Evaluation of the IKEU programme. An evaluation of the programme’s organization, its organs, financing and contributions

Abstract

IKEU (Integrated Studies of the Effects of Liming Acidified Waters) is the national monitoring programme for long-term effects of liming in Sweden. The main focus of IKEU is to study the long-term effects of liming on lakes and streams in order to improve the knowledge base for the liming activity. The main aim of this report is to evaluate the current programme structure and IKEU’s fulfilment of the four main objectives since the last evaluation in 2009. The evaluation includes an assessment of scientific quality, the usefulness of the long-term monitoring series produced by the programme, whether the programme produces relevant knowledge for decision making, and to what extent decisionmakers implement the knowledge produced by the programme.