MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE EVALUATION PLAN REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(1)
ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF THE EVALUATION PLAN REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(1) 1. Objectives and needs A statement of the objectives of the evaluation plan and evaluation related needs, aimed to ensure that sufficient and appropriate evaluation activities are undertaken, in particular to provide information needed for programme steering, to inform next policy programme period, and to ensure that data needed for CAP Strategic Plan evaluation are available. 2. Governance and coordination Brief description of the monitoring and evaluation arrangements for the CAP Strategic Plan, identifying the main bodies involved and their responsibilities. 3. Stakeholder mapping Brief description of the relevant stakeholders referred to in Article 4(2) and their needs related to evaluation activities and, where relevant, capacity building. 4. Timeline Indicative planning of evaluations and evaluation support studies to be carried out during the programming cycle, as well as the reasoning for the choices made, including: (a) evaluations to assess the contribution of the CAP Strategic Plans to the CAP objectives, to be carried out during the implementation of the CAP Strategic Plan; (b) where relevant, the evaluations to assess specific topics referred to in Article 2, point (e); (c) support studies and other research and analytical activities for evaluations. 5. Data and information Brief description of the arrangements referred to in Article 7(2) to ensure data availability for monitoring and evaluation, including the identification of main data sources to be used, institutional arrangements for data provision and data quality control arrangements. This section should also include identification of data gaps and actions to address them, including having data systems operational in time. 6. Communication and follow-up Description of how evaluation findings will be disseminated to target recipients, including a description of the mechanisms established for the follow-up and the use of evaluation results. 7. Resources, technical support and capacity building Description of the resources needed and foreseen to implement the evaluation plan, including an indication of the administrative capacity, data, financial resources and IT needs. Description of the implementation of the programme support referred to in Article 7(3) and (4), including technical support and capacity building activities carried out to ensure that the evaluation plan can be fully implemented and planned support to LAGs for evaluating the Local Development Strategies.