Translation of "évaluer le degré de réalisation du plan " (French → English) :

18. Acknowledges that the Internal Audit Service (IAS) performed an audit on the implementation of internal control standards in order to assess the status of their implementation, notably in respect of the areas of mission and values, human resources, planning and risk management process, operations and controls activities, information and financing reporting, and evaluation and audit;

12. Invites the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the 2003 mid-term evaluation establishes not only the extent to which the objective of mainstreaming equal opportunities has been taken into account in the Structural Funds measures, but also the extent to which this objective has been achieved, which financial resources are allocated to specific equal opportunities measures and whether resources have been put to appropriate use; on the basis of this evaluation, to make any necessary amendments to the programming of the measures for the remainder of the programming period so as to achieve the objective of incorporating equa ...[+++]l opportunities, and to implement those amendments;

12. Invites the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the 2003 mid-term evaluation establishes not only the extent to which the objective of mainstreaming equal opportunities has been taken into account in the Structural Funds measures, but also the extent to which this objective has been achieved, which financial resources are allocated to specific equal opportunities measures and whether resources have been put to appropriate use; on the basis of this evaluation, to make any necessary amendments to the programming of the measures for the remainder of the programming period as regards achieving the objective of incorporating ...[+++]equal opportunities, and to implement those amendments;

It shows the present state of play and provides the Commission's assessment of the degree to which Community institutions and Member States are achieving the objectives set out in the Action Plan.

However, the Commission notes that, because of the lack of reliable and comparable data on the epidemiological and criminal aspects, the mid-term evaluation of the Action Plan (in 2002) will be limited to the extent to which the Action Plan activities have been carried out.

For the purpose of assessing the extent to which the activities proposed in the Action Plan have actually been carried out, the Commission proposes a new instrument - a follow-up table - to ensure proper evaluation.