Synthesis report: Deliverable 4.1.1 of IMPACT-SC5 project

The IMPACT-SC5 project evaluated the progress made and achievements of the RIA and IA projects funded under the Societal Challenge 5 Work Programme 2014-2015 of Horizon 2020. The project analysed the impact of the eighty-seven SC5 projects resulting from the 2014 and 2015 calls, referring to:
- Ex-post evaluation of the progress made and achievements.
- Exploring the impact pathways to trace the different paths on how the project results and outputs have generated wider impacts.
- Cross analysing the outputs, outcomes and impacts achieved with wider societal context.
- Project, portfolio, and programme levels.
- Based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of data and information collected from secondary (desk research) and primary (survey, interviews, stakeholder workshop) sources, such as policies or external contextual factors, pursuing a better understanding of why and how certain impacts have or have not been achieved.