Joint meeting Coordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature (CGBN) and Standing Forestry Committee (SFC), Brussels, 15 September 2017

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1 Funding for the period : state of play of forestry measures in rural development programmes*, and Evaluation study of the forestry measures under Rural Development *preliminary information Tamas Szedlak DG Agriculture and Rural Development D.4. Environment, climate change, forestry and bio-economy Joint meeting Coordination Group for Biodiversity and Nature (CGBN) and Standing Forestry Committee (SFC), Brussels, 15 September 2017

2 Rural Development Funding & Implementation

3 In total, around 161 billion of total public funding

4 18 Focus Areas Share of funds per RD priority Knowledge Transfer and Innovation (cross cutting) Farm viability competitiveness, sustainable forest management Food chain organisation, animal welfare, risk management Ecosystems in agriculture and forestry Resource efficiency, low carbon and climate resilience Social inclusion, poverty reduction, economic development

5 RD Regulation No 1305/2013 (main forestry related elements) - Article 14 (M1) Knowledge transfer - Article 15 (M2) Advisory services - Article 17 (M4) Investments in physical assets - Article 19 (M6) Farm and business development - Article 20 (M7) Basic services and village renewal in rural areas - Article 27 (M9) Setting up of producer groups - Article 35 (M16) Cooperation (including EIP)

6 Forestry measures Article 21. and Article 21 (M8) covers the following sub-measures: Article 22 (M8.1) Afforestation and creation of woodland Article 23 (M8.2) Establishment of agroforestry systems Article 24 (M8.3)Prevention and (M8.4) restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events Article 25 (M8.5) Investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems Article 26 (M8.6) Investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forest products - Article 30 (M12) N Article 34 (M15) Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation 6

7 M 1 M 2 M 4.3 M 6 M 7 M 8.1 M 8.2 M 8.3 M 8.4 M 8.5 M 8.6 M 9 M 12.2 M 15.1 M 15.2 M 16 Number of programmes include forestry measures, or forestry related operations (118 programmes) (88 programmes)

8 Total public expenditure planned (2016) 2,500,000,000 Total public expenditure 2,000,000,000 1,500,000,000 1,000,000, ,000,000 0 M 8.1 M 8.2 M 8.3 M 8.4 M 8.5 M 8.6 M 8.6 (2) M 12.2 M 15.1 M 15.2

9 Forestry measures in the RDPs (updated by amended targets and preliminary implementation* data) *subject to ongoing validation process

10 Preliminary data based on the output indicator tables of the adopted RDPs as of January 2016 and based on the amended programmes as of July 2017 Indicator plan Planned as of January 2016 Number of beneficiaries / actions Area (ha) Updated as of July 2017 Number of beneficiaries / actions Measure Area (ha) Total public expenditure Total public expenditure M M M M M M M 8.6 (2) (from the total 8.6) Sum M M M (from the M 15.2 total 15) Sum M8,12,

11 M 8.1, Art 22 Afforestation and creation of woodland 59(60) RDPs from 20 MS programmed, including existing "old" commitments. Planned new forest area 471,000 (640th) hectares Planned total public expenditure 2.2 billion Implementation as of end of 2016; 71,700 ha new planting million tp expenditure, of which 80 million for establishment and 166 million for maintenance and payments for income foregone

12 M 8.2, Art.23 Establishment of agroforestry systems 36 RDPs from 8 MS Planned 72 (84) thousand hectares new AF systems, using 120 (130) millions total public expenditure Implementation as of end of 2016; 39 ha 265,000 of which 187,000 establishment 78,000 maintenance

13 M8.3, Art. 24 Prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events 68 (69) RDP in 17 MS Planned total public expenditure 1.6 (1.7) billion, More than 20 thousand beneficiaries Implementation as of end of 2016; 1,5 million ha 104 million 1100 beneficiaries

14 M8.4, Art. 24 Prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events 70 RDP in 19 MS including integrated measures, (e.g. together 8.3 and 8.4) Planned total public expenditure 786 (748) million Implementation as of end of ,000 ha 58 million 1,800 holdings

