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Synthesis Report Ex-post Evaluation of the ERDF 2000-2006 disparities within countries as well as across the EU as a whole. The chapter examines the changes in regional disparities at the various levels in terms of GDP per head and considers the way that these were affected by changes in commuter flows. It also examines changes in disparities in household disposable income per head across region, which is a more relevant indicator of living standards and, therefore, of social cohesion. Chapter 3: The outcome in selected policy areas Chapter 3 examines the evidence from the studies undertaken on particular policy areas, focusing first on the two main broad areas of intervention, enterprise support and infrastructure, specifically transport and environmental infrastructure which accounted for the bulk of expenditure in this area. The issues examined in respect of enterprise support include: • the effect of aid to enterprises on employment across the EU; • the effect of grants for investment to firms on investment per worker and grants for R&D on the level of expenditure on this per worker; • the effects of support under Objective 2 on restructuring in the context of globalisation. The issues considered in the case of support for investment in transport include: • the relative weight given to investment in the different modes of transport, especially in rail as opposed to road in view of the horizontal priority over the period of taking explicit account of environmental considerations when deciding on projects to fund; • the importance attached to investment in public transport in urban areas for similar reasons; • the outcome of investment in terms of the construction completed and the results of this. The issues examined as regards support for protecting and improving the environment include: • the share of funding going to support for investment in environmental infrastructure, on the one hand, and the clean-up of the natural and physical environment, on the other; • the results in terms of increased access to clean drinking water and wastewater treatment systems ; • the effect of the expenditure funded on cohesion policy objectives; • the support provided by the ERDF in relation to climate change. The further concern of Chapter 3 is to present the results of the other studies carried out as part of the evaluation. These covered: • ERDF support for rural development and the focus of this as compared with the financing provided by the EAGGF; • gender equality and demographic change and the extent to which they were reflected in the design of programmes and the projects supported, especially the first which was a horizontal priority in the programming period; • the cost effectiveness of major projects and how the unit cost of these varied across regions, as well as the factors underlying such variations. 14
Ex-post Evaluation of the ERDF 2000-2006 Synthesis Report Chapter 4: The effects of policy on regional development and wider objectives Chapter 4 considers the overall effects of policy on regions in the different Member States. The chapter begins by reviewing the results of simulations carried out using two macroeconomic models, QUEST and HERMIN, to estimate the effects of the expenditure co-financed by the Structural Funds in the 2000-2006 programming period on GDP growth in Member States. Given the complexities of economies and the difficulties of tracing a direct link between the expenditure supported and economic performance, such models represent the only practical means of estimating the effects of cohesion policy. The second part of the chapter examines developments in Objective 1 and Objective 2 regions in the different Member States across the EU and relates these to the various pieces of evidence assembled during the evaluation on the results of the expenditure funded over the period. Chapter 5: Conclusions and implications for future policy The final chapter sets out the conclusions of the evaluation. It is divided into two parts. The first part summarises the main findings as regards the effects of cohesion policy in the regions receiving Objective 1 and Objective 2 support in the different parts of the EU over the 2000-2006 period, distinguishing between EU15 and EU10 countries. The second part of the chapter draws out the main lessons to emerge from the evaluation for the future shape of cohesion policy after 2013. These relate to a number of different aspects, including the process of evaluation itself, the indicators to use for the design and assessment of policy, the concentration of funding and the form it should take and the decision-making process surrounding this. 15
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