17 - 18 june 2025, JRC Ispra (va), Italy

Objective

As part of the CIE Summer week 2025, this event aims to share good practices of evaluation of public programmes and to provide training on CIE methods. The target audience are policy officers and researchers from European Commission, policy and research institutions, who are interested in counterfactual impact evaluation and their applications.

This is a gentle introduction to major CIE categories with presentation of case studies and interactive group activities. 

Format

The training consists of methodological sessions, which provide a gentle introduction to the main counterfactual impact evaluation (CIE) methods, and practical group sessions.

Methodological sessions: these aim to present each method in a clear, intuitive yet rigorous way, with illustrations from real impact evaluations relevant to the European Commission. 

Specifically, each session will: present the theory; discuss the data requirements and underlying assumptions; present the tests and validation procedures; provide detailed examples of successful applications.

Group sessions: These are interactive exercises where participants are divided into small groups and presented with a real research question relevant to policy making. Armed with some background context, each group will have to develop an evaluation plan, including a data collection plan.

Instructors

• ARDITO Chiara
• BERNHOFER Juliana
• BERTON Fabio
• BRUTTI Zelda
• GRANATO Silvia
• MARTINEZ SANTOS Fernando
• PARUOLO Paolo

How to reach the Venue 

The Joint Research Centre in Ispra is the third biggest European Commission site after Brussels and Luxembourg. Established in 1960 as a nuclear research site, today it is considered as one of Europe's leading research campuses with many laboratories and unique research infrastructures. 

How to reach the JRC: The nearest airport is Milano Malpensa. Transport to and from Malpensa Airport and the “Sesto Calende” Train Station will be organized for participants at specific times (see the attached Bus timetable and the program).

Hotel Information

All participants are responsible for booking their own hotel accommodation. A number of rooms have been pre-booked in Angera (VA) at the hotels listed below. Participants can contact the hotels directly by e-mail, mentioning that they are attending the CIE Summer Week at the JRC.

• Hotel dei Tigli   (info@hoteldeitigli.com)
• Hotel Ponti   (info@hotelponti.it)

Please note that any other hotel in the vicinity will also be fine, bearing in mind that the meeting point for the bus service to the JRC will be at the above hotels.

Registration

PLEASE NOTE

Registrations are exceeding expectations and we are nearing maximum capacity. Please register as soon as possible to secure your spot.

To register to the CIE Training complete the form at this link by 15 May 2025.

EU staff can also register to the training on the EU-Learn platform.

Conference Fees: The event is free of charge (no registration fees), but participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation.

Participants to the CIE Training (17-18 June) can also decide to attend the next two days of the CIE Summer School (19-20 June) and attend the NetCIEx Workshop. 

For more information and to register to the NetCIEx Workshop, please visit the dedicated page

Programme