EU level CAP evaluation framework

This CAP evaluation framework captures the data requirements for the EU level interim evaluation of the CAP and covers all five evaluation criteria.

For effectiveness, an overarching evaluation question is formulated at the level of each CAP general objective. This question is further specified using sub-questions that correspond to the key elements that must be assessed for each CAP specific objective.

For the other evaluation criteria (efficiency, relevance, coherence and Union added value) the structure does not follow the breakdown of general and specific objectives, to avoid repetitions. Instead, one or more overarching evaluation questions are formulated at the level of the evaluation criterion, followed by sub-questions that correspond to the key elements that must be assessed for each criterion.

For each sub-question, one or more factors of success are defined to set the basis for judging the effectiveness of the policy and answering the evaluation (sub-)questions. Each factor of success is then assigned output, result, impact and, in most cases, context indicators, along with the corresponding data sources, which can be used to measure success.

This framework is part of a wider activity of methodological support provided by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP, which includes the identification, description, and prioritisation of data and attribution gaps, and proposed actions to close the ones with the highest priorities.