Division Quantitative analysis

As part of the 4th Interim Evaluation of the Agency a retrospective analysis of the evaluation period has shown clear realised cost savings made thanks to delegation to the Agency.

The overall actual costs of the executive agency delegation^f1 constituted EUR 146,0 million in 2015-2017. These costs were much lower than the estimated costs of the in-house scenario. In 2015-2017 the actual cost savings deriving from cost difference of the executive agency scenario and the in-house scenario constituted EUR 57,1 million (or 28,1 % of the estimated costs under the in-house scenario). Comparing the savings initially estimated with the actual savings from the delegation of tasks to EACEA, it has been found that the actual savings during 2015-2017 period were 6,5 % higher compared to the initial estimates (EUR 57,1 million compared to EUR 53,6 million). As forecast in the ex ante CBA, savings of the executive agency scenario primarily resulted from a higher share of lower cost external personnel (CAs) employed within the executive agency and lower overall number of staff.