This report is the final evaluation of the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) in executing the SESAR1 programme from 2007 to 2016 as required by Article 7 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 219/2007, amended by Regulation (EU) No 721/2014. The evaluation was conducted between January 2017 and June 2017 by a team of independent experts and is based on expert opinion, relevant documentation, survey results, stakeholder interviews and data analysis. The analysis complies with the requirements of the revised evaluation guidelines of the Better Regulation Package and covers the five main evaluation criteria: relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, coherence, and EU added value. In addition, the criteria: openness, transparency and research quality are considered.