Evaluation of measures for agriculture carried out for the outermost regions (POSEI) and the smaller Aegean islands : final report

This evaluation commissioned by the DG Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission aims at providing an overall independent assessment of the impacts of the measures for agriculture carried out for the outermost regions (ORs) and smaller Aegean Islands (SAI) within the context of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The overall objective of this evaluation was to assess the impacts of the POSEI/SAI programmes with respect to achieving the objectives laid down in their respective Regulations for the period 2006-2014. In particular, the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the instruments and their coherence with other measures have been assessed. Similarly, the EU added value and the administration and management of the programmes have been examined as well as the ability of the programmes to address particular agriculture-related problems linked to the geographical location. The scope of the evaluation concerns two main instruments of the programmes, namely: (i) the Specific Supply Arrangements (SSA), and (ii) the measures to Support Local agricultural Production (SLP). The evaluation covers the eight ORs: the Canary Islands (Spain), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal) and the French overseas departments (Guadeloupe, French Guiana, La Réunion, Martinique and Mayotte1); as well as the smaller Aegean Islands.