Ex-ante evaluation for 2014-2020 RDPs

4th International Evaluation ConferenceBudapest, 26th September 2013

Zélie Peppiette, DG AGRI Rural Development Evaluation Manager

Legal Proposals: where and what?

1. In addition to the CPR Requirements (Article 48)

2. there are additional requirements for the EAFRD

Legal Proposals: where and what?

1. EAFRD Regulation Article 83

• Evaluations to conform to common EAFRD evaluation approach

• MS to ensure provision of necessary data

• Evaluations to be made public

Legal Proposals: where and what?

• EAFRD Regulation Article 84

• Evaluator to be engaged from an early stage of RDP development

• Ex-ante to cover SWOT and needs analysis, intervention logic and targets

Legal Proposals: where and what?

• EAFRD Regulation Article 9

• Inclusion of the ex ante in the RDP:

• Full report as an annex

• Section in RDP covering process and recommendations

Key points

• EAFRD goes beyond CPR

• Comprehensive list of tasks foreseen

• Appraisal goes beyond programme content

• To achieve objective, needs to be an iterative, interactive process

• BUT RDP is owned by MA, not evaluator: distinct roles/boundaries required

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Ex ante guidance document…

"Getting the most from your RDP"

draft until the legal acts are approved;can be downloaded from the „Our Publications“ section on http://enrd.ec.europa.eu/evaluation

Introduction

Structure of the guidelines

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Part II: Mainly for Evaluators•Subjects and tasks

PART II: Mai

Part 1: Mainly for Managing Authorities•Purpose•Process•Scope

Part III: Toolbox•Practical support•Templates

Introduction

Purpose: Why ex ante evaluation?

9PART I – Chap

The process of the ex ante evaluation and SEA

10PART I – Chapter 2: The ex ante evaluation process

Subjects and tasks

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1. SWOT analysis and needs assessment2. Relevance, internal and external

coherence3. Measuring progress and outcomes4. Governance arrangements, programme

management and monitoring5. Horizontal and specific themes 6. Strategic Environmental Assessment

PART II

N.B. The sequence follows the logic of the work flow and not the sequence of items cited under Art. 48.3(CPR)

SWOT should be comprehensive

Establish baseline values for all common and programme-specific context and impact indicators  Involvement of stakeholders

SWOT and needs analysis should be interlinked

Covers all focus areas

12PART II – Chapter 1: SWOT analysis and needs assessment

The SWOT analysis and needs assessment

Relevance, internal and external coherence

Contribution to EU 2020

External coherence

Intervention logic

Contribution of outputs to results

Budgetary consistency

13PART II – Chapter 2: Relevance, external and internal coherence

Measuring progress and outcomes

Programme indicators: all necessary includedprogramme-specific where needed

Values for the target indicators: present, coherent and reliable

14PART II – Chapter 3: Measuring progress and outcomes

Governance, programme management and monitoring

Human resources and administrative capacity

Monitoring, data collection and the Evaluation Plan

15PART II – Chapter 4: Governance arrangements, programme management and monitoring

Horizontal and specific themes

Equal opportunities and non-discriminationSustainable development (‘sufficient advisory capacity’): interface with SEAThematic sub-programmesNetworks LEADER (CLLD)

16PART II – Chapter 5: Horizontal and specific themes

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Close links with RDP, PC required, without losing distinct perspective

Process standardized according to the SEA Directive

17PART II – Chapter 6: Strategic Environmental Assessment

Toolbox

Glossary Template ToR for ex ante evaluation Indicative ToR for Strategic Environmental

Assessment Indicative number of man-days for ex ante

and SEA Suggested evaluation questions Proposed table of content for the ex ante

evaluation report Legal texts List of context indicators 18PART III

Thank you!

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