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Recent and planned network activities of the

ENRD Evaluation Helpdesk

Hannes WIMMER, Team Leader

12th Meeting of the European Rural Networks’ Steering Group

Brussels, 21 October 2019

European Rural Networks’ Assembly

• Thematic Working Group no. 7 produces practical tools for MAs and evaluators to carry out ex ante evaluation, e.g.

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Q4/2019

Q4/2019

Guiding questions

Appraisal tools

Roadmap

Stakeholder mapping tool

ToR for ex-ante/SEA

Guiding questions

Appraisal tools

Online!

Online!

Thematic Working Group no. 8: Ex-ante

CONTEXT (SWOT)

INTERVENTION

STRATEGY

Suitable

indicators,

targets,

milestones?

Able to

contribute?

Able to

contribute?

Able to contribute?

Ambitious?

Clear

link?

Relevant

Effectiveness

Coherence Efficiency

Relevance

Co

mp

lem

en

tary

?

In s

yn

erg

y?

Addressing all aspects?

Evidence-

based?

#1#1

Interventions (forms of support)

#2#2

Specific objective(s)

General objective(s)

Cross-cutting objective(s)

Co

nd

itio

nali

ty

Needs

#...#...

Efficient?

Sufficient?

Good Practice Workshop Rome, 15-16 Oct. 2019Appraising the intervention strategies under the CAP

Results(targets /

milestones)

#1

Outputs

#2

Impacts

#...#

.. .

Inputs #1

4

Issues of the Rural

Evaluation NEWS

published

https://enrd.ec.europa.eu/evaluation/back-basics_en

Back to the Basics!

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Draw lessons from evaluations

in 2019

Provide practical

tools for ex post

evaluation

MAIN PRIORITIES

IN 2020

Build capacity for M&E post

2020

Activities

• Information collection

• Answering evaluation

related queries

• Analysis of AIR in 2020

• Thematic Working Groups

• Good Practice Workshops

& examples

• Capacity Building

• Newsletter

• Glossary

• Website, Events, etc.

Annual Work Programme 2020

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Thematic Working Group no. 8

Ex post evaluation of RDPs 2014-2020:

learning from practice

Objectives

• Address weaknesses in assessment of RDP achievements

• Improve calculation of complementary result and impact indicators

• Tackle emerging issues in the assessment of priority areas (e.g.

environment, climate)

Outcome

• Set of complementary tools for ex post evaluations

• Update of existing guidance, if needed

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Capacity building in MS

Improving evidence-based RDP

evaluations in view of the ex-post

Topics

• Following up on the lessons from the evaluations in 2019

• Overcoming the challenges in data/indicators

• Addressing specific priority areas for the ex post evaluation

AWP 2020

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Good Practice Workshops

How to demonstrate RDP achievements?Reporting of evaluation findings, indicators, lessons for ex post

12 Q4 2019

Assessing RDP effects (topic tbc)Improve reporting on RDP achievements and impacts in priority

area (topic linked to TWG-8)

13Q2

Preparation of the evaluation activities

for the CAP post-2020Planning evaluation needs, data needs, data management

14Q3

Evaluation under the CAPConcepts, process and use of evaluation under Pillar 1 and 2

15 Q4

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Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

AWP 2020LE

SS

ON

SC

AP

AC

ITIE

ST

OO

LS

TWG-8: Ex post evaluation of RDPs 2014-2020: Learning from practice

WP1 (priority topic tbc) WP2 (priority topic tbc) WP3

GPW

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RDP

achievements

Preparation eval.

CAP post-2020Evaluation

under the CAPGPW

12 Prio

rity to

pic

s

GPW

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Tools

Tools

Tools

GPW

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Assessing RDP

effects

Feedback

Feedba

ck

NL 15 NL 16

FS FS FS FS

NL 17

Tools

Solu

tions

Tools

YCB-EYearly Capacity building in MS

(Improving evidence evaluations)

Evaluation

training DO

Needs

Solu

tions

Pra

ctices

Questions for discussion

1. Are the suggested topics relevant?

2. Which specific issues should be addressed?

3. What issues are most urgent?

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