Region of Nord-Pas-De-Calais and the Belgian Regional Governments of Flanders, Brussels and Wallonie), local government (e.g. City of Antwerp) as well as NGOs and public corporations . He has written several books focused on EU fundings and public sector governance

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Paris, France

This course will take place in Paris, France.

Training Fee Inclusions

In addition to comprehensive training materials, the seminar fee covers the following:

a) Full Seminar Access
• Full programme access — admission to all seminar sessions, expert presentations, case‑based discussions, and practical exercises forming the core of the training programme.
b) Training Materials
• Training materials package — professionally prepared printed and digital materials supporting the learning process and enabling continued study after the seminar.
c) Catering Services
• Daily catering services — daily provision of  coffee breaks and one lunch, ensuring participant comfort and creating opportunities for informal networking.
d) Experiential Learning Session: Guided Tour & Culinary Exploration
• Guided cultural tour — a professionally guided tour offering insights into the cultural and historical context of the region, designed to complement seminar discussions through direct exposure to local heritage.
• Culinary exploration — a structured food‑street tasting experience curated to highlight the diversity of local culinary practices and their socio‑economic significance, fostering intercultural understanding and dialogue among participants.
e) Participant Recognition
• Group photo and souvenirs — a group family photo and selected souvenirs provided to actively engaged participants as a token of appreciation and a memorable keepsake of the seminar.
f) Certificate of Attendance
• Certificate of Attendance — issued to participants who complete the full seminar programme, formally recognising their participation and learning achievement.

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