** NEW 2/2021**: new COVID indicators were added linked to support to the vaccination effort.

**NEW 11/2020**: New reserved CV indicator are added to retain the possibility to extend the list.

During 2020, many countries and regions will amend their ERDF and ESF programmes to transfer funds to actions targeting the COVID-19 response. Several programmes have discussed with the Commission their plans to add programmes specific indicators for new actions targeting the COVID-19 response to capture the outputs from expenditure.
In order to exploit programme specific indicators, which could be commonly applied across Member States, the Commission services proposed a voluntary list of such indicators to the Member States on 12 May, to be used when relevant. The use of the unique codes and names will allow the Commission to make use of the monitoring done by the cooperating programmes. A wide use of these codes and indicators would be highly valued for accountability, transparency and communication at the National and EU levels. It the programmes take up these specific indicators the targets will become available later in 2020 with the first annual report on implementation due in May 2021.

NOTE:
1. On 10 July the file was modified to better reflect the possible uses of the ESF indicators as outputs or result indicators (separate columns added for both types).

The definitions set by Commission guidance - https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/2014/working/guidance_monitoring_eval_en.pdf - for the common indicators used in 2014-2020.

The report compares achievements with finances in all ESF CCIs and priority axes at the level of the investment priority, broken down by category of region. Specifically it compares the sum of all successful outcomes indicated by the common result indicators - job-search, being in education or training, gaining a qualification, being in employment upon leaving - with a) the total costs of the selected projects and b) the declared expenditure. The data on common result indicators are taken from Table 2A of the annual implementation reports. The financial data are taken from Table 7 of the AIR.

The report compares achievements with finances in all ESF CCIs and priority axes at the level of the investment priority, broken down by category of region. Specifically it compares the total number of participants - unemployed + inactive + employed - with a) the total costs of the selected projects and b) the declared expenditure. The data on participants (common output indicators) are taken from Table 4A of the annual implementation reports. The financial data are taken from Table 7 of the AIR.

The report compares immediate and longer-term direct results with outputs achieved in the ESF programmes. For example, the number of ‘participants in employment’ is divided by the number of unemployed plus the number of inactive participants. The resulting percentage tells the share of participants who obtained a particular type of result, measured by a common indicator. The types of results are
• job-search (CR01,compared to the number of inactive participants),
• being in education or training (CR02, compared to the total of participants),
• gaining a qualification (CR03, compared to the total of participants),
• in employment (CR04, compared to unemployed+inactive) and
• a combination of all the above positive outcomes (CR01+CR02+CR03+CR04, compared to the total of participants), moreover,
• in employment 6 months after leaving (CR06, compared to unemployed+inactive),
• improved labour market situation 6 months after leaving (CR07, compared to employed) and finally
• participants above 54 years of age in employment 6 months after leaving (CR08, compared to unemployed+inactive).
The output, the number of participants includes persons who were still receiving support at the time of reporting and persons who dropped out of the operations before completion. If the comparison with the results was made only by taking into account the participants who complete the operation, the success rates would be higher. (The number of participants who complete the operation is not reported though.)
The report provides the success rates for all ESF operational programmes (CCIs) and priority axes at the level of the investment priority, broken down by category of region. Data on ESF common result indicators are taken from Tables 2A and 2B; data on ESF common output indicators are taken from Table 4A of the annual implementation reports.

The report compares immediate and longer-term direct results with outputs achieved in the YEI programmes. For example, the number of ‘unemployed participants who are in education/training, gain a qualification, or are in employment’’ is divided by the number of unemployed participants. The resulting percentage tells the share of participants who obtained a particular type of result, measured by a common indicator.

The report provides the success rates for all ESF operational programmes (CCIs) and priority axes at the level of the investment priority, broken down by category of region. Data on ESF common result indicators are taken from Tables 2A and 2B; data on ESF common output indicators are taken from Table 4A of the annual implementation reports.