15 M 8.5, Art. 25 Investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems 85 (84) RDP in 19 MS Planned total public expenditure 1.5 billion 2.9 (3.4) million hectares, 90 (91) thousand actions Implementation as of end of ha 57 million 6,300 actions

16 M 8.6, Art. 26 Investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in the marketing of forest products 80 (81) RDP in 17 MS Planned total public expenditure 830 (800) million, Number of actions 13,600 Implementation as of end of million actions

17 M 12.2 Art. 30, Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments 20 RDP in 12 MS include support for N2000 forestry measures. Planned total public expenditure around 200 (137) million, with covering around hectares Implementation as of end of ha 10 million

18 M 15, Art. 34 Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation 30 (28) RDPs in 14 MS support voluntary forest-environment commitments on more than 1.4 million ha and by 317 million, and/or in 17 programmes from 8 MS the preservation and conservation of forest genetic material will be supported by almost 40 million Implementation as of end of ,000 hectares 8 million more than 1400 contracts

19 Evaluation study of the forestry measures under Rural Development

20 Evaluation study of the forestry measures under Rural Development Project team Within Alliance Environnement: Oréade Brèche lead: Lead of the study, EQ on effectiveness, relevance IEEP major contributor and lead on EQ causal analysis, coherence and environmental effects Additional thematic experts where required: EFI for EQ on EU AV and most of the case studies) Geographic experts (under EFI and OB) for case studies and other MS inputs

21 Scope/Focus (1) Main priority for this evaluation: measures of Articles and 34 of Reg. (EU) No 1305/2013 set out the measures specifically addressing forestry: Art. 21: Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests Art.22: Afforestation and creation of woodland (M8.1) Art.23: Establishment of agroforestry systems (M8.2) Art.24: Prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events (M8.3 & 8.4) Art.25: Investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems (M8.5) Art.26: Investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in the marketing of forest products (M8.6) Art.34: Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation (M15.1 & 15.2)

22 Scope/Focus (2) In addition, Rural Development horizontal measures deployed in the forestry sector (e.g. innovation, investments, cooperation, Natura 2000, WFD Directive, etc.). For coherence assessment the whole set of Rural Development measures, and CAP measures complementary to the forestry measures, e.g. cross compliance, (EFAs) greening measures under the Direct Payments Reg. (EU) 1307/2013, and other measures, including national or regional level. Examination period: Concentrate on But inclusion of under Reg. (EU) No 1698/2005 to capture long-term effects Geographical coverage: EU 28 mainland area

23 Objectives (1) To assess: The drivers behind implementation choices for MSs and beneficiaries The effects of forest measures on: - land use and in the creation of additional EFAs - Forestry production: Quantity, Quality, Producer prices, Geo distribution The extent to which the measures have impacted on: - economic viability of the farm/forest holdings/owners as regards revenue and the levels of production cost in the holdings (forestry, farms or mixed) - on the competitiveness of the sector - on the environment and climate The changes in administrative burden that have resulted from implementation The efficiency of the measures in: - achieving their objectives - Balancing the related costs/burdens with benefits achieved

24 Objectives (2) To assess: The internal (within CAP) and external (outside CAP) coherence of the measures The relevance of the forestry measures: - matching the existing needs in the sector, the priorities established at the EU, programme and/or national level - matching current and possible future needs The creation of EU added value through forestry measures and the difference that the EU financing made vs MS

25 Progress to date Phase Focus Due Phase 1: First interim deliverable: Structuring intervention logic, indicators, information sources, methods, tools, approach to case studies Completed Phase 2: Second interim deliverable: Data collection and reporting Completed (except RDP designers QS and Desk QS) Phase 3: Phase 4: Phase 5: Third interim deliverable: Replies to ESQ 1 12 Preliminary final deliverable: Replies to ESQ Draft conclusions & recommendations Draft Exec Summary Draft final deliverable, including: Abstract, leaflet, presentation M7 [26 July 2017] M9 [21 Sept 2017] M10 [21 Oct 2017] Phase 6: Final deliverable M11 [21 Nov 2017]

26 Thank you for your attention!