The CMEF is laid down in a set of
documents drawn up by the Commission and agreed
with Member States. These documents were put
together in a handbook which includes a series
of evaluation guidelines and guidance fiches on
the common indicators for monitoring and
evaluation. The indicators are also included in
annex VIII of Commission Regulation 1974/2006
laying down detailed rules for the application
of Council Regulation 1698/2005 on support for
rural development by the European Agricultural
Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
Guidance document [pdf]
Also available in:
Annex 1 – General guidance
A – Choice and use of indicators [pdf]
Also available in:
B - Evaluation Guidelines [pdf]
Also available in:
C - Ex-ante Evaluation Guidelines including Strategic
Environmental Assessment [pdf]
Also available in:
Annex 2 – Programming and measure guidance
D – Hierarchy of Objectives [pdf]
E – Measure Fiches [pdf]
Annex 3 – Indicator guidance
F – Common indicator list [pdf]
G – Baseline indicators fiches [pdf]
H – Output Indicator Fiches [pdf]
I – Result Indicator Fiches [pdf]
- 2 updated result indicators [pdf]
J – Impact Indicator Fiches [pdf]
- 2 updated impact indicators [pdf]
K – Examples of additional indicators [pdf]
Annex 4 – Other guidance
L – Frequently
Asked Questions [pdf]
M – The Rural Development Evaluation network [pdf]
N - Glossary of Terms [pdf]
O – Useful Reading [pdf]
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Additional guidance
Working paper on Capturing impacts of Leader and of
measures to improve Quality of Life in rural areas [pdf] (07/2010)
Explanatory Notes to the Common Evaluation Questions &
Recommendations on Mid-Term Evaluation Reporting [pdf] (07/2010)
Working paper on the evaluation of National Rural Network
programmes [pdf] (07/2010)
Working Paper on the CMEF Gross Value Added Indicators [pdf] (03/2010)
Working Paper on "Approaches for assessing the impacts of
the RDPs in the context of multiple intervening factors"
(03/2010)
- Text [pdf]
- Interactive version [pdf]
- User Information Brochure [pdf]
Guidelines on the Mid-Term Evaluation of the Rural
Development Programmes [pdf]
(07/2009)
Guidance Document on the Application of the High Nature
Value Impact Indicator: Text [pdf]
- Annexes [pdf]
(11/2008)
