6.1.87 Official Journal of the European Communities No C 2/1
(Information)
COUNCIL
COUNCIL RESOLUTION
of 9 December 1986
concerning a Community plan of action relating to the evaluation of Community research and
development activities for the years 1987-1991
(87/C2/01)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaties establishing the European
Communities,
Having regard to the Council Resolution, of 28 June
1983, on a Community plan of action relating to the
evaluation of Community research and development
programmes (*),
Having regard to the communication from the
Commission containing a Community plan of action
relating to the evaluation of Community research and
development activities (2),
Whereas evaluation is an essential component in the
formulation, execution, and revision of R&D
programmes and enables them to be efficiently managed;
Whereas evaluation should constitute a key element in
the implementation and management of the Framework
Programme of Community activities in the field of
research and technological development for the years
1987-1991;
Whereas the Council Resolution of 28 June 1983 called
for a further communication from the Commission on
the establishment of a fully operational R&D evaluation
plan,
TAKES NOTE of the survey presented by the
Commission on the evaluation activities of the
Commission during the period 1983-1985;
AGREES with the importance attached by the
Commission to the evaluation process and, in particular,
in terms of assessing the results of Community
programmes, their relevance to the Community's needs,
the effectiveness of management and the use of resources
and of aiding future decisions about the continuation,
alteration or termination of programmes;
TAKES NOTE of the five-year Plan of Action proposed
by the Commission for the evaluation of Community
R&D activities and in particular:
— the Commission's intention that the independent
evaluation unit should ensure that evaluations of
specific programmes are conducted according to the
methods described in the Plan of Action;
— the need for milestones and verifiable and
quantitative objectives to be set up for each
programme;
— the Commission's intention to spend a percentage of
the funding of specific programmes on their
evaluation and that this expenditure should be
managed independently of the management of R&D
activities;
— the Commission's intention to present to the Council
a proposal for a research programme on valuation as
soon as the 1987-1991 Framework Programme has
been adopted;
RESOLVES to give further consideration to the question
of evaluation and reserves the right to examine in more
detail the Commission Communications on the subject.
0) OJNoC213, 9. 8. 1983, p. 1.
(2) See this page.
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