Life ADVICLIM project: final Evaluation report

Abstract

The Final evaluation focuses on the results of the project (effectiveness, outputs, effects, information collected) by combining qualitative and quantitative data in order to measure the effectiveness of the innovative tools and methods created: degree of involvement of the target groups and stakeholders (visits to Life ADVICLIM website, participants number to project conferences, subscribers to project newsletters...), success of the dissemination tools created in the project.This qualitative and quantitative approach has been applied to several actions and tools of the ADVICLIM project.(1) The quantitative approach aimed at assessing the level of participation of winegrowers and stakeholders in the LIFE-ADVICLIM project: e.g. statistics on social network profiles and website visits, number of participants in the national workshops, number of subscribers to the VIDAC online platform, number of people receiving the Life ADVICLIM newsletters, number of promotional materials distributed for the project, number of project publications disseminated;(2) The objective of the qualitative approach was to evaluate the success of the tools developed in Action B1 (adaptation of cultural practices to climate change) and B2 (greenhouse gas calculation tool) as well as the dissemination strategy towards the wine profession and stakeholders. The qualitative evaluation should be carried out with surveys of users, winegrowers, stakeholders and members of the Advisory Board of the LIFE-ADVICLIM project. But, the tools developed in actions B1 and B2 were operational too late to carry out the qualitative evaluation before the end of the project. However, the qualitative evaluation of the deliverables, synthesis brochures and tools is underway and will be completed as part of the After Life Plan;(3) The deliverable "Adapting viticulture to climate change: guidance manual to support winegrower's decision-making" has been very successful and has been disseminated by local, national and international wine professional organisations. At the initiative of the LIFE-ADVICLIM project, a survey entitled "Understanding Winegrowers' Perceptions and Adaptation Attitudes to Climate Change" was carried out among the stakeholders and winegrowers of each partner country in the project. The objective of this study was to explore the current and future state of the wine sector in an ever-changing climatic environment, in order to assess the perception and adaptive capacities of the winegrowers and stakeholders involved. As the main international viticultural organisations were interested in this study, we decided to carry it out in the world's main wine-producing countries. The survey was therefore carried out in 27 wine-producing countries and yielded more than 3750 responses, 1825 of which were obtained in the partner countries of the LIFE-ADVICLIM project. The results of this survey will help in the realisation of the directives of the international resolutions (OIV) for the adaptation of viticulture to climate change