EPRC has become part of the team in charge of the ongoing evaluation of the Lombardia ERDF 2007-2013 Operational Programme. The evaluation, led by Gruppo CLAS (Milan), runs until 2016 and will cover all aspects of the programme, from management issues to effects. EPRC is in charge of selected international benchmarking excercises, intended to place the Lombard experience of implementing ERDF in a wider EU perspective.