In December 2008, the Thuringian Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Conservation and the Environment – within the scope of a tender procedure – commissioned a consortium composed of the following partners to carry out the ongoing evaluation of the Rural Development Support Initiative in the Federal State of Thuringia (FörderInitiative Ländliche Entwicklung in Thüringen – FILET):
- Bonner Evaluationen (evaluation; coordinator)
- entera Planung & IT (planning and IT; coordinator)
- Institute for Rural Development Research (IfLS)
- TSS-Forstplanung (forestry planning)
The IfLS’s task is to evaluate the Thuringian LEADER approach, which – as one of four focal points – constitutes an integral part of the FILET development programme.