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Synthesis Report Ex-post Evaluation of the ERDF 2000-2006 • over half of all projects contributed to restructuring and stronger competitiveness; • some 64% of projects contributed to the development of new products; • around 40% of projects helped to develop new markets both at home and abroad. In addition, a large number of projects helped to improve the attractiveness of regions, widened the choice open to tourists and led to better marketing. As a result, funding contributed to the tourist season being extended in the regions concerned. (From the mid-term evaluation in 2003 to the end of the programming period, the total number of tourist weeks increased in Denmark by 300% and the number of overnight stays by 70%.) 152
Ex-post Evaluation of the ERDF 2000-2006 Synthesis Report 5 Chapter 5 – Conclusions and implications for future policy This final chapter is divided into two parts. The first part draws out the main points to emerge from the results of the evaluation as set out in the previous chapters of this report. This covers a number of issues, in particular: • an assessment of the effects of ERDF support under Objective 1 and Objective 2 over the 2000-2006 period on the economic performance of the regions assisted; • consideration of the wider effects of the ERDF on the social and territorial objectives of cohesion policy and of the dispersion of funding linked to this; • examination of the particular case of Objective 2 and its achievements given the small scale of funding allocated to it and the spatial concentration of this funding; • a review of the contribution of the management and implementation system for the deployment of the Structural Funds to the policy-making process in the Member States and of the deficiencies which came to light during the evaluation. The second part sets out the implications of the evaluation findings for the future design and implementation of cohesion policy, focusing specifically on the ERDF. 5.1 MAIN CONCLUSIONS The primary conclusion to emerge from the evaluation is that cohesion policy made a major contribution to the economic development of the regions assisted by the Structural Funds over the 2000-2006 programming period. This is especially so in Objective 1 regions but significant effects are also evident in regions receiving Objective 2 funding despite the relatively small amount of financing involved. At the same time, cohesion policy helped to further social cohesion and improve territorial balance across the EU. 5.1.1 The challenges facing the evaluation The present report draws together the main points to emerge from the various Work Packages which made up the ex post evaluation of cohesion policy programmes financed by the ERDF across the EU in the 2000-2006 period and synthesises the findings. As also indicated at the outset and as highlighted at various points in the analysis, the evaluation had to overcome the challenges posed by: • the difficulties of distinguishing the effects of the measures financed by the ERDF from the many other influences, especially given the often lengthy time lags between policy measures being taken and their effects becoming apparent; • the multiple nature of cohesion policy objectives, which are not confined to economic development as such but encompass the maintenance and strengthening of social and territorial cohesion as well; • the lack of clarity in policy documents and official statements on the precise objectives which particular programmes and measures were intended to achieve and how their achievement was to be verified; • the fact that, while accepted indicators exist to assess economic development, there are few indicators available which can be used to assess social and territorial cohesion, not least because of their intangible nature; 153
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