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What is CAP-IDIM
Objectives
How will it work
Achievements
Who will benefit
The role of IDA
Technical information
Documentation
What is CAP-IDIM?
CAP-IDIM stands for Common Agricultural Policy - Improved Data and Indicators Management. It is a web-based common repository and management tool which has been designed for the transfer, storage and processing of the rural development monitoring data submitted by national and regional authorities across the EU Member States.
Once fully operational, this tool will assist the European Commission and Member States to fulfil the legal requirement expressed in the relevant European Council Regulation, namely to 'ensure effective monitoring of implementation of rural development programming'.
This monitoring must:
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Include information on the progress of measures and priorities, with respect to their operational and specific objectives;
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Be expressed through quantitative (financial and physical) indicators, based on a common framework recommended by the Commission;
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Be updated annually through the submission of data to the Commission by the national and regional authorities.
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Objectives
The main objectives of the CAP-IDIM system are:
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To ease the transmission of monitoring information from the regional and national authorities of the Member States to DG Agriculture of the European Commission;
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To create a common database to store this extensive information;
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To allow DG Agriculture, together with the Member States, to monitor and analyse the implementation of European Community rural development policy better and to disseminatethe information externally to other interested parties.
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How will it work?
EU rural development policy is the 'second pillar' of the Common Agricultural Policy. It covers a wide range of on and off-farm activities, ranging from physical, social and economic infrastructure to agri-environmental schemes.
Currently, 156 reports must be submitted to DG Agriculture each year for mainstream programmes containing rural development measures financed by the EAGGF (European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund) - Guidance or Guarantee Sections. A further 73 annual reports will be submitted for LEADER+ programmes (Links between Actions for the Development of the Rural Economy).
The above-mentioned figures underline the need for a system which can be sensitive to and can promote local strategies. They also suggest the need for a system that not only can handle requirements from the current Member States but can also incorporate data from the new Member States in an enlarged EU.
Under the CAP-IDIM system, such information will be housed within a web-based relational database. A key challenge is ensuring sufficient levels of indicator formulation and data formats, and user-friendly methods of data exchange.
The CAP-IDIM system will provide alternative and complementary methods for national and regional authorities to provide their indicator data (web interface, files with predefined formats).
A reporting system will allow the production of report templates, as well as the possibility to formulate ad-hoc queries against the monitoring data. The reports generated will be used:
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As a key input for the reporting requirements to the Council and other European Institutions on implementation of rural development policy at Community level;
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For answering queries (from MEPs, Court of Auditors, rural development stakeholders etc);
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For other, general publications.
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Achievements
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Who will benefit?
Citizens: Taxpayers will benefit from an efficient and transparent monitoring of the use of funds for rural development. In addition, some aggregated data could also be disseminated to the general public through the Europa website.
Public Administrations: Thanks to CAP-IDIM, the Commission and Member States will be able to monitor progress on the policy implementation in physical and financial terms within the Member States and at EU-level.
Policy makers: The system will help those responsible for implementation of the current generation of rural development programmes to identify where adjustments are required to improve programme performance. Looking ahead, it will assist policy makers draw lessons to shape future rural development policy post-2006. At the same time, national authorities and the Commission will be able to use this effective tool to facilitate the encoding, storage and processing of the extensive rural development monitoring information available. The preparation of national level aggregate data (for Member States with a regional programming approach) and EU-level reporting facilities within pre-defined parameters are also possible and thus help to inform the policy-making process. Electronic submission of monitoring information will enable more rapid and efficient transfer of monitoring data on European Commission rural development policy. Standardising the input recorded in the database will also lead to an overall improvement in the quality, accuracy and pertinence of the information. This will allow predefined reports to be produced at any time, using the latest data.
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The role of IDA
The development of the CAP-IDIM system is funded by the IDA budget. The system also makes use of IDA generic services such as TESTA.
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Technical information
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Project start date |
2000 |
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Project completion date |
2003-2004 |
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Project status |
Development |
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IDA budget |
2000 € 64,000
2002 € 386,000
2003 € 60,000 |
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Responsible service |
DG Agriculture |
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Project coordinator |
Eduard Reijnders (for functional aspects)
Chantal Gillain (for technical aspects) |
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Contact |
idabc@cec.eu.int |
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Countries involved |
All EU Member States |
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Public website |
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/rur/index_en.htm |
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Documentation: |
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CAP-IDIM Global Implementation Plan - March 2002 (PDF)
