12/07/2023

Evaluation of Statutory Research Tasks Nature and Environment

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Together with the Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Dialogic has evaluated the legal research task for nature and environment (WOT N&M). The purpose of this research was to conduct an ex-post and ex-ante evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the WOT N&M programme over the period 2017-2022 (ex-post part) and the duration of the new agreement (ex-ante part; up to 2027). Against this background, research questions were formulated on the following topics:
  • Effectiveness of the WOT N&M (goal achievement, quality of data collection, compliance with legal frameworks, interaction, commissioning, follow-up on previous evaluation);
  • Efficiency of the WOT N&M (cost-efficiency, transparency in the use of resources, comparison with other countries);
  • Future of the WOT N&M (sustainability, indicators, implementation of recommendations).
The approach to this evaluation mainly consisted of desk research and interviews with representatives from Wageningen Research, the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature, and Food Quality, the Environmental Assessment Agency, species organizations, the European Commission, foreign organizations performing similar tasks, and experts.