4.

Ex ante evaluations of OP II shall appraise the following elements: the contribution to the promotion of social cohesion and poverty reduction in accordance with the Europe 2020 strategy, taking into account national needs; the internal coherence of the proposed programme and its relation with other relevant instruments, in particular the ESF; the consistency of the allocation of budgetary resources with the objectives of the programme; the relevance and clarity of the proposed programme specific indicators; how the expected outputs will contribute to results; whether the quantified target values for indicators are realistic, having regard to the support from the Fund envisaged; 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 adequacy of planned measures to promote equal opportunities between men and women and to prevent any discrimination.

← art_16__para_3__point_f__text_1 · All articles · art_16__para_4__text_1 →

Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.