Stephen Morris is part of a team delivering a course on Capacity Building in Impact Evaluation: Counterfactual and Theory-Based Approaches at the European institute for Public Administration in Barcelona. The course attendees are drawn from Managing Authorities across the European Community as well as from the Commission. Stephen’s sessions provide an overview of counterfactual evaluation, Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs), quasi-experimental designs and a practical session designing an impact evaluation, The course runs on 25th/26th November.