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Rural Evaluation Newsletter
"Rural Evaluation News" provides an awareness raising platform for the activities and achievements of the Evaluation Expert Network. The newsletter is produced with a broad readership in mind and is designed to meet the information needs of rural development evaluators, practitioners and policy makers. Articles and features within the newsletter provide information on evaluation related issues and inform about results of the work being carried out on different themes.
Thirteen issues of the newsletter have been published. Every edition is published in English, French and German languages.
N°13 – June 2014
N°12 – March 2014
N°11 – June 2013
N°10 – December 2012
N° 9 – August 2012
N° 8 – May 2012
N° 7 – October 2011
N° 6 – June 2011
N° 5 – October 2010
N° 4 – June 2010
N° 3 – July 2009
N° 2 – March 2009
N° 1 – November 2008
Rural Evaluation News – Issue n°13 – June 2014
- GUIDANCE
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The ex post evaluation of Rural Development Programmes 2007-2013
- CMEF REVIEW
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Revision of the common evaluation questions for 2007-2013 RDPs
- THE MAKING OF THE CMES 2014-2020
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It started with a simple mind-map
- EXPERTS’ OPINIONS
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Let’s give the floor to some ex ante evaluators
- NEWS
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Follow the Helpdesk of the Evaluation Expert Network’s activities!
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Rural Evaluation News – Issue n°12 – March 2014
- GUIDANCE
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Evaluation Plan Guidelines: What are they all about?
- EVALUATING NETWORKS
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Assessment of National Rural Networks - Lessons Learnt and Future Prospects.
- MEMBER STATES’ EXPERIENCE
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Synthesis of the Annual Progress Reports for 2012 concerning ongoing evaluation: Findings
- CAPACITY-BUILDING
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International monitoring and evaluation conference - Budapest
- NEWS
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Follow the Helpdesk of the Evaluation Expert Network’s activities!
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Rural Evaluation News - Issue n°11 – June 2013
- INTERVIEW
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Discover Unit L.4’s new Head of Unit and get to know her better!
- EVALUATOR’S PERSPECTIVE
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Read how to improve your SWOT and Needs Assessment to develop a sound RDP intervention logic..
- MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY 2014-2020
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What you should know about the Evaluation Plan
- NEWS
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Follow the Helpdesk of the Evaluation Expert Network’s activities!
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Rural Evaluation News - Issue n°10 – December 2012
- EVALUATORS’ PERSPECTIVE
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5 key steps to move towards more evidence-based evaluation and targeted data management
- CAPACITY-BUILDING
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Read how “Evaluation in action” workshops in Wales helped improving the use of monitoring and evaluation in RDP.
- MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICY 2014-2020
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Discover the 10 key developments for the next programming period compared to the current one.
- OPINIONS
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Celebrate with us the 10th issue of our newsletter and read the interviews on the added value of the Evaluation Expert Network!
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Rural Evaluation News - Issue n°9 – August 2012
In this issue, you can read about ...
- Draft guidelines for the ex ante evaluation of Rural Development Programmes 2014 – 2020.
- The “customer satisfaction”method in Italy that actively involved stakeholders in the evaluation of the National Rural Network Programme.
- Ongoing evaluation system in the Flanders region (BE).
- News in brief about the outcomes of the fourth good practice workshop “From ongoing evaluation towards the evaluation plan” (Vienna 14 May 2012), a meeting of National Rural Networks (Ähtäri, Finland 7-9 May 2012) that reflected on networking as a rural development policy tool, including the evaluation of networks and 11th meeting of the Evaluation Expert Committee (Brussels, 12 June 2012).
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Rural Evaluation News - Issue n°8 - May 2012
In this issue, you can read about...
- The concept of rural environmental public goods and some of the challenges of evaluating their contribution to EU Rural Development.
- The findings of the Focus Groups that took place late 2011 and involved 370 stakeholders across the EU.
- 2012 work programme of the Evaluation Expert Network.
- The implementation of the ongoing evaluation systems in the Member States as reported in the Annual Progress Reports for 2010.
- News in brief about the 8th, 9th and 10th meetings of the Evaluation Expert Committee, an e-learning course, the methodological assessment of mid-term evaluation reports and a new page on EUROPA about monitoring and evaluation for the CAP post-2013.
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Rural Evaluation News - Issue n°7 - October 2011
In this issue, you will find news about …
- An editorial commentary from the Commission following the first ”Monitoring and Evaluation for CAP post-2013” stakeholder conference in September
- Feedback from the conference, selected topics discussed during the workshop sessions as well as the next steps in the institutional decision making process.
- Findings about the monitoring and evaluation system and process coming from an assessment of the mid-term evaluation reports.
- First outcomes of the Helpdesk research about approaches in the Member States to the ongoing evaluation of the Rural Development Programmes.
- News in brief about the meeting of the Evaluation Expert Committee last June.
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Rural Evaluation News - Issue n°6 - June 2011
In this issue, you will find news about …
- Overview about the methods used in the Member States to assess High Nature Value farmland and forestry within the Rural Development Programmes.
- Conclusions of the latest SWOT analysis of the rural development evaluation system.
- Findings about the implementation of the ongoing evaluation systems in the Member States as reported in the Annual Progress Reports for 2009.
- Conclusions of the assessment of needs in the Member States and main activities of the Evaluation Expert Network in 2011.
- News in brief about the meeting of the Evaluation Expert Committee last November and the main findings of the ex post evaluation of the Community initiative for rural development Leader+
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Rural Evaluation News - Issue n°5 - October 2010
In this issue, you will find news about …
- The two latest working papers disseminated by the Evaluation Helpdesk. The first working paper proposes a framework of reference in order to assess Leader and measures to improve Quality of Life in rural areas.
- The second working paper provides information about different approaches for the evaluation of the National Rural Network Programmes.
- Explanatory notes to the Common Evaluation Questions and recommendations on mid-term evaluation reporting give Member States the last indications for conducting the MTE this year.
- News in brief includes a report about the meeting of the Evaluation Expert Committee last July, the main findings and recommendations of the RuDI research project and an introduction to the new public website.
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Rural Evaluation News – n°4 - June 2010
In this issue, you will find news about …
- A new working paper which provides general support for the assessment of impacts of RDPs as well as specific support for measuring, interpreting and judging the seven CMEF common impact indicators.
- Findings of the second EU-wide synthesis of the Annual Progress Reports on ongoing evaluation
- The Evaluation Expert Network Annual Work Programme for 2010.
- An overview of the ongoing evaluation system and preparations for the mid-term evaluation in Sweden.
- Two examples of current practice: reversing biodiversity decline (from the UK) and assessing RDP impacts of water quality (Italy).
- News in brief, includes articles about progress with the TWG on the assessment of impacts of Leader and measures to improve the Quality of Life, definitions and application of the CMEF gross value added indicators, etc.
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Rural Evaluation News – n°3 - July 2009
In this issue, you will find news about …
- The state of preparation in Member States for the mid-term evaluations of their Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) in 2010, and new Guidelines to help them make this exercise a success.
- The first EU-wide synthesis of the Annual Progress Reports on ongoing evaluation submitted by Member States in 2008.
- An overview on how Austria is organising its system of ongoing evaluation.
- The continuing work of the Evaluation Helpdesk in identifying good practice for evaluation methods and processes.
- News in brief, includes articles about progress with thematic work of the Evaluation Expert Network on assessment of impacts, the second meeting of the Evaluation Expert Committee and Helpdesk missions to the Member States.
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Rural Evaluation News – n°2 - March 2009
In this issue, you will find news about …
- The new HNV guidance document
- The implementation of the HNV farmland indicator in Germany;
- Critical analysis of the Rural Development evaluation system plus Member States needs;
- The Network’s 2009 work programme;
- Focus on ex ante evaluations of Rural Development Programmes 2007-2013;
- How Italy is organising its National Evaluation Network and;
- News in brief, Q&A, events.
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Rural Evaluation News – n°1 - November 2008
The first issue of the newsletter puts the spotlight on the launch of the Evaluation Expert Network and sets the scene for future editions.
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