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Evaluating the governance of structural funds programmes: The case of community economic development in South Yorkshire

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  • H. W. Armstrong
  • P. Wells

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Methods for evaluating regional and urban policies have become increasingly sophisticated in recent years. However, this paper argues that the evaluation of Structural Funds programmes has systematically underplayed the effect of governance on both programme design and implementation. This paper uses the role of voluntary and community sector organizations in promoting community economic development initiatives within the European Union's Structural Funds programmes in South Yorkshire as a case study. An argument is made for extending evaluation methods, especially theory-based evaluation, through using multi-level governance as a “theory of change”. A key finding is that to explain how programmes work, evaluators need to consider formal partnership and management arrangements, their traditional focus, but also wider governance structures and the importance of informal policy networks. Such a focus allows for a consideration of issues such as resource mobilization and power.

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  • H. W. Armstrong & P. Wells, 2006. "Evaluating the governance of structural funds programmes: The case of community economic development in South Yorkshire," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(6), pages 855-876, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:14:y:2006:i:6:p:855-876
    DOI: 10.1080/09654310500496198
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    1. Willem van der Geest & Jorge Nú-ez-Ferrer, 2012. "Managing regional infrastructure: European Union institutional structures and best practices," Chapters, in: Biswa Nath Bhattacharyay & Masahiro Kawai & Rajat M. Nag (ed.), Infrastructure for Asian Connectivity, chapter 9, pages 301-346, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    2. Geest, Willem van der & Nunez-Ferrer, Jorge, 2011. "Managing Multinational Infrastructure: An analysis of EU Institutional Structures and Best Practices," ADBI Working Papers 296, Asian Development Bank Institute.
    3. Juan Gómez-García & María del Rocio Moreno Enguix & Juan Cándido Gómez-Gallego, 2011. "Estimation Of The Efficiency Of Structural Funds: A Parametric And Non-Parametric Approach," Post-Print hal-00712385, HAL.
    4. Wiebren Kuindersma & Froukje G Boonstra, 2010. "The Changing Role of the State in Dutch Regional Partnerships," Environment and Planning C, , vol. 28(6), pages 1045-1062, December.
    5. Gore, Tony & Wells, Peter, 2009. "Governance and evaluation: The case of EU regional policy horizontal priorities," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 158-167, May.

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