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Ex ante evaluations shall appraise: the contribution to the Union strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, having regard to the selected thematic objectives and priorities, taking into account national and regional needs and potential for development as well as lessons drawn from previous programming periods; the internal coherence of the proposed programme or activity and its relationship with other relevant instruments; the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources with the objectives of the programme; the consistency of the selected thematic objectives, the priorities and corresponding objectives of the programmes with the CSF, the Partnership Agreement and the relevant country specific recommendations adopted in accordance with Article 121(2) TFEU and where appropriate at national level, the National Reform Programme; the relevance and clarity of the proposed programme indicators; how the expected outputs will contribute to results; whether the quantified target values for indicators are realistic, having regard to the support envisaged from the ESI Funds; the rationale for the form of support proposed; the adequacy of human resources and administrative capacity for management of the programme; the suitability of the procedures for monitoring the programme and for collecting the data necessary to carry out evaluations; the suitability of the milestones selected for the performance framework; the adequacy of planned measures to promote equal opportunities between men and women and to prevent any discrimination, in particular as regards accessibility for persons with disabilities; the adequacy of planned measures to promote sustainable development; measures planned to reduce the administrative burden on beneficiaries.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-29 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.