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Evaluation Findings

Results from an evaluation are based on evidence and provide insights into how to better design and implement policies in future.

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29 Jun 2026

Preparing a new CAP based on evidence: lessons learned from the Good Practice Workshop in Helsinki 

About 80 participants from 26 Member States gathered in Finland to share their experiences using evaluations to improve the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plans and to prepare the future CAP.

  • Evaluation
Landing page of the Evaluation Learning portals
13 Mar 2026

What’s new in 2026 for the evaluation learning portals

In 2026, the evaluation learning portals will grow further, with new content on quantitative methods, netting-out approaches and emerging themes available to the CAP evaluation community.

  • Evaluation
Autumn alpine rural landscape near Brasov, Magura, Transylvania, Romania
21 Aug 2025

Good Practice Workshop on ‘Measuring what matters – Approaches to netting out CAP impacts’

Register to join us in Bucharest, Romania, on 16–17 October 2025 for the 11th CAP Good Practice Workshop.

  • Evaluation

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Use of evaluations for improving policy and for ex ante assessments to prepare the next CAP
Event Reports |

Use of evaluations for improving policy and for ex ante assessments to prepare the next CAP

The workshop highlighted how embedding evaluations in governance and preparing timely follow-ups are essential for translating evidence into policy improvements, for today's and the future CAP.

  • Evaluation
Annual evaluation report of Sicily's RDP (2014-2022)
Member State Evaluation |

Annual evaluation report of Sicily's RDP (2014-2022)

The report provides an annual evaluation of Sicily's Rural Development Programme (RDP) for 2014-2022, summarising key findings and progress across various focus areas up to March 2022.

  • Evaluation
Annual evaluation report (2024) of Umbria, Italy
Member State Evaluation |

Annual evaluation report (2024) of Umbria, Italy

This 2024 annual evaluation report from Italy’s Umbria Region provides updates on the implementation, results and impact of the 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme, focusing on farm competitiveness, agri-environmental priorities and LEADER approach.

  • Evaluation