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The transnational report compares the country-specific control variants in Hesse, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein and their effects on LEADER implementation, with the aim of identifying adjustments for the future design of funding.

The aim of the study was to analyse the question of the extent to which gender mainstreaming and equality between women and men were considered in the Austrian programme for rural development 2014-2020 and which areas still have room for improvement.

This report provides an overview of the research related to the evaluation of Priority 4 and 5 of the RDP 2014-2020, which was organized and conducted by the Agricultural Research Center in 2019.  The report consists of 5 chapters and 73 annexes. Research has been carried out in the following areas: soil, water, biodiversity and the economy.

The evaluator provided the answers to the common evaluation questionnaire for rural development. The evaluation questionnaire involved answering the questions related to the evaluation of specific aspects through the analysis of the output and result indicators and the formulation of conclusions and recommendations.

This report provides an overview of the implementation of the RDP in the previous year. For better understanding, the report was written for outsiders at the measure level.

This study used firm-level micro data to estimate the productivity effects of investment support (measure 121). The recently developed Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM) method was used to model the selection bias attached to the assignment of support and to estimate the causal effects.

The purpose of this study is to assess the contributiona of the RDP 2014-2020 measure Organic Farming (M11) evaluating specifically Focus Area 4A.

The results of the long-term survey on the image of rural agricultural and rural economies will help to assess the changes in reputation and awareness of the EAFRD by sector. According to the results, the Managing Authority plans information activities in cooperation with other departments. The purpose of the RDP information activities is to increase awareness of the RDP support and rural life opportunities. This contributes to the application for support and the development of a positive image of rural life.  

As part of the evaluation activities in-depth analysis were carried out on:  

• effectiveness of Measure 4.2.1, 
• territorial and cartographic analysis of Measure 15 with reference to Sites of Community Importance (SCIs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs),
• the network of ecological corridors, 
• survey on the beneficiaries of the type of Intervention 4.1.3 (FA 5D), 
• communication strategy of the RDP, 
• self-assessment models and/or evaluation of the LAG's OSH,
• performance of local strategies, 
• innovation potential of Operational Groups.