In this issue...
The state of preparation in Member States for the Mid-Term evaluations of their RDPs in 2010, and new Guidelines to help them make this exercise a success; the first EU-wide synthesis of the Annual Progress Reports on ongoing evaluation submitted by Member States in 2008; an overview on how Austria is organising its system of ongoing evaluation; the continuing work of the Evaluation Helpdesk in identifying good practice for evaluation methods and processes; news in brief, including about progress with thematic work of the Evaluation Expert Network on assessment of impacts, the second Evaluation Expert Committee meeting and Helpdesk missions to the Member States.