Ex ante evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014–2020

MDI carried out the ex-ante evaluation of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland 2014–2020. The evaluation concerned the process of developing a policy program – the evaluation process allowed refinements and improvements to the program drafts in a way that the program objectives would be achieved in a cost-effective manner. The ex-ante evaluation project applied a developmental approach and was therefore performed before the program’s implementation. MDI focused on improving the program as a whole, including its design, its contents, the quality of its implementation, and its effectiveness. With the evaluation, MDI also produced concrete and instantly accessible / exploitable knowledge for the ministry and different national stakeholders and for supporting the work of local action groups. The ex-ante evaluation was due in late spring 2013.

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