Evaluations
Article 30
1. The Agency shall regularly carry out ex ante and ex post evaluations of its activities when these necessitate significant expenditure. The Director shall notify the Management Board of the results of these evaluations. 2. The Agency shall forward annually to the budgetary authority any information relevant to the outcome of the evaluation procedures. 3. Not later than 31 December 2011, the Agency shall commission an independent external evaluation of its achievements during the first five years of operations on the basis of terms of reference issued by the Management Board in agreement with the Commission. This evaluation shall: (a) take into account the tasks of the Agency, the working practices and impact of the Agency on the protection and promotion of fundamental rights; (b) assess the possible need to modify the Agency's tasks, scope, areas of activity or structure; (c) include an analysis of the synergy effects and the financial implications of any modification of the tasks; and (d) take into account the views of the stakeholders at both Community and national levels. 4. The Management Board, in agreement with the Commission, shall determine the timing and scope of subsequent external evaluations, which shall be carried out periodically.