The URBACT Programme is looking for members for the External Assessment Panel for the evaluation of eligible applications received through the call for Transfer Networks.
The External Assessment Panel for this call shall be composed by up to 10 members recruited through a call for applicants, specialised in a variety of urban themes. The panel of experts will be diverse in gender and nationality. The External Assessment Panel Chair shall be appointed among the selected members.
The External Assessment Panel is in charge of assessing, scoring and ranking all eligible applications against a set of assessment criteria approved by the URBACT Monitoring Committee and available to all applicants in the framework of the Call for Proposals.
The key tasks of the members of the External Assessment Panel for the call for Transfer Networks 2025 are structured around the assessment of applications including the following activities:
- Kick off meeting with the URBACT Joint Secretariat to define the methodology for the assessment process, develop a shared understanding of the assessment criteria and define a detailed calendar for the delivery of the expected outputs – this meeting will take place online or in Paris within the week starting on 7 July 2025 (presumably on 8 July 2025)
- Assessment and scoring of eligible applications by individual members of the External Assessment Panel. Each application shall be assessed by two different assessors, allowing for a cross-analysis and assessment of each proposal. The assessment will be done remotely and will result in the production, by each assessor, of an Individual Assessment Sheet including detailed comments / recommendations – the independent work will be carried out between mid-July and mid-August 2025
- Consensus meeting with all members of the External Assessment Panel and the URBACT Joint Secretariat to share the individual assessment and consolidate a final Network Assessment Sheet for all eligible applications – this meeting will take place within the last two weeks of August in Paris.
Interested applicants are invited to consult the details of the Call for External Assessment Panel published below and send their applications by 30 April 2025 via e-mail to the URBACT Secretariat at the following address: Expert@urbact.eu