Report on the evaluation design of the Italian Rural Network Programme

The design of the evaluation constitutes, together with the Report on the conditions of evaluation, the structuring phase of the evaluation process. In order to ensure its effective application, as well as applicability, the evaluator has therefore intended to define the key steps in a precise but flexible manner, such as, for example, the methods for collecting information, the techniques for quantifying the indicators of the programme and methodology for answering the evaluation questions.