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Evaluating CAP simplification: Member States are embracing the challenge within CAP Strategic Plans
The report from the eighth Good Practice Workshop in Budapest offers insights on how to improve the assessment of administrative burden and overregulation.
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Understanding LEADER's added value
A new set of guidelines from the EU CAP Network are available to help Local Action Groups and Managing Authorities assess the added value of LEADER.
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LEADER impact report on balanced territorial development
A recently published European Commission evaluation exploring LEADER impacts on balanced territorial development shows LAGs created nearly 60 000 jobs and much more during the previous funding period.
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Latest publications

Assessment of the progress in implementing the Evaluation Plans of RDPs 2014-2022. Chapter 2 of the AIRs submitted in 2024
This summary report outlines the progress made in 2023 by EU Member States and the UK in implementing the evaluation plans of 115 Rural Development Programmes, highlighting trends, key findings and completed evaluations.
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Generational renewal in the agricultural sector and young farmers
A deep dive into the assessment of barriers to entering the agricultural sector and support for young farmers through the findings of Member States' evaluations.
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CAP Evaluation Insights: climate change
This publication presents findings identified from Member States’ CAP evaluations in relation to climate change mitigation and adaptation. It analyses challenges commonly confronted when assessing climate change and provides ideas on how to overcome these.
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