1. Sustainability assessment

2. to evaluate sustainability issues (social, economic, environmental) associated with the selected initiatives at farm level. An indicator set will be developed, including environmental, social and economic indicators in order to evaluate and compare the different initiatives.

3. Literature Vast A lot of indicator systems –environmental OECD, EEA Irena Research projects (AE-Footprint) –Policy Evaluation Eurostat (2000), DG Agriculture and Rural Development (2000) Common criteria.. CMEF

4. Main points 1 Stiglitz, Sen, Fitoussi 2009 Commission on the measurement of economic performance and social progress Monetarised but also physical CMEF the same

5. Main points 2 Indicator based assessment Policy oriented assessment Multicriteria Analysis

6. MCA Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) techniques Participatory approach Complex assessment exercises. (ODPM, 2000, Carey et al. 2003; Finn et al., 2009; Knickel et al., 2009; Park et al., 2004; Primdahl et al., 2003).

7. 1 st stage Identify sustainability issues –Environmental –Social –Economic WHO? –Local stakeholders (Scenario building)

8. 2 nd stage Dimensions X Issues WHO? –Local stakeholders (Scenario building)

9. Sustainability issues identified→ Social: 1.Maintenance of population 2.Equity Institutional 1.Transparency 2. Participation Economic 1. Competitiv eness Environmental …….. ……. Technological Identify changes of trends in technology, artefacts, as well as processes, procedures, ways to do things, e.tc.

10. Stage 3 Inventory of regional sustainability indicator systems (issue based) WHO? WP3 Leader + Contribution of (case study) site specific indicators (if available)

11. Stage 4 Selection of appropriate indicators/indicator systems Criteria for selection (Farmpath teams proposed by WP3) Selection (NSPG)