1. Self assessment of the Swedish rural network

2. Impacts Results Outputs Overview External evaluator
Priorities, evaluation of needs, individual learning -> organizational learning
Impacts
Results
The Finnish access database
Outputs

3. Thematic groups Green business Youth in rural development
Service in rural areas
The NRN Coordination group for CLLD
Integration
Fisheries and aquaculture
EIP-Agri
Ecotourism
Network for proffessional rural developers

4. Self assessment already in planning
Intervention logics in activity plan and working plans of thematic groups.
Method for assessing results discussed when larger activities are arranged and addressed in working plans of thematic groups.
Needs
Expected results / specific objectives
Overall objectives

5. Easier in theory… The specific objectives are often hard to measure
”decision makers should experience that…” – undefined target group
”…should be performed in a good way…” – good way not defined
It is difficult to find a good level
specific objectives for every activity => too many goals
Results have not always been assessed

6. Common meeting thematic groups
Specific objectives Increase knowledge of other groups Inspire cooperation Increase knowledge of fishery and aquaculture Inspire cooperation fishery and aquaculture
Result assessment

7. Bush trips
Specific objectives Increase knowledge of values of pasture land
Result assessment

8. Inquiry to all member organisations
Three times during the program period

9. Nature tourism
Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth has, on the advice of the Working Group, decided to complete the ongoing survey of educational programs and needs in the tourism industry with parts related specifically to nature tourism.
The working group's proposal that the Swedish tourism strategy should contain a sub-strategy for nature tourism has taken root, and the tourism industry collectively stands behind the proposal.

10. What happens next?
Self assessment of thematic groups, communication, events arranged by NSU etc.
Have specific objectives been reached? Why/why not?
New activities (needs, specific objectives and relation to overall objectives)
Initial discussion with steering group, think-tanks in November, workshop in December

11. The future is bright
The external evaluator will follow the process forming a new activity plan for 2017–2018.
The steering group request that the progress report should be structured after specific objectives.