Effectiveness of policy implementation

Average reported implementation rate of activities of sector planning documents (%)

Same sample reports are collected on sector planning documents as for indicator 3: Up to five implementation reports adopted in the last full calendar year of the assessment period (the reports will be selected by SIGMA). The reported implementation rate of activities and reported fulfilment rate of outcome level indicator targets is calculated for each strategy individually and then averaged across all five samples to determine the point allocation (i.e. all samples have equal weight, the number of activities or outcome level indicators does not determine the weight of the sample). Reported implementation rate considers all those activities which were planned to be approved fully by the end of the last full calendar year prior to the assessment year. If the outcome level indicators or the implementation rate of activities cannot be calculated (e.g. because there is no implementation report prepared and/or no official results on implementation being calculated), zero points are awarded. If the action plan of the sample strategy was amended during the reporting year, then the version of the action plan that was in force in the beginning of the year is taken as the basis for calculating the number of activities planned to be implemented as well as the basis for determining the targets for outcome level indicators. Points are allocated based on the reported implementation rate of activities (x): • x < 25% = 0 points. • 25% ≤ x < 90% = linear function. • x ≥ 90% = 15 points.

Average reported fulfilment rate of objectives of sector planning documents (%)

Same sample reports are collected on sector planning documents as for indicator 3: Up to five implementation reports adopted in the last full calendar year of the assessment period (the reports will be selected by SIGMA). The reported implementation rate of activities and reported fulfilment rate of outcome level indicator targets is calculated for each strategy individually and then averaged across all five samples to determine the point allocation (i.e. all samples have equal weight, the number of activities or outcome level indicators does not determine the weight of the sample). Reported implementation rate considers all those activities which were planned to be approved fully by the end of the last full calendar year prior to the assessment year. If the outcome level indicators or the implementation rate of activities cannot be calculated (e.g. because there is no implementation report prepared and/or no official results on implementation being calculated), zero points are awarded. If the action plan of the sample strategy was amended during the reporting year, then the version of the action plan that was in force in the beginning of the year is taken as the basis for calculating the number of activities planned to be implemented as well as the basis for determining the targets for outcome level indicators. The criterion is calculated based on all targets set for performance indicators linked to objectives that are achieved (at least 51% of the performance indicators linked to particular objectives have to be achieved in order for the objective to be considered fulfilled). Points are allocated based on the reported fulfilment rate of objectives (x): • x < 25% = 0 points. • 25% ≤ x < 90% = linear function. • x ≥ 90% = 15 points.