After the end of the main phase of the programme in 2014, the municipalities are expected to continue the activities through their own funds. The development interventions co-funded by the European Union could provide a favourable context for such efforts, not only given the fact that impact assessment is a formal requirement in the case of EU development support but also that the European Commission can provide a theoretical and practical basis for this. It is important to stress in this context that given the complexity of policy interventions in the social areas, including education, preliminary considerations, even if they are based on rich evidence and hard data, cannot provide sufficiently reliable answers to policy questions.