KPI Sheets

Project impact in practice

Quantitative

1. Percent of land managers having changed or adopted one or more of their practices in a direction improving soil health

Definition: Number of land managers (who participate in Mission Soil projects, including Living Labs or activities financed by private investment) that changed practices in at least 25% of the land they manage towards soil health per total number of land managers.  
Level: NUTS level 3 
Data source: Project reporting, survey 
Periodicity: Quadrennial 
Type: Impact  
Class: Practice take-up

Quantitative

2. Number and type of stakeholders involved in Mission Soil projects per type

Definition: Number and type of stakeholders involved in Mission Soil projects
Level: NUTS level 3 
Data source: Project reporting
Periodicity: Biannual 
Type: Input
Class: Governance structures

Quantitative

3. Percent of private companies involved in the Mission Soil projects and % of funding allocated to private companies

Definition: % of partners in Mission Soil projects who are private companies and % of the total funding allocated to these companies
Level: NUTS level 3 
Data source: REA 
Periodicity: Quadrennial 
Type: Input
Class: Market take-up

Quantitative

4. Number of soil health related trainings per type of stakeholder target and per level of learning outcomes

Definition: Number of training sessions on soil health per type of stakeholder target and per level of learning outcomes
Level: NUTS level 2
Data source: Project reporting 
Periodicity: Quadrennial 
Type: Output
Class: Capacity building

Quantitative

5. Awareness of land managers with regard to soil health challenges

Definition: Percentage of land managers aware of soil health challenges
Level: NUTS level 3 
Data source: Project reporting, survey 
Periodicity: Quadrennial 
Type: Impact
Class: Literacy

Quantitative

6. Number of strategic partnerships established

Definition: Number of strategic partnerships formed during funding by Mission Soil-funded projects
Level: EU 
Data source: Project reporting
Periodicity: Quadrennial 
Type: Impact 
Class: Enabling conditions

Quantitative

7. Number and percentage of land managers and advisors who are “new commers” to Horizon Europe projects

Definition: Number and percentage of land managers and advisors who have participated in Horizon Europe projects, through Mission Soil projects, for the first time
Level: NUTS level 3 
Data source: Project reporting, survey 
Periodicity: Quadrennial 
Type: Input
Class: Practice take-up

Quantitative

8. Number of co-creation events related to soil health per type and number of stakeholders involved

Definition: Number of co-creation events related to soil health (since September 2019)
Level: NUTS level 3 
Data source: MS reporting, project reporting 
Periodicity: Quadrennial 
Type: Output
Class: Capacity building