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1. The activities of PRIMA, including their efficiency and transparency, as well as their success rates, shall be continuously monitored and subject to periodic reviews to ensure the highest impact, scientific excellence and the most effective and efficient use of resources. The outcome of the monitoring and of the periodic reviews shall feed into the monitoring of European partnerships as part of the Horizon Europe evaluations pursuant to Articles 50 and 52 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695.

2. PRIMA-IS shall organise the continuous monitoring and reporting of the management and the implementation of their activities and the periodic reviews of the outputs, results and impact of the funded indirect actions implemented in accordance with Article 50 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695 and Annex III to that Regulation.

3. The Commission shall carry out an interim evaluation of PRIMA by 31 December 2025 and a final evaluation by 31 December 2031 in the framework of the Horizon Europe evaluations pursuant to Article 52 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695, with the assistance of external independent experts selected on the basis of an open and transparent process. The Commission shall prepare reports on the basis of those evaluations, which shall include conclusions of the evaluations and the Commission’s observations. The Commission shall submit its report on the final evaluation to the European Parliament and to the Council by 30 June 2032.

4. The interim and final evaluations referred to in paragraph 3 shall examine the success rates and the participation rates, including of the Southern Mediterranean Participating States, and PRIMA’s fulfilment of its mission and objectives, and shall cover all its activities and evaluate its European added value, effectiveness, efficiency, including its openness and transparency, the relevance of the activities pursued, including in industry and by SMEs, non-governmental organisations and in civil society, and their consistency and complementarity with relevant regional, national and Union policies, including synergies with other parts of Horizon Europe, such as other partnerships, missions, clusters and thematic or specific programmes. The evaluations shall take into account the views of a wide range of stakeholders, at Union and national level. They shall include, where relevant, an assessment of the most effective policy intervention mode for any future action, as well as the relevance and coherence of any possible renewal of PRIMA, given the overall policy priorities and the research and innovation support landscape, including the positioning against other initiatives supported through Horizon Europe.

When carrying out those evaluations, the Commission shall fully consider and seek to reduce the administrative impact on PRIMA and shall ensure that the evaluation process is kept simple and fully transparent.

5. The Commission shall publish and disseminate the results and conclusions of the evaluations referred to in paragraph 3.