Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
The Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (CMEF) for the next Rural Development Programme is now available.
The CMEF is set out in a guidance handbook published by the European Commission. The handbook shows how a common set of indicators covering all Member States will help to assess how rural development programmes are contributing to Community priorities and aims to provide a comprehensive source of data for mid-term and ex-post evaluation of the 2007-13 programming period.
The handbook is accompanied by a series of annexes providing detailed guidance on the design and execution of a monitoring and evaluation process for rural development programming. Member States can then build on this framework by adding additional indicators and evaluation criteria which reflect the unique national or regional character of their programmes.
The CMEF introduces few additionaldata collection requirements compared with the existing period. The aim is to provide a firm foundation for evaluation of rural development programmes against their strategic objectives, without imposing significant or unnecessary administrative burdens.
Those involved in developing Regional Implementation Plans may be interested to see Guidance Note E – the measure fiches. These fiches provide guidance about how the EU Commission see each Rural Development Regulation measure being used – who the beneficiaries might be, the likely geographic targets etc.
Index of PDFs:
- Guidance handbook on common
monitoring and evaluation framework
- Guidance note A – Choice and use of indicators
- Guidance note B – Evaluation guidelines
- Guidance note C – Ex-ante evaluation guidelines including SEA
- Guidance note D – Hierarchy of Objectives
- Guidance note E – Measure Fiches
- Guidance note F –Common indicator list
- Guidance note G – Baseline indicators fiches
- Guidance note H – Output Indicator Fiches
- Guidance note I – Result Indicator Fiches
- Guidance note J – Impact Indicator Fiches
- Guidance note K – Examples of additional indicators
- Guidance note L – Frequently Asked Questions
- Guidance note M – The Rural Development Evaluation network
- Guidance note N – Glossary of terms
- Guidance note O – Useful Reading
The European Commission have also recently issued a series of draft fiches for the measures in Axis 1 , Axis 2, Axis 3 and Axis 4 (Leader approach), a draft fiche for the National Rural Network and some draft guidance on measure templates
These provide further information about the range of issues we should cover in the part of the Rural Devlopment Programme for England which details how we will use each measure to implement the programme. The fiches also give guidance on the scope, potential beneficiaries and activities that the measure can cover. The guidance is currently in draft form but mostly builds on the information already in annex E of the CMEF handbook.
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11 February, 2008
Page published: 21 July, 2005