Study to support the evaluation of the LIFE programme 2014-2020 :Final report

Table of Contents

• Study to support the evaluation of 1
• Study to support the evaluation of 3
• Contents 5
• Executive summary 8
• List of Figures 16
• List of Tables 17
• 1 Introduction 19
• 1.1 Purpose and scope of the evaluation 20
• 2 The LIFE programme 22
• 2.1 Predecessor programmes to the current LIFE programme 22
• 2.2 The LIFE 2014-2020 programmes scope and objectives 26
• 2.3 Issues that the LIFE programme is designed to address 26
• 2.4 Structure of the LIFE programme 28
• 2.5 Conclusions of the LIFE Programme 2014-2020 interim 32
• 2.6 Revised intervention logic 35
• 3 LIFE programme 2014-2020 state of play 36
• 3.1 Descriptive analysis of the implementation of the 2014-2020 36
• LIFE Programme 36
• 4 Answers to the evaluation questions 45
• 4.1 Effectiveness 45
• 4.2 Efficiency 77
• 4.3 Relevance 124
• 4.4 EU added value 137
• 4.5 Coherence 151
• 4.6 Early and expected impacts 167
• 5 Conclusions 205
• 5.1 Effectiveness 205
• 5.2 Efficiency 206
• 5.3 Relevance 209
• 5.4 EU Added Value 209
• 5.5 Coherence 210
• 5.6 Early and expected impacts 211
• 6 Recommendations 213
• 6.1 Recommendations to the European Commission 213
• 6.2 Recommendations to the European Commission and CINEA 213
• 6.3 Recommendations to CINEA 214
• 6.4 Recommendations to LIFE beneficiaries 215
• ANNEX A Data limitations data quality assurance 216
• ANNEX B MAWP outcomes and their achievements 220