A Avaliação dos Fundos Europeus em Portugal

Abstract

This article presents a study on the evaluation of the main Cohesion Policy instrument in European Portugal, the European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF). The institutionalisation of the evaluation of European funds in public administration is analysed from a documentary base composed of national and EU legislation (1986-2020), focusing on the actors and the evaluation rules. The production of these empirical data reveals a dual process of implementation of the evaluation policy of European funds in the indirect administration of the state, where increasing technocratisation of the evaluation represents new constraints to funding.