Ex Ante Evaluation
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Ex Ante Evaluation

A forward looking evaluation conducted before policy implementation to help planning and analyses interventions more effectively.

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Evaluation frameworks viewed as critical foundation for future CAP evaluation plans
12 May 2023

Evaluation frameworks viewed as critical foundation for future CAP evaluation plans

70 participants from 23 EU Member States attended a Good Practice Workshop on designing CAP evaluation plans and highlighted how an evaluation framework can act as the foundation for effective assessments in the future.

Latest publications

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Reports |

Synthesis of ex ante evaluations of CAP post 2020

Ex ante evaluations can help to shape CAP Strategic Plans.

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Reports |

Assessment of the progress in implementing the evaluation plans of RDPs 2014-2022. Chapter 2 of the AIRs Submitted in 2022

The summary report is based on an analysis of the Annual Implementation Reports (AIR) for Rural Development Programmes (RDPs) submitted in 2022.

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Guidelines and tools |

Guidelines - Design of evaluation plans

These guidelines provide the minimum and recommended content for Member States’ evaluation plans for the 2023-27 programming period.