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This assessment focuses on answers to Evaluation Questions 24, 26 and 28.

Data were collected on the agricultural use of permanent grassland and the occurrence of valuable biotope types and grassland-bound bird species at the level of small-scale production areas. In addition, a written survey of 1,848 Austrian farmers was carried out, particularly on their motives for past and planned changes in the management intensity of permanent grassland.

This evaluation describes the results of the calculation of the Farmland Bird Index. After the bird population was reduced to 55% in 2018 in relation to the reference value of 1998, the value recovered to 63 % in 2019.

The impact of agri-environmental measures on farm birds, particularly the Farmland Bird Index species was surveyed. 

The focus of this evaluation report is answering the following Evaluation Question: ‘To what extent were the interventions within the framework of the LEADER project funding in the field of nature conservation, restoration, preservation and improvement of biological diversity supported?’

The measures of preventive groundwater protection (on arable land) and management of arable land at risk of leaching are specially designed for arable land. The evaluation of these measures was therefore the focus of the present study. In addition, participation in the measures of greening arable land - catch crop cultivation, greening arable land - evergreen system and erosion protection for fruit, wine and hops was examined, as these also influence groundwater protection.

This report presents results on the effects of the Rural Development Program 2014-2020 and answers to Evaluation Questions 4, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 29. All of the investigations were carried out using quantitative methods and, if possible, on the basis of long-term observations. 

Summary of the results for the Evaluation Questions in Focus Areas 4A, 4B, 4C, 5D, 5E. As part of the accompanying evaluation of the Austrian Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, in the Annual Implementation Report 2019 the relevant Focus Areas of biodiversity, water, soil, climate and animal welfare as well as additional effects have been assessed. 

This summary report describes the progress made by the Member States in implementing the RDP evaluation plans as reported in Chapter 2 of the 2020 AIRs. The summary is based on the screening of Chapter 2 of 113 Annual Implementation Reports (AIRs).

This report summarises the major outcomes of the Good Practice Workshop, ‘Improving data-management and information systems for the purpose of evaluation’, which was hosted by the European Evaluation Helpdesk for Rural Development. 

The 16th Good Practice Workshop of the Evaluation Helpdesk on ‘Improving data-management and information systems for the purpose of evaluation’, took place online on 16-17 March 2021. The overall objective of the workshop was to reflect on innovative experiences in relation to data management and information systems for the purpose of evaluation in the context of the CAP. To this end, the workshop explored EU level projects that deal with data infrastructure, collection and monitoring, seeking to identify their relevance and usefulness for evaluation.