The Conference on the evaluation methods of cohesion policy will be held at the end of November in Poland.
The programme includes  a series of workshop about measuring impact with counterfactuals,   incentives for better performance and accountability, innovative methods for evaluating innovation, designing and using Indicators
A round table will discuss the following issues: different and identifying the most appropriate evaluation methods for programmes, quantitative vs. qualitative evaluation methods.

For more information
http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/conferences/evaluation2009/index_en.htm