EU Cohesion Policy Implementation - Evaluation Challenges and Opportunities

​Carla Henriques is an assistant professor at the Polytechnic of Coimbra, Coimbra Business School (Portugal), and a faculty member of the Energy for Sustainability Initiative—UC, where she supervises M.Scs. and Ph.Ds, an integrated researcher at INESC Coimbra and a collaborator researcher at CeBER at the faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. She holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Coimbra, in the branch of Optimization and Systems Theory, and a Ph.D. in Economics and Business from the Faculty of Economics and Business from the University of Malaga (Spain) in the branch of Economics of Education. Clara Viseu is an assistant professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra Business School (Portugal), and a collaborator researcher at the CMA-UBI, as well as an associate member at the CICF-IPCA. She holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of BeiraInterior (Portugal) and a Master’s degree in Probability and Statistics from the University of Lisboa (Portugal).

• ​Part I. Mid-term/terminal assessment: Data Envelopment Analysis approaches.- Chapter 1. Evaluating the reasons behind the inefficient implementation of ERDF devoted to R&I in SMEs (Carla Henriques).- Chapter 2. Are ERDF devoted to boosting ICT in SMEs inefficient? Insights through different DEA models (Carla Henriques).- Chapter 3. Are ERDF devoted to boosting ICT in SMEs inefficient? Further insights through the joint use of DEA with SFA models (Carla Henriques).- Chapter 4. Python implementation of the Value-Based DEA method (António Trigo).- Chapter 5. Are ERDF efficient in strengthening the switch to a Low-Carbon Economy? Some Insights with Value-Based Data Envelopment Analysis (Maria Gouveia).- Part II. Ex-post assessment: Meta-analysis.- Chapter 6. Firm competitiveness, specialization, and employment growth: territorial level Relationships (Federico Fantechi).- Chapter 7. The youth guarantee in Eastern Europe. A systematic review(Gabriela Neagu).- Part III. Methodologies for supporting the selection of projects.- Chapter 8. Smart and Sustainable Scheduling of Charging Events for Electric Buses (Padraigh Jarvis).- Chapter 9. Multiple impacts of energy efficiency technologies in Portugal (Marcos Tenente).- Part IV. Case studies.- Chapter 10. EU Operational Programmes Reporting: From Basics to Practices (Ana Amaro).- Chapter 11. European structural and investment funds 2021-2027: prediction analysis based on machine learning models (Victor Santos).- Chapter 12. Technology serving justice (Ana Paula Lopes).