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This document provides a non-exhaustive list of possible additional evaluation elements (judgement criteria, result indicators, possible data sources) and a list of actions that Managing Authorities and evaluators may consider when preparing and conducting the assessment of competitiveness in the ex post evaluation when answering Common Evaluation Questions 4 and 6. 

This document includes the updated fiches for answering Common Evaluation Questions 4 and 6 for the ex post evaluation of RDPs 2014-2020. These fiches have been updated by providing a non-exhaustive list of possible additional evaluation elements that Managing Authorities and evaluators may consider when preparing and conducting the assessment of competitiveness in agriculture. 

This document analyses selected evaluation related issues when using the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data for the assessment of farm competitiveness in agriculture. 

The purpose of this thematic evaluation was to achieve a better assessment of C.40 and I.11 or gross nutrient balance (GNB) on agricultural land. In the case of Hungary, national balance levels often mask the share of extreme positive and negative dissolved nitrogen (DN) and dissolved phosphorus (DP) data, both of which may cause environmental risks.

This working document compiles a selection of evaluation-related queries raised by the Member States between 2016 and March 2021. Answers were prepared by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development in collaboration with the responsible Commission services.  

This Working Document has been initiated on the basis of the existing glossary annexed to the European Commission – Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (2017) Technical Handbook on the Monitoring and Evaluation Framework of the Common Agricultural Policy 2014 – 2020, hereafter referred as ‘DG AGRI (2017) Technical Handbook for the CMEF 2014-2020’. Moreover, it contains key terms related to evaluation developed by, or used during the European Evaluation Helpdesk’s Thematic Working Groups (TWGs).  

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 Factsheet describes what are National Inventory Reports (NIRs) and why they are essential for the assessment of GHG emissions. This factsheet further describes and explores the different tier methodologies used for the assessment of GHG emissions. 

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• Towards improved reporting of environmental effects of RDPs in the ex post
• The 14th Good Practice Workshop: 'Assessment of resource efficiency and climate'
• How to monitor Small Landscape Features (SLF) using Copernicus land monitoring products?

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