Study supporting the evaluation of the European Labour Authority

The overall aim of this evaluation was to provide an objective, independent and critical assessment of the work of the European Labour Authority (ELA), assessing its relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value, in line with the obligations laid out in Art. 40 (1) of the founding Regulation (EU) 2019/1149. The assessment also took into account possible synergies with the other EMPL agencies (i.e. EUROFOUND, Cedefop, ETF and EU-OSHA). The evaluation also explored the experiences gained from the mediation procedure pursuant to Article 13 of the founding Regulation (EU) 2019/1149, and assessed whether there is a need to modify the mandate of the Authority and the scope of its activities. The evaluation aimed to answer the following three broad research questions, as per Better Regulation Guidelines of the European Commission: - To what extent was ELA intervention successful and why? - How did ELA make a difference and to whom? - Is ELA still relevant? This evaluation was focused on a dual inter-linked purpose, i.e. i) assessing the performance of ELA, consisting in the assessment of the objectives, mandate and activities of ELA in terms of their relevance, effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and EU added value and ii) assessing ELA as an organisation, investigating the functioning of the Authority (and how this influenced its performance, namely its governance and organisational structures, financial and human resources, mechanisms, working practices, procedures, tools and systems). The scope of the study covered the period 2019 (Q3) to 2023 (Q2) and the entire thematic and geographical remit of ELA, including its role in dealing with cross-sector themes. This timeframe thus fully covered the setup phase of the Authority, since its establishment (2019) up until Q2 2023.