Fact sheets of the tested indicators and methods

The final outcome of the ENVIEVAL project is a handbook for the evaluation of environmental impacts of RDPs summarising the key characteristics, strengths and weaknesses of the different developed and tested indicators and evaluation methods in response to the main evaluation challenges. An important part of the handbook is the fact sheets for the different indicators and evaluation tools. The fact sheets are the final outcome of WP8 and provide a short summary of the main characteristics of the indicators and methods tested in the ENVIEVAL project. They provide information on why and for which policy aspects the indicators or methods can be used, and where the required data can be sourced and obtained. The fact sheets summarise the strengths and weaknesses of the indicators and methods, and highlight their contribution to addressing the main challenges. An adjusted ‘SWOT’ framework is used to synthesise the key advantages, disadvantages and contributions of the indicator / method. The general structure of the indicator and method fact sheets is as follows: Indicator fact sheets: Definition / description of the indicator, including environmental public good, type of indicator, reflected RDP priority and focus area, unit of measurement, type of data required and scale and level of application Existing data sources including EU, member states and regional databases Context of the case study testing, including case study area, policy context, used data and evaluation approach tested Strengths and weaknesses of the indicator Recommended application Method fact sheets: Definition / description of the method, including the environmental public good, type of method, micro or macro level application General requirements Including data requirements and skill requirements Consideration of counterfactuals Context of the case study testing, including case study area, policy context, used data and evaluation approach tested Strengths and weaknesses of the method Recommended application The indicator fact sheets focus on additional non-CMES indicator tested in the ENVIEVAL project for their contributions to address indicator gaps in environmental evaluations of RDPs. The method fact sheets focus on advanced modelling approaches tested at micro and macro level for dealing with the complexity of public goods, considering other intervening factors and providing solutions for situations without (or very limited) non-participants. The fact sheets were reviewed by the stakeholder reference group and their comments and feedback integrated in the final version of the fact sheets. In addition, a selection of fact sheets was presented and discussed at the final project conference in Brussels on the 19th of November 2015.