How to improve evaluations of the cap based on lessons learned from 2014-2020

­Dear Colleague,  
The European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP is pleased to invite you to its first Good Practice Workshop 'How to assess AKIS based on lessons learned from 2014-2022'. The workshop will be conducted as a hybrid event over two half days on 30-31 May 2022, where participants can attend either in person or digitally.  

Background
The promotion of knowledge, innovation and digitalisation in agriculture and rural areas is a cross-cutting objective of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for 2023-2027, seeking the modernisation of the sector. Whereas in the 2014-2022 period the focus was on funding impactful innovation projects, in the 2023-2027 period there is attention for the complete innovation ecosystem, including project funding but also stimulating supporting services.

The assessment of Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS) in the new CAP therefore acquires particular importance as the backbone of the CAP modernisation. The first Good Practice Workshop of the CAP Evaluation Helpdesk has the overall objective to reflect on experiences and lessons in relation to the assessment of AKIS elements with a view to preparing Member States for future CAP evaluations of AKIS.  

Objectives
Both for ex post evaluation of AKIS in the 2014-2022 period and the CAP 2023-2027 evaluations, the objectives of this Good Practice Workshop are threefold: To draw lessons from existing AKIS evaluations at EU and Member State level.
To draw lessons from AKIS evaluations from outside the EU. ·Bridging the gap between current state of play and future needs on evaluating AKIS.

Target Audience
The workshop will be an opportunity to bring together evaluation practitioners like Managing  Authorities, Paying Agencies, evaluators, researchers and other evaluation stakeholders in the Member States as well as EU-level evaluation experts and researchers to discuss, share concerns and exchange experiences.

Registration closes on 29 April 2022 for those wishing to attend the workshop in person and 23 May for online participants. Attendance will be confirmed via email and a link to the online event will be shared with participants at a later date.

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The European Evaluation Helpdesk for the CAP
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info@ruralevaluation.eu
t: +32 2 808 10 24
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