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| Training | | Cost Benefit Analysis of EU Funded Projects | | | | | | Aim | | Cost Benefit Analysis is a methodology to identify, quantify and
(if possible) monetize all relevant impacts of projects
(both costs and benefits). The CBA methodology is more and
more applied to appraise (large) infrastructure projects all over
the world. The European Commission requests CBA studies for
the Structural Funds for all environmental infrastructure projects
over 25 million euro and other projects over 50 million euro.
For accession countries CBA studies are required for the EU Funds
from the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA) for infrastructure projects
over 10 million euro.
The ECORYS Academy has specially designed this course for all staff
responsible for preparing or assessing major project applications for
Cohesion Funds, European Fund for Regional Development or IPA. | | | | | | Subjects | | - Theory of Cost Benefit Analysis according to International CBA
standard textbooks and Guidelines for CBA of
European Commission (DG Regio, 2008); - Important steps in a CBA study: feasibility and demand analysis,
financial analysis (incl. EU Grant calculation), economic analysis
and risk and sensitivity analysis; - Practical case studies of EU Funded Projects and CBA studies
and group exercises with cases and CBA;
| | | | | | Gains | | - To refresh or increase the knowledge of participants of the
international standards for Cost Benefit Analysis studies of
infrastructure projects and the Guidelines for CBA of the
European Commission; - To create awareness of the possibilities to use Cost Benefit
Analysis for improvement of transport, energy and environmental
infrastructure projects and optimization of alternatives; - To increase skills in management and quality assurance of
Cost Benefit Analysis for transport, energy and environmental
infrastructure projects; - To increase skills in performing basic calculations and checks
for the financial analysis and EU Grant calculation for a
practical project infrastructure project case;
| | | | | | Duration | | From Tuesday 21st to Thursday 23rd September in Brussels | | | | | | Traning type | | Open training
Lecture (classroom training) combined with interactive coached
sessions and practical exercises. | | | | | | Expertise | | ECORYS Academy is the central brand for our training offer.
ECORYS Research and Consulting has applied the CBA methodology
for many years, both in the Netherlands and for EU Funded projects in
EU Member States and candidate and accession countries. Under the
ECORYS Academy trainers of ECORYS have delivered CBA trainings to
many institutions in a variety of countries. The trainers are: Gerbrand van Bork has drafted and assessed CBA studies of
EU Funded Project applications for the European Commission and
European Investment Bank (EIB). For this reason he is aware of all
practical problems and possible comments from the commission or EIB.
His working experience is about 15 years in CBA for EU funded projects
in the expertise areas regional development, transport and
environment & energy. Walter Hulsker is an experienced CBA specialist and trainer.
He is currently undertaking CBA studies in regional and urban
development and was project manager of the Dutch CBA
Guidelines for spatial and urban development projects. | | | | | | Cost | | €1,295 excluding VAT, but including dinner, drinks and
lunches, coffee and tea, course material, follow-up through
ECORYS Academy extranet access.
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