Evaluating three completed EC research programmes
The Research Directorate-General of the European Commission has issued an invitation to tender for two services aimed at evaluating the finished projects of three Community research programmes. The evaluation would take place annually, in collaboration with the Commission, and would cover the IMT (industrial and material technologies), SMT (standards, measurements and testing) and transport programmes. The contract would involve assessing the characteristics of the achieved project results and the impacts in terms of industrial applications, economic gains and social and environmental aspects, using a methodology of indicators based on the 15 project monitoring criteria used by the Commission. The call is divided into two batches. The first covers an annual ex post evaluation of research projects from the three programmes, covering the results, and expected impacts. Around 2,000 projects completed between 1999 and 2003 require evaluation over a five year period. The second batch covers the annual ex post impact assessment of research projects from the IMT, SMT and transport programmes. This evaluation will be based on the actual impacts of the projects completed three years before. Around 2,000 projects completed between 1996 and 2000 will be covered over a five year period. Both contracts will be for a period of two years, renewable for a maximum of five years. Tenderers may tender for one or both of the two batches, although a separate tender must be submitted for each batch. For further information please contact: European Commission Research Directorate-General Competitive and Sustainable Growth Programme Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 B-1049 Brussels Directorate Research CO Stefaan Vandendriessche MO75 3/16 Fax +32-2-2958072