Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2710 of 13 September 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework for the Erasmus+ programme

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing Erasmus+ (1), and in particular Article 23(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2021/817, which established the Erasmus+ programme (the ‘Programme’), laid down, in its Annex II, indicators for reporting on the progress of the Programme towards the achievement of the general and specific objectives laid down in its Article 3.

(2) Those indicators, while suitable for the purpose of annual monitoring of performance, are not sufficient to enable comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of the Programme’s activities and of the achievement of its objectives. Therefore, additional indicators should be laid down as part of the monitoring and evaluation framework.

(3) The indicators should measure the outputs, results and impacts of the Programme, taking into account the existing reporting and evaluation requirements established in Articles 23 and 24 of Regulation (EU) 2021/817.

(4) In accordance with Article 33(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/817, the experts designated by each Member State and third countries associated to the Programme have been consulted,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Monitoring and evaluation framework indicators and reporting requirements

The indicators set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall supplement the indicators set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/817 as regards the outputs, results and impacts of the Programme.

The indicators shall be measured as follows:

(a) annually, as regards the indicators in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/817 and as regards the indicators in points 1 and 2 of the Annex to this Regulation;

(b) the impact indicators referred to in point 3 of the Annex to this Regulation shall be measured as part of the interim and final evaluations, in accordance with Article 24 of Regulation (EU) 2021/817.

Article 2

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2023.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) Regulation (EU) 2021/817 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing Erasmus+: the Union Programme for education and training, youth and sport and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1288/2013 (OJ L 189, 28.5.2021, p. 1).