Thematic Scope

In the 2014-2020 programming period, Member States plan to implement over five hundred major infrastructure projects. Major infrastructure projects, i.e. projects with eligible costs higher than 50 million EUR (75 million EUR for projects falling under thematic objectives), are important for the sake of creating growth and jobs, and can be supported by the ERDF or the Cohesion Fund.

The European Commission promotes the use of Cost-benefit Analyses (CBA) as objective and verifiable methods for investment decisions. Therefore, in the Programming Period 2014-2020, the rules of conducting CBAs are included in the secondary legislation and are binding for all beneficiaries. The new CBA Guide has just been launched by the European Commission and JASPERS, nevertheless, methodological questions remain. This practical training shall help national and regional authorities as well as financial advisors and consultants to become more familiar with this management tool.

• Day 1: Regulatory framework and the new Cost-Benefit Analysis Guide (2014) from the European Commission
• Day 2: Practical Exercises in small working groups and good practices
   

NEW - We offer to adjust one Session on the first day upon your requirements! Please send us your special needs, project preferences, case studies or open issues in your working area. Your suggestions are welcome latest until 1st of September 2016.

Your benefits

• Submit a strong Quality Review Report to the European Commission
• Learn how to prepare and assess CBA
• Receive practical guidance on the quantitative assessment of cost and benefits of a project
• Better understand differences in methods
• Improve your skills to assess the right level of co-financing
• Exchange experiences and good practices with experts from across Europe
• Benefit from a confidential working atmosphere

Target group

• Economic staff in national and regional Managing Authorities
• Monitoring Committees
• Financial institutions
• Consultants and independent external experts preparing quality checks or evaluating investment projects before submission to the EC
   

Methodology

You will be actively involved in the training. The sessions will combine presentations, case studies and discussion on practical problems. You will have ample opportunities to present your own problematic issues and discuss them with the speakers and participants from other Member States.notebook

Computer-based exercises will be run in small working groups to apply the new knowledge.

Do you want to ensure, that our experts cover the topics most interesting for you? Just send us your cases and questions in advance. We will forward them to our speakers who will include your issues in the programme and answer them during the training.

All information concerning your problems and cases will be treated confidentially.