In this issue...
Overview about the methods usedin the Member States to assess High Nature Value farmland and forestry within the Rural Development
Programmes
* Conclusions of thelatest SWOT analysis of the rural development evaluation system
* Findings about the implementationof the ongoing evaluation systems in the Member States as reported in the Annual Progress Reports for 2009
* Conclusions of the assessmentof needs in the Member States and main activities of the Evaluation Expert Network in 2011
* News in brief aboutthe meeting of the Evaluation Expert Committee last November and the main findings of the ex post evaluation
of the Community initiative for rural development Leader+.