08:45 -09:00 Welcome Coffee and registration

09:00 –09:10  – Opening remarks                                 

Mark Boden (JRC)

Elisabetta Marinelli (JRC) - Plan of the day

09:10- 10:45 S3 Evaluation – Getting to know each other

• Ken Guy (Wise guys ltd): S3 policy makers and evaluators: it takes two to tango
• Prof. Attila Varga (University of Pecs) "Evaluating knowledge-based Regional Development: what do we know from the past? What questions should we ask for the future? Advise to regional policy-makers from an evaluator”
• Ioannis Tolias (Innovatia System)– Presentation of the draft framework
• Elisabetta Marinelli – Some evidence on S3 monitoring and evaluation & presentation of the exercise.

Q&A

Moderator Mark Boden

Discussant Lauri Kuukasjärvi (Helsinki-Uusimaa Region)

10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 – 13:30 Participatory exercise - Part 1: developing a mid-term evaluation

• Elisabetta Marinelli presents the methodology (10 mins)

Participants split in 4 working tables

• Presentation of cases 20 mins (Extremadura, Greece, Bulgaria, Centro -PT)
• Development of an evaluation plan (1h 30m)

See separate document: Participatory Methodology

 13:30 14:30  Lunch break

14:30-15:10  Presentation and discussion of the JRC Tool[1] - http://www.timanalytics.eu/

• Geraldine Joanny (JRC, HQ)

15:10 – 16:30 30 Participatory exercise -Part 2:  the evaluators' grilling

• Each presenters has 8-10 minutes to present the evaluation proposal in plenary. Ken Guy, Prof- Attila Varga and Mark Boden provide feedback.

16:30 - 16:45 Next steps and closing remarks

Next steps Elisabetta Marinelli (JRC)

Closing Remarks –  Mark Boden (JRC),  Marek Pzeor (DG REGIO), Mate Tas (DG REGIO), Ken Guy, Prof. Attila Varga