Evaluation Methods
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Evaluation Methods

A range of approaches available to conduct a robust evaluation, from qualitative techniques to experimental evaluation design.

Latest news

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
Building of Parliament in Budapest
24 Feb 2025

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.

  • Evaluation

Latest publications

Evaluation in action – Assessing the implementation of evaluation plans of the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plans
Reports |

Evaluation in action – Assessing the implementation of evaluation plans of the 2023-2027 CAP Strategic Plans

This summary report reviews how Member States are implementing the evaluation plans of their CAP Strategic Plans, highlighting progress in evaluation activities, governance, stakeholder engagement and data, as well as early lessons from completed evaluations.

  • Evaluation
Evaluation of the green architecture of the CAP Strategic Plans
Guidelines and tools |

Evaluation of the green architecture of the CAP Strategic Plans

The guidelines for assessing the green architecture of CAP Strategic Plans emphasise evaluating the combined effects and contradictions across the various instruments designed to address the CAP's environmental and climate objectives.

  • Evaluation
Impact of Agricultural Investment on Competitiveness 2021
Member State Evaluation |

Impact of agricultural investment on competitiveness (2021)

The evaluation analyses the impact of agricultural investments on competitiveness in Hungary’s 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme (RDP), using quantitative and qualitative methods to assess outcomes and inform future policy

  • Evaluation

Latest good practice

ARIA Awards - Icon - Smart competitive agriculture
A black and white cow stares through metal bars in a barn, wearing yellow ear tags.
Project | 22 Oct 2025

Wisecow

  • CAP Implementation
ARIA Awards - Icon - Smart competitive agriculture
A person stands in a blooming field, holding a green pouch. They wear a navy vest. Trees line the background.
Project | 22 Oct 2025

‘Bodenkoffer’ soil kit quality assessment box with app

  • CAP Implementation
Farm fields in a hilly area showing a farm building with solar panels on its roof