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... The evaluation project
“Evaluation of CIP EQUAL Transnational Cooperation Principle” commissioned
by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic (MoLSA)
took place in the period from April to October 2008 in the territory
of the Czech Republic and ten European Union (EU) countries, to be specific,
in Austria, in Germany, in Poland, in Slovakia, in the Netherlands,
in the United Kingdom, in Portugal, in Spain, in Italy and in France.
The individual evaluation steps, i.e. analysis of documents, questionnaire
survey, evaluation visits and interviews, case studies, focus groups,
SWOT and process analysis took place in accordance with the stipulated
time schedule. The evaluation output was in total six reports (including
this Final Report), which, in accordance with the stipulated time schedule
and the contract, answered the individual evaluation tasks and questions. ...
... Analysis of documents ...
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... A supporting method
is concerned, the results of which served for the preparation of other
evaluation methods, as a direct input of the process evaluation. It
played a role of a key method in fulfilment of the tasks connected with
topics 1 and 6. “Research from a table” is concerned (contrary to
the field methods). The list of the documents analysed is mentioned
in Annex 8.9 and the findings from the analysis of documents are mentioned
then in special chapters. ...
... A case study is a common
research tool in social sciences and an evaluation tool. A case study
is, in fact, a type of a research strategy because it works with the
context of the reality, it is not a purely qualitative analysis and
it combines the data analysis and qualitative elements of the research.
It is often supplemented with other research methods, which was the
case of this evaluation, too. The evaluation team worked with 35 studies
of development partnerships in CZ and with more than 20 foreign studies.
The studies were based on the analysis of documents, interviews, visits
and additional determination. The list of the case studies is mentioned
in Annex 8.7. The studies were processed in standard
way (structured descriptions of situations and processes elaborated
in writing) then an analysis of them and interpretation of the differences
and specifics was carried out. The precise structure of the case studies
is mentioned in Annex 8.8, it contains in general: description of the
situation (number of employees, competences, formation, powers, tradition),
description of processes, environment, identification of effective methods
of work, identification of barriers, solving conflicts, coherence with
the surrounding CIP EQUAL management systems, links to the CIP EQUAL
objectives, etc. The aim was to capture above all the well-established
ways of partnership formation and development, the areas of its added
value, thus the areas of solutions the transnational cooperation contributes
to. ...
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