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This document addresses challenges in preparing and conducting the assessment of RDP impacts in the ex post evaluation with consideration for multiple intervening, confounding or external factors related to a changing socio-economic, environmental or health context (as recently experienced) which may influence the intended programme effects.

This report summarises the major outcomes of the Good Practice Workshop, 'Assessing the Contribution of RDPs to a Competitive and Viable Agricultural Sector', which was hosted by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development. 

The fifteenth Good Practice Workshop 'Assessing the Contribution of RDPs to a Competitive and Viable Agricultural Sector' took place online on 9-10 December 2020. The overall objective was to reflect on experiences in relation to assessing the contribution of RDPs to a competitive and viable agricultural sector within a properly functioning food supply chain and EU capacity for crisis management.

This document specifically highlights issues related to the use of the common result/target indicator ‘Percentage of rural population benefiting from new or improved services/infrastructures (ICT)’ to measure the achievements under the Focus Areas (FA) 6B (Result/Target Indicators R23/T22) and 6C (Result/Target Indicators R25/T24) in the 2014-2020 programming period.

This document highlights issues related to the use of the common result/target indicator ‘Jobs created in supported projects’ to measure the achievements under the Focus Areas (FA) 6A (Result Indicator R21 and Target Indicator T20) and 6B (Result Indicator R24 and Target Indicator T23) in the 2014-2020 programming period. 

This document examines issue related to reporting from the AIR 2019 on net contributions of socio-economic impact indicators.

This report presents an econometric assessment of the first observable results of the PDR Nord Pas de Calais and Picardie on a territorial scale.

The evaluation covers all the PNGRAT measures and their combined effects: sub-measure 17.1 (crop, animal and plant insurance); sub-measure 17.2 (mutual funds); technical assistance. The analysis relates to the implementation of the program within its scope of metropolitan application (measures not deployed in the French overseas departments), from its start in 2014 until the end of 2017.

The objective of this study was to map the use of PAT in Flemish agricultural businesses. In the framework of the Flemish year of agricultural data, questions on the use of PAT’s were sent out to participants of the Farm Accountancy Data Network.

This analysis examines the extent to which Regional Development Strategies (RES) for the implementation of LEADER in Thuringia correspond to the intentions and objectives of the RDP and to what extent the design of the RES is coherent with objectives and identified needs of the RDP. The study captures quantitative and qualitative aspects. The report covers the SWOT and needs assessments included in the RES, as well as the LEADER-specific target indicators of the EU's Joint Monitoring and Assessment System (CMES). In addition, the provisions of the RAG for monitoring and evaluation is also included in the analysis.

Thus, the present analysis is a building block for evaluation of LEADER in the context of the evaluation of the RDP.

The objective of the study was to find out the reputation of rural life, agriculture, rural entrepreneurship and professional fisheries. Awareness on European supports in the sector in general and recognition of RDP, LEADER supports and European Fund for Fisheries separately. Residents' assessments on usefulness of supports.