Cost-benefit analysis on environment sectors

About

The third DG REGIO/JASPERS cost-benefit analysis forum meeting was held in Brussels on 12 May 2017 and focused on water, waste and natural risk prevention infrastructure.
The meeting was targeted to participants from Member States' authorities, representatives of the European Commission and JASPERS partners.

Target audience

The CBA Forum meetings are meant to be held at expert/practitioner level, and are targeted to officials from Managing Authorities, Intermediate bodies, Beneficiaries, and other relevant bodies that are directly involved in drafting and providing guidance to project promoters and consultants, as well as in assessing projects and CBA documentation.

Objectives

As announced during the CBA Guide Launch event on 2^nd July 2015 in Brussels, DG REGIO and JASPERS have decided to establish regular CBA forums under the Networking Platform for exchanging good practices and experiences in carrying out CBAs so as to support the improvement of stakeholders’ knowledge and the effective application of the methodology to specific investment projects.

The third CBA Forum meeting focused on the methodologies presented in the CBA guide for the Environment sectors.

The meeting started with an overview provided by DG REGIO and DG ENVIRONMENT on the key aspects of EU policy related to Environment sectors and the regulatory requirements of the new Cohesion Policy for 2014-2020, and continued with a detailed presentation of the methodological framework for CBA in water, solid waste and natural risk prevention projects (chapter 4 of the CBA guide).

JASPERS presented key lessons learned and critical areas to ensure the development of sound CBAs in each sub-sector. A few case studies on concrete project examples were also presented, to complement the methodological discussions.

The meeting concluded with a panel discussion which focused on exchange of experiences and a comprehensive Q&A session with the audience